February 28, 2021 Second Sunday of Lent
2021년 2월 28일 사순 제2주일
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제1독서
<우리 성조 아브라함의 제사>
창세기 22,1-2.9ㄱ.10-13.15-18
그 무렵 1 하느님께서 아브라함을 시험해 보시려고
“아브라함아!” 하고 부르시자, 그가 “예, 여기 있습니다.” 하고 대답하였다.
2 그분께서 말씀하셨다.
“너의 아들, 네가 사랑하는 외아들 이사악을 데리고 모리야 땅으로 가거라.
그곳, 내가 너에게 일러 주는 산에서 그를 나에게 번제물로 바쳐라.”
9 그들이 하느님께서 아브라함에게 말씀하신 곳에 다다르자,
아브라함은 그곳에 제단을 쌓고 장작을 얹어 놓았다.
10 아브라함이 손을 뻗쳐 칼을 잡고 자기 아들을 죽이려 하였다.
11 그때, 주님의 천사가 하늘에서 “아브라함아, 아브라함아!” 하고 그를 불렀다.
그가 “예, 여기 있습니다.” 하고 대답하자
12 천사가 말하였다.
“그 아이에게 손대지 마라. 그에게 아무 해도 입히지 마라.
네가 너의 아들, 너의 외아들까지 나를 위하여 아끼지 않았으니,
네가 하느님을 경외하는 줄을 이제 내가 알았다.”
13 아브라함이 눈을 들어 보니,
덤불에 뿔이 걸린 숫양 한 마리가 있었다.
아브라함은 가서 그 숫양을 끌어와 아들 대신 번제물로 바쳤다.
주님의 천사가 하늘에서 두 번째로 아브라함을 불러 16 말하였다.
“나는 나 자신을 걸고 맹세한다. 주님의 말씀이다.
네가 이 일을 하였으니, 곧 너의 아들, 너의 외아들까지 아끼지 않았으니,
17 나는 너에게 한껏 복을 내리고,
네 후손이 하늘의 별처럼, 바닷가의 모래처럼 한껏 번성하게 해 주겠다.
너의 후손은 원수들의 성문을 차지할 것이다.
18 네가 나에게 순종하였으니,
세상의 모든 민족들이 너의 후손을 통하여 복을 받을 것이다.”
제2독서
로마서 8,31ㄴ-34
<하느님께서는 당신의 친아드님마저 아끼지 않으십니다.>
형제 여러분,
31 하느님께서 우리 편이신데 누가 우리를 대적하겠습니까?
32 당신의 친아드님마저 아끼지 않으시고 우리 모두를 위하여 내어 주신 분께서,
어찌 그 아드님과 함께 모든 것을 우리에게 베풀어 주지 않으시겠습니까?
33 하느님께 선택된 이들을 누가 고발할 수 있겠습니까?
그들을 의롭게 해 주시는 분은 하느님이십니다.
34 누가 그들을 단죄할 수 있겠습니까?
돌아가셨다가 참으로 되살아나신 분, 또 하느님의 오른쪽에 앉아 계신 분,
그리고 우리를 위하여 간구해 주시는 분이 바로 그리스도 예수님이십니다.
복음
마르코.9,2-10
<이는 내가 사랑하는 아들이다.>
그 무렵 2 예수님께서 베드로와 야고보와 요한만 따로 데리고 높은 산에 오르셨다.
그리고 그들 앞에서 모습이 변하셨다.
3 그분의 옷은 이 세상 어떤 마전장이도 그토록 하얗게 할 수 없을 만큼
새하얗게 빛났다.
4 그때에 엘리야가 모세와 함께 그들 앞에 나타나 예수님과 이야기를 나누었다.
5 그러자 베드로가 나서서 예수님께 말하였다.
“스승님, 저희가 여기에서 지내면 좋겠습니다.
저희가 초막 셋을 지어 하나는 스승님께, 하나는 모세께,
또 하나는 엘리야께 드리겠습니다.”
