‘미나’는 예수님 시대의 그리스 화폐 단위로 ‘100데나리온’과 가치가 같았다고 합니다. 한 데나리온은 로마의 은전으로 노동자 하루의 품삯이었습니다. 그러니까 한 미나는 노동자 100일의 품삯에 해당되는 큰돈입니다.
오늘 복음은 왕권을 쥐게 된 어떤 귀족이 자신의 종들에게 한 미나의 거금을 나누어 주는 비유 이야기입니다. 어떤 종은 그 돈으로 열 미나의 이윤을 남깁니다. 대단한 종입니다. 귀족은 그에게 열 고을을 맡기지요. 그럴 만한 능력이 있는 종입니다.
그런데 한 미나의 돈을 수건에 그대로 싸 두었던 종이 있었습니다. 주인은 화를 내며 그의 돈을 빼앗아 열 미나를 남긴 종에게 주라고 합니다. 우리가 생각해도 어리석은 종입니다. 주인의 말처럼 은행에 넣어만 두었더라도 이윤을 남길 수 있는 일이었습니다.
미나는 능력입니다. 주님께서 주신 능력입니다. 활용하지 않고 그대로 썩힌다면 주님의 질책은 당연한 일입니다. 미나는 또한 가족이나 친구일 수도 있습니다. 때로는 자신의 좋은 성격일 수도 있습니다. 이 역시 주님께서 주셨습니다. 기쁨을 만들며 살라고 주님께서 주셨습니다. 열 개는 아니더라도 다섯 개의 이윤은 남겨야 합니다.
그러니 자신에게 주어진 ‘미나’를 빨리 찾아내야 합니다. 그러면 삶은 분명히 달라집니다.
==========================================================================================================
Rv 4:1-11
I, John, had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.” At once I was caught up in spirit. A throne was there in heaven, and on the throne sat one whose appearance sparkled like jasper and carnelian. Around the throne was a halo as brilliant as an emerald. Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones on which twenty-four elders sat, dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Seven flaming torches burned in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal.
In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back. The first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf, the third had a face like that of a man, and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight. The four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were covered with eyes inside and out. Day and night they do not stop exclaiming: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne and worship him, who lives forever and ever. They throw down their crowns before the throne, exclaiming:
“Worthy are you, Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things; because of your will they came to be and were created.”
Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6
R. (1b) Holy, holy, holy Lord, mighty God! Praise the LORD in his sanctuary, praise him in the firmament of his strength. Praise him for his mighty deeds, praise him for his sovereign majesty. R. Holy, holy, holy Lord, mighty God! Praise him with the blast of the trumpet, praise him with lyre and harp, Praise him with timbrel and dance, praise him with strings and pipe. R. Holy, holy, holy Lord, mighty God! Praise him with sounding cymbals, praise him with clanging cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Alleluia. R. Holy, holy, holy Lord, mighty God!
Lk 19:11-28
While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately. So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’ His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’ But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading.
The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’ He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’ Then the second came and reported, ‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’ And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’ Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief, for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’ He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant; why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’ But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’ He replied, ‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.’”
After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.
|