S. FAUSTI - " Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow-servant just as I had pity on you?" The foundation of my relationship with the other is the imitation of the relationship that the Other has with me. What the Lord has done with me is the beginning of what I do with my brother. Jesus tells us to love each other with the same love with which He loved us (Jn 13:34); and Paul says we are” generous,sympathetic,forgiving each other as readily as the Father forgave us in Christ” (Eph 4:32). The justice of the Son, which introduces us into the kingdom of the Father, is not the one that restores equality, according to the principle: whoever is wrong it pays. It is a superior justice, of those who love , which is in debt with everyone: to the antagonist it has to give the reconciliation to the small the welcome, to the lost, the search, to the guilty the correction, to the debtor the condone. It is the disparity of divine justice, which is mercy, gift, forgiveness. To the justice of the law that kills, it comes after that of the Spirit which gives the life. As a child I am called to have the same feelings for the brothers. The sins of others to me allow me to forgive as I am forgiven: they make me a perfect son like the Father. The evil that I do is the occasion that, by making me feel forgiven more, it will make me love the Lord more; the evil that I undergo is, in turn, the opportunity to forgive and love the brothers more , becoming more and more like to the my Lord. My evil becomes forgiveness of God, that of the other, my forgiveness that transforms me like God !. The forgiveness that I receive and that I give , it is the breath itself of God, the Holy Spirit, Which becomes my life. Forgiveness is the heart of Christian life. makes me a son of the Father and brother of my neighbour in communion with God and with men. Forgiveness does not deny the reality of evil. It supposes it; anyway in it , the triumph of free and unconditional love. is celebrated A love that does not forgive is not love. The passage is divided into two parts: the dialogue between Peter and Jesus on the unlimited forgiveness, and the parable that shows the reason of it.. It is built on dissimilarity between the magnanimity of the Lord who forgives the incomputable debt of a servant and the ruthlessness of this that does not forgive a small debt to an fellow of him. It ends the statement that the one who does not forgive it isn't forgiven. The forgiveness that I give comes from the forgiveness that I received. This parable, proper of Matthew, at the end of community talk, is an exhortation to forgiveness. Evil, instead of dividing and isolating one from the other, it unites and consolidates in mutual forgiveness. Forgiveness is the constant victory of love. It is useful to bear in mind that they can forgive to neighbour only if they are able to forgive themselves. And they forgive themselves if they accept to be forgiven by God. Jesus is the Son who loves the brothers as He is loved by the Father. The Church receives life from forgiveness and keeps it forgivening : the love received and given, as it makes begin, then it makes living the community.
Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful will suffer the LORD's vengeance, for he remembers their sins in detail. Forgive your neighbor's injustice; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven. Could anyone nourish anger against another and expect healing from the LORD? Could anyone refuse mercy to another like himself, can he seek pardon for his own sins? If one who is but flesh cherishes wrath, who will forgive his sins? Remember your last days, set enmity aside; remember death and decay, and cease from sin! Think of the commandments, hate not your neighbor; remember the Most High's covenant, and overlook faults. Responsorial Psalm PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
R. (8) The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness and compassion. R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us. R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. Reading 2 ROM 14:7-9
Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Alleluia JN 13:34
R. Alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new commandment, says the Lord; love one another as I have loved you. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel MT 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.' Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan. When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, 'Pay back what you owe.' Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison until he paid back the debt. Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair. His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?' Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart."
S. FAUSTI - " Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow-servant just as I had pity on you?" The foundation of my relationship with the other is the imitation of the relationship that the Other has with me. What the Lord has done with me is the beginning of what I do with my brother.
RispondiEliminaJesus tells us to love each other with the same love with which He loved us (Jn 13:34); and Paul says we are” generous,sympathetic,forgiving each other as readily as the Father forgave us in Christ” (Eph 4:32).
The justice of the Son, which introduces us into the kingdom of the Father, is not the one that restores equality, according to the principle: whoever is wrong it pays.
It is a superior justice, of those who love , which is in debt with everyone: to the antagonist it has to give the reconciliation to the small the welcome, to the lost, the search, to the guilty the correction, to the debtor the condone.
It is the disparity of divine justice, which is mercy, gift, forgiveness.
To the justice of the law that kills, it comes after that of the Spirit which gives the life.
As a child I am called to have the same feelings for the brothers.
The sins of others to me allow me to forgive as I am forgiven: they make me a perfect son like the Father.
The evil that I do is the occasion that, by making me feel forgiven more, it will make me love the Lord more; the evil that I undergo is, in turn, the opportunity to forgive and love the brothers more , becoming more and more like to the my Lord.
My evil becomes forgiveness of God, that of the other, my forgiveness that transforms me like God !.
The forgiveness that I receive and that I give , it is the breath itself of God, the Holy Spirit, Which becomes my life.
Forgiveness is the heart of Christian life. makes me a son of the Father and brother of my neighbour in communion with God and with men.
Forgiveness does not deny the reality of evil. It supposes it; anyway in it , the triumph of free and unconditional love. is celebrated
A love that does not forgive is not love.
The passage is divided into two parts: the dialogue between Peter and Jesus on the unlimited forgiveness, and the parable that shows the reason of it.. It is built on dissimilarity between the magnanimity of the Lord who forgives the incomputable debt of a servant and the ruthlessness of this that does not forgive a small debt to an fellow of him.
It ends the statement that the one who does not forgive it isn't forgiven.
The forgiveness that I give comes from the forgiveness that I received.
This parable, proper of Matthew, at the end of community talk, is an exhortation to forgiveness. Evil, instead of dividing and isolating one from the other, it unites and consolidates in mutual forgiveness.
Forgiveness is the constant victory of love.
It is useful to bear in mind that they can forgive to neighbour only if they are able to forgive themselves.
And they forgive themselves if they accept to be forgiven by God.
Jesus is the Son who loves the brothers as He is loved by the Father.
The Church receives life from forgiveness and keeps it forgivening : the love received and given, as it makes begin, then it makes living the community.
Reading 1 SIR 27:30—28:7
RispondiEliminaWrath and anger are hateful things,
yet the sinner hugs them tight.
The vengeful will suffer the LORD's vengeance,
for he remembers their sins in detail.
Forgive your neighbor's injustice;
then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven.
Could anyone nourish anger against another
and expect healing from the LORD?
Could anyone refuse mercy to another like himself,
can he seek pardon for his own sins?
If one who is but flesh cherishes wrath,
who will forgive his sins?
Remember your last days, set enmity aside;
remember death and decay, and cease from sin!
Think of the commandments, hate not your neighbor;
remember the Most High's covenant, and overlook faults.
Responsorial Psalm PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
R. (8) The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
He pardons all your iniquities,
heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction,
crowns you with kindness and compassion.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion.
Reading 2 ROM 14:7-9
Brothers and sisters:
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,
and if we die, we die for the Lord;
so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.
For this is why Christ died and came to life,
that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Alleluia JN 13:34
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord;
love one another as I have loved you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel MT 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
"Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive?
As many as seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who decided to settle accounts with his servants.
When he began the accounting,
a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount.
Since he had no way of paying it back,
his master ordered him to be sold,
along with his wife, his children, and all his property,
in payment of the debt.
At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.'
Moved with compassion the master of that servant
let him go and forgave him the loan.
When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a much smaller amount.
He seized him and started to choke him, demanding,
'Pay back what you owe.'
Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
But he refused.
Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison
until he paid back the debt.
Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master
and reported the whole affair.
His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.
Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,
as I had pity on you?'
Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers
until he should pay back the whole debt.
So will my heavenly Father do to you,
unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart."