July 27, 2020 Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
2020년 7월 27일 연중 제17주 월요일
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독서
예레미야서 13,1-11
1 주님께서 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
“가서 아마포 띠를 사, 허리에 두르고 물에 담그지 마라.”
2 그래서 주님의 분부대로 나는 띠를 사서 허리에 둘렀다.
3 그러자 주님의 말씀이 두 번째로 나에게 내렸다.
4 “네가 사서 허리에 두른 띠를 가지고 일어나 유프라테스 강으로 가거라.
그리고 거기 바위 틈새에 띠를 숨겨 두어라.”
5 주님께서 나에게 명령하신 대로 나는 유프라테스 강으로 가서 띠를 숨겼다.
6 여러 날이 지난 뒤에 주님께서 나에게 말씀하셨다.
“일어나 유프라테스 강으로 가서,
내가 너더러 거기 숨겨 두라고 명령한 띠를 가져오너라.”
7 그래서 유프라테스 강으로 가 흙을 헤치고, 숨겨 둔 곳에서 띠를 꺼냈다.
그런데 그 띠가 썩어서 아무짝에도 쓸모없게 되었다.
8 그때 주님의 말씀이 다시 나에게 내렸다.
9 주님께서 이렇게 말씀하신다.
“나도 유다의 교만과 예루살렘의 큰 교만을 그처럼 썩혀 버리겠다.
10 이 사악한 백성이 내 말을 듣기를 마다하고,
제 고집스러운 마음에 따라 다른 신들을 좇아 다니며
그것들을 섬기고 예배하였으니, 아무짝에도 쓸모없는 이 띠처럼 되고 말 것이다.
11 이 띠가 사람의 허리에 붙어 있듯이
내가 온 이스라엘 집안과 온 유다 집안을 나에게 붙어 있게 한 것은
─ 주님의 말씀이다. ─
그들이 내 백성이 되어 명성과 칭송과 영광을 얻게 하려고 한 것이다.
그러나 그들은 순종하지 않았다.”
복음
마태오 13,31-35
그때에 예수님께서 비유를 들어 군중에게 31 말씀하셨다.
“하늘 나라는 겨자씨와 같다.
어떤 사람이 그것을 가져다가 자기 밭에 뿌렸다.
32 겨자씨는 어떤 씨앗보다도 작지만, 자라면 어떤 풀보다도 커져 나무가 되고
하늘의 새들이 와서 그 가지에 깃들인다.”
33 예수님께서 또 다른 비유를 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “하늘 나라는 누룩과 같다.
어떤 여자가 그것을 가져다가 밀가루 서 말 속에 집어넣었더니,
마침내 온통 부풀어 올랐다.”
34 예수님께서는 군중에게 이 모든 것을 비유로 말씀하시고,
비유를 들지 않고는 그들에게 아무것도 말씀하지 않으셨다.
35 예언자를 통하여 “나는 입을 열어 비유로 말하리라.
세상 창조 때부터 숨겨진 것을 드러내리라.” 하신 말씀이 이루어지려고
그리된 것이다.
July 27, 2020
Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
The LORD said to me: Go buy yourself a linen loincloth;
wear it on your loins, but do not put it in water.
I bought the loincloth, as the LORD commanded, and put it on.
A second time the word of the LORD came to me thus:
Take the loincloth which you bought and are wearing,
and go now to the Parath;
there hide it in a cleft of the rock.
Obedient to the LORD's command, I went to the Parath
and buried the loincloth.
After a long interval, the LORD said to me:
Go now to the Parath and fetch the loincloth
which I told you to hide there.
Again I went to the Parath, sought out and took the loincloth
from the place where I had hid it.
But it was rotted, good for nothing!
Then the message came to me from the LORD:
Thus says the LORD:
So also I will allow the pride of Judah to rot,
the great pride of Jerusalem.
This wicked people who refuse to obey my words,
who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts,
and follow strange gods to serve and adore them,
shall be like this loincloth which is good for nothing.
For, as close as the loincloth clings to a man's loins,
so had I made the whole house of Israel
and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the LORD;
to be my people, my renown, my praise, my beauty.
But they did not listen.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (see 18a) You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
You forgot the God who gave you birth.
When the LORD saw this, he was filled with loathing
and anger toward his sons and daughters.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
"I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what will then become of them.
What a fickle race they are,
sons with no loyalty in them!"
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
"Since they have provoked me with their 'no-god'
and angered me with their vain idols,
I will provoke them with a 'no-people';
with a foolish nation I will anger them."
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Gospel
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
and the 'birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.'"
He spoke to them another parable.
"The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch was leavened."
All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables.
