예수님께서는 좋은 씨를 뿌리셨습니다. 그러기에 ‘좋은 사람들’이 나타나고 있습니다. 하지만 ‘좋지 않은 사람’도 있다고 하십니다. 악의 세력이 가라지를 뿌린 탓입니다. 종말에는 그 모습이 드러날 것이라고 합니다. 그렇지만 궁금합니다. 누가 좋은 씨의 사람이고 누가 가라지의 모습을 지녔는지 알고 싶어집니다.
복음 말씀은 암시를 남깁니다. “사람의 아들이 자기 천사들을 보낼 터인데, 그들은 그의 나라에서 남을 죄짓게 하는 모든 자들과 불의를 저지르는 자들을 거두어, 불구덩이에 던져 버릴 것이다.” 다른 사람을 죄짓게 하는 것과 의로움을 저버리는 것이 가라지의 모습이라는 말씀입니다.
죄는 사랑을 거스르는 행동입니다. 남을 죄짓게 한다는 것은 그 사람에게서 ‘사랑의 마음’을 빼앗는 행위를 말합니다. 하느님을 섬기고 이웃을 사랑하며 세상에 봉사하려는 마음을 없어지게 만드는 것이지요. 이보다 더 ‘어두운 행동’이 있을는지요? 사람을 악하게 만드는 것이 죄의 본모습입니다.
모든 ‘인연’을 선하게 만들도록 애써야 합니다. 그러면 천사가 됩니다. 누군가에게 착한 마음과 아름다운 생각을 일으키게 한다면, 이보다 더 ‘밝은 행동’이 있을는지요? ‘사랑의 마음’을 지니면 ‘좋은 씨’의 사람이 되고, 비뚤어진 마음을 지니면 ‘가라지’의 모습이 된다고 했습니다.
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모세는 하느님을 만나는 특별한 장소를 만듭니다. 만남의 천막입니다. 그는 그곳에서 주님의 말씀을 듣고 청원을 드렸습니다. 훗날의 성전입니다. 모세는 주님께서 이스라엘 백성과 함께해 주시기를 청합니다. 잘못을 용서하시고 거듭 인도하여 주시기를 간청합니다(제1독서). 주인은 좋은 씨를 뿌렸지만 가라지가 나타났습니다. 악의 세력이 그렇게 한 것이라고 합니다. 그러니 세상에서는 좋은 씨와 가라지가 함께 자랍니다. 남을 죄짓게 하면 가라지의 모습이 됩니다. 종말 때에는 세상에서의 삶이 드러날 것입니다(복음).
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July 28, 2009
Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28
The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp. Anyone who wished to consult the LORD would go to this meeting tent outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, the people would all rise and stand at the entrance of their own tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses entered the tent, the column of cloud would come down and stand at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses. On seeing the column of cloud stand at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and worship at the entrance of their own tents. The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as one man speaks to another. Moses would then return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, would not move out of the tent.
Moses stood there with the LORD and proclaimed his name, “LORD.” Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, “The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity, continuing his kindness for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness and crime and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but punishing children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for their fathers’ wickedness!” Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship. Then he said, “If I find favor with you, O LORD, do come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own.”
So Moses stayed there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights, without eating any food or drinking any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Ps 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13
R. (8a) The Lord is kind and merciful. The LORD secures justice and the rights of all the oppressed. He has made known his ways to Moses, and his deeds to the children of Israel. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Mt 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom. The weeds are the children of the Evil One, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
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