마귀는 악의 세력입니다. 악한 기운으로 사람을 불안하게 합니다. 삶의 기쁨을 깨뜨리고 영혼의 힘을 빼앗아 갑니다. 사는 것이 허무하고 두렵기만 하다면 악한 기운을 의심해야 합니다. 기도와 자선과 성사 생활을 통하여 끊임없이 선한 기운을 접해야 합니다. 인생은 악한 기운과 공존하며 살 수밖에 없기 때문입니다.
오늘 복음에서 한 아버지는 아이를 사로잡고 있는 악의 세력을 몰아내 주실 것을 예수님께 청합니다. 불 속에도 뛰어들고 물속에도 빠진다고 호소합니다. 천방지축으로 뛰는 모습은 ‘사람의 욕망’을 연상시킵니다.
삶이 불안하면 예수님께 당신의 힘을 주십사고 간절한 마음으로 청해야 합니다. 믿음은 그분께로 가는 길입니다. ‘산을 옮길 수 있는 믿음’이란 ‘산을 넘어 주님께로 가는 믿음’을 말합니다. 불안의 산, 질병의 산, 두려움의 산, 허무의 산입니다.
악한 기운은 아무리 강해도 우리의 생명을 죽이지는 못합니다. 그러니 언제라도 중심이 되어야 할 것은 믿는 마음입니다. 하느님 아버지의 사랑과 능력을 믿고 사는 마음입니다.
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August 9, 2008
Hab 1:12—2:4
Are you not from eternity, O LORD, my holy God, immortal? O LORD, you have marked him for judgment, O Rock, you have readied him punishment! Too pure are your eyes to look upon evil, and the sight of misery you cannot endure. Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silence while the wicked man devours one more just than himself? You have made man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things without a ruler. He brings them all up with his hook, he hauls them away with his net, He gathers them in his seine; and so he rejoices and exults. Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his seine; for thanks to them his portion is generous, and his repast sumptuous. Shall he, then, keep on brandishing his sword to slay peoples without mercy?
I will stand at my guard post, and station myself upon the rampart, And keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my complaint.
Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision Clearly upon the tablets, so that one can read it readily. For the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint; If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late. The rash man has no integrity; but the just man, because of his faith, shall live.
Ps 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13
R. (11b) You forsake not those who seek you, O Lord. The LORD sits enthroned forever; he has set up his throne for judgment. He judges the world with justice; he governs the peoples with equity. R. You forsake not those who seek you, O Lord. The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress. They trust in you who cherish your name, for you forsake not those who seek you, O LORD. R. You forsake not those who seek you, O Lord. Sing praise to the LORD enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations his deeds; For the avenger of blood has remembered; he has not forgotten the cry of the poor. R. You forsake not those who seek you, O Lord.
Mt 17:14-20
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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