Eppes Schéines

DEN ELO Wuert OP MASSLIESEN
fir den 29. - 30. November 2015
Fest vum Hellege Andrew

Liturgesch Texter hei

AS mir fänken dësen Advent un, mäin Häerz ass voll mat Wonner vum Här säi Wonsch fir all Saachen a sech selwer ze restauréieren, fir d'Welt erëm schéin ze maachen.

We have just spent the last week, including the First Sunday of Advent, hearing the “end time” passages of the Scriptures.^[1]cf. D'Beast Beyond Compare They essentially describe a world that has discarded truth, marred beauty, and shunned authentic goodness—and the consequences that unfold from that: war, famine, plagues, divisions, etc. Yes, I believe, as have many of our popes of the past century,^[2]cf. Firwat ruffen d'Poopst net? that we are living in those extraordinary times, the “end times”… however long they take to unfold. It is not the end of the world, but the end of a long confrontation between the “Gospel and the anti-gospel, the Church and the anti-Church” that we are witnessing. ^[3]cf. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (ST. JOHN PAUL II ), at the Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, PA; August 13, 1976

But the restoration of all things in Christ is not something Jesus will accomplish apart from His Church, but precisely through His mystical Body.

And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ. (Eph 4:11-13)

Here is a mystery: while the world and the cosmos itself, worn out by the long night of sin, groans and convulses under its weight, the Body of Christ is being brought to a maturity, to a holiness “without spot or blemish” until the Final Coming of Jesus in His glorified flesh at the end of time. But as it were, a kind of Vindikatioun vu Wäisheet will be accomplished before then when Christ’s reign through His Church will be established throughout the world as the fruit of justice.

Jesus wants to bring something beautiful to the world, and this is the Coming of a New and Divine Holiness. And this holiness is also not without its consequences: the restoration of truth, beauty, and goodness—and this will be achieved by a “New Pentecost”^[4]cf. Charismatesch? Deel VI poured out upon all creation.

"An si soll meng Stëmm héieren, an da gëtt et eent Klapp an een Schäfer." Sollt Gott… kuerz seng Entféierung fir seng Profezeiung bréngen fir dës trøstend Visioun vun der Zukunft an eng heiteg Realitéit ze transforméieren… Et ass Gottes Aufgab dës glécklech Stonn ze bréngen a se all bekannt ze maachen… Wann et ukomm ass, wäert et erausgoen sief eng feierlech Stonn, eng grouss mat Konsequenzen net nëmmen fir d'Restauratioun vum Kinnekräich vu Christus, mee fir d'Pazifikatioun vun ... der Welt. Mir bidden häerzlechst, a froen déi aner och fir dës vill gewënscht Pazifikatioun vun der Gesellschaft ze bidden. - POPE PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi "Op de Fridde vu Christus a sengem Räich", den 23. Dezember 1922

But it is precisely through the Body of Christ that this glorious hour will come about when peace and justice will reign to the ends of the earth for a time. And thus, we hear in today’s first reading:

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!

Brothers and sisters, it is your feet that the world awaits to bring the good news, to bring the fullness of truth, beauty, and goodness. How? The answer lies in today’s Gospel:

Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

In the weeks ahead, may Jesus teach, equip, and anoint us as He once did Sts. Andrew, Peter, James and John with the wisdom necessary to become authentic Apostles—so that you and I will truly become salt and light to a world that has lost its “taste” and is reeling in darkness.

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye. (Today’s Psalm)

Är Ënnerstëtzung ass fir dëse Vollzäitministère gebraucht.
Segen dech, a merci.

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