He spoke to them only in parables,
to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:
I will open my mouth in parables,
I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation
of the world.
http://evangeli.net/gospel/tomorrow
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Conventional wisdom reaching from ancient times to today has consistently professed the responsibility each person has over his or her own destiny. To make one's own bed and lie in it is an idiom that comes to mind. An ancient phrase of a similar sentiment comes from Babrius of ancient Greece: Pray to the gods when you are doing something or you'll pray in vain. In biblical terms, each of these wisdom sayings speaks to our belief in free will as human beings and the importance of how we use it.
Today's readings propose an important question for each of us to consider: Am I using my free will to bring about the Kingdom of heaven?
To break this question into its two component parts, let's consider first how today's first reading addresses the use of free will. The first reading today tells with vivid imagery the misfortune brought about by the pride of Jerusalem; their misuse of their God-given free will. This misuse results in a departure from God's plan. God desires union with his people and they reject it. They have made their bed.
Considering the second part of the question, what does this have to do with the bringing about of the Kingdom of heaven? Isn't that a tall order for one person? Not to mention the fact that these wisdom sayings - along with the parable of the rotting loincloth in Jeremiah - are highly individualistic. A careful reading of the Gospel of Matthew, however, shows the integral role we play in bringing about the Kingdom of heaven. In the first parable of the mustard seed, the mustard seed may only grow into the largest of plants once it is sown by the person. In the second parable, the bread may only become leavened once the person mixes the yeast with the wheat flour. As parables of the Kingdom of heaven, the message is clear. We, ourselves, must work to bring it about.
As God's children - both worldwide and in our local communities - we have the opportunity every day to use our free will to be Christ to one another, or to not. With our gaze fixed ultimately on communion with God in heaven, we have the opportunity every day to build God's Kingdom in our very own communities, or to not. In our work to bring about the Kingdom of heaven, let us begin in our own communities, with those we encounter. Perhaps, then, we may realize a glimpse of the blooming and the leavening of the Kingdom of heaven and devote ourselves all the more to its arrival.
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UNDERGROUND
“The reign of God is like a mustard seed which someone took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest seed of all.” —Matthew 13:31-32
The kingdom of God doesn’t look like much. It looks as little as a mustard seed or yeast. Therefore, to work in God’s Kingdom we must not go by sight, but by faith (2 Cor 5:7). Not only are we unable to see much, but to see anything at all will take some time. Dough rises gradually and mustard seed grows slowly. Therefore, to work in God’s kingdom we must persevere for some time. “Whoever puts his hand to the plow but keeps looking back is unfit for the reign of God” (Lk 9:62).
Faith and perseverance are the dynamics of kingdom living. Yet we are a show-me people for whom seeing is believing, an instant people for whom everything must be done almost immediately if done at all. The devil is not only tempting us to not seek first the kingdom, but trying to rob us of the basic foundational virtues of kingdom-living. The devil has trained us to look big and think big, and to ignore anything not a fingertip away in a vending machine or a handheld electronic device. While we get concerned about his throwing rocks at the windows of God’s kingdom, the devil is, behind the scenes, ever so quietly dismantling the kingdom’s foundation of faith and perseverance.
Prayer: Father, may I seek first, live for, and die for Your kingdom (Mt 6:33).
Promise: “I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, says the Lord; to be My people, My renown, My praise, My beauty.” —Jer 13:11
Praise: Sally felt unworthy to be on the parish evangelization team, but together with others in her parish, has brought Christ to her neighbors.
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What can mustard seeds and leaven teach us about the kingdom of God? The tiny mustard seed literally grew to be a tree which attracted numerous birds because they loved the little black mustard seed it produced. God's kingdom works in a similar fashion. It starts from the smallest beginnings in the hearts of men and women who are receptive to God's word. And it works unseen and causes a transformation from within.
Hidden power of transforming seeds and leaven
Leaven is another powerful agent of change. A lump of dough left to itself remains just what it is, a lump of dough. But when the leaven is added to it a transformation takes place which produces rich and wholesome bread when heated - the staple of life for humans.
God's word has power to transforms us
The kingdom of God produces a transformation in those who receive the new life which Jesus Christ offers. When we yield our lives to Jesus Christ and allow his word to take root in our heart, we are transformed and made holy by the power of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Paul the Apostle says, "we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Do you believe in the transforming power of the Holy Spirit?
Heavenly Father, fill me with your Holy Spirit and transform me into the Christ-like holiness you desire. Increase my zeal for your kingdom and instill in me a holy desire to live for your greater glory.
Psalm 145:8-9,15-18
8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
16 You open your hand, you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: A small seed produces a great tree, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"Therefore he brought forward the similitude of this herb, which has a very strong resemblance to the kingdom of heaven. It indeed is 'the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.'
Thus he meant to set forth the most decisive sign of its greatness. 'Even so then shall it also be with respect to the gospel,' he says. For his disciples were weakest of all and least of all. Nevertheless, because of the great power that was in them, it has grown and been unfolded in every part of the world." (excerpt from the THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 46.2)
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