This short passage is said by many to be one of the most beautiful
words that Jesus speaks. And the irony is he is speaking it to people who will
not listen to him. But Jesus never lets them go. Why? Because the thing that
makes him hook up with everyone, the ones who deny him, the ones who maligned
him, the ones that say he’s a fraud (and all through his ministry, he runs into
them), all the ones who want this and the ones who want that, and the ones more
interested in many things, but none of them seem to be interested in him, in
him and the one thing that marks the Messiah: the Messiah is in love. The Son
of God is in love. And he loves them all: the nice ones, the ones who listen,
the ones who gather around him and make him feel welcome. But he, also, deep
down inside, his feeling is of great love for the ones who walk away, the ones
who even curse him and, ultimately, the ones who crucify him. It is Jesus’ love
that makes all life possible. Charles Peguy used to say, “All life begins with
tenderness.” And it’s true that Jesus teaches people with great tenderness, not
because they deserve it, but because he needs to be this way, because the
Messiah cannot not love. Everybody is stuck with what they are. We are sinners,
and we go about doing good, but also sinning. Jesus only does good, only
forgives, only cares, only reaches out. And he’s God. And why is he so busy at
it? It’s because he wants us to feel and understand the great happiness that
comes with openly and wholeheartedly taking in the great and grand love of God
Himself. “Our hearts will never rest until they rest in thee,” St Augustine said.
And so, it is that Jesus is kind of caught in a great problem. What does he do
when they finally have their way and nail him to a cross, and it’s all over,
and the spear goes through his side? And, before it goes through his side, the
one thing he says… He looks up at his Father and what does he say? “Destroy
them”? No. He says, “Father, you must forgive them. They don’t know what
they’re doing.” He even gives an excuse: it’s not their own fault, they’re just
kind of lost and wandering in the darkness, they don’t know where to turn… And so,
it is that Jesus shows us how to love. You can’t love and take back. And that’s
why he’s the Messiah. Because he doesn’t take, he only gives. Are we supposed
to be like that? Of course! Because the ones who need love the most are the
ones who fall away, who find themselves locked up, afraid, wondering what it’s
all about, all these different things. And the more you give, the more you’ll
understand. And the more you understand, the more you realize how much we need
forgiveness. Because as long as you keep the flame of gift in your heart, He
knows that you two, He and you, will walk home into eternal life, together •AE
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XIV Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario (Ciclo A)
Cuando tiene lugar la escena que escuchamos
en el evangelio de este domingo Jesus ya lleva tiempo en los caminos de
Judea y es consciente de que la manera en que anuncia la llegada del
Reino de Dios ni cae bien ni es aceptada por quienes manejan la religión del
pueblo de Israel. A los fariseos les pone de mal humor que Jesús hable con
tanta libertad de la Ley y que diga que es más importante el servicio al hombre
y la paz de la conciencia. Por su parte la gente sencilla –¡ay quién fuera como
ellos- sí que lo podían comprender. Jesús habla constantemente de que su Padre quiere
que todos los hombres sean liberados de aquello que les daña y por eso es que constantemente
se encuentra con los enfermos y los pecadores. Y también por eso no tiene empacho
en decir que las complicaciones imposibles de la Ley no son ni serán nunca la
puerta de la salvación. No. No es por ahí. Aquella ley con aquella retahíla de
preceptos y normas dejaba a la gente cansada y extenuada; la que Jesús ofrece
es otro tipo de ley, otro tipo de yugo, uno que no está hecho de preceptos arbitrarios. El que Jesús propone es el camino del amor personal
y del sacrificio. Las palabras de Jesús esta mañana son una invitación -¡siempre
estamos invitados!- a comprender que el camino de Dios no es el de la Ley por la
Ley, ni el que pasa a través de una sinagoga bien montada, como
hubiese dicho Casaldáliga, sino un camino empedrado de amor fiel, de amor sacrificial,
de amor que perdona, justo como aquel camino de la Cruz, el camino a través del cual Jesús, lleno de amor y de perdón y de paciencia, nos alcanzó la redención a todos, cada uno •AE
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Fr. Agustin’s Schedule for July 4-5, 2020.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Saturday July 4, 2020.
4.30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation.
@ St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church (Confessional)
5.30 p.m. English Mass
@ St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church.
Sunday July 5, 2020.
9.00 a.m. English Mass
@ St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church.
11.00 a.m. English Mass
@ St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church.
5.30 p.m. English Mass
@ St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church.
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