March 7, 2021 Third Sunday of Lent
2021년 3월 7일 사순 제3주일
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<율법은 모세를 통하여 주어졌다(요한 1,17).>
제1독서
탈출기. 20,1-17<또는 20,1-3.7-8.12-17>
그 무렵 1 하느님께서 이 모든 말씀을 하셨다.
2 “나는 너를 이집트 땅, 종살이하던 집에서 이끌어 낸 주 너의 하느님이다.
3 너에게는 나 말고 다른 신이 있어서는 안 된다.
4 너는 위로 하늘에 있는 것이든, 아래로 땅 위에 있는 것이든,
땅 아래로 물속에 있는 것이든
그 모습을 본뜬 어떤 신상도 만들어서는 안 된다.
5 너는 그것들에게 경배하거나, 그것들을 섬기지 못한다.
주 너의 하느님인 나는 질투하는 하느님이다.
나를 미워하는 자들에게는 조상들의 죄악을 삼 대 사 대 자손들에게까지 갚는다.
6 그러나 나를 사랑하고 내 계명을 지키는 이들에게는
천대에 이르기까지 자애를 베푼다.
7 주 너의 하느님의 이름을 부당하게 불러서는 안 된다.
주님은 자기 이름을 부당하게 부르는 자를 벌하지 않은 채 내버려 두지 않는다.
8 안식일을 기억하여 거룩하게 지켜라. 9 엿새 동안 일하면서 네 할 일을 다 하여라.
10 그러나 이렛날은 주 너의 하느님을 위한 안식일이다.
그날 너와 너의 아들과 딸, 너의 남종과 여종,
그리고 너의 집짐승과 네 동네에 사는 이방인은 어떤 일도 해서는 안 된다.
11 이는 주님이 엿새 동안 하늘과 땅과 바다와 그 안에 있는 모든 것을 만들고,
이렛날에는 쉬었기 때문이다.
그러므로 주님이 안식일에 강복하고 그날을 거룩하게 한 것이다.
아버지와 어머니를 공경하여라.
그러면 너는 주 너의 하느님이 너에게 주는 땅에서 오래 살 것이다.
13 살인해서는 안 된다. 14 간음해서는 안 된다. 15 도둑질해서는 안 된다.
16 이웃에게 불리한 거짓 증언을 해서는 안 된다.
17 이웃의 집을 탐내서는 안 된다.
이웃의 아내나 남종이나 여종, 소나 나귀 할 것 없이
이웃의 소유는 무엇이든 탐내서는 안 된다.”
제2독서
<우리는 십자가에 못 박히신 그리스도를 선포합니다. 그리스도는 사람들에게는 걸림돌이지만 부르심을 받은 이들에게는 하느님의 지혜이십니다.>
코린토 1서. 1,22-25
형제 여러분,
22 유다인들은 표징을 요구하고 그리스인들은 지혜를 찾습니다.
23 그러나 우리는 십자가에 못 박히신 그리스도를 선포합니다.
그리스도는 유다인들에게는 걸림돌이고 다른 민족에게는 어리석음입니다.
24 그렇지만 유다인이든 그리스인이든 부르심을 받은 이들에게
그리스도는 하느님의 힘이시며 하느님의 지혜이십니다.
25 하느님의 어리석음이 사람보다 더 지혜롭고
하느님의 약함이 사람보다 더 강하기 때문입니다.
복음
<이 성전을 허물어라. 내가 사흘 안에 다시 세우겠다.>
요한. 2,13-25
13 유다인들의 파스카 축제가 가까워지자 예수님께서는 예루살렘에 올라가셨다.
14 그리고 성전에 소와 양과 비둘기를 파는 자들과
환전꾼들이 앉아 있는 것을 보시고,
15 끈으로 채찍을 만드시어 양과 소와 함께 그들을 모두 성전에서 쫓아내셨다.
또 환전상들의 돈을 쏟아 버리시고 탁자들을 엎어 버리셨다.
16 비둘기를 파는 자들에게는, “이것들을 여기에서 치워라.
내 아버지의 집을 장사하는 집으로 만들지 마라.” 하고 이르셨다.
17 그러자 제자들은 “당신 집에 대한 열정이 저를 집어삼킬 것입니다.”라고
성경에 기록된 말씀이 생각났다.
18 그때에 유다인들이 예수님께,
“당신이 이런 일을 해도 된다는 무슨 표징을 보여 줄 수 있소?” 하고 말하였다.
19 그러자 예수님께서 그들에게 대답하셨다.
“이 성전을 허물어라. 그러면 내가 사흘 안에 다시 세우겠다.”
20 유다인들이 말하였다. “이 성전을 마흔여섯 해나 걸려 지었는데,
당신이 사흘 안에 다시 세우겠다는 말이오?”
21 그러나 그분께서 성전이라고 하신 것은 당신 몸을 두고 하신 말씀이었다.
