June 2, 2021 Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
2021년 6월 2일 연중 제9주간 수요일
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제1독서
<두 사람의 기도가 영광스러운 하느님 앞에 다다랐다.>
토빗기. 3,1-11ㄱ.16-17ㄱ
그 무렵 나 토빗은 1 마음이 몹시 괴로워 탄식하며 울었다.
그리고 탄식 속에서 기도하기 시작하였다.
2 “주님, 당신께서는 의로우십니다.
당신께서 하신 일은 모두 의롭고 당신의 길은 다 자비와 진리입니다.
당신은 이 세상을 심판하시는 분이십니다.
3 이제 주님, 저를 기억하시고 저를 살펴보아 주소서.
저의 죄로, 저와 제 조상들이 알지 못하고 저지른 잘못으로
저를 벌하지 마소서.
그들은 당신께 죄를 짓고 4 당신의 계명들을 따르지 않았습니다.
그래서 당신께서는 저희를 약탈과 유배와 죽음에 넘기시고
당신께서 저희를 흩으신 모든 민족들에게
이야깃거리와 조롱거리와 우셋거리로 넘기셨습니다.
5 저의 죄에 따라 저를 다루실 적에 내리신 당신의 그 많은 판결들은 다 참되십니다.
저희는 당신의 계명들을 지키지 않고
당신 앞에서 참되게 걷지 않았습니다.
6 이제 당신께서 좋으실 대로 저를 다루시고
명령을 내리시어 제 목숨을 앗아 가게 하소서.
그리하여 제가 이 땅에서 벗어나 흙이 되게 하소서.
저에게는 사는 것보다 죽는 것이 낫습니다.
제가 당치 않은 모욕의 말을 들어야 하고
슬픔이 너무나 크기 때문입니다.
주님, 명령을 내리시어 제가 이 곤궁에서 벗어나게 하소서.
제가 이곳에서 벗어나 영원한 곳으로 들게 하소서.
주님, 저에게서 당신의 얼굴을 돌리지 마소서.
살아서 많은 곤궁을 겪고 모욕의 말을 듣는 것보다
죽는 것이 저에게는 더 낫습니다.”
7 바로 그날, 메디아의 엑바타나에 사는 라구엘의 딸 사라도
자기 아버지의 여종들 가운데 한 사람에게서 모욕하는 말을 듣게 되었다.
8 사라는 일곱 남자에게 시집을 갔지만,
신부와 관련된 관습에 따라 신랑이 사라와 한 몸이 되기도 전에,
아스모대오스라는 악귀가 그 남편들을 죽여 버렸다.
그래서 그 여종이 사라에게 이렇게 말하였던 것이다.
“당신 남편들을 죽이는 자는 바로 당신이에요.
당신은 이미 일곱 남자에게 시집을 갔지만
그들 가운데에서 누구의 이름도 받지 못했어요.
9 그런데 당신 남편들이 죽었으면 죽었지 우리는 왜 때려요?
남편들이나 따라가시지.
그래야 우리가 당신의 아들이나 딸을 영영 보지 않게 되죠.”
10 그날 사라는 마음에 슬픔이 가득하여 울면서,
자기 아버지 집의 위층 방으로 올라가 목을 매려고 하였다.
그러나 생각을 다시 하고서는 이렇게 혼잣말을 하였다.
“사람들이 ‘당신에게는 사랑하는 외동딸밖에 없었는데
그 애가 불행을 못 이겨 목을 매고 말았구려.’ 하면서,
내 아버지를 모욕하는 일이 있어서는 안 되지.
만일 그렇게 되면 늙으신 아버지께서
나 때문에 슬퍼하시며 저승으로 내려가시게 되겠지.
목을 매는 것보다는,
평생 모욕하는 말을 듣지 않도록 죽게 해 주십사고
주님께 기도하는 것이 낫겠다.”
11 그러면서 사라는 창 쪽으로 양팔을 벌리고 기도하였다.
16 바로 그때에 그 두 사람의 기도가 영광스러운 하느님 앞에 다다랐다.
