WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER Jesus does not eliminate the concern and search for daily food. No, he does not remove the concern for all that can make life more progressive. But Jesus reminds us that the true meaning of our earthly existence lies at the end, in eternity, it lies in the encounter with Him, who is gift and giver. He also reminds us that human history with its suffering and joy must be seen in a horizon of eternity, that is, in that horizon of the definitive encounter with Him. And this encounter illuminates all the days of our life. If we think of this encounter, of this great gift, the small gifts of life, even the suffering, the worries will be illuminated by the hope of this encounter. “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst” (v. 35). This refers to the Eucharist, the greatest gift that satisfies the soul and the body. Meeting and welcoming within us Jesus, “Bread of Life”, gives meaning and hope to the often winding journey of life. This “Bread of Life” is given to us with a task, namely, that we in our turn satisfy the spiritual and material hunger of our brothers, proclaiming the Gospel the world over. With the witness of our brotherly and solidary attitude toward our neighbour, we render Christ and his love present amid mankind. (Angelus, 2 August 2015)
BENEDICT XVI - "Man is destined to breathe the infinity of Eternal Love ; not being able to do so, he remains a prisoner of dark depths. Only Faith leads us into open spaces , as the Psalms say" (Diener eurer Freude)
Hans U.Balthasar - Thoughts - The Word therefore came into the world. Eternal Life chose for itself the place of a human heart. He decided to dwell in this trembling tent, it pleased Him to let Himself be struck. Thus His death was a decided thing. For unarmed is the source of Life. God in His eternal fortress,in His inaccessible light,was impregnable,as children's gunfire the arrows of sin ticked at the bronze walls of His Glory. But God in the cockpit of a heart, how easy it was to reach Him...He Himself had betrayed the weak point of His Love, it had just been known that He was like a heart among us : already someone or already many sharpen the arrows and set the bow... His heart, which is without defense, will not defend Him. A heart has no intelligence, indeed. There will be no one who sides with Him. They will betray Him (every heart is unfaithful). His delight is to dwell among the sons of man, his passion is to know how much foreign hearts, others, like him. .. will never again forget this savor in the farthest eternities. Only a heart could design such adventures ... follies of the poor heart that from His hidden poverty and dreary earthly field is able to evoke treasures before which the heavenly awe.
FAUSTI - The Bread of the Son, of which we all need, makes us His interlocutors. Jesus wants to bring-up them from their selfish horizon so that they may embrace His love. The great work that God does is that we accept the gift of the Son (Jn 3:16) in which the salvation of all creation is accomplished. To accept Jesus, the Word of the Father, the Light and Life of creation, is to realize the plan of God, Who wants us all to be children in the Son. Bread from heaven does not come from a man, it is not something from the past and does not concern our fathers: it is from the 'My Father' who gives it to the present to 'you' who listen to me' , says Jesus.... Manna is a bread from heaven, but not the real one. It is a sign that announces the true bread, the one that does not perish and gives eternal life. Jesus helps His listeners to read the gifts of the past as a reference to what God works now for them. Jesus says of Himself: "I am the bread of Life". It is in fact the Son who communicates to His brothers and sisters the life of the Father, His love. This is not something impalpable and vague, but the concrete way of "eating bread", each bread: instead of eating it in solitude, one shares it with one's brothers and sisters around the Father's table, "taking, giving thanks and distributing". The Church lives in ever greater fullness the "surplus" of the bread that she has collected in the gift of Jesus. In memory of this, she makes a continuous exodus from a selfishness that dehumanizes to a love that divinizes man, giving him his true identity as a son in the Son.
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
RispondiEliminaJesus does not eliminate the concern and search for daily food. No, he does not remove the concern for all that can make life more progressive. But Jesus reminds us that the true meaning of our earthly existence lies at the end, in eternity, it lies in the encounter with Him, who is gift and giver. He also reminds us that human history with its suffering and joy must be seen in a horizon of eternity, that is, in that horizon of the definitive encounter with Him. And this encounter illuminates all the days of our life. If we think of this encounter, of this great gift, the small gifts of life, even the suffering, the worries will be illuminated by the hope of this encounter. “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst” (v. 35). This refers to the Eucharist, the greatest gift that satisfies the soul and the body. Meeting and welcoming within us Jesus, “Bread of Life”, gives meaning and hope to the often winding journey of life. This “Bread of Life” is given to us with a task, namely, that we in our turn satisfy the spiritual and material hunger of our brothers, proclaiming the Gospel the world over. With the witness of our brotherly and solidary attitude toward our neighbour, we render Christ and his love present amid mankind. (Angelus, 2 August 2015)
BENEDICT XVI - "Man is destined to breathe the infinity of Eternal Love ; not being able to do so, he remains a prisoner of dark depths. Only Faith leads us into open spaces , as the Psalms say" (Diener eurer Freude)
RispondiEliminaHans U.Balthasar - Thoughts - The Word therefore came into the world. Eternal Life chose for itself the place of a human heart. He decided to dwell in this trembling tent, it pleased Him to let Himself be struck.
RispondiEliminaThus His death was a decided thing. For unarmed is the source of Life.
God in His eternal fortress,in His inaccessible light,was impregnable,as children's gunfire the arrows of sin ticked at the bronze walls of His Glory.
But God in the cockpit of a heart, how easy it was to reach Him...He Himself had betrayed the weak point of His Love, it had just been known that He was like a heart among us : already someone or already many sharpen the arrows and set the bow...
His heart, which is without defense, will not defend Him. A heart has no intelligence, indeed.
There will be no one who sides with Him. They will betray Him (every heart is unfaithful).
His delight is to dwell among the sons of man, his passion is to know how much foreign hearts, others, like him. .. will never again forget this savor in the farthest eternities. Only a heart could design such adventures ... follies of the poor heart that from His hidden poverty and dreary earthly field is able to evoke treasures before which the heavenly awe.
FAUSTI - The Bread of the Son, of which we all need, makes us His interlocutors.
RispondiEliminaJesus wants to bring-up them from their selfish horizon so that they may embrace His love. The great work that God does is that we accept the gift of the Son (Jn 3:16) in which the salvation of all creation is accomplished.
To accept Jesus, the Word of the Father, the Light and Life of creation, is to realize the plan of God, Who wants us all to be children in the Son. Bread from heaven does not come from a man, it is not something from the past and does not concern our fathers: it is from the 'My Father' who gives it to the present to 'you' who listen to me' ,
says Jesus....
Manna is a bread from heaven, but not the real one.
It is a sign that announces the true bread, the one that does not perish and gives eternal life. Jesus helps His listeners to read the gifts of the past as a reference to what God works now for them.
Jesus says of Himself: "I am the bread of Life". It is in fact the Son who communicates to His brothers and sisters the life of the Father, His love. This is not something impalpable and vague, but the concrete way of "eating bread", each bread: instead of eating it in solitude, one shares it with one's brothers and sisters around the Father's table, "taking, giving thanks and distributing".
The Church lives in ever greater fullness the "surplus" of the bread that she has collected in the gift of Jesus. In memory of this, she makes a continuous exodus from a selfishness that dehumanizes to a love that divinizes man, giving him his true identity as a son in the Son.