6 사실 베드로는 무슨 말을 해야 할지 몰랐던 것이다.
제자들이 모두 겁에 질려 있었기 때문이다.
7 그때에 구름이 일어 그들을 덮더니 그 구름 속에서,
“이는 내가 사랑하는 아들이니 너희는 그의 말을 들어라.” 하는 소리가 났다.
8 그 순간 그들이 둘러보자 더 이상 아무도 보이지 않고
예수님만 그들 곁에 계셨다.
9 그들이 산에서 내려올 때에 예수님께서는 그들에게,
사람의 아들이 죽은 이들 가운데에서 다시 살아날 때까지,
지금 본 것을 아무에게도 말하지 말라고 분부하셨다.
10 그들은 이 말씀을 지켰다.
그러나 죽은 이들 가운데에서 다시 살아난다는 것이 무슨 뜻인지를
저희끼리 서로 물어보았다.
February 28, 2021
Second Sunday of Lent
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Reading 1
Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
He called to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am!" he replied.
Then God said:
"Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah.
There you shall offer him up as a holocaust
on a height that I will point out to you."
When they came to the place of which God had told him,
Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it.
Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.
But the LORD's messenger called to him from heaven,
"Abraham, Abraham!"
"Here I am!" he answered.
"Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger.
"Do not do the least thing to him.
I know now how devoted you are to God,
since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son."
As Abraham looked about,
he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket.
So he went and took the ram
and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son.
Again the LORD's messenger called to Abraham from heaven and said:
"I swear by myself, declares the LORD,
that because you acted as you did
in not withholding from me your beloved son,
I will bless you abundantly
and make your descendants as countless
as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore;
your descendants shall take possession
of the gates of their enemies,
and in your descendants all the nations of the earth
shall find blessing-
all this because you obeyed my command."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19
I believed, even when I said,
"I am greatly afflicted."
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
R. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.
O LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
R. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the house of the LORD,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
R. I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.
Reading 2
Rom 8:31b-34
If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son
but handed him over for us all,
how will he not also give us everything else along with him?
Who will bring a charge against God's chosen ones?
It is God who acquits us, who will condemn?
Christ Jesus it is who died-or, rather, was raised-
who also is at the right hand of God,
who indeed intercedes for us.
Gospel
Mk 9:2-10
Jesus took Peter, James, and John
and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them,
and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses,
and they were conversing with Jesus.
Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,
"Rabbi, it is good that we are here!
Let us make three tents:
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified.
Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;
from the cloud came a voice,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone
but Jesus alone with them.
As they were coming down from the mountain,
he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone,
except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
So they kept the matter to themselves,
questioning what rising from the dead meant.
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All through my life today’s first reading from Genesis has confused me. God put Abraham to the test. That line would stop me cold. I would wonder how the God I knew to be loving and gracious would want to test me. Through my childhood and young adult years my image of God was that of a benevolent parent. And just as I could not imagine my parents ever testing me to prove my love for them, I could not understand why would God test me. Then when I became a mother I could not imagine a test that would require my being prepared to sacrifice one of my daughters. That test seemed one I would certainly fail. Yet at the same time I knew I had much to learn from this reading.
So today, this second Sunday of Lent, I am facing my confusion so I can hear what God is saying to me. As I spend time with the readings, I remember that The Principle and Foundation of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises helps us enter deeper into a relationship with God. Jacqueline Syrup Bergan and Sister Marie Schwanoffer this interpretation of the Principle and Foundation:
Lord my God, when Your love spilled over into creation You thought of me.
I am from love, of love, for love.
Let my heart, O God always recognize, cherish and enjoy Your goodness in all creation.
Direct all that is me toward your praise.
Teach me reverence for every person, for all things.
Energize me in your service.Lord God may nothing every distract me for Your love…
neither health nor sickness, wealth nor poverty, honor nor dishonor, long life nor short life.
