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"Do not be overwhelmed by life" Mt 6, 24 to 34

OCTAVO DOMINGO T. O.   CICLO A

 

" No estéis agobiados por la vida" . Mt. 6, 24 – 34

 

Con estas palabras Jesús nos invita a vivir en una confianza total en Dios, la misma que El vivía. Es esa confianza la que nos permite dejar en segundo plano los afanes y preocupaciones de la vida cotidiana (comida, dress, the future ....). overwhelmed The word appears six times. This bespoken translates a Greek verb that means something captures our hearts.

"Do not be overwhelmed by life thinking about what you will eat, or body thinking how you are going to wear."

is very likely that Jesus addresses these words to the group of disciples who had left everything to follow. The concerns of life had passed for them to be of secondary importance, because the Kingdom of God had become the most important. And from that choice and experience, you can live in the area of \u200b\u200babsolute trust in the Father who watches over all and knows our needs. He who cares for the birds and flowers of the field, take care with much more reason for all of us and every human being.

"Look at the birds: do not sow or blind, or store ... fiaos how the lilies grow: not labor or spin."

This message of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field has made us smile a lot, they say you have to be realistic. In fact, Jesus does not invite the negligence and irresponsibility. Jesus says not to worry, worry, live in distress. Trust opposes the anguish, the anxiety and obsession of wanting to control everything. The believer is fully trusts the Father's love, but still working.

"USCAR B first the kingdom of God and His righteousness ." The key to this message, it is essential to Jesus' seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness "and this is just a call to change from the root of these situations and the economic and social system that engenders. And when we do, that is, when we focus on the essentials in our lives, then we experience and live the Gospel as Good News.

what we use to have to eat if as individuals we waste?, What do we need to dress well and the last if we are empty inside?, What serves us well overwhelmed if we lose the essential thing?. Jesus insists that the former is the Kingdom: the radical change of man and the systems that generate dehumanization.

In short, the insistent invitation of Jesus to live not overwhelmed by the different concerns of life, no longer produces men and women of today, the impression of naivety and lack of realism. But perhaps we could ask but we who are not living in a totally wrong.

We take for granted in order to ensure happiness, we must have things, money, comfort, success, but experience tells us that, in fact, that way, we find exactly what we wanted: things, money, comfort, but not necessarily find happiness.

"You can not serve God and money." This is the central finding of Jesus in the Gospel of this Sunday. Why should we continue to develop the cult of money as the only god that offers security, power and happiness?

neoliberal model, we are immersed, it enriches a few at the expense of the poverty of many. Neoliberal globalization and postmodern culture have promoted a model of society based primarily on an economic value. Has created a culture marked by a fierce individualism, where appearance is better than reality, the transient more permanent, rather than exteriority and interiority where, above all, the be worth more than be .

The problem is not resolved to seek new sources of satisfaction. The problem is not resolved by compensating our empty ... On the contrary, every time we make our happiness depend more and more, that happiness is even more problematic and uncertain, because there are increasingly more likely that something fails us again and leave us dissatisfied and empty. Then it grows in us the tension, unrest, the exhaustion, and frustration. Would not it be more realistic to follow the instructions of Jesus: search every time the kingdom of God and His righteousness and not overwhelm both the morning? Would not it be better if they would welcome each day, each sunrise as a gift and an opportunity to move forward in our lives?

live a very opportune time to ask: What kind of society we want to build national and global so deep in this crisis we are experiencing?

Perhaps our prayer today might be: Lord wake us up to the trust. Live not so worried and obsessed about things ... You that you take care of the birds and flowers of the field, give us first look your kingdom and your righteousness. Lord Jesus, put your hands in our present and our future, our lives and our needs. You who are our treasure and our heritage forever.

Benjamin Garcia Soriano

February 27, 2011

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Spirituality: You have heard it said, but I say "(Mt 5, 17-37)

; SIXTH SUNDAY CYCLE TO A.

" You heard it said, but I say " (Mt 5, 17-37).

continue watching the image of Jesus on the mountain and learn from him as the first disciples. Six times he repeated: " you have heard it said but I say" ... Have not we tried to neutralize the explosive force of " But I say ..." ? The first disciples, who were Jewish, were puzzled to Jesus and asked: What could they do now without the safety that gave the law enforcement?

Jesus gives the answer: " not think I've come to abolish the Law or the Prophets ... I have come to give fullness " What do these words mean? Mean that Jesus came to discover the deeper meaning of the Act ..

Jesus comes into this world to give every man a radical transformation path and consent to enter that way, is to enter "the kingdom of God", which is the Kingdom of Love (love is not a standard, but a way to live life human revealed in Jesus.)

Jesus, now, is in the realm of practical and highlights the attitudes that help us live as true disciples.

First, Jesus refers to violence in our relationships :

" have heard that the ancients were told," Do not kill "but I say that everyone who is angry ..." We are at the first situation that man has to face and overcome: the difficulties and conflicts in human relationships, often full of aggression and violence to the physical but also psychological. Violence does not only belong exclusively to terrorist or murderer ... may also be in us when we get carried away by the aggressiveness and violence against those who disagree with us or that frustrate our needs. There are more ways to kill sutiles... el insulto, la descalificación, la indiferencia, van matando poco a poco a las personas.

 

Jesús también nos invita a la reconciliación : " Si cuando vas a poner tu ofrenda sobre el altar, te acuerdas allí mismo de que tu hermano tiene quejas contra ti, deja allí tu ofrenda en el altar y vete primero a reconciliarte con tu hermano". Jesús, buen conocedor del corazón humano, garantiza la calidad de nuestras relaciones a través de la reconciliación y el perdón. La reconciliación es una necesidad humana, un elemento constitutivo de nuestras relaciones with others. For reconciliation and forgiveness recover the broken relationship, lost friendship, love, disappointment, injustice, hatred and ill, reconciliation and forgiveness heal.

Today's Gospel reminds us that we need to get rid of everything that leads us to destroy the other or away from us and makes another fraternity. Is an inconsistency condemn the violent deaths and stir while among us excessive aggressiveness. We can get very aggressive in the heart, so we use a hard and unforgiving language. Why is so widespread this language, insults and slander fact, in our culture today?

Then Jesus an invitation to overcome the dominance of men over women in the sector relations sex: " you have heard it said not commit adultery, but I tell you who looks at a woman lustfully" . The male-female relationships is a situation in which Jesus invites us to overcome the Law The "wish " in the verb Hebrew, meaning "seize violently " of what one does not belong, that is, appropriating the other and relationship. Jesus breaks the patriarchal and sexist when a woman is man's property and reduced to an object. Thus, Jesus emphasizes the responsibility of man to the woman as "lust," the man was not considered serious.

then adds: " If your eye causes you to sin pluck it out, if your hand causes you to sin ..." here, you know, the "eye" symbolizes the desire , and hand the action , it means that there is just being led by the instinctual drives that destroy human relationships.

Jesus restores dignity to women when he says: " who divorces his wife ..." At that time, patriarchal culture and the divorce was an injustice against women, was enough to dismiss any proof. They were not entitled. The old law divorce in circumstances justifying the banal. " But I say, anyone who divorces his wife ... " Yes, Jesus restores the dignity of women and invites a total commitment to another, without reservation, without selfishness. In short, Jesus is inviting a loyalty and a shining example of the very love of God.

In a world so dehumanizing as the one we live in, these words of Jesus can be uncomfortable and, in fact, seem to go against the personal and freedom of man and woman, as now interpreted. But what Jesus meant, in short, is that male-female relations are lived in a free and fully satisfactory. Our society needs men and women who testify that it is possible loving "forever" and at the same time, have the understanding and support for those who can not live.

Finally, Jesus emphasizes the importance of truth and authenticity in our relationships " you have heard it told old: Do not swear falsely ... But I say: do not swear at all ... To you enough to say "yes" or "no". means that relationships often are infected by lies, the ambiguity of words, double meanings and falsehood. Jesus calls us to live a human relations based on truth and sincerity of heart. Our word has to be sufficient by itself: " I just say" yes "or" no ".

; In today's Gospel, Jesus proposes to overcome the scale of values \u200b\u200bthat governs our society and invites us to love without measure, as He loves us as God loves us.

In this celebration, we turn to the Lord, in prayer, and say, "Lord, you want to be free, free to love and give us a law inscribed in our hearts."

