FAUSTS: The Scriptures, as well as creation in its silent language (Ps 19:1-4), speak only of this wonder: we, the whole of creation and God Himself, are all gifts of love. But we are deaf to this Word. Another word dwells in us, a lie, which has poisoned our lives with death. Testimony is the foundation of the relationship between men. If we bear witness to what we know and love, we transmit light and life, if we bear witness to what we do not know or love, we spread darkness and death. The object of witness concerns the fundamental need of every person: to be a child loved by the Father. The witnesses of this truth, which is the most beautiful dream that God has put in the heart of man, are the Father Himself, with the works He makes accomplish, for the Son, the Baptist, and Moses with all the scriptures. Creation and Revelation, the whole history, speak of the Love of the Father, who gives us to be His children. "I do not receive witness from a man" John is a man, the witness of the Son instead comes directly from the Father. But Jesus remembers John because he was the first to receive him. He is the prophet who is not satisfied with the cult of the Word, but always keeps an eye on the speaker and the other on himself, to understand the intention of the Word and live it in his own situation: "I have the greatest witness than John" John, according to his desire, "decreases" so that He may grow, so even his testimony gives way to a greater one. Jesus accomplishes the same works as the Father! After speaking of the Baptist and of his own works, Jesus returns to the testimony of the Other, and the Father has testified of him not only through His works as Son, as He has just said. Whoever accepts the Word, hears within himself the voice and sees the face of the Father, whom the Son has come to show us. This happens because, if the Word dwells in us, our heart is enlightened by its truth: it is the inner witness of the Spirit, granted to those who have Love in themselves. of God, who makes him understand Scripture. It is that inner attraction of the Father that makes man available to be "theodidact", a disciple of God... If I only remember the Word, somehow I "take" the Word, if I remember the One who speaks, I am taken by His Word... The Word, if it forgets the Other who speaks, becomes the object of robbery and an instrument of domination. Glory is the consistency, the identity of a person, which comes from his recognition. It is a matter of choosing between the recognition of men and that of God, between vainglory and true glory. Jesus is not in search of vain glory. His self-esteem comes from being recognized and loved by the Father. Foolishness is to seek one's own glory elsewhere. Whoever does not know the Love of the Father, the preciousness that he enjoys on His eyes - man for Him is a prodigy, very beautiful (Is 43:4) - ignores his own identity, lacks his weight. His need for esteem remains empty and unfulfilled. The glory that comes to us from God is our identity as children, infinitely loved by the Father. Those who seek it elsewhere know neither the Scriptures nor themselves. He is blind to glory, to his light and to the light of God.
FAUSTS: The Scriptures, as well as creation in its silent language (Ps 19:1-4), speak only of this wonder: we, the whole of creation and God Himself, are all gifts of love.
RispondiEliminaBut we are deaf to this Word. Another word dwells in us, a lie, which has poisoned our lives with death. Testimony is the foundation of the relationship between men. If we bear witness to what we know and love, we transmit light and life, if we bear witness to what we do not know or love, we spread darkness and death.
The object of witness concerns the fundamental need of every person: to be a child loved by the Father. The witnesses of this truth, which is the most beautiful dream that God has put in the heart of man, are the Father Himself, with the works He makes accomplish, for the Son, the Baptist,
and Moses with all the scriptures.
Creation and Revelation, the whole history, speak of the Love of the Father, who gives us to be His children.
"I do not receive witness from a man" John is a man, the witness of the Son instead comes directly from the Father. But Jesus remembers John because he was the first to receive him. He is the prophet who is not satisfied with the cult of the Word, but always keeps an eye on the speaker and the other on himself, to understand the intention of the Word and live it in his own situation: "I have the greatest witness than John" John, according to his desire, "decreases" so that He may grow, so even his testimony gives way to a greater one. Jesus accomplishes the same works as the Father! After speaking of the Baptist and of his own works, Jesus returns to the testimony of the Other, and the Father has testified of him not only through His works as Son, as He has just said. Whoever accepts the Word, hears within himself the voice and sees the face of the Father, whom the Son has come to show us.
This happens because, if the Word dwells in us, our heart is enlightened by its truth: it is the inner witness of the Spirit, granted to those who have Love in themselves.
of God, who makes him understand Scripture.
It is that inner attraction of the Father that makes man available to be "theodidact", a disciple of God...
If I only remember the Word, somehow I "take" the Word, if I remember the One who speaks, I am taken by His Word...
The Word, if it forgets the Other who speaks, becomes the object of robbery and an instrument of domination. Glory is the consistency, the identity of a person, which comes from his recognition. It is a matter of choosing between the recognition of men and that of God, between vainglory and true glory. Jesus is not in search of vain glory.
His self-esteem comes from being recognized and loved by the Father.
Foolishness is to seek one's own glory elsewhere. Whoever does not know the Love of the Father, the preciousness that he enjoys on His eyes - man for Him is a prodigy, very beautiful (Is 43:4) - ignores his own identity, lacks his weight. His need for esteem remains empty and unfulfilled. The glory that comes to us from God is our identity as children, infinitely loved by the Father. Those who seek it elsewhere know neither the Scriptures nor themselves. He is blind to glory, to his light and to the light of God.