Catechesis N. 176

 

A - Two days ago he saw an online newspaper on the link of a video that title already embarrassed, indicating the ballet of a bishop during Mass, the ballet accompanied by arok profane song.

B - We know the Magnificat and we magnified countless times, we read and meditated for a long time, hoping to have made profound teachings.

C - How in the world are concerned about accumulating the spiritual treasure that corresponds to the Grace of God? There are not many and are not only the priests, even among the laity there are good and spiritual souls who dedicate their lives to Jesus and to Our Lady, doing everything in function of the Gospel.

Q - According to the human mentality and also the sense of justice, the worker must earn as he has done, although there are also special contracts that vary according to location and production.

 

+ GOSPEL (Mt 9.14 to 15)

When the bridegroom is taken away, they will fast.

  

A - Two days ago he saw an online newspaper on the link of a video that title already embarrassed, indicating the ballet of a bishop during Mass, the ballet accompanied by arok profane song. Deeply sorrowful and covered with shame for him, I stayed a few hours disturbed by the scandal she continued to give. The consequence is then, the reflection on his other works ...

I chose not to talk about not to mess up many of you, then I did not want to show you this a situation that impoverishes the priesthood and scraps it. The little show given by this bishop did not favor the Faith and you could avoid, not being teachings. He accomplishes these great theatricalities during the Mass and this already shows a remarkable concern.

So I avoided tell you about it so as not to arouse right the ndignazioni the Bishop and maybe even judgments, this mattin to instead I found this article on many online newspapers and articles announcing that it is much ffuso on the web, so the bishop eventually became famous ...

After the wide dissemination there speak to give chiarime nti on the perfomance of the Bishop and an explanation to the stirred excitement that is a mixture of excitement, restlessness and agitation.

You notice the strong rbamento you in Bishop's moves. We do not condemn it because there are others who do it, we pray for him because he will repent!

This inappropriate and possessed euphoria of Bishop, shows the explosion of an altered interior situation, frantic and upset, and has long required a correct intervention vo personnel by a superior.

You can not suppress forever some unbalanced behavior, because sooner or later the vice will break out in all its deformation. Repress it is never the right choice, we must heal the hurt c h and corrodes the soul of the Bishop or the believer. A stronger person manages to contain a spiritual imbalance, is capable of controlling and dominating some spiritual alteration and, therefore, invisible to many. But holding it awkward is not the solution, but it is the real conversion that can be traced back.

Many bishops and priests have gone to Louders, Fatima, and returned transformed, they really discovered their priesthood and is a good news, this bishop has this opportunity and it would be his salvation and his pa rrocchiani. Even this bishop chooses continuously between the dissipated life and the priestly seriousness, its good and bad choices left him in charge and we must not condemn him, but good or bad effects also give off the parishioners and those who approach him and follow him.

God the Father does not look at this Bishop with hate, God does not hate anyone, but indignation, yes, but is ready to embrace him and forgive him if our dancer fell in itself and it would put certain questions. Someone curamente think that the Bishop of how difficult sings leave the scene of the drama to get into a humble and meek spirituality as itsHistorical Gospel. God is great and can do everything, but it only works where a small gap opens too ...

The passage of the Word today invites us to deepen the meaning the Jews gave to the Sabbath. On that day he could not reap, but a little 'gleaning, Jesus' disciples were tired and hungry and took the ears almost as an appetizer. You kitchens fed nor contravene the Jewish law, but the Pharisees tried to equate always ready to reap the gleaning, Jesus intervened and appealed to a gesture made by David, who was well known to the Pharisees.

The story goes that David fled from Saul was forced to ask for the bread of the presence were twelve, like the tribes of Israel, who offered every week to the Lord. The problem was that only the priests of the temple could eat it. How to find the solution? Jesus pointed out that for reasons of force majeure such as hunger, certain rules have no meaning. He also pointed out that priests on Saturdays worked in the temple and were without fault.

An unclear discourse for the Pharisees so much that they replied defending the priests because they were working in the temple, so their work was also sacred. Jesus at this point proclaimed that He was greater than the temple and that they no longer had to follow the Old Law. For the Pharisees it was like blasphemy, nothing to them and no one was more important than the temple.

In fact, who was the greatest of the temple then? Who lived there, God, and Jesus was the God that the Pharisees were to worship.

Mercy was not loved by the Pharisees, Jesus invited them to look for mercy in love for their neighbor.

They did not serve the sacrifices of animals they offered in the temple, the real sacrifice was denying, it arouses mercy. Good prayers to all.

 

 

+ GOSPEL (Lc 1,39-56)

Great things did in Me the Almighty: He raised the humble.

 

B - We know the Magnificat and we magnified countless times, we read and meditated for a long time, hoping to have made profound teachings. More than getting into it still on the whole Canticle, I want to reflect on two sentences, the first indicates the availability of the creature, the greatness of its virtues, the second manifests the intervention of God precisely because it has found that immaculate soul. It was thus possible to realize this work of God. This is the first sentence: "He looked at the humility of his servant." This is the second: "Great things did in me the Almighty." Normally reading the Magnificat we notice that before the Virgin Mary manifests to her cousin Elizabeth that God had laid eyes on her for her annihilation before the greatness of God and, consequently, for this humility God has been able to perform unrepeatable miracles. The objection that some non-Marian Catholic could pull out if he knew theology would be the thesis that the Madonna had since the conception had a special Grace and that her virtues thus facilitated her holiness. It should also be intuitive to arrive at this consideration as I write, but the Marian minimizers are ready to despise Madonna and not venerate her! The Marian Minimalists are those Bishops, those priests and those theologians who have no devotion to the Mother of God. My answer is simple: Our Lady has been Immaculate since conception as it is taught by the Authentic Magisterium of the Church, and as Supreme Pontiff Pius IX in solemnly defining the dogma of Faith of the Immaculate Conception, with the bubble "Ineffabilis Deus", asserted that the first biblical foundation of the truth of the Immaculate Conception lies in prophecy of Genesis, where with the Redeemer Jesus Christ "clearly and openly" is presented the Blessed Virgin Mary her, always in opposition and in the victorious struggle against the serpent, hence against Satan. Mary Immaculate was never subjugated, even for a moment, to Satan's dagger and was never touched by sin. She has been preredenta, covered with Grazia from the very first moment of her conception, immune to any guilt and moral scrutiny, otherwise she would not be a perfect satan winner. Our Lady is the Woman of Genesis who has fought together with the Son to crush his head to the Satanap enemy. Our Lady has been taken up in Heaven not so much because of the true Mother of God, but because he deserved that privilege, this too was preredenta, therefore, Immaculate which means conceived without original sin and full of Grace. Then, because of his Immaculate Conception and the Verginal Conception, he became Mother of God, then Corredent, associated with the only Divine Redeemer and Mediator of all the Graces, deposited in the Heart of his Son. This theological discourse serves to explain that the Virgin at the time of the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel, while being the Favorite of the eternity of the Most Holy Trinity, practiced the virtues in an absolutely heroic way, surpassed only by his Son Jesus. practiced virtues heroically because he lived in the world, the villagers did not understand his life devoted solely to prayer and was also persecuted by relatives; he practiced virtually heroically in all the circumstances of his young life, because, despite being confirmed in Grace, the attacks came from outside and were continuous. So Virgin Mary participated with a continuous heroic effort to develop all her virtually heroic practices. When she says, "Great things did the Almighty in me," but first points out that his efforts to remain humble and live as a servant of God have been uninterrupted. She even prayed to become at least the servant of the Mother who had to conceive the Messiah Expected by Israel. In her fifteen years before the Annunciation, she never touched the thought of being you the future Mother of the Messiah. His humility was so profound, to satisfy the Trinity and to repair all the pride existing in the world at that time. "He looked at the humility of his servant" means that God fell in love with her because his Heart was 24 hours a day turned to the Lord and lived to fulfill only his will. Virtues if you are bought from day to day, in an incessant and ascetic effort to continuously increase your union with God. If it was assumed in the Soul and Body, it should be considered that this award did not go away, Madonna deserved it for its full sharing in the life of her Son, accepting throughout its existence solely to God's plan, canceling before him, exalting him at all times, praising him in every big and small daily chores. Her Assumption is the only award that the announced Donna could merely tares, and God even before Genesis ch knew the answer would have given this creature unmatched. Her Assumption reminds us that his body was always immaculate, but today it is almost hard to find young boys and pure in body or com unque vigilant in fighting the temptations of the flesh. Today sex for teens is a vertimento, absolutely a blast to do with any partner, changing friends / girlfriends when you want and making every kind of immorality. The purity of the body is ignored today, he does not talk to them ssuna part, but is enhanced because the impurities have emptiness inside, and seeking to catch up w ith all kinds of depravity. Do not help the media that remain simple c king useful if used well, but with the internet most of the kids does striptease with dwe bcam and create the conditions for even those married to find lovers, alternating with other lovers. And I mean men and women. The meditation we have to do today is the purity of the body, without this condition it is impossible to advance into the spiritual life and confusion reigns in the mind as the heart is dissipated and devoid of spiritual fervor. Reaching the purity of c orpo is a victory, a daily struggle impossible to accomplish alone and without a path of penance and the denial. Anything is possible when you are fighting for the purity of heart, mind and body. Jesus and Mary help us to overcome all evil. Good prayers to all.

 

  

+ GOSPEL (Mt 19.16 to 22)

If you want to be perfect, sell what you own and you will have a treasure in the sky.

 

C - How in the world are concerned about accumulating the spiritual treasure that corresponds to the Grace of God? There are not many and are not only the priests, even among the laity there are good and spiritual souls who dedicate their lives to Jesus and to Our Lady, doing everything in function of the Gospel.

Special people certainly, but they do not really say it because the Spirit of God acting in them conveys that total obeisance that leaves no room for the frivolous things of the world, to those worldly pleasures sought after by those who have not attained peace inner.

