DEN ELO Wuert OP MASSLIESEN
fir e Méindeg vun der éischter Woch vun der Faaschtenzäit, den 23. Februar 2015
Liturgesch Texter hei
IT ass vun enger totaler a kompletter Verloossung fir Gott datt eppes Schéines geschitt: all déi Wäertpabeieren an Uschlëss, un déi Dir verzweifelt festgehalen hutt, awer a Seng Hänn hannerlooss, gi fir dat iwwernatierlecht Liewen vu Gott getosch. Et ass schwéier aus enger mënschlecher Perspektiv ze gesinn. Et gesäit dacks sou schéin aus wéi e Päiperlek nach an engem Kokon. Mir gesinn näischt awer Däischtert; fillt näischt anescht wéi dat aalt Selbst; héieren näischt anescht wéi den Echo vun eiser Schwächt, déi stänneg an eisen Oueren schellt. An awer, wa mir an dësem Zoustand vun totaler kapituléieren a Vertraue viru Gott behalen, geschitt dat Aussergewéinlecht: mir gi Mataarbechter mat Christus.
That is because one cannot become a fire without giving off heat, one cannot be set ablaze without casting a supernatural light. Authentic communion with God naturally gives way to mission. As Pope Francis wrote:
…any person who has experienced a profound liberation becomes more sensitive to the needs of others. As it expands, goodness takes root and develops. If we wish to lead a dignified and fulfilling life, we have to reach out to others and seek their good. In this regard, several sayings of Saint Paul will not surprise us: “The love of Christ urges us on” (2 Cor 5:14) “Woe to me if I do not proclaim the Gospel” (1 Cor 9:16). —POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 9 verkaaft
…nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbour’s life is at stake. (Today’s first reading)
When your neighbour’s Séil is at stake. Today’s Gospel should shake every one of us from the false notion that we somehow have little to do with the physical and spiritual welfare of others—whether they are imprisoned by their sin or by bars. There is no need to qualify Our Lord’s words or reframe them:
‘I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment… (Today’s Gospel)
We cannot bury our “talent” in the ground. And it doesn’t matter who you are—whether you have one, five, or ten talents as the parable goes—we are each called in our own way to reach out to “the least of the brothers.” For some of you, that may be your husband or your neighbour… or a hundred strangers. But how? What can you do? Well, how can we bring the love of Jesus to others if we have not encountered it ourselves through a personal relationship with Him? As John Paul II wrote:
Communion and mission are profoundly connected with each other… communion gives rise to mission and mission is accomplished in communion. -POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, Christifideles Laici, Apostolesch Opruff, n. 32
That is to say that our interior life in God is what inspires, guides, and makes fruitful our exterior life.
…because without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
Through seeking God’s face, through reading Scripture, through daily prayer, through frequent encounters with Christ through the Sacraments, and through seasons such as Lent where we uproot more and more of our sinfulness, we will not only grow to love Him, but grow to know what He desires. We will come to know the mind of Christ and find Him where He is: in the least of the brothers. And then, we will be able to work with Him for the salvation and well-being of others.
Far from a threat, the Gospel today is an invitation into the Great Adventure.
D'Liewen wiisst andeems se ofginn, an et schwächt an Isolatioun a Komfort. Tatsächlech, déi, déi d'Liewen am meeschte genéissen, sinn déi, déi d'Sécherheet um Ufer verloossen a sech begeeschtert vun der Missioun vum Liewen un anerer ze vermëttelen. -POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 10; from the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops, Aparecida Dokument, 29 June 2007, 360
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