Readings: Zeph 2.3, 3.12 to 13 / Ps 145 / 1 Cor 1.26 to 31 / Matthew 5.1-12a
NOT ELSEWHERE
I grew up in an alley, in one of those roads open only on one side, the French call nicely cul de sac . The lane does not lead anywhere, it is a land of passage. It's a place where you come out or where we stay. I would not have imagined that this detail might have been planning a day in my eyes apt metaphor to illustrate the meaning of a page of the Gospel. Never, until now of course!
the latest Happy?!
In short liturgy readings appear perfect ally in Symphony as this Sunday. "I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly" Zephaniah announced in Israel on behalf of God Paul, meanwhile, reminds Christians of Corinth why God has set his eyes on them, "Consider your call, brothers, there are many wise men from among you in human terms, not many mighty, not many noble "(1 Cor 1:26). The Master Jesus, ascended the mountain as a new Moses, finally reverse the ethics of human happiness, with the message of the Beatitudes: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:3). There is no doubt: God love the poor, the humble, the 'down wind, "as Jesus discounting the voice of the prophet Isaiah. The news softens our hearts now and always, always a bit 'bruised and beaten by the gear shift in the newspaper. Glad to hear that happiness is not in disagreement with the failures. But the good news of the gospel must be viewed with caution, because we could easily misunderstand. As if God himself proposes to adopt a posture curve and resigned, more docile and submissive in front of her will. A kind of exaltation of the last place, almost an end in itself. No, this is the message of the Beatitudes. This reading is our dangerous exegesis that hides, in reality, fear and narcissism, faces seemingly distant. No, says the list of other paradoxical joy.
Elsewhere
To understand this, it often tries to make the dry language and symbolic of Jesus in more concrete terms, to discount the incredible message. I quote one of my favorite paraphrase: "Joyful, joyful, delighted all those who are given up for dead today, rejected the migration, the bombed house, the defenders of peace derided by the warlords sitting in the chair (E. De Luca). Even before a linguistic formulation more effective and now, we run the risk of misunderstanding the message that the Beatitudes are meant to communicate. We could understand it more as a call to return to the ranks of people who choose the good, at the cost of remaining at the margins, to embrace a life more dignified and virtuous. If so, the Beatitudes still remain a moral discourse - perhaps the most beautiful ever released from human breath - which, after all, once again announces the man, see that happiness lies elsewhere! If you strive, if you agree, if you agree to be poor and humble, then here, finally, to find happiness. Not where you are now. Not here, not now.
Latest? Happy!
But the opposite is true. The Beatitudes of Jesus announcing that there is no need to go to be happy. Not anymore. In fact, the only non-moralistic reading of these words is that which points out that whoever is speaking - the Lord Jesus - especially speaks from his own experience, that he wishes to broaden and to propose to any man. His experience is a way of life, full membership, faithful to the logic of the Incarnation. Have chosen to dwell in the flesh of our humanity allows Jesus to proclamare che la realtà, così come essa è – e non come noi vorremmo che fosse – può diventare il luogo della nostra gioia e il tempo della nostra sazietà. Le Beatitudini sono il contrario di ogni spiritualità che punta in alto in termini comparativi, illudendoci che una vita santa sia quella che si rivela più buona, più giusta, più coerente rispetto alla mediocrità diffusa. Tutto il contrario: le Beatitudini ci invitano a spegnere i motori e a puntare in basso, fino a credere che non esiste altro che possa donarci felicità se non quello che siamo e ciò che la vita ci permette di essere. Non dicono che dobbiamo essere meek, pure, poor, have access to the declaration rather than gifts of God, to the extent that we remain in the alley of our lives and we offer a humble consent to reality as we meet, then we can discover that through their tears and suffering you experience the joy of becoming men and women to the end. Away from heroism and victims, with the calm realization that this task we are "called" by God is the only way - very natural - we realize that we can not cry in front of evil, lay down their weapons when confronted with injustice, to reject some motions of the heart to be able to purify, have to hope to receive mercy, fight for justice for the world to become the home for all, not to take anything, because everything there has always been given.
To be happy - announce the Beatitudes - no need to go elsewhere. Just honor the land where God's providence has placed in our lives. Without illusions, without fear. The God who has immersed himself fully in our humanity makes us able to stay in the lane with the hope of our existence. Up to make it through the scent of our humanity, earth friendly, full of fruit, place of happiness, to enjoy and share with everyone. Humbly.
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