Healthy lifestyles, weekly entertainment, or the times that everyone decides are not sins, would miss us, especially if they allow us to relax and refresh ourselves to regain strength and physical strength. It's a way to gather the family, stay together without the worries of life, and start wrestling again following the teachings of Jesus.

Intelligent holidays are not an ironic title even though several characters have built caricatures on holidaymakers. The holidays that Catholic families spend have to contemplate every aspect, but each one lives his holiday for the spirituality he possesses and chooses according to rule over impulsiveness.

The point is this: getting closer to Jesus allows you to acquire greater presence of His Spirit, therefore, of His Love and His feelings. It becomes new creatures for the pure assimilated mentality and the joy of life that becomes ever more wonderful. Thoughts are always full of hope, optimism and authenticity.

On the contrary, remaining away from Jesus for the loss of the Faith or for opposing choices to the Gospel, it causes the darkness to fall into the minds of men and women, even if they remain persuasive people. Their choices of life are, however, subversive, confused, lacking the ability to choose with that inner freedom of the children of God.

"Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?"

To this question you have to answer wherever you are, not to lose communion with Jesus and grow in the Faith.

Yesterday we pondered the Canaanite Mother Fortress, who was looking for a particular Grace, she was sure of the Omnipotence of Jesus, and prayed how all the world's moms should do for their children.The Canaanite Lord revealed to an extraordinary faith and with this inner disposition rejoiced Jesus and He said one of the strongest statements uttered by Him: "O woman, great is your faith!".

In daily prayer we have to ask ourselves if we are doing what Jesus tells us. Let us sincerely sincerely ask what we must do to achieve eternal happiness, the one never ending. The young man asked Jesus and the answer was simple: do the will of God!

When you observe the Commandments, the believer already has the desire to please Jesus and to do what is best.

The young Jesus announces the most important Commandments, but they are all ten to know well to receive continued spiritual aid from God. Whenever any work is done for God's love and to help others, the Holy Spirit acts by releasing blessings and increasing his gifts.

This involves observing the Commandments and knowing God's Will!

Jesus said in conclusion to the young man: "If thou wilt be perfect, go ', sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; And Come! Follow me! ". He does not say the same to all of you, that young man was called to become a disciple and refused to attach to material goods.

The lack of affective detachment from money, possessions, hardening the heart and losing human sensitivity. A misfortune!

"He heard this word, and the young man left, sad; in fact he possessed great wealth. "

It is important to observe the Commandments, but do not forget to check also in what direction our affections are pioneered.

Slavery for material goods and wealth causes sadness, confusion and insensitivity.

The use of material possessions without being a slave, leaves inwardly free also to elevate spiritually and to pray with love and joy! Good prayers to all.

 

  

+ GOSPEL (Mt 20,1-16)

Are you envious because I am good?

 

Q - According to the human mentality and also the sense of justice, the worker must earn as he has done, although there are also special contracts that vary according to location and production. Today, workers in some regions are paid per day, in others at hours, there is still no uniform criterion. Not only the worker, it is the condition of all those who carry out an activity, for professionals there is still another method of remuneration or diary.

Jesus in the Gospel compares to a landlord, leaves at various times of the day and calls laborers to work in his vineyard. The call difference is noticeable, starts at dawn until five in the afternoon. Everyone receives the same pay.

Those who worked a whole day and others who worked a few hours, perceive the same pay.

It is an unbalanced act by a master of this world, but here the master is God, so there is a different and nonhuman project.

Jesus with this example shows the Father's desire to see all happy and active collaborators in his Vineyard. He tells us that there is for everyone a call from the Lord to work in his vineyard. It does not concern only priests and religious consecrated, all humans are invited to make a contribution in the Holy Church of God but not all accept God.

Above all, Catholics must manifest greater availability, first and then external, to cooperate in the building of the Mystic Body. Not everyone in the world believes in God, the reasons are many, but God gives them the opportunity to know it through inspiration and repeated signs.

They interrupt when the person performs very serious works against one another and lives in luciferic malice. These choices place it in a position of opposition to Jesus and falls into blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, as I have written in the past.

In today's Gospel the Lord intends to give us a fundamental teaching: for all men there is a call from God.

Some receive the invitation of Jesus at the dawn of their life, at a very young age, and are subject to a special divine preference to be called so soon. Others are called when they have already gone a long way in the journey. And all under very different circumstances: those that offer the world we live in.

The money that everyone receives at the end of the day is eternal glory, participation in God's very life, endless happiness when the day of life ends, and, already here on earth, the incomparable joy of working for the Master, to spend their lives for Christ.

Working in the Lord's vineyard and thus apostolate with a feeling obedient to the true Magisterium of the Holy Church, which is the age we are in, is to work with Jesus Christ in the redemption of the world: spreading his doctrine on every occasion ; approaching people to Confession, perhaps teaching them how to do the examination of conscience and pointing to the precious goods that come from this Sacrament; calling others to follow Jesus more closely and introducing them to a life of prayer; working with their own assets to create new apostolate tools. Good prayers to all.