Benjamin Garcia Soriano

February 13, 2011

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Spirituality:" You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world. " (Mt. 5.13 to 161).

FIFTH SUNDAY TO CYCLE A.

 

                                                                        

"You you are the salt of the earth, you are the light of world." (Mt. 5.13 to 161).

This is the commission of Jesus to his disciples from the mountain that represents the specific attitudes, which the disciples of Jesus we called to live in the world. We need to embrace these words spoken by Jesus us today. The use of "ye " highlights these two metaphors of today's Gospel: " You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the world."

"You Ye the salt of the land . "Salt was a symbol of great importance in the culture of Israel, the salt gives taste to food and preserves from corruption. Salt, figuratively, is also an expression of joy of life. But, to produce its effect, the need to mix and dissolve salt. We are called to be "salt earth ", because there is much corruption in it what to do to try to avoid it? It takes a lot of" salt "in the family, schools, businesses, media, interpersonal relationships, culture, economics, politics and our Church Does not have to look at our behavior and become more present, such as salt, in these fields?

often carry a Christian lifestyle amorphous, colorless and dull that it has nothing to say or upset anyone, a mannered to live our Christian faith rather than provocative reassuring. We can not reduce us to be harmless. Our life of believers need to become a "contagion" appliance life expectancy and those who come to us.

" You are the light of the world " Light is also a universal symbol, light would shine in the darkness and light our paths. The darkness, in the biblical culture, is what opposed to "God's " and stifles aspiration depth of human beings: the desire for a full and meaningful, the darkness also identifies with the lie, born of greed and excessive need for recognition, power and prominence. The darkness, ultimately, occurs in humans blindness, that is, the concealment of the plan of God who is life from doing fully.

The darkness is the ideology that imposes the unjust order creating the world confusion and lack of respect. This darkness leads, often in bitter grief, doubt and despair. In this world obscured by the darkness, Jesus invites us to be "light in this world:" You are the light of world. " light, metaphorically speaking, is life as it imposes its light and can be known. Therefore, the Christian, we, as Christians, we are invited, with our style and our way of life to be "light to the world."

Obviously, we are not salt and light with the words, statements, documents and good intentions, but works, works of love arise and manifest the love that we live, not works that support the prestige and power. These words of Jesus: You are the salt of the earth and light of the world . There are a certificate of superiority over others, not a title of honor, they are simply a call to live consciously and responsibly on our mission of transforming force in our world.

Perhaps we should ask: what liberation movements have fostered and raised in our environment? What hope do we have on in the world of the hopeless with whom we met? What peace and understanding we have witnessed with our lives?

One of the most necessary and urgent that we as Christians is to return to "salt" our faith Gospel heat. We need to rediscover that faith can taste is salt and can make us live in a new way around: life and death, the coexistence and loneliness, joy and sorrow, work and party. Therefore, the words of Jesus in the Gospel of today who urge us to be the "salt of the earth and light of the world," he also challenges us to ask: Are we the believers Good News to anyone? What we live in our communities, what is observed among us, Is sign and presence of the Kingdom to people today? "We contribute to society current something that gives zest to life, heal and release something that men and women of our time? Do we live in something that can enlighten the people in these times of uncertainty, and offer hope to those looking for a meaning to life?

"Sal and light " we speak of taste ; the Life by Love and by joy. We ask positive attitude valuing everything that is good and beautiful in this world . In short, salt and light speak of the happiness that Jesus us offers to all.

" Shine your light so the men that they may see your good works ." To be salt and light of the world to glorify the Father, the important thing is not activism, the role superficial, legalistic ethics, but the good works that are born of love for the God who dwells in the depths of our being. When you have the courage not to hide our sins empty, not wearing masks, if not perfect, to be transparent ... good works shine and glorify your Father in heaven.

Hoy, nos volvemos al Señor para decirle: Cristo, tú eres nuestra verdadera sal y nuestra luz. Ayúdanos a ser como Tú: Sal de la tierra y Luz del mundo. Que la Luz que Tú nos confías reavive los lugares aprisionados por las tinieblas, que tu Sal dé sabor   y sentido   a nuestra vida humana.

 

 

 

                                                                                             Benjamin Garcia Soriano