Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Memorial of Shabbaz Bhatti, Minister of Minorities in Pakistan, a Christian, killed by terrorists because of his commitment in seeking peace and dialogue in 2011.
Baca lebih lanjut
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Memorial of Shabbaz Bhatti, Minister of Minorities in Pakistan, a Christian, killed by terrorists because of his commitment in seeking peace and dialogue in 2011.
First Reading
Sirach 27,4-7
In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a person appear in speech. The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a person is in conversation. The orchard where the tree grows is judged by its fruit, similarly words betray what a person feels. Do not praise anyone who has not yet spoken, since this is where people are tested.
Psalmody
Psalm 92 (93)
Antiphon
O Lord let your kingdom come soon.
The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed;
the Lord has robed himself with might,
he has girded himself with power.
The world you made firm, not to be moved;
your throne has stood firm from of old.
From all eternity, O Lord, you are.
The waters have lifted up, O Lord,
the waters have lifted up their voice,
the waters have lifted up their thunder.
Greater than the roar of the mighty waters,
more glorious than the surgings of the sea,
the Lord is glorious on high.
Truly your decrees are to be trusted.
Holiness is fitting to your house,
O Lord, until the end of time.
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 15,54-58
And after this perishable nature has put on imperishability and this mortal nature has put on immortality, then will the words of scripture come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin comes from the Law. Thank God, then, for giving us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. So, my dear brothers, keep firm and immovable, always abounding in energy for the Lord's work, being sure that in the Lord none of your labours is wasted.
Reading of the Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Luke 6,39-45
He also told them a parable, 'Can one blind person guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit? Disciple is not superior to teacher; but fully trained disciple will be like teacher. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own? How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take out that splinter in your eye," when you cannot see the great log in your own? Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter in your brother's eye. 'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. Every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles. Good people draw what is good from the store of goodness in their hearts; bad people draw what is bad from the store of badness. For the words of the mouth flow out of what fills the heart.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Homily
The short passage from the book of Sirach that invites us to consider the weight of words, in these days of war shows its truth as never before. How many fake and ambiguous words have justified actions of war and oppression! In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus himself warns the disciples that "on the day of judgement you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned" (Mt 12:36-37). "careless wors" are those who pull down without lifting up, those that destroy without rebuilding, that make people feel down without sustaining; they are words that spring from an evil heart that does not care about good of others.
The passage from the Gospel of Luke (6:39-45) that reports the last part of the sermon of Beatitudes, affirms that is from a good heart that good and useful words come, words that edify: "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit." And again: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?" With these affirmations Jesus wants to reaffirm the centrality of the heart I the lives of the disciples. Behaviours - as well as words - show what we are inside, what pulses in our heart and substantiates our life. Hence the urgency for the disciples allow the "Word of God" to scrutinize them, and to let it leaven and transform their hearts and become able to generate words and behaviours conform to the word they heard. It is the way for the disciple to become a witness to the Gospel: his/her example and words are a light for others. Blindness is the bitter effect of focusing on oneself, of retreating into one's own convictions unenlightened by the Word of God. And one also thinks oneself a master. But - Jesus warns - can a blind man lead another blind man? Then there is the temptation to judge others with a malevolent eye, which Jesus stigmatises: "Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye and not notice the beam in your own eye?" The Gospel invites us to humility, to cultivate a good heart from which good words will come out, full of mercy and truth. The Gospel opens the eyes of the mind and warms the heart in order to see with Jesus' same eyes, to be moved with his same feelings and to meet others with mercy.
All this is not given for granted and even less spontaneous. It requires real work on one's inner life, ascesis over our own instincts, perseverance in listening to the Word of God, and a strong bond with the community of brothers and sisters.
Doa merupakan jantung kehidupan Komunitas Sant'Egidio dan merupakan prioritas yang paling penting. Di penghujung hari, setiap Komunitas Sant'Egidio, besar maupun kecil, akan berkumpul di sekeliling Tuhan untuk mendengarkan sabda-Nya. Sesungguhnya Sabda Allah dan doa merupakan landasan seluruh kehidupan Komunitas. Para rasul tidak bisa tidak selain tetap di sekitar kaki Yesus, seperti yang dilakukan oleh Maria dari Bethani, untuk menerima kasih dan belajar cara-Nya (Fil. 2:5).
Sehingga setiap malam, ketika Komunitas kembali ke kaki Tuhan, Komunitas mengulangi kata-kata dari rasul tak bernama: "Tuhan ajarkanlah kami cara berdoa" Yesus, Sang Guru, terus menjawab: "Ketika kamu berdoa, katakanlah: Abba, Bapa". Hal itu bukanlah satu seruan sederhana. Dengan kata-kata ini, Yesus membiarkan para murid untuk berperan serta dalam hubungan mereka sendiri dengan Bapa. Oleh sebab itu, fakta bahwa sebagai anak-anak Bapa yang bertahta di surga, muncul sebelum kata-kata yang mungkin kita ucapkan. Jadi doa di atas segalanya merupakan cara untuk menjadi manusia. Ini untuk mengatakan bahwa kita anak-anak yang berpaling kepada Bapa dengan iman, dan yakin bahwa hal itu akan didengar.
Yesus mengajar kita memanggil Allah dengan sebutan "Bapa Kami" Tidak hanya "Bapa" atau "Bapaku" Para murid, meskipun mereka berdoa dengan cara mereka, tidak pernah terisolasi tidak juga menjadi yatim; mereka selalu menjadi anggota keluarga Tuhan.
Dalam doa bersama, di samping misteri anak Allah, ada juga misteri persaudaraan, seperti Bapa Gereja mengatakan: "Kamu tidak bisa memiliki Allah sebagai Bapa tanpa memiliki gereja sebagai ibu". Ketika berdoa bersama, Roh Kudus menyatukan para rasul di ruangan atas bersama dengan Maria, Bunda Allah, sehingga mereka dapat memusatkan pandangan mereka kepada wajah Tuhan dan belajar dari Dia rahasia hati-Nya.
Komunitas Sant'Egidio di seluruh dunia berkumpul bersama di berbagai tempat doa dan menghamparkan di hadapan Tuhan harapan dan penderitaan manusia yang lelah dan letih seperti yang di katakan oleh Injil (Mat. 9:37). Dalam kumpulan di masa lalu ini kita bisa melihat jumlah massa yang sangat besar di kota-kota modern ini, jutaan pengungsi yang terus melarikan diri dari negeri mereka, orang miskin yang terpinggirkan ke tepi kehidupan dan mereka yang menantikan seseorang yang akan merawat mereka. Berdoa bersama termasuk di dalamnya tangisan, seruan, permohonan, keinginan bagi damai, penyembuhan dan penebusan manusia di dunia ini. Doa tidak pernah sia-sia, doa terus menerus kepada Tuhan sehingga mengubah kecemasan menjadi harapan, air mata menjadi kegembiraan, putus asa menjadi kebahagiaan, dan kesepian menjadi persatuan. Semoga Kerajaan Allah hadir segera di antara manusia.
