FAUSTI - This bread, as it is concrete, is understood in a concrete time and place: in that time and place where we listen to these words. Jesus said them in Capernaum, in the synagogue, where one listens to the Word of God, the life of man. The harshness is in His Word or in our heart that does not accept it? - Before, the Son of Man was in heaven, from where He came down. His descent is His coming among us, His becoming flesh. His ascent is His return, His glorification, which for John is the cross, where the Son of Man becomes the bread of life. His words, which we consider harsh and unacceptable, actually give us the breath of God and open us to His life: they are Words of eternal Life, as Simon Peter ( 68) will say. Whoever accepts His word as Son has the gift of the Spirit and the life of God ...Only those who are sufficiently free from selfishness and fear, are able to open themselves to Words of Love and Confidence. Jesus reaffirms that believing in the Son is a gift from the Father. This gift is offered to all His children. If this were not the case, God would not be the Father of all and Jesus would not be the Son, for whom everything was created. Unbelief is the great mystery of man's freedom, who, slave to ignorance and the vice that follows, is incapable of responding to love with love. The "guilt" of incredulity seems to be borne by the Father rather than by His children. It is a paradox to attribute to God the ultimate responsibility for our evil; but it is also the only possibility of resolving it. If, in fact, He has the last Word, it is clear that it will not be as bad as ours. For this reason, the Son, who knows the Father, will bear on His Cross the evil of the world. - Peter adheres to Him and to His promise of life, even if he does not understand it and shares the way of it. He truly loved Jesus and His Words, even if he did not understand them. His is a beginning of faith, which will be completed in the successive experience, through escapes and denials. Only afterwards he will understand who Jesus is and what His Words mean Despite the fact that Jesus chose the Twelve and they recognized Him, even among them there is a devil. He chooses us all, as we are, because we are His brothers. It is up now to us to choose Him. After the first announcement of the passion, Peter becomes a "scandal" for Jesus and is called "Satan" because he does not accept the cross. John, like Luke, does not recount this scene, but he certainly remembers it and alludes to it. The Lord remains faithful for ever, beyond all our infidelities.
FAUSTI - This bread, as it is concrete, is understood in a concrete time and place: in that time and place where we listen to these words.
RispondiEliminaJesus said them in Capernaum, in the synagogue, where one listens to the Word of God, the life of man. The harshness is in His Word or in our heart that does not accept it? -
Before, the Son of Man was in heaven, from where He came down. His descent is His coming among us, His becoming flesh.
His ascent is His return, His glorification, which for John is the cross, where the Son of Man becomes the bread of life. His words, which we consider harsh and unacceptable, actually give us the breath of God and open us to His life: they are Words of eternal Life,
as Simon Peter ( 68) will say.
Whoever accepts His word as Son has the gift of the Spirit and the life of God
...Only those who are sufficiently free from selfishness and fear, are able to open themselves to Words of Love and Confidence. Jesus reaffirms that believing in the Son is a gift from the Father. This gift is offered to all His children. If this were not the case, God would not be the Father of all and Jesus would not be the Son, for whom everything was created.
Unbelief is the great mystery of man's freedom, who, slave to ignorance and the vice that follows, is incapable of responding to love with love.
The "guilt" of incredulity seems to be borne by the Father rather than by His children.
It is a paradox to attribute to God the ultimate responsibility for our evil; but it is also the only possibility of resolving it. If, in fact, He has the last Word, it is clear that it will not be as bad as ours. For this reason, the Son, who knows the Father, will bear on His Cross the evil of the world. - Peter adheres to Him and to His promise of life, even if he does not understand it and shares the way of it.
He truly loved Jesus and His Words, even if he did not understand them.
His is a beginning of faith, which will be completed in the successive experience, through escapes and denials.
Only afterwards he will understand who Jesus is and what His Words mean Despite the fact that Jesus chose the Twelve and they recognized Him, even among them there is a devil. He chooses us all, as we are, because we are His brothers. It is up now to us to choose Him. After the first announcement of the passion, Peter becomes a "scandal" for Jesus and is called "Satan" because he does not accept the cross. John, like Luke, does not recount this scene, but he certainly remembers it and alludes to it.
The Lord remains faithful for ever, beyond all our infidelities.