May I never seek nor choose to be other than You intend or wish. Amen
Suddenly the clouds of my confusion clear as I am invited to explore what is distracting me from God’s love. This is not a test of my willingness to sacrifice my daughters but a call for me to focus on what brings me closer to God and how I can turn away from what leads me away from God.
As Spring approaches, it is easy for me to think about ways to celebrate the goodness of God’s creation. My walks on the local trail help me feel God’s love through the beauty of nature. It is more challenging to explore the patterns of disordered attachments that lead me away from God. I pray for the grace to help me become aware of what I am clinging to in my life that is getting in the way of my relationship with God. This awareness can lead me to a stance of indifference, of freedom.
I pray to God to help me be willing to sacrifice my distractions. Help me to live a good life but not to cling to the security of that life at all cost. Help me to be generous with my love and attention to others and not to cling to fulfilling my own needs first. Help me to bring joy to others but not cling to a need to be the center of other’s attention.
As we hear today in the letter to the Romans: If God is for us, who can be against?
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IN GOD WE TRUST?
“God put Abraham to the test.” —Genesis 22:1
Lent is a season of being put to the test (see Mt 4:1; Gn 22:1). God, “the Tester of our hearts” (1 Thes 2:4), brings us to obedience school this Lent. He is testing us to see if we trust His promises or if our hearts are far from Him and we’ve just been giving Him “lip service” (Mk 7:6). Three days ago, the Church proclaimed Jesus’ promise that God wants to provide our needs (Mt 7:7-11). Tomorrow Jesus promises us that if we give, God will provide for us lavishly (Lk 6:38).
Do we believe God and His promises? Our lifestyle tells Him whether or not we trust His promises. For example, Abraham trusted God for his family even when he couldn’t see a way out of the test (Heb 11:8ff). This Lent, many are also being tested in the area of conceiving another child. Others will pay more attention to their financial situation or how much energy they have and pay little attention to God and His promises to provide for them. While it is wise to make prudent decisions (see Lk 14:28), this test is not about prudence. It is about trusting God and abandoning yourself into His hands. You can trust every one of God’s promises (Jos 23:14; 2 Cor 1:20).
“No test has been sent you that does not come to all men. Besides, God keeps His promise. He will not let you be tested beyond your strength. Along with the test He will give you a way out of it so that you may be able to endure it” (1 Cor 10:13). The exam is beginning. Pass the trust test
Prayer: Father, the money in my pocket proclaims, “In God we trust.” May my life of trust in You speak louder than my money.
Promise: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” —Rm 8:31
Praise: “You need not be amazed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, the One Who was crucified. He has been raised up; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him” (Mk 16:6). Praise Jesus!
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What can blind us or keep us from recognizing God's glory and presence in our lives? Sin and unbelief for sure! Faith enables us to see what is hidden or unseen to the naked eye. Through the eyes of faith Abraham recognized God and God's call on his life. He saw from afar not only what God intended for him, but for his descendants as well - an everlasting covenant of friendship and peace with the living God. Abraham is the father of faith because he put his hope in the promises of God. Faith makes us taste in advance the light of God's glory when we shall see him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2).
The Lord Jesus reveals his glory in fulfilling his Father's will
Are you prepared to see God's glory? God is eager to share his glory with us! We get a glimpse of this when the disciples see Jesus transfigured on the mountain. Jesus' face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white (Mark 9:2,3).
When Moses met with God on Mount Sinai the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God (see Exodus 34:29). Paul says that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness (2 Corinthians 3:7). In the Gospel account Jesus appeared in glory with Moses, the great lawgiver of Israel, and with Elijah, the greatest of the prophets, in the presence of three of his beloved apostles - Peter, James, and John.
