Discussion (this time I put it at the beginning):
Among the many commitments that we take for Lent, I think that one dominates them all in importance: what shape to give us the word of God, just as Jesus makes today's episode of the temptations.
I do it with two short excerpts from the Fifth Gospel of Mario Pomilio Oscar Mondadori edition:
On page 274 we read about the spiritual journey of Monsieur Du Breuil
And yet, like a tree planted finally made, its long
charity began to bear fruit and his spirit, less tense
and add it, not idle, they are unaccustomed to re-
a hindrance to the movements of grace. Effects were, of course, the direction of his father
Saci, which in any way without changing the concept
tried to dissuade him from bias and
perfection of his soul was a place inhabited by hope. But more
again, were the effects of practice with the Gospels. That
book, read, yes, but bed in a hurry and bad, now that, for a regular
daily duties, was required not only to read it, but
understanding and interpreting, in the depths changed every-
of exposure, of dissolving what was discussed in
his soul and introducing a new density of existence. It was basically
as an omen, if not a prelude to the joy of the state
meditator for the first time on the Word and it shakes a more airy
latitudes. For her, the idea of \u200b\u200ba God afar and unapproachable
, who had been the obsession of his long apprenticeship
was replacing the image of Christ is a loving and close
that lessened the tremor of grace and a too
continuous and demanding application on the weakness of our infinite
calling him to confidence, serenity, confi-
CIA and even the first innocence of faith which, although
blurred, it must never be lost as a whole.
On page 294 we read about a boy who discovers for the first time
the Gospel and from there begins the path to becoming a priest
But there were also some papers with a pen,
including a volume in beautiful manuscripts,
already sewn along the back but still no pool, so it remained in view
the frontispiece, on which I read this title, "The Gospel according to St. John's
, ie evan-fifth
frost again popularized by Bishop Raffaele de Lellis,
canon of the Cathedral Church of Lancaster. " And although that time I
Title not badassi nor I were able to
astonished as he was unaware of an evangelist, I remember that I began to examine him curiously
now and for the novelty of reading
what my great-uncle and why never to Then I saw another ave-vo
that printed books. Later I was told as
then we'll see, that what was heretical and condannevole
li-bro. And not having seen him after my eighteen years
I dare not judge. But the fact of
I had stumbled on it I think I still see a section of Providence:
to me that he had not heard of the other Gospels
church, and more childish tales-for truth, I'm ba-
begin to read it to experiment on me
marvelous effects, and a burning desire to do well, and a devout
desire to meditate about the life of our Saviour and his holy
gifts, and a great longing to imitate
. In short, the reading was undoubtedly
the beginning of my vocation, and that's why when I
of the age of reason that I do not preach a different use of the Gospels
it 'our seminars, and why are they mainly
Our priests are trained, and
other disciplines and theology will outline Siena, such as those that can most barren
the mind not to train the mind
a Gospel charity.
READING Reading Isaiah 58: 4b-12b
Thus saith the Lord / 'not as fast as you do today / hear in order to make up your racket. / Is it like this the fast that I desire, / the day that man is mortified? / Bend your head like a reed, / sackcloth and ashes for a bed, / maybe you would like to call this fasting / day and pleasing to the Lord? / Is not this the fast that I / dissolve the bonds of injustice, / To undo the thongs of the yoke, / to free the oppressed and to break every yoke? / Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, / home in introducing the homeless poor, / in a dress you see the naked / without neglecting your family? / Then your light will break forth like the dawn, / and your healing shall spring up speedily. / Before you walk your justice, and the glory of the Lord will follow. / Then call, and the Lord will answer, / cry, and he will say: "Here I am." / If you remove from your midst oppression, / the pointing of the finger and the speaking of evil, / if you open your heart to the hungry, / if sazierai the afflicted of heart, / then shine your light in the darkness, / your gloom be as the noonday. / You will always guide the Lord, you will fill in arid lands, / reinvigorate your bones / you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring / whose water does not dry up. / Your own riedificherà ancient ruins, / rebuild the foundations from past generations. "
PSALM Ps 102 (103)
® Merciful and gracious is the Lord.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and great in
.
is not in dispute forever,
not stay angry forever. There is
and according to our sins nor repay us according to our iniquities. ®
as the heavens are high above the earth,
so powerful is his mercy on those who fear him;
as far as the east from the west, so he
away from us our faults.
