FAUSTI Betrayal is of "one of you", one of the Twelve. He is the close friend, loved and chosen by the Lord, Who knows in advance his defection. This "one of you" represents all of us. Our betrayal is the ultimate result of that lie which prevents us from recognizing God's Love for us. The disciples look at each other to see who the betrayer is. Everyone thinks that he or she can be anyone except himself or herself. Except Judas, the only one who knows. He is a mirror for all, called to recognize themselves in him, to whom the unconditional love with which he is loved, is revealed. To the question that each one asks to himself: "Am I?", each one can at the end answer: "Yes, I am!". I must discover that Judas is my brother, my twin. In fact, I myself. In him, in fact, whatever my relationship with Jesus has been or is, I see my profound truth, the absolute love of my Lord for me. A disciple is one who, instead of looking at himself, who has denied or betrayed, looks at the Lord Who loves him. "He whom Jesus loved": this expression appears here for the first time, which, according to the tradition, indicates the disciple John, author of this Gospel. In fact, the fourth Gospel is a whole contemplation of the mystery of Jesus, seen through the eyes of the one who has discovered how Jesus loves him. He follows Him in the process, stands at the foot of the cross, bears witness to what He saw, receives the proclamation of the Risen One on the shore of the lake(21,7), remains until the return of the Lord and is at the origin of the Gospel account. This disciple is the prototype of the man who understood the Gospel and bears witness to it to his brothers and sisters, so that they may have the same experience as him. In fact, the deep meaning of the Gospel can only be grasped by the one who has put his head on the breast of Jesus. The disciple, who was once on the breast, is now on his chest: he passes from the breast that generates him to the Heart that loves him. It is that breast whose side will be opened by the lance. His intimacy with the Son, is a response to the intimacy of the Son towards all the brothers, which will be fully manifested in the morsel given to the one who betrays Him. This disciple asks who the traitor may be. The Lord will reveal it to him through the maximum sign of love that can be given. In betrayal, in fact, the triumph of love is manifested, as only in love can one grasp the true meaning of betrayal. In Greek, the word immerge has the same root as baptize. This morsel is Jesus Himself, baptized in death to give us His flesh and His blood. Judas has the common chest; it is not his property, but that of all. Even for each of us, what we have and what we are is not private property: it is a gift to be managed for the common good. Judas, like everyone else, is a thief because he takes possession of it. This theft represents the sin of Adam, of Israel and of every man, who wants to possess what is a gift, without realizing that this is the way of destroying it. If the perdition of man is to steal what is given, the salvation of the Son of Man is to give what is stolen from Him.
FAUSTI Betrayal is of "one of you", one of the Twelve.
RispondiEliminaHe is the close friend, loved and chosen by the Lord, Who knows in advance his defection.
This "one of you" represents all of us. Our betrayal is the ultimate result of that lie which prevents us from recognizing God's Love for us.
The disciples look at each other to see who the betrayer is.
Everyone thinks that he or she can be anyone except himself or herself.
Except Judas, the only one who knows. He is a mirror for all, called to recognize themselves in him, to whom the unconditional love with which he is loved, is revealed. To the question that each one asks to himself: "Am I?", each one can at the end answer: "Yes, I am!".
I must discover that Judas is my brother, my twin. In fact, I myself. In him, in fact, whatever my relationship with Jesus has been or is, I see my profound truth, the absolute love of my Lord for me. A disciple is one who, instead of looking at himself, who has denied or betrayed, looks at the Lord Who loves him.
"He whom Jesus loved": this expression appears here for the first time, which, according to the tradition, indicates the disciple John, author of this Gospel.
In fact, the fourth Gospel is a whole contemplation of the mystery of Jesus, seen through the eyes of the one who has discovered how Jesus loves him. He follows Him in the process, stands at the foot of the cross, bears witness to what He saw, receives the proclamation of the Risen One on the shore of the lake(21,7), remains until the return of the Lord and is at the origin of the Gospel account. This disciple is the prototype of the man who understood the Gospel and bears witness to it to his brothers and sisters, so that they may have the same experience as him.
In fact, the deep meaning of the Gospel can only be grasped by the one who has put his head on the breast of Jesus. The disciple, who was once on the breast, is now on his chest: he passes from the breast that generates him to the Heart that loves him.
It is that breast whose side will be opened by the lance.
His intimacy with the Son, is a response to the intimacy of the Son towards all the brothers, which will be fully manifested in the morsel given to the one who betrays Him. This disciple asks who the traitor may be.
The Lord will reveal it to him through the maximum sign of love that can be given.
In betrayal, in fact, the triumph of love is manifested, as only in love can one grasp the true meaning of betrayal.
In Greek, the word immerge has the same root as baptize. This morsel is Jesus Himself, baptized in death to give us His flesh and His blood.
Judas has the common chest; it is not his property, but that of all.
Even for each of us, what we have and what we are is not private property: it is a gift to be managed for the common good.
Judas, like everyone else, is a thief because he takes possession of it. This theft represents the sin of Adam, of Israel and of every man, who wants to possess what is a gift, without realizing that this is the way of destroying it.
If the perdition of man is to steal what is given,
the salvation of the Son of Man is to give what is stolen from Him.