S. FAUSTI - "Get away, Satan " Jesus says to those who sets forth a way of being son that was different from that of being brother. The man has the life. How to maintain it, saving it from the threat of death, it is the moving of all his thinking and doing. The original mistake was that to want to own it rather than to receive it as a gift. The man is relationship with things, with people and with God, which respectively provide to him the animal , human and spiritual life. These are the fields of temptation, with the possibility of victory or fall, according that they are lived with the Spirit of the Son who receives everything as a gift and gives, or with that of the old Adam, that everything wants to seize on. In the three temptations it presents itself, in an articulated way, the sin of Adam, which is the same of Israel, of the Church and of each of us: to steal what is given to us. God is gift: possession represents the opposite of God , principle of the opposite of creation , source of all troubles. The temptations of Jesus correspond to the three lusts (1 Jn 2:16) and to three seductive aspects of the forbidden fruit (Gen. 3.6): -The possession of things is good to eat, because it guarantees the animal life, the possession of the people is nice to see because it guarantees the human life, the possession of God, it is desirable to be self-sufficient in everything. The idols of having, of power, of appearing are the same structure of the world, his " nullifying void" to which God replies respectively, with giving and serving in love and humility. Jesus has made the choice of the Son: the solidarity with the brothers. Now there is a opposition between the two ways of salvation: His way , that joins to others , and the evil one, which brings to distinguish oneself from them by means of wealth, honor and arrogance. The way of God, who is love and sharing, is opposite to that of Satan, which is selfisness and division. It is an internal opposition that passes through the heart of every man. It is important to note that the temptations present themselves as proposals to better achieve the aim : to demonstrate that Jesus is "the Son of God." Evil is always for a good purpose. But not it is enough to act with good intentions: the means must be of the same nature of the aim , otherwise they destroy it. The distinction between the strategy of Satan and that of Christ is masterfully synthesized by St. Ignatius of Loyola, when he presents the first as longing for wealth, honor and pride, the second as a desire of poverty, humiliation and humility. Jesus rejects the current mechanisms of His and of every age. They are the three idols that dominate the man, projection of his needs: idolatry of the things, with an economic messianism that transformes stones into bread , idolatry of God as a miraculous messianism that wants own God Hitself, and the idolatry of the power, with a political messianism that wants dominate everyone. Things, people and God are the three vital needs: the man may satisfy them in an evil way or in a filial way , stealing or receiving, possessing or sharing. The temptations are "obviousness" of the human thinking. Jesus overwhelms them in obedience to the Word : He is the Son who, unlike Adam, listens the Word of the Father. This passage explains us how we get lost in the illusion of saving us, and tells us how the Lord saves us in divinely different way from our expectations
Brothers and sisters: Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned.
For if, by the transgression of the one, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so, through one righteous act, acquittal and life came to all. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so, through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous. Verse Before The Gospel MT 4:4B
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel MT 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread." He said in reply, "It is written: One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you and with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone." Jesus answered him, "Again it is written, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test." Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, "All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me." At this, Jesus said to him, "Get away, Satan! It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve."
Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.
S. FAUSTI - "Get away, Satan " Jesus says to those who sets forth a way of being son that
RispondiEliminawas different from that of being brother. The man has the life. How to maintain it, saving it from the threat of death, it is the moving of all his thinking and doing.
The original mistake was that to want to own it rather than to receive it as a gift.
The man is relationship with things, with people and with God, which respectively provide to him the animal , human and spiritual life.
These are the fields of temptation, with the possibility of victory or fall, according that they are lived with the Spirit of the Son who receives everything as a gift and gives, or with that of the old Adam, that everything wants to seize on.
In the three temptations it presents itself, in an articulated way, the sin of Adam, which is the same of Israel, of the Church and of each of us: to steal what is given to us.
God is gift: possession represents the opposite of God , principle of the opposite of creation , source of all troubles.
The temptations of Jesus correspond to the three lusts (1 Jn 2:16) and to three seductive aspects of the forbidden fruit (Gen. 3.6):
-The possession of things is good to eat, because it guarantees the animal life, the possession of the people is nice to see because it guarantees the human life, the possession of God, it is desirable to be self-sufficient in everything.
The idols of having, of power, of appearing are the same structure of the world, his
" nullifying void" to which God replies respectively, with giving and serving in love and humility.
Jesus has made the choice of the Son: the solidarity with the brothers.
Now there is a opposition between the two ways of salvation: His way , that joins to others , and the evil one, which brings to distinguish oneself from them by means of wealth, honor and arrogance.
The way of God, who is love and sharing, is opposite to that of Satan, which is selfisness and division.
It is an internal opposition that passes through the heart of every man.
It is important to note that the temptations present themselves as proposals to better achieve the aim : to demonstrate that Jesus is "the Son of God."
Evil is always for a good purpose.
But not it is enough to act with good intentions: the means must be of the same nature of the aim , otherwise they destroy it.
The distinction between the strategy of Satan and that of Christ is masterfully synthesized by St. Ignatius of Loyola, when he presents the first as longing for wealth, honor and pride, the second as a desire of poverty, humiliation and humility.
Jesus rejects the current mechanisms of His and of every age.
They are the three idols that dominate the man, projection of his needs:
idolatry of the things, with an economic messianism that transformes stones into bread ,
idolatry of God as a miraculous messianism that wants own God Hitself, and the idolatry of the power, with a political messianism that wants dominate everyone.
Things, people and God are the three vital needs: the man may satisfy them in an evil way or in a filial way , stealing or receiving, possessing or sharing.
The temptations are "obviousness" of the human thinking.
Jesus overwhelms them in obedience to the Word : He is the Son who, unlike Adam, listens the Word of the Father.
This passage explains us how we get lost in the illusion of saving us, and tells us how the Lord saves us in divinely different way from our expectations
ROM 5:12, 17-19
RispondiEliminaBrothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned.
For if, by the transgression of the one,
death came to reign through that one,
how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
and of the gift of justification
come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, just as through one transgression
condemnation came upon all,
so, through one righteous act,
acquittal and life came to all.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners,
so, through the obedience of the one,
the many will be made righteous.
Verse Before The Gospel MT 4:4B
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
Gospel MT 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert
to be tempted by the devil.
He fasted for forty days and forty nights,
and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to him,
"If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become loaves of bread."
He said in reply,
"It is written:
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth
from the mouth of God."
Then the devil took him to the holy city,
and made him stand on the parapet of the temple,
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.
For it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you
and with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone."
Jesus answered him,
"Again it is written,
You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test."
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,
and he said to him, "All these I shall give to you,
if you will prostrate yourself and worship me."
At this, Jesus said to him,
"Get away, Satan!
It is written:
The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve."
Then the devil left him and, behold,
angels came and ministered to him.