As a father is tender towards his children, so the Lord
is tender toward those who fear him. ®
He knows how we are formed,
remembers that we are dust.
But the Lord's love is forever, forever
on those who fear him, and his righteousness
for their children's children,
for those who keep his covenant and remember his
precepts to observe. ®
EPISTLE
Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians 5, 18 - 6, 2
Brothers, this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. It was God who reconciled the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. In the name of Christ, therefore, we are ambassadors through us is God Himself who calls. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God who knew no sin, God made him sin for our sake, for in him we might become the righteousness of God Since we are his collaborators, we urge you not to neglect the grace of God he says: / "At the moment I have heard you / and on the day of salvation I have helped you." / Now is the time, now is the day of salvation!
GOSPEL Gospel Reading Matthew 4, 1-11
at that time. The Lord Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said: "If you are the Son of God, 'that these stones become bread." But he said: "It is written: /" I do not live by bread alone man, / but by every word that proceeds from mouth of God. " Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed it on the highest point of the temple and said: "If you are the Son of God, throw down, it is written, /" For He will command His angels concerning you / and they will lead on their hands / because your foot will not stumble into a stone. " Jesus replied, "it is written, /" Do not test the Lord thy God. " Then the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and said: "All these things will I give thee if, falling at my feet and worship me." Then Jesus said to him: "Go away, Satan! Is written: "/" The Lord your God, you'll love: / him only shall you serve "." Then the devil left him, and behold, the angels came and ministered to him.
S. Matthew recounts the temptations of Jesus, presenting them as the third part
after the preaching of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus
Jesus is in solidarity with sinful humanity that has agreed to follow the new word
John. These people want to purify themselves from evil, and Jesus, choosing the path of
Suffering Servant (Isa. 53), is perfect for the masses.
Father had approved this choice of the love of Jesus in Baptism and anointed him
in light of the spirit and clarity of the Word.
Satan is opposed to the choice of God that brings salvation and wants to divert from the path that Jesus
the Father has given ("a messianic suffering"), suggesting the way of passion,
of success, of power.
is being hurt because Jesus as a man can not remain indifferent to the prospect
of rejection, abandonment, destruction and death is looming, but you know opposition,
relying on the Word of God (repeated three times) and takes refuge in confidence to the Father,
fully open to God's love Jesus does not respond with arguments or reasoning
but "it is written." The appeal to Scripture is usually decisive argument
for any discussion among the rabbis.
* "Not by bread alone" (see Deut 8.3): the temptation of hunger,
understandable in the desert, Jesus offers the firm conviction that God's children in the omnipotence of the Word of God's providential
* " Do not put "(Deut 6:16): the lack of trust in Providence the tempter
passes to the opposite side, suggesting an over-confidence, which could put God to the test,
(severely condemned in the Bible).
* "worship him" (Deut 6:13): Jesus tells the tempter that wants to get him to a messianic
ground, invoking the great principle of the Jewish faith, which recognizes only the
worship God as the sole ruler of the world and one Lord.
In conclusion "the angels ministered to him," Angels are a symbol of the reconquest of
earthly paradise from which man had been driven, is the reward for faithfulness to the Word of God
..
Jesus really tried throughout his life and passed the suggestion,
finally becoming the new Adam, true progenitor of a new humanity, against the first Adam
he left fascinated and overwhelmed.
The three temptations are in the line of the temptations of the people in the desert of Sinai, and with the response of Jesus is
from Deuteronomy, recall the three tests
typical of Israel in the wilderness: "Hunger, thirst, idolatry."
The desert is a place of prayer, of solitude that makes the bare-bones
relationship with God but is also the favorite abode of demons.
The 40-day fast refer to the residence of Moses at Sinai before receiving the boards
Covenant (Ex 24:16 ff).
So Jesus is the new Moses and the new Adam.
Roman Rite
Gospel: the text coincides with the Ambrosian.
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