"Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." We are at the beginning of "ordinary time", the liturgical season which is a strong call to build our "ordinariness", not in platitudes, but with the novelty of Christmas. It is the passing of our daily and working days that we must live the wonder of Emmanuel, God-with-us, that we must live news and the beauty of the Face of God: a time in which to build and adapt our "similarity "to" image "of God, which He has given man creating it, and that Jesus, humanization, revealed to us.
Today's Gospel we will again use the figure of John the Baptist, not the usually grouchy and grumpy prophet of repentance, but a Baptist won by the evidence, sweeter, more humble, as an eyewitness to these points to the key figure of human redemption, publicly revealing the true identity of 'the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. " A formal definition and plastic, which contains the complete and astounding news of Jesus, the sacrificial victim, a novelty that the Baptist, without much preamble, makes it clear before our eyes. Unlike the Jewish tradition, that is the man who should be offered to God through various forms of sacrifice, the Baptist is presented here by God that completely reverses the parties! It is he - God - the Lamb, the victim who is sacrificed for us, and who gives himself over. A real revolution, brethren, a distortion of values \u200b\u200bthat introduces new truth: man does not win anything, has nothing to "deserve" it must simply accept the outstretched hand of God as a gift, a gift intended to change his life; a powerful antibiotic against the innate human pettiness that seeks the help and friendship of God in return for purely external initiatives, without any involvement of the heart, and so barren and useless, is sterile and useless because of appearing more concerned that being. God, brothers, is not an accountant who sits behind a desk to record and keep track of our good deeds and sacrifices of our newspapers! Especially if done without true love. There is a fundamental novum, a novum who is right here: Jesus is the sacrificial victim, it is he who faces death "for us" is through his life and his death, we discover that the moving saying that God is absolute love, a love far greater than all our sins, even the most terrible.
That's right, brethren, God is the faithful love forever, and you can completely trust him.
When we look at the cross, we see the victim sacrificed and OSTES: the crucified Lamb of God, the One who delivers us from bondage, from every sin, from all unrighteousness. As we make mistakes in our lives, our God is stronger than evil, because He is the Friend, the Healer, the Love that fills our hearts and consoles. Giacomo Leopardi wrote in a letter to his brother: "I have no need for glory, nor esteem, or other similar things, but I just need love." Gospel truth: God meets our needs in full. In our lives we are subject to human suffering, distress, discomfort of any kind, but if we allow Him to enter our hearts, to be with us in us, then we feel to have a friend, a support, a new force, bursting, feel the comfort of having someone who listens to us, who sustains us promptly if you falter, always open a shelter in which to feel safe and loved. Completely. And, my brethren, what we really all need to feel loved!
Jesus is the lamb who takes away the "sin": the "sin"? what we talk about sin? What is still sin today? What is the importance we give to sin? Perception that we have? Little, my brothers. In fact very little, almost none. After all we now hear again and again that God is merciful, that He loves us unconditionally, that nothing can interfere with his love, what is he chasing us, so why worry? Although this is true, we should not in any way complacent, underestimating the extent of our weaknesses. Err bad when we justify our decision any thinking, "So he is good, forgive us if we sin!" Wrong when we do not think all the havoc that our ingratitude causes the heart to love God continue to make mistakes when we say "sins but I can never do? ". If we examine our lives in the light of only ten points, perhaps we can feel assured: we go to Mass, not kill anyone, we do our alms, etc. ... not to blaspheme. But we never thought in many other ways we can sin against the infinite goodness of God? Think carefully my brothers, because unfortunately we sin, and sin seriously, every time we do not want to mature in the heart, when you do not want to grow spiritually, when we prefer to remain as we are lukewarm and indifferent, without any problem created us. We sin when we do not want to face reality and close our eyes pretending nothing: when we are not aware of our brothers who timidly send us requests for help, sometimes desperate, when we look (and how well we're not seeing them!) the needs, moods, the suffering of those around us: in our wife, our husband, sons, our brothers, our sisters, when we realize that we should not take that particular decision that we refer always, when we know that there is a problem with our neighbor and we pretend that there is, that all is well. We are also in the spiritual life of sin when no longer circulates in us and it is as if we were dead, we are no longer affected by anything, we are insensitive, nothing moves us, nothing excites us, we are passionate about or make us cry when we are no longer willing to get involved, to dare, for any ideal or dream, or when, foolishly hyperactive, we do not want to stop and reflect on the consequences of our conduct quixotic. Sin wish to remain ignorant, not wanting to know things "not to create us too many problems," preferring the mental darkness to light. Sin is the pity with which we close ourselves in, "Nobody loves me, everyone has it with me, no one gives me anything, you can not trust anyone and I do so for others, but then ... ". Sin is finally believe flawless, unblemished, being convinced that "Yes, the usual small weaknesses, but nothing serious." And we are not aware of the many wounds, however small, and even those we do not put in the hands of God: but let them rot in the bottom of our hearts, to infect our soul and our spirit, to corrode and kill her.
shame evil, death, is - therefore - not fully express the life that everyone has inside. Because where there is life there is death where there is no expression of depression where there is love there is no closure, where there is good there is evil. In our life we \u200b\u200bcan not choose to do evil. The only choice is instead to do only good. To do so ever, striving all along the front.
Every Sunday when we go to church, we hear the priest say: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." And Jesus, the Liberator, whispers: "Look, I come to bring you a little 'peace, a bit' of love, hope, forgiveness and positivity. Let me get in? I open the door? ". We answer that?" Lamb of God come in my sin and save me from my bad "or" No thanks, I do not care "?
Communion, brothers, is not a duty, is not a prescription is not a requirement, but is a humbly recognize that we need God, they need courage and strength. Communion is the chance we have to enter the darkness of our heart a little 'light, to bring in conflicting world of our soul a bit 'of peace and forgiveness. It is a real possibility that we are offered. But then why so many people go to church and does communion? is so distracted and indifferent do not even ask the question? He does not want to get involved too? Do you think they do not deserve the love of God? It is hard to understand, my brothers. Why is it like going from your loved and not give her a kiss, enter a friend's house and say hello. It's like going to a lunch and not eating. Why? Why give up the thing good, that which is best, to the sweetest? Yet when we are in love with a person, we are ready to do everything possible to meet you, want to be alone with her at all costs! Finally
: Absolutely never think that God makes everything so much him, "You will understand ... so good." No brothers: the journey of faith and conversion heart there is no absolute free: there are no magic wands, mystical or anesthesia. The action of God in us always requires our direct involvement, the investment of all of our free will. It is we who must move: we must choose to be with him, save to leave, let us get in our hearts. In a word we who must do everything in his hands. Yes brothers, because this is the only choice that has never disappointed anyone. I repeat: never!. Amen.
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