E d entrò a Gerusalemme, in the temple. And after looking around at everything, being now an hour late, he went to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next morning as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.
And seeing in the distance a fig tree had leaves, he approached to see if he could find anything, but came to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the season for figs.
And he said: "May no one ever eat fruit." And his disciples heard it.
meanwhile went to Jerusalem. And entered the temple, he began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, he overturned the tables of money changers and the benches of those selling doves
and did not allow anyone to carry things through the temple.
And he taught them, saying: "Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves. " The
heard the chief priests and scribes sought how they do it and die. They feared him, because all the people were astonished at his teaching.
When evening came they went out of town.
The next morning, passing by, saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
Then Peter remembered and said, "Teacher, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered."
Then Jesus said unto them, Have faith in God!
In truth I tell you, whoever says to this Mount: Get up and thrown into the sea, no doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be granted.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be.
When you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. "
"No nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn more than the arts of war
. Sit everyone, calm under his vine and under his fig tree and none shall make them afraid "(Micah 4.3
b). The barren fig tree instead designate infidelity Israel to his God and the Torah: "
They have rejected the word of the Lord ... from small to large, all of them commit fraud ... and reap destroys them, saith the Lord, there's more grapes on the vine or fruit on figs, and even the leaves are wilted " . It is understandable in this light, the prophetic sign that Jesus curses the fig tree from which found no fruit.Catechesis, No. 5
"Have faith in God "
is written:" It is difficult find a faithful man, "(Proverbs 20:6). I'm not saying you should reveal your conscience to me, but showing the sincerity of your faith to God who searches the kidneys and hearts, and knows the thoughts of men (Ps 7.10, 93.11). Great thing is true: it makes the richest man in the arciricchi. The true fact has all the goods of the world, because they despise them and tramples on the contrary, the rich in material goods, although they have in abundance, have come to lack the soul. The more you gather, in fact, the more you consume the lust for what they lack. The true word is a remarkable man: rich in their poverty because they know that you need only to cover and what to eat, so if n'accontenta, and despise the riches. Watch
faith is a prestigious badge is not just for us Christians who bear the name of Christ, but it is also for anyone in the world and also at points distant from the Church's absolute faith in date. Call the bond of faith in the marriage covenant that unites strangers to one another is also based on faith trusting the farmer to reap the rewards, because anyone without a trust s'assoggetterebbe efforts. By faith, men sail the sea Putting your trust in a small timber. In short, is based on faith most of the human shops.
Reading today I have to call us to true faith, and has shown you the way you also need to follow to please God for Daniel, as we read, faith shut the mouths of lions (Dan 6:23). "Keep taking the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one" (Eph 6:16) ... Faith gives man hard enough to make him walk on the waves to stay afloat (Mt 14.29). Faith is so powerful that not only saves those who believe, but also others on the believers. To the paralytic at Capernaum had faith that brought him to the roof and lowered (Mt 9:2). The faith of Lazarus' sisters had much power, which brought back the dead from the gates of hell (John 11) ... This faith then, which is given as a gift of the Spirit and not just as doctrine, gives the possibility of a superior human, so who owns it can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it moves.
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