Io penso che la Chiesa dovrebbe anche oggi aprire una sorta di “cortile dei Gentiles
where men can engage in some way to God,
without knowing it and before they have found access to his mystery,
whose service is the internal life of the Church.
Benedict XVI
Address to the Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Directors of the SCV Governorate, for the Christmas greetings , December 21, 2009
Mt 25: 31-46
At that time, Jesus told his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on the throne of his glory. It will be gathered before him all nations, and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats will place the sheep on his right and goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you visited me in prison and you came to me.
Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we saw you hungry and we fed you, or thirsty and gave thee drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and have come to visit you?
response, the King say unto them, Verily I say unto you: every time you did it to one of these my brethren, you did it to me.
Then he will say to those on his left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink: I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and in prison and you visited me.
Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee?
Then he will answer: In truth I tell you every time you did it to one of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
And they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. "
COMMENT
Every man is called to inherit a blessing, the kingdom of Heaven. The deeper meaning of each there is a destiny of intimacy with God beyond the boundaries of time. The parable of the Gospel today, opening the icing on the end of the world, helps us to understand the seriousness of our lives. The trial is set before us today is a call to conversion. God chose the church to be a holy seed among the nations, the community of God's children small, helpless, despised, the last of this land. The Church has inherited from the Israeli mission to witness to the world the existence of a merciful God and the destiny of a people from all different nations, the subject of fierce persecution, slander, slanderous, target killings planned mysteriously failed. Brothers of Jesus, our DNA has carved its image, the Servant of Yahweh, the Righteous One who offers a reward for the masses.
The Gospel today describes what will be the response from people outside of Israel, according to the Greek espresione ethn ta panta (all nations in the current translation ) that in other passages of Matthew wherever it appears, always designates the Gentili, the pagan peoples, as opposed to Laos indicating the People of Israel. For theirs is a kingdom prepared from the Father from the foundation of the world, the blessing of God, ' intimacy signified by the call to be the right hand of Jesus . the same inheritance promised to Christians. For every man, salvation in Christ is accessible by virtue a grace which, while having a mysterious relationship with the Church, they are not formally part of it, but enlightens them in a manner appropriate to their spiritual and material situation. This grace comes from Christ, is the fruit of his sacrifice and is communicated by the Holy Spirit "(Dei Verbum Apostolic Constitution , 82). The Grace that leads them to encounter Christ through His younger siblings - adelphoi -that today's Gospel identifies Jesus with salvation and the Kingdom would be dependent on a meeting, the mysterious "when" the heathen, who do not know the Lord, they have seen Christ in Christians. "The Sages, Their memory is a blessing, have taught us a great rule: mercy (Hesed) does not begin with the gift of sight but with . "(Sift Chajm III, 154). A small act of love and mercy of Jesus did to the small will be the key that will open up to anyone who is not part of the Church the gates of heaven.
's great responsibility that goes with it. Much has been given, much will be required. We are asked all the men that God has in mind to save through us. Their names are written in the records of God, can not miss even one, without prejudice to the freedom of each. But also not be exercised unless there is, for each, the when the opportune moment in which see, meet Christ . The when concerns all of us. The Church is a sacrament of this salvation sent to the ends of the earth starts evangelization showing Christ in his children, living and sharing with each man the events of history. In every day waiting for us when a decisive for our salvation and who God puts us next. Every moment of our life is precious . Any event that makes us little brothers of Jesus, the image of the Servant of Yahweh, is of decisive importance. The mission of the Church and of each of us begins therefore welcome the history that God gives us everyday. It is the place where, even without recognizing it, men can see the Lord. Our life is the "Courtyard of the Gentiles where men can engage in some way to God" (Benedict XVI), and each event is that extreme ends of the earth where the risen Lord sends us. In this Lenten season we learn that the conversion is, above all, to believe and enter into God's will not despise anything that makes us hungry, thirsty, naked, despised, rejected, prisoners. Small, crucifixes. It 's our vocation, the presence of Christ in the world, bowels of mercy that welcome everyone.
San Cesario di Arles (470-543), Monaco and Bishop
Speeches, 26.5; SC 243, 89s
"Come blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom "
Christ, that heavenly mercy, comes every day at the door of your house, not only spiritually at the door of your soul, but also to the door of your own material home. Every time that a poor close to your home, without a doubt is Christ. Indeed, he has said: "Whenever you did it to one of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." So do not harden your heart gives a little 'money to Christ, from which you wish to receive the Kingdom, gives a piece of bread from which he hopes to receive life; receive him into your accommodation, so that he will receive in his heaven ; give him begging him to give you in exchange for eternal life.
What audacity will reign in heaven with the one who wastes your alms in this world! If you receive during this earthly journey, he will welcome you in bliss, and if you despise here in your homeland, he will turn away from you in his glory. A Psalm says: "In your city, Lord, make their images vanish" (Ps 72.20 Volg.) If, in our city, that is, in this life, we despise those who have been made in the image of God (Gen. 1 , 26), we have to fear being rejected in its eternal city. Have mercy therefore here ... Thanks to your generosity, you will hear this blessed word addressed to you: "Come, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom".
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