17 그래서 라파엘이 두 사람을 고쳐 주도록 파견되었다.
복음
<하느님께서는 죽은 이들의 하느님이 아니라 산 이들의 하느님이시다.>
마르코. 12,18-27
그때에 18 부활이 없다고 주장하는 사두가이들이
예수님께 와서 물었다.
19 “스승님, 모세는 ‘어떤 사람의 형제가 자식 없이 아내만 두고 죽으면,
그 사람이 죽은 이의 아내를 맞아들여 형제의 후사를 일으켜 주어야 한다.’고
저희를 위하여 기록해 놓았습니다.
20 그런데 일곱 형제가 있었습니다.
맏이가 아내를 맞아들였는데 후사를 남기지 못하고 죽었습니다.
21 그래서 둘째가 그 여자를 맞아들였지만
후사를 두지 못한 채 죽었고, 셋째도 그러하였습니다.
22 이렇게 일곱이 모두 후사를 남기지 못하였습니다.
맨 마지막으로 그 부인도 죽었습니다.
23 그러면 그들이 다시 살아나는 부활 때에
그 여자는 그들 가운데 누구의 아내가 되겠습니까?
일곱이 다 그 여자를 아내로 맞아들였으니 말입니다.”
24 예수님께서 그들에게 이르셨다.
“너희가 성경도 모르고 하느님의 능력도 모르니까
그렇게 잘못 생각하는 것이 아니냐?
25 사람들이 죽은 이들 가운데에서 다시 살아날 때에는,
장가드는 일도 시집가는 일도 없이 하늘에 있는 천사들과 같아진다.
26 그리고 죽은 이들이 되살아난다는 사실에 관해서는,
모세의 책에 있는 떨기나무 대목에서
하느님께서 모세에게 어떻게 말씀하셨는지 읽어 보지 않았느냐?
‘나는 아브라함의 하느님,
이사악의 하느님, 야곱의 하느님이다.’ 하고 말씀하셨다.
27 그분께서는 죽은 이들의 하느님이 아니라 산 이들의 하느님이시다.
너희는 크게 잘못 생각하는 것이다.”
June 2, 2021
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
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Reading 1
Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a
Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud.
Then with sobs I began to pray:
"You are righteous, O Lord,
and all your deeds are just;
All your ways are mercy and truth;
you are the judge of the world.
And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me,
and look with favor upon me.
Punish me not for my sins,
nor for my inadvertent offenses,
nor for those of my ancestors.
"We sinned against you,
and disobeyed your commandments.
So you handed us over to plundering, exile, and death,
till you made us the talk and reproach of all the nations
among whom you had dispersed us.
"Yes, your judgments are many and true
in dealing with me as my sins
and those of my ancestors deserve.
For we have not kept your commandments,
nor have we trodden the paths of truth before you.
"So now, deal with me as you please,
and command my life breath to be taken from me,
that I may go from the face of the earth into dust.
It is better for me to die than to live,
because I have heard insulting calumnies,
and I am overwhelmed with grief.
"Lord, command me to be delivered from such anguish;
let me go to the everlasting abode;
Lord, refuse me not.
For it is better for me to die
than to endure so much misery in life,
and to hear these insults!"
On the same day, at Ecbatana in Media,
it so happened that Raguel's daughter Sarah
also had to listen to abuse,
from one of her father's maids.
For she had been married to seven husbands,
but the wicked demon Asmodeus killed them off
before they could have intercourse with her,
as it is prescribed for wives.
So the maid said to her:
"You are the one who strangles your husbands!
Look at you!
You have already been married seven times,
but you have had no joy with any one of your husbands.
Why do you beat us? Is it on account of your seven husbands,
Because they are dead?
May we never see a son or daughter of yours!"
The girl was deeply saddened that day,
and she went into an upper chamber of her house,
where she planned to hang herself.
But she reconsidered, saying to herself:
"No! People would level this insult against my father:
'You had only one beloved daughter,
but she hanged herself because of ill fortune!'
And thus would I cause my father in his old age
to go down to the nether world laden with sorrow.