22 예수님께서 죽은 이들 가운데에서 되살아나신 뒤에야,
제자들은 예수님께서 이 말씀을 하신 것을 기억하고,
성경과 그분께서 이르신 말씀을 믿게 되었다.
23 파스카 축제 때에 예수님께서 예루살렘에 계시는 동안,
많은 사람이 그분께서 일으키신 표징들을 보고 그분의 이름을 믿었다.
24 그러나 예수님께서는 그들을 신뢰하지 않으셨다.
그분께서 모든 사람을 다 알고 계셨기 때문이다.
25 그분께는 사람에 관하여 누가 증언해 드릴 필요가 없었다.
사실 예수님께서는 사람 속에 들어 있는 것까지 알고 계셨다.
March 7, 2021
Third Sunday of Lent
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Reading 1
Ex 20:1-17
"I, the LORD, am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not carve idols for yourselves
in the shape of anything in the sky above
or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
you shall not bow down before them or worship them.
For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God,
inflicting punishment for their fathers' wickedness
on the children of those who hate me,
down to the third and fourth generation;
but bestowing mercy down to the thousandth generation
on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.
For the LORD will not leave unpunished
the one who takes his name in vain.
"Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
Six days you may labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God.
No work may be done then either by you, or your son or daughter,
or your male or female slave, or your beast,
or by the alien who lives with you.
In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them;
but on the seventh day he rested.
That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother,
that you may have a long life in the land
which the LORD, your God, is giving you.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass,
nor anything else that belongs to him."
Or Ex 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17
"I, the LORD am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
You shall not have other gods besides me.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.
For the LORD will not leave unpunished
the one who takes his name in vain.
"Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
Honor your father and your mother,
that you may have a long life in the land
which the Lord, your God, is giving you.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass,
nor anything else that belongs to him."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 2
1 Cor 1:22-25
Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
but we proclaim Christ crucified,
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
Gospel
Jn 2:13-25
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
"Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
"What sign can you show us for doing this?"
Jesus answered and said to them,
"Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."
The Jews said,
"This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?"
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.
While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
many began to believe in his name
when they saw the signs he was doing.
But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all,
and did not need anyone to testify about human nature.
He himself understood it well.
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He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables, John 2:15
Earlier in my career, I was applying for a diocesan job in Catholic education, and I had advanced far into the process to an interview with a committee of stakeholders. I was poised and confident, and I was answering all the questions thoughtfully and thoroughly. That was until a pastor on the committee reminded me of how Jesus turned over the tables in the temple area, and he asked what my “table flipping” ideas were. I wasn’t prepared for that one. I mumbled some vague and incoherent answer about strategic planning and moved on to the next question. But, that question stuck with me, and I was able to revisit it as I prepared to write this reflection.
I think that in a glossed-over, candy-coated version of Catholicism, we can view Jesus through a narrow lens – focusing only on the spiritual and the divine. Of course, there is some merit to this. After all, scripture does provide ample opportunity to reflect on Jesus’s divinity. This passage, however, is a stark reminder of Jesus’s humanity. He got angry. He made a whip and drove out the animals. He scattered the money of the moneychangers. He literally flipped tables! What a sight that must have been in the temple square! Today’s Gospel reading confirms that Jesus, like us, felt emotions and responded in a human way. By challenging the economic apparatus in that time and place, Jesus redirects us to avoid the distractions of earthly rewards and to instead focus on our relationship with Him.
In today’s context, there is no shortage of earthly distractions. Just spend some time watching the 24-hour news cycle and we will see it unfold right before our eyes. And all too often, these distractions lead to grave social injustices that affect the poor and those on the margins. The gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” continues to expand, and it is all too easy for us to become numb and complacent in this stark reality. Contemporary moneychangers abound, and this season of Lent provides us the opportunity to challenge systems of oppression more intentionally when we see them.
So, as we reflect on this passage, we can ask ourselves the same question that was asked of me in that job interview years ago… what tables do I want to flip? What injustices will I confront and challenge in this Lenten season? And how will I do it? By fasting from the earthly distractions that surround us, we can more clearly see how the answers to these questions can lead us to build a more just world in support of those who need it most. In the end, serving as Christ's hands in this way builds up our humanity far more than earthly rewards that perpetuate systems of oppression.
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THE CLEANSING OF THE CONSUMERS
“His disciples recalled the words of Scripture: ‘Zeal for Your house consumes Me.’ ” —John 2:17
Those selling animals for sacrifice at the Temple and those exchanging coins had provided necessary services for centuries. Consequently, Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple was puzzling.
To understand this, we need to see the Temple as a prefigurement of the Church, which Jesus loves so much even to the point of laying down His life for her (Eph 5:25). We go to Church; Jesus dies for her. We may see the Church as a group of people or a building. Jesus sees it as His Body (e.g. Eph 1:22-23) and His Bride (see Eph 5:27ff). Jesus’ attitude toward the Church is characterized by zeal and self-sacrifice (see Jn 2:17; Ps 69:10). Jesus was consumed by His love for the Church.
