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마태오는 세리였기에 직업상 이방인들과 접촉할 수밖에 없었습니다. 바리사이들은 이러한 마태오를 창녀와 같은 죄인으로 취급했습니다. 동족들도 이방인들과 접촉하는 마태오를 불결한 사람으로 여겨 그를 멀리했습니다. 세금을 걷어 로마에 바치는 그를 사람들은 동족의 피를 빨아먹는 매국노라고 생각하였습니다. 사람들에게 외면당하고 조소를 받을수록 그는 더욱 돈에 매달렸습니다. 돈으로 인생의 허전함을 메우려 했지만 행복만은 돈으로 해결할 수가 없었습니다. 방황과 갈등으로 하루하루를 보내고 있던 마태오에게 어느 날 예수님께서 나타나십니다. 그리고 당신의 제자로 삼겠으니 따라오라고 말씀하십니다. 마태오는 태어나서 처음으로 사람대접을 받았다고 생각하였습니다. 예수님의 부르심이 없었다면 그는 삶의 의미를 몰랐을 것입니다. 마태오는 이제야 새 인생을 얻은 것입니다. 예수님께서는 제자들이 어떤 능력이나 자격을 갖추었기 때문에 그들을 부르신 것이 아닙니다. 예수님께서는 제자들을 부르시어 당신의 일을 하도록 그에 합당한 능력을 주시는 분이십니다. 우리도 마찬가지입니다. 우리는 죄와 허물로 얼룩져 있고, 약하고 부족합니다. 예수님께서는 우리를 새롭게 살도록 초대하셨고, 당신의 일을 하도록 부르셨습니다. 너무도 분에 넘치는 사랑입니다. |
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아모스는 가난하고 힘없는 사람들을 짓밟는 자들을 호되게 꾸짖으면서, 그들은 주님의 말씀을 듣지 못하여 굶주리게 될 것이라고 경고합니다(제1독서). 예수님께서는 세리 마태오를 부르시고 바리사이들이 멀리하던 세리와 죄인들과 함께 음식을 드십니다. 죄인들이 회개하여 하느님 나라의 기쁨을 누리게 하시려는 것입니다(복음). |
July 6, 2012
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 381
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! "When will the new moon be over," you ask, "that we may sell our grain, and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?" We will diminish the containers for measuring, add to the weights, and fix our scales for cheating! We will buy the lowly man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of sandals; even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!"
On that day, says the Lord GOD, I will make the sun set at midday and cover the earth with darkness in broad daylight. I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentations. I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth and make every head bald. I will make them mourn as for an only son, and bring their day to a bitter end.
Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send famine upon the land: Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the LORD. Then shall they wander from sea to sea and rove from the north to the east In search of the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it.
R. (Matthew 4:4) One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Blessed are they who observe his decrees, who seek him with all their heart. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. With all my heart I seek you; let me not stray from your commands. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. The way of truth I have chosen; I have set your ordinances before me. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your justice give me life. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for your commands. R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice.I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
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