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산상수훈에 관한 책을 검색하다 다음책을 발견하고 조금씩 읽는 중이다.  산상수훈에 대한 commentary 류가 전혀 아니고, 산상수훈에 대한 혹은 그에 관련된 유명한 이들의 글을 모아놓은 책이다.  머리를 쓰는 '공부'할 필요없이 가볍게 읽을 수 있기도 하지만, 저자들의 깊은 묵상을 따라가려면 천천히 음미하면서 읽게 된다. 

 
그 중에서 Henri Nouwen 의 다음 글. 예수님 그 분에 대한 목마름. 그 목마름이 조금 해갈되는듯한 글이다. 산상수훈의 팔복은 결국 예수님, 그리고 그런 예수님을 닮은 사람들에 대한 거였구나... 깊게 꺠닫는다. 
THE WHOLE MESSAGE of the gospel is this: become like Jesus. We have his self-portrait. When we keep that in front of our eyes, we will soon learn what it means to follow Jesus and become like him. 
Jesus, the Blessed One, is poor. The poverty of Jesus is much more than an economic or social poverty. Jesus is poor because he freely chose powerlessness over power, vulnerability over defensiveness, dependency over self-sufficiency. As the great “Song of Christ” so beautifully expresses: “[He] did not count equality with God something to be grasped. But he emptied himself … becoming as human beings are” (Phil. 2:6–7). This is the poverty of spirit that Jesus chose to live. Jesus calls us who are blessed as he is to live our lives with that same poverty.
Jesus, the Blessed One, is gentle. Even though he speaks with great fervor and biting criticism against all forms of hypocrisy and is not afraid to attack deception, vanity, manipulation, and oppression, his heart is a gentle heart. He won’t break the crushed reed or snuff the faltering wick. He responds to people’s suffering, heals their wounds, and offers courage to the fainthearted.… Jesus, the Blessed One, mourns. Jesus mourns when his friend Lazarus dies; he mourns when he overlooks the city of Jerusalem, soon to be destroyed. Jesus mourns over all losses and devastations that fill the human heart with pain. He grieves with those who grieve and sheds tears with those who cry. The violence, greed, lust, and so many other evils that have distorted the face of the earth and its people cause the Beloved Son of God to mourn. We too must mourn if we hope to experience God’s consolation. Jesus, the Blessed Son of God, hungers and thirsts for uprightness. He abhors injustice. He resists those who try to gather wealth and influence by oppression and exploitation. His whole being yearns for people to treat one another as brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the same God. With fervor he proclaims that the way to the kingdom is not saying many prayers or offering many sacrifices but in feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and visiting the sick and the prisoners. He longs for a just world. He wants us to live with the same hunger and thirst. Jesus, the Blessed Child of God, is merciful. Showing mercy is different from having pity. Pity connotes distance, even looking down upon. When a beggar asks for money and you give him something out of pity, you are not showing mercy. Mercy comes from a compassionate heart; it comes from a desire to be an equal. Jesus didn’t want to look down on us. He wanted to become one of us and feel deeply with us.… Jesus, the Beloved of God, has a pure heart. Having a pure heart means willing one thing. Jesus wanted only to do the will of his heavenly Father. Whatever Jesus did or said, he did and said it as the obedient Son of God: “What I say is what the Father has taught me; he who sent me is with me and has not left me to myself, for I always do what pleases him” (John 8:28–29). There are no divisions in Jesus’ heart, no double motives or secret intentions. In Jesus there is complete inner unity because of his complete unity with God. Becoming like Jesus is growing into purity of heart. That purity is what gave Jesus and will give us true spiritual vision. Jesus, the Blessed Child of the Father, is a peacemaker. His peace doesn’t mean only absence of war. It is not simply harmony or equilibrium. His peace is the fullness of well-being, gratuitously given by God. Jesus says, “Peace I leave to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you” (John 14:27). Peace is shalom – well-being of mind, heart, and body, individually and communally. It can exist in the midst of a war-torn world, even in the midst of unresolved problems and increasing human conflicts. Jesus made that peace by giving his life for his brothers and sisters. This is no easy peace, but it is everlasting and it comes from God. Are we willing to give our lives in the service of peace? Jesus, the favorite Child of God, is persecuted. He who is poor, gentle, mourning; he who hungers and thirsts for uprightness; is merciful, pure of heart, and a peacemaker is not welcome in this world. The Blessed One of God is a threat to the established order and a source of constant irritation to those who consider themselves the rulers of this world. Without accusing anyone he is considered an accuser, without condemning anyone he makes people feel guilty and ashamed, without his judging anyone those who see him feel judged. In their eyes, he cannot be tolerated and needs to be destroyed, because letting him be seems like a confession of guilt. When we want to become like Jesus, we cannot expect always to be liked and admired. We have to be prepared to be rejected. ♦


Arnold, Eberhard; Bonhoeffer, Dietrich; Teresa, Mother; King, Martin Luther Jr.; Lewis, C.S.; Berry, Wendell; Day, Dorothy; Tolstoy, Leo; Wright, N. T.; Rohr, Richard; L’Engle, Madeleine; Merton, Thomas. Following the Call (p. 8). Plough Publishing House. Kindle Edition.


 

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