지난 주 일요일 미사 때의 복음 말씀 중에 '돌아온 탕자' 예화가 있었죠..

항상 같은 말씀이지만  매번 들을 때마다 가슴이 울리는 것 같아요..

다행히 영어미사를 통해서도 그 느낌은 예외가 아니었어요..^^

 

영어를 공부하면서 알게된 건데요...

다른 영어 책들을 읽을 때는 내용을 머리로 이해하지만..

영문 복음이나 독서를 읽을 때는 내용을 마음으로 이해하기 때문에 온전히 제 것이 되는 것 같아요..

번역, 해석, 단순한 읽기와는 다르다는 거...

복음이나 독서는 그래서 읽는 게 아니라 묵상한다고 하는 말이 맞는 것 같습니다...

 

미사 후 주보를 보니...신부님께서 적으신 묵상내용이 있기에 이렇게 올려봅니다..^^

아마 강론때 많은 분들이 접해봤던 내용이기 때문에...

어떤 말씀인지 영어로도 온전히 이해하실 수 있을거예요..

 

    The story of the Prodigal Son could easily take first prize in a short story contest. Luke(루가) has woven(mixed) so many different and touching themes into this one remarkable story. Read it again carefully, paying close attention to what is happening to each of the persons you find there.
    The heart is an image of what is most personal about ourselves. Just as it is important for our health to have our physical heart examined, so we need to look at our spiritual heart. Let's look briefly at the hearts of the three people in the story: the two sons and the father. The younger son had a restless, selfish, uncaring heart. By asking for his inheritance from his father, he was saying he wanted out. He wanted the money, not the precious relationship with his father.
The older son's heart disease was of a different kind. His was closed, filled with resentment, jealousy and envy. His heart wasn't open to expperience the good things that were happening to his brother. His focus was only on himself.
    And finally we come to the heart of the father. What a healthy heart he had. He accepted both his sons and even though he did not agree with what they did, he loved them both. This is the heart which God shows to each of us. There is nothing that we have done that will keep us out of his heart.