Readings: Sir 5.1-10 / Ps 1 / 9.41 to 50 Mc
CUTS
The warning not to be too exclusive, preventing the development of well spread elsewhere, now becomes a call to double-check the quality of our lives and of our actions. Rather than worry about what others may (eventually) do in the name of the Lord, we are called to consider what we ourselves may (tragically) make their own in his name.
Already the start of the gospel reminds us that being Christian is a very serious thing, that belong to the Father through the bond with her son. Jesus tells his disciples: "If anyone gives you a glass of water in my name because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, will not lose his reward" (Mark 9.41). The disciple must be sure to really show the name given in baptism, rather than considering whether others are trying to act in reference to this name. It is painful (for us) and outrageous (for others) carry names that did not truly represent the relationships that we are living, assuming leadership roles without taking full responsibility. The Lord Jesus said that at this point it is worth to be totally honest and willing to do anything not to remain in the darkness of a deep ambiguity: "If your hand causes you to sin, cut ... and if your foot causes you to sin, cut it ... and if your eye causes you to sin, cut it ... "(9,43.45.47).
That is, in fact, every day character of our life "becomes tasteless" (9.50) through quell'indolenza refers to "every day" (Sir 5:8) the time of conversion to the Lord and allows the hands, feet and eyes to persevere sad in the "passions of the heart" (5.2). But the root of the problem lies not in the passions which, if well oriented, give 'taste' (Mark 9.50) daily living, self-sufficiency in openly denounced as early as the ancient wisdom: "Do not trust in your riches and say: 'Just to myself' "(Sir 5:1). In the bottom of every sin that degrades our humanity, and all judgments, that hurts another human being, there a delirium of power difficult to recognize and confess, that is to say to heart: "Who will submit myself to what I did?" (5.2).
the Lord, while 'patient' (5.4), of "great compassion" (5.6) and more inclined to "forgive" (5.5), prevents us from 'add sin to sin "(5.5). We announced today that if our lives are lacking in truth and taste, only "with fire" (Mk 9.49) can be re-salted. Why wait for a similar "day of evil" (Sir 5:10)?
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