As disciples of Jesus, do we have Jesus’ attitude toward His Church? Is the Church our passion, our love, and our joy? Do we do the minimum or the maximum for His Church? Do we relate to the Church as consumers or as those being consumed? Do we look at the Church for value, convenience, and service? Do we “go to the Church of our choice”? Or do we let ourselves be consumed by the Church and her Head, Jesus?
In this Lent, join His Church by His standards.
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to prepare the Church for Jesus’ return. Make the Church “holy and immaculate, without stain or wrinkle or anything of that sort” (Eph 5:27).
Promise: “For God’s folly is wiser than men, and His weakness more powerful than men.” —1 Cor 1:25
Praise: “I know that my Vindicator lives, and that He will at last stand forth upon the dust” (Jb 19:25). Praise the risen Jesus!
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What can keep us from the presence of God? Jesus' dramatic cleansing of the temple was seen by his disciples as a prophetic sign of God's work to purify and restore true worship and holiness among his people. The temple was understood as the dwelling place of God among his people. When God delivered his people from slavery in Egypt, he brought them safely through the Red Sea, and led them to Mount Sinai where he made a covenant with them and gave them a new way of living in moral goodness and holiness embodied in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17). God also gave Moses instruction for how his people were to worship him in holiness and he instructed them to make a Tabernacle, which was also referred to as the "tent of meeting" where the people gathered to offer sacrifice and worship to God. The tent of meeting was later replaced by the construction of the temple at Jerusalem. The New Testament Scripture tells us that these "serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary" - God's true Temple in heaven (Hebrews 8:5). Jesus' cleansing of the temple is also a prophetic sign of what he wants to do with each of us. He ever seeks to cleanse us of our sinful ways in order to make us into living temples of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). God desires that we be holy as he is holy. Do you thirst and hunger for God's holiness?
Jesus burns with zeal for his Father's house
When Jesus went to Jerusalem at Passover time he shocked the Jewish leaders by forcibly expelling the money-chargers and traders from the temple. Jesus referred to the temple as his Father's house which was being made into a "house of trade" (John 2:16) and "den of robbers" (Mark 11:17). The prophecy of Malachi foretold the coming of the Lord unexpectedly to his Temple to "purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the Lord" (Malachi 3:1-4). Jesus' disciples recalled the prophetic words of Psalm 69: "Zeal for your house will consume me." This psalm was understood as a Messianic prophecy. Here the disciples saw Jesus more clearly as the Messiah who burned with zeal for God's house.
The Jewish authorities wanted proof that Jesus had divine authority to act as he did. They demanded a sign from God to prove Jesus right, otherwise, they would treat him as an imposter and a usurper of their authority. Jesus spoke of himself as the true Temple which cleanses and makes us a holy people who can dwell with God. The sign Jesus gave pointed to his sacrificial death on the cross and his rising from the tomb on the third day: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19). The Jews did not understand that the temple Jesus referred to was his own body. The "tent of his body" had to first be destroyed (that is, be put to death as the atoning sacrifice for our sins) in order to open the way for us to freely enter into the holy presence of God in his heavenly sanctuary (Hebrews 10:19).
The Lord Jesus makes us temples of the Holy Spirit
Through his death and resurrection, the Lord Jesus has reconciled us with God and made us adopted sons and daughters of our heavenly Father, and he fills us with his Holy Spirit and makes us living temples of our God (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:16). Do you recognize the indwelling presence of God within you through the gift and working of his Holy Spirit? The Lord Jesus wants to renew our minds and to purify our hearts so that we may offer God fitting worship and enjoy his presence both now and forever. Ask the Lord Jesus to fill you with a holy desire and burning zeal for his holiness and glory to grow in you and transform the way you think, act, and live as a son or daughter of God.
Lord Jesus Christ, you open wide the door of your Father's house and you bid us to enter confidently that we may worship in spirit and truth. Help me to draw near to your throne of mercy with gratitude and joy.
Psalm 19:8-11
8 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: Jesus cleanses the temple - his Father's house, by John Chrysostom (347-407 AD)
"But why did Christ use such violence? He was about to heal on the sabbath day and to do many things that appeared to them transgressions of the law. However, so that he might not appear to be acting as a rival to God and an opponent of his Father, he takes occasion to correct any such suspicion of theirs... He did not merely 'cast them out' but also 'overturned the tables' and 'poured out the money,' so that they could see how someone who threw himself into such danger for the good order of the house could never despise his master. If he had acted out of hypocrisy, he would have only advised them, but to place himself in such danger was very daring. It was no small thing to offer himself to the anger of so many market people or to excite against himself a most brutal mob of petty dealers by his reproaches and the disruption he caused. This was not, in other words, the action of a pretender but of one choosing to suffer everything for the order of the house. For the same reason, to show his agreement with the Father, he did not say 'the holy house' but 'my Father's house.' See how he even calls him 'Father,' and they are not angry with him. They thought he spoke in a more general way, but when he went on and spoke more plainly of his equality, this is when they become angry." (excerpt from HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 23.2)
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