Chúa Nhật thứ 12 TN năm A - thiếu suy niệm TV
Bài đọc: St 12, 1-9
Đáp ca: Tv 32, 12-13. 18-19.
20 và 22
Phúc âm: Mt 7, 1-5
Thứ Ba trong tuần 12 TN ngày 27 tháng 6
Bài đọc: St 13, 2. 5-18
Đáp ca: Tv 14, 2-3ab.
3cd-4ab. 5
Phúc âm: Mt 7, 6. 12-14
Thứ Tư trong tuần 12 TN ngày 28 tháng 6
Bài đọc: St 15, 1-12. 17-18
Đáp ca: Tv 104, 1-2. 3-4.
6-7. 8-9
Phúc âm: Mt 7, 15-20
Thứ Năm trong tuần 12 TN ngày 29 tháng 6, lễ thánh
Phê rô và Phao lô tông đồ. Lễ trọng.
Đáp ca: Tv 33, 2-3. 4-5.
6-7. 8-9
Bài đọc 2: 2 Tm 4, 6-8. 17-18
Phúc âm: Mt 16, 13-19
Thứ Sáu trong tuần 12 TN ngày 30 tháng 6
Bài đọc: St 17, 1. 9-10.
15-22
Đáp ca: Tv 127, 1-2. 3. 4-5
Phúc âm: Mt 8, 1-4
Thứ Bảy trong tuần 12 TN ngày 1 tháng 7
Bài đọc: St 18, 1-15
Đáp ca: Lc 1, 46-47. 48-49. 50 và 53. 54-55
Phúc âm: Mt 8, 5-17
Bài đọc I: 2 V 4, 8-11. 14-16a
Đáp ca: Tv 88, 2-3. 16-17. 18-19
Bài đọc II: Rm 6, 3-4. 8-11
HỌC HỎI KINH THÁNH
Chúa Nhật thứ 13 TN năm A
Phúc âm: Mt 10, 37-42
37 "Ai yêu cha hay yêu mẹ hơn Thầy, thì không xứng với Thầy. Ai yêu
con trai hay con gái mình hơn Thầy, thì không xứng với Thầy. 38 Ai không vác thập
giá mình mà theo Thầy, thì không xứng với Thầy. 39 Ai giữ lấy mạng sống mình,
thì sẽ mất; còn ai liều mất mạng sống mình vì Thầy, thì sẽ tìm thấy được. 40
"Ai đón tiếp anh em là đón tiếp Thầy, và ai đón tiếp Thầy là đón tiếp Ðấng
đã sai Thầy. 41 "Ai đón tiếp một ngôn sứ, vì người ấy là ngôn sứ, thì sẽ
được lãnh thưởng dành cho bậc ngôn sứ; ai đón tiếp một người công chính, vì người
ấy là người công chính, thì sẽ được lãnh phần thưởng dành cho bậc công chính.
42 "Và ai cho một trong những kẻ bé nhỏ này uống, dù chỉ là một chén nước
lã mà thôi, vì kẻ ấy là môn đệ của Thầy, thì Thầy bảo thật anh em, người đó sẽ
không mất phần thưởng đâu".
(Bản dịch nhóm CGKPV)
Suy niệm
(Lm PX Vũ Phan
Long, ofm)
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary
Time – Year A
Gospel: Mt 10:37-42
Jesus said to
his apostles: "Whoever loves
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than
me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not
take up his cross and follow after me
is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his
life will lose it, and whoever loses his
life for my sake will find it.
"Whoever
receives you receives me, and whoever receives
me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a
prophet because he is a prophet will receive a
prophet's reward, and whoever receives
a righteous man because he is a
righteous man will receive a
righteous man's reward. And whoever gives
only a cup of cold water to one of these
little ones to drink because the little
one is a disciple - amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his
reward."
(http://www.usccb.org)
Reflection
Whenever there is a discussion about prayer, the question that most
often arises is about distractions. We have every good intention to keep
ourselves focused on God, but our mind tends to have a mind of its own! Our
thoughts wander. We begin to think about what we forgot to buy at the grocery
but need to make dinner, why the youngsters aren’t home yet, the harsh words we
exchanged with someone, how exhausted we are, why we can’t figure out the new
cell phone. Our behaviors and choices can wander, too. We are serious about
following Jesus’ commandment of love, but find ourselves slipping when we
choose to fritter away time on too much TV watching rather than spending it
with someone who is lonely, or when we stretch a fifteen-minute break at work
into a half hour, or when we needlessly tear into another over some small
annoyance. It is so difficult for us to be consistently single-minded about
prayer and Gospel living. In fact, it is pretty difficult for us to be
single-minded about anything! In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus is calling his
apostles (and us) to single-mindedness. Jesus clearly states that he is to be
above everyone and every- thing in our lives - even family. This is a pretty
radical single-mindedness! But this does not mean that we ignore others. Jesus
also says that whoever receives his followers receives him. Jesus is reminding
us that our relationship to him is expressed in our relationship with each
other. In giving and receiving we make evident that Jesus is the center and
focus of our lives. In giving and receiving we lose our lives for the sake of
others. In giving and receiving we find fullness of Life - Jesus himself. We
can’t receive unless someone gives. When we think about it, so much of our
lives depends upon the generosity of others. And all life and everything we do
depends upon the utter generosity of God. God gives everything. God created
this world, God saves us from our wandering, God graces us with divine Presence
and love. God’s greatest Gift, of course, is the divine Son. Jesus took on our
human flesh with all its weaknesses, except that Jesus never sinned. Because
Jesus understands our tendency to wander, he reminds us to keep love of God
above everyone and everything, full well knowing how difficult that is for us.
Full well knowing how willing we are to “take up his cross” but then stumble
through our wandering into selfishness and greed and putting ourselves first.
Jesus reminds us that we cannot always be takers. To “take up his cross” and
lose our life for Jesus’ sake means that we must be givers as well as
receivers. In giving to each other we learn to receive from God. In giving to
each other we learn the self-giving that defines a disciple of Jesus. In giving
to each other we learn that we are Jesus’ Presence to others, even when we
wander.
To the point:
In this gospel Jesus clearly states that he is to be above everyone and
everything in our lives - even family. But this does not mean that we ignore
others. Jesus also says that whoever receives his followers receives him. In
giving and receiving we make evident that Jesus is the center and focus of our
lives. In giving and receiving we lose our lives for the sake of others. In giving
and receiving we find fullness of Life - Jesus himself.
(Source: Living Liturgy 2017)