09/10/11 연중 제28주일(=Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time ), 청주 주교좌 내덕동 성당 봉헌 축일

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복음 말씀은 재물에 대한 가르침입니다. 어떤 이에게는 ‘삶의 목적’이 되고 생명보다 소중한 것으로 여겨지는 재물입니다. 그런 재물을 많이 소유한 청년이 예수님을 만났습니다. 스승님께서는 제자로 부르시지만, 그는 머뭇거리다 포기합니다. 무엇이 그를 돌아서게 했겠습니까?

스승님의 말씀이었습니다. 재산을 가난한 이들에게 나누어 준 뒤에 오라는 말씀 때문이었습니다. 단지 아까워서 그랬던 것은 아닙니다. 그랬더라면 애초부터 제자가 될 생각을 안 했을 것입니다. 청년을 머뭇거리게 한 것은 재물에 대한 ‘그의 믿음’이었습니다.

그는 재물의 위력을 알고 있었습니다. ‘그 어떤 힘보다’ 강하다는 것을 알고 있었습니다. 그런데 스승님께서는 ‘그런 재물’을 없앤 뒤에 오라고 하십니다. 그는 실천할 수 없었습니다. 재물의 든든함을 포기할 수 없었던 것이지요.

재물의 힘을 하느님의 힘보다 강하게 여기는 이들이 많아지고 있습니다. 재물의 힘에 굴복하기에 그렇습니다. 그런 이들은 재산이 넘쳐나도 부족함을 떨치지 못합니다. 물질에 사로잡혔기 때문입니다. 구원은 만족을 깨달은 사람들에게 주어집니다. 그러니, 어떤 경우에도 “돈이 최고다.”, “재물이 최고다.” 이렇게 말해서는 안 됩니다. 세상은 그렇게 말하더라도, 우리는 그 위에 스승님의 힘이 있음을 고백하며 살아야 합니다.

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참된 지혜는 주님께서 주십니다. 그런 지혜는 많은 재산보다 낫습니다. 어떤 보석과도 견줄 수 없습니다. 솔로몬은 자신의 ‘왕홀’과 ‘왕좌’보다 지혜를 더 좋아한다고 말합니다. 지혜는 끊임없는 광채를 내뿜기 때문입니다(제1독서). 하느님의 말씀은 살아 있으며, 어떤 쌍날칼보다도 날카롭습니다. 그러기에 사람들의 마음을 꿰뚫어 보십니다. 믿음이 강한 이들은 이 사실을 알고 있습니다. 진정 주님 앞에서는 어떤 피조물도 자신을 감출 수 없습니다(제2독서). 복음의 남자는 어려서부터 착실하게 살아온 사람입니다. 예수님께서는 그를 제자로 부르십니다. 재산을 팔아 가난한 이들에게 나누어 준 뒤에 오라고 하신 것입니다. 하지만 그는 망설입니다. 재물의 위력을 포기할 수 없었기 때문입니다. 재물이 그의 앞날을 방해한 것입니다(복음).
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오늘은 연중 제28주일입니다. 복음의 예수님께서는 재물의 유혹에 빠지지 말라고 하십니다. 누구나 물질의 부족함을 느끼며 살고 있습니다. 만족하며 산다는 것은 어지간한 신념을 가진 사람이 아니면 불가능한 일입니다. 모든 것은 주님께서 좌우하십니다. 우리의 믿음을 굳건히 해 주시기를 청하면서 미사를 봉헌합시다.
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October 11, 2009

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lectionary: 143 Reading 1 Responsorial Psalm Reading 2 Gospel

Reading 1
Wis 7:7-11

I prayed, and prudence was given me;
I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to scepter and throne,
and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
nor did I liken any priceless gem to her;
because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand,
and before her, silver is to be accounted mire.
Beyond health and comeliness I loved her,
and I chose to have her rather than the light,
because the splendor of her never yields to sleep.
Yet all good things together came to me in her company,
and countless riches at her hands.            

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17

R. (14) Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
Make us glad, for the days when you afflicted us,
for the years when we saw evil.
R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!
Let your work be seen by your servants
and your glory by their children;
and may the gracious care of the LORD our God be ours;
prosper the work of our hands for us!
Prosper the work of our hands!
R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!

Reading II
Heb 4:12-13

Brothers and sisters:
Indeed the word of God is living and effective,
sharper than any two-edged sword,
penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow,
and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
No creature is concealed from him,
but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him
to whom we must render an account.

Gospel
Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up,
knelt down before him, and asked him,
"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good?
No one is good but God alone.
You know the commandments: You shall not kill;
you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal;
you shall not bear false witness;
you shall not defraud;
honor your father and your mother."
He replied and said to him,
"Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
"You are lacking in one thing.
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor
and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
At that statement his face fell,
and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
"How hard it is for those who have wealth
to enter the kingdom of God!"
The disciples were amazed at his words.
So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves,
"Then who can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said,
"For human beings it is impossible, but not for God.
All things are possible for God."
Peter began to say to him,
"We have given up everything and followed you."
Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you,
there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or lands
for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age:
houses and brothers and sisters
and mothers and children and lands,
with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."

or

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up,
knelt down before him, and asked him,
"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good?
No one is good but God alone.
You know the commandments: You shall not kill;
you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal;
you shall not bear false witness;
you shall not defraud;
honor your father and your mother."
He replied and said to him,
"Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
"You are lacking in one thing.
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor
and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
At that statement his face fell,
and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
"How hard it is for those who have wealth
to enter the kingdom of God!"
The disciples were amazed at his words.
So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves,
"Then who can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said,
"For human beings it is impossible, but not for God.
All things are possible for God."