It is far better for me not to hang myself,
but to beg the Lord to have me die,
so that I need no longer live to hear such insults."
At that time, then, she spread out her hands,
and facing the window, poured out her prayer:
"Blessed are you, O Lord, merciful God,
and blessed is your holy and honorable name.
Blessed are you in all your works for ever!"
At that very time,
the prayer of these two suppliants
was heard in the glorious presence of Almighty God.
So Raphael was sent to heal them both:
to remove the cataracts from Tobit's eyes,
so that he might again see God's sunlight;
and to marry Raguel's daughter Sarah to Tobit's son Tobiah,
and then drive the wicked demon Asmodeus from her.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 25:2-3, 4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9
R. (1) To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
In you I trust; let me not be put to shame,
let not my enemies exult over me.
No one who waits for you shall be put to shame;
those shall be put to shame who heedlessly break faith.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your kindness are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Gospel
Mk 12:18-27
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,
came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
'If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.'
Now there were seven brothers.
The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.
So the second brother married her and died, leaving no descendants,
and the third likewise.
And the seven left no descendants.
Last of all the woman also died.
At the resurrection when they arise whose wife will she be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled
because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
When they rise from the dead,
they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but they are like the angels in heaven.
As for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the Book of Moses,
in the passage about the bush, how God told him,
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob?
He is not God of the dead but of the living.
You are greatly misled."
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
What a bunch of jerks! Not you. The Sadducees. This group of leaders came to Jesus not seeking honest dialogue but hoping to trap Jesus with a question about an issue that divided Jewish religious experts. We know from the opening verse that the Sadducees did not believe in resurrection, so it is safe to say that the purpose of their question was not because the Sadducees wanted to learn or be enlightened. Perhaps they were just trying to determine where Jesus stood on this question, but I suspect they asked with a devious intent. I can almost hear the mocking tone as these privileged leaders address Jesus as “Teacher.” I can imagine their self-congratulatory smiles, proud of themselves for having so cleverly constructed a scenario that would be too difficult for a carpenter’s son to unravel or that would force Jesus to take a public position on a controversial issue. Perhaps there was an extra element of glee for the opportunity to take a dig at their rivals, the Pharisees, who believed in resurrection. (Remember, this account comes on the heels of the attempt by the Pharisees and Herodians to trap Jesus with a question about taxes. Matthew 22 puts these two encounters on the same day, so it is quite possible Pharisees were still present when the Sadducees took to the stage.)
The Sadducees remind me of individuals I come across in my own life and maybe in yours. Think of the person at work who raises a topic not to move a project forward but only to embarrass a colleague, or someone at a church committee meeting who seems more interested in winning an argument – or at least making sure a particular person loses – than in solving a problem, or the politician whose “innocent” questions are intended to torpedo a bill instead of improving it.
Contrast this prideful scene with the last part of today’s reading from the Psalms: “He guides the humble to justice, he teaches the humble his way.” Many of us struggle with humility, in part because we may not be exactly sure what humility entails. Recently I came across a helpful definition that contrasts the liberating character of humility with the controlling nature of a competitive, me-first attitude. It causes me to examine myself and wonder: How often have I tried to be clever – at work, at church, in our homes – insincerely asking “innocent” questions to maneuver someone into an awkward or disadvantageous position? How often have I tried to be clever with God, rationalizing my behavior and choices? I fear the answer to these questions is “too often.”
Loving God, help us to walk humbly with you. Guide us to justice. Teach us your way. Let our interactions with others and you be filled with your love, mercy and grace.
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BURYING SIN
“It is better for me to die.” —Tobit 3:6
Tobit was blind, upset with his wife, out of a job, financially strapped, and misunderstood. He seemed to be a burden on his wife, son, and everybody else. Tobit thought the best thing for everybody’s sake was for him to die.
Sarah had seen her seven husbands killed by a demon on seven wedding nights (Tb 3:8). Sarah was obviously an embarrassment and grief to her parents (see Tb 8:9-10). She was making life miserable for her maids (Tb 3:9). Sarah felt that if she died, it would be a relief for everybody (Tb 3:10).
