“가진 자는 더 받아 넉넉해지고, 가진 것이 없는 자는 가진 것마저 빼앗길 것이다.” 알아듣기 힘든 말씀입니다. 없는 사람이 그나마 ‘있는 것’을 빼앗긴다니 이상하게 들립니다. 물질을 두고 하시는 말씀은 아닌 듯합니다. 그렇다면 은총입니다. 합당하게 살지 않으면 주어진 은총마저 사라진다는 말씀입니다.
운동선수 가운데에는 천부적으로 타고난 이들이 많습니다. 강한 체력과 뛰어난 감각을 태어날 때부터 지닌 사람들입니다. 그들은 초등학교 때부터 두각을 드러냅니다. 청소년 대표를 거쳐 국가 대표가 되는 것이 정석입니다. 그러다가 마지막엔 직업 선수로 변신합니다.
하지만 젊은 시절의 화려했던 선수가 ‘일류 프로’로 남는 것은 아닙니다. 자신을 ‘조절’하지 못하면 어느 순간 가라앉고 맙니다. ‘명성과 돈’이 늘 그들을 유혹하기 때문입니다. 절제를 잃어버리면 체력도 잃게 됩니다. 가진 것마저 빼앗기는 결과입니다.
일류는 어딘가 다릅니다. ‘2퍼센트’의 다른 무엇이 있습니다. 바로 절제와 자기 통제입니다. 이런 사람은 분명 더 받습니다. 하지만 ‘절제와 통제’를 망각하면 ‘이미 지니고 있던 무엇’도 사라지게 됩니다. 어찌 운동선수뿐일는지요? 모든 사람에게 통용되는 ‘법칙’입니다. 신앙인들에게는 매일매일 적용되는 법칙입니다.
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이스라엘 백성들은 이집트를 떠나 시나이 광야에 도착하였습니다. 이제 그들은 하느님과 계약을 맺고 그분의 백성이 될 것입니다. 주님께서는 모세를 부르시어 당신을 맞이할 준비를 시키십니다. 마침내 그분께서는 불의 모습에 싸여 시나이 산에 나타나십니다(제1독서). 예수님께서는 자주 비유를 통해 말씀하시고 제자들에게는 의미를 가르쳐 주셨습니다. 그들에게 베푸시는 애정입니다. 주님을 모시고 있었기에 비유의 가르침을 정확하게 알 수 있었던 것입니다. 많은 예언자는 이렇게 주님을 모시고 싶어 했습니다(복음).
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July 23, 2009
Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b
In the third month after their departure from the land of Egypt, on its first day, the children of Israel came to the desert of Sinai. After the journey from Rephidim to the desert of Sinai, they pitched camp.
While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, the LORD told Moses, "I am coming to you in a dense cloud, so that when the people hear me speaking with you, they may always have faith in you also." When Moses, then, had reported to the LORD the response of the people, the LORD added, "Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Make them wash their garments and be ready for the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people."
On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. But Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stationed themselves at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was all wrapped in smoke, for the LORD came down upon it in fire. The smoke rose from it as though from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. The trumpet blast grew louder and louder, while Moses was speaking and God answering him with thunder.
When the LORD came down to the top of Mount Sinai, he summoned Moses to the top of the mountain.
Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
R. (52b) Glory and praise for ever! "Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever; And blessed is your holy and glorious name, praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages." R. Glory and praise for ever! "Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, praiseworthy and glorious above all forever." R. Glory and praise for ever! "Blessed are you on the throne of your Kingdom, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever." R. Glory and praise for ever! "Blessed are you who look into the depths from your throne upon the cherubim, praiseworthy and exalted above all forever." R. Glory and praise for ever! "Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever." R. Glory and praise for ever!
Mt 13:10-17
The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?" He said to them in reply, "Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand. Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:
You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and be converted and I heal them.
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
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