What is the significance of this mysterious appearance? Jesus went to the mountain knowing full well what awaited him in Jerusalem - his betrayal, rejection and crucifixion. Jesus very likely discussed this momentous decision to go to the cross with Moses and Elijah. God the Father also spoke with Jesus and gave his approval: This is my beloved Son; listen to him. The Father glorified his Son because he obeyed. The cloud which overshadowed Jesus and his apostles fulfilled the dream of the Jews that when the Messiah came the cloud of God's presence would fill the temple again (see Exodus 16:10, 19:9, 33:9; 1 Kings 8:10; 2 Maccabees 2:8). Jesus is the True Temple come down from heaven who reveals the glory of God to us (John 1:14 and John 2:19, Matthew 12:6), and who opens the way for us to worship the living God in spirit and truth (John 4:21-26).
The Lord wants to share his glory with each of us
The Lord Jesus not only wants us to see his glory - he wants to share this glory with us. And Jesus shows us the way to the Father's glory: follow me - obey my words - take the path I have chosen for you and you will receive the glory and blessings of my Father's kingdom - your names will be written in heaven (Luke 10:20).
Jesus succeeded in his mission because he willingly went to Calvary (where he offered up his life for us on the cross), so that Paradise (our true dwelling place with God) would be restored to us once again. He embraced the cross to obtain the crown of glory that awaits each one of us. If we hope to share fully in his glory, we, too, must follow him in the way of the cross - by dying to sin and embracing his will for our lives. This is the only true path that leads to everlasting peace and joy with God.
Origen (185-254 AD), an early church Scripture scholar and writer, describes how we are changed and transformed into Christ's likeness as we we look to him day by day with faith and honesty and strive to walk according to the light of his truth and righteousness (moral goodness):
"When he is transfigured, his face also shines as the sun that he may be manifested to the children of light who have put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, and are no longer the children of darkness or night but have become the sons of day, and walk honestly as in the day. Being manifest, he will shine unto them not simply as the sun, but as demonstrated to be the sun of righteousness." [Commentary on Matthew 12:37 by Origen]
Stay awake spiritually - Don't miss God's glory and action
Luke's Gospel account tells us that while Jesus was transfigured, Peter, James, and John were asleep (Luke 9:32)! Upon awakening they discovered Jesus in glory along with Moses and Elijah. How much do we miss of God's glory and action because we are asleep spiritually? There are many things which can keep our minds asleep to the things of God: Mental lethargy and the "unexamined life" can keep us from thinking things through and facing our doubts and questions in the light of Christ's truth. The life of ease can also hinder us from considering the challenging or disturbing demands of Christ to forsake all for him and his kingdom. Prejudice can make us blind to something new the Lord may have for us. Even sorrow can be a block until we can see past it to the glory of God.
How spiritually awake are you to Christ's presence and word of life for you? Peter, James, and John were privileged witnesses of the glory of Christ. We, too, as disciples of Christ are called to be witnesses of his glory. We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Lord wants to reveal his glory to us, his beloved disciples. Do you seek his presence with expectant faith, reverence, and willing obedience?
Lord Jesus, keep me always alert and awake to you, to your word, your action, and your daily presence in my life. Let me see your glory.
Psalm 116:9-10,15-19
9 I walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
16 O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: The transfiguration of Jesus, by Jerome (347-420 AD)
"Do you wish to see the transfiguration of Jesus? Behold with me the Jesus of the Gospels. Let him be simply apprehended. There he is beheld both 'according to the flesh' and at the same time in his true divinity. He is beheld in the form of God according to our capacity for knowledge. This is how he was beheld by those who went up upon the lofty mountain to be apart with him. Meanwhile those who do not go up the mountain can still behold his works and hear his words, which are uplifting. It is before those who go up that Jesus is transfigured, and not to those below. When he is transfigured, his face shines as the sun, that he may be manifested to the children of light, who have put off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans 13:12). They are no longer the children of darkness or night but have become the children of day. They walk honestly as in the day. Being manifested, he will shine to them not simply as the sun but as he is demonstrated to be, the sun of righteousness." (excerpt from COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12.37.10)
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