Both Tobit and Sarah felt that they could take a lot of peoples’ problems down with them to the grave; however, their deaths would have only made matters worse.
There is one Man Who did absorb all the sins and guilt of all people of all times. We no longer need to carry a burden of guilt; Jesus has died so that we can live. “For our sakes God made Him Who did not know sin, to be sin” (2 Cor 5:21). “In His own body He brought your sins to the cross” (1 Pt 2:24). He took all our sins to the grave with Him “thereby condemning sin” (Rm 8:3) “so that all of us, dead to sin, could live in accord with God’s will. By His wounds you were healed” (1 Pt 2:24). Thank You, Jesus!
Prayer: Jesus, I cast all my cares on You (1 Pt 5:7).
Promise: “When people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but live like angels in heaven.” —Mk 12:25
Praise: Pious tradition tells us St. Marcellinus was a priest and St. Peter an exorcist. They were both martyred during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the Fourth Century. Their faith displayed as they were martyred and led to the conversion of their jailer and his family.
http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/
How reliable is the belief that all will be raised from the dead? The Sadducees, who were a group of religious leaders from the upper classes in Jesus' time, did not believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead to eternal life. They could not conceive of heaven beyond what they could see with their naked eyes! Aren't we often like them? We don't recognize spiritual realities because we try to make heaven into an earthly image we can touch and see. The Sadducees came to Jesus with a test question to make the resurrection look ridiculous. The Sadducees, unlike the Pharisees, did not believe in the existence of immortal beings - whether humans, angels, or evil spirits. Their religion was literally grounded in an earthly image of heaven which ended in death.
Jesus offers proof to immortality - life without end
Jesus responds to their argument by dealing with the fact of the resurrection and immortal life. Jesus shows that God is a living God of a living people. The Scriptures give proof of it. In Exodus 3:6, God calls himself the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God was the friend of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when they lived on the earth. That friendship with God could not cease with death. David in the Psalms also speaks of the reality of immortal life with God. In Psalm 73:23-24 we pray through the words of David: "I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory."
Through Christ's resurrection we, too, can rise again to eternal life with God
The Holy Spirit reveals to us the eternal truths of God's unending love and the life he desires to share with us for all eternity. Paul the Apostle, quoting from the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 64:4; 65:17) states: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," God has revealed to us through the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The promise of paradise - heavenly bliss and unending life with an all-loving God - is beyond human reckoning. We have only begun to taste the first-fruits! Do you believe the Scriptures and do you know the power of the Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead and who gives us the assurance of everlasting life as well?
May the Lord Jesus put his hands on our eyes also, for then we too shall begin to look not at what is seen but at what is not seen. May he open the eyes that are concerned not with the present but with what is yet to come, may he unseal the heart's vision, that we may gaze on God in the Spirit, through the same Lord, Jesus Christ, whose glory and power will endure throughout the unending succession of ages. (Prayer of Origen, 185-254 AD)
Psalms 25:1-5,8-10
1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers: No marriage in the resurrection, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.
"What did the Lord say to the Sadducees? He said, 'You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures or the power of God. For in the resurrection they marry neither husbands nor wives; for neither do they start dying again, but they will be equal to the angels of God' (Mark 12:24-25; Matthew 22:29-30). The power of God is great. Why do they not marry husbands or wives? They will not start dying again. When one generation departs, another is required to succeed it. There will not be such liability to decay in that place. The Lord passed through the usual stages of growth, from infancy to adult manhood, because he was bearing the substance of flesh that still was mortal. After he had risen again at the age at which he was buried, are we to imagine that he is growing old in heaven? He says, 'They will be equal to the angels of God.' He eliminated the assumption of the Jews and refuted the objection of the Sadducees, because the Jews did indeed believe the dead would rise again, but they had crude, fleshly ideas about the state of humanity after resurrection. He said, 'They will be equal to the angels of God.' ... It has already been stated that we are to rise again. We have heard from the Lord that we rise again to the life of the angels. In his own resurrection, he has shown us in what specific form we are to rise again." (excerpt from SERMON 362.18-19.30)
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