" Tell us, Father, the mystery of Christ's filial prayer, our brother and Savior and give us your Spirit, so, invoked with confidence and perseverance, as he taught us, we grow in the experience of your love. "
" Ask and you shall receive, seek and find; knock and the door will be opened. (...) If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. "
Gen 18.20-32; Ps 137 / 138; Col 2.12 to 14, 11.1 to 13 Lk
" Ask and you shall receive, seek and find; knock and the door will be opened. (...) If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. "
Gen 18.20-32; Ps 137 / 138; Col 2.12 to 14, 11.1 to 13 Lk
page of Genesis that we have heard shows the relationship between God and Abraham , a ratio almost equal, in which a human face to discuss face with God and man and God receives the objections are taken into account. Emerges an image of God, dare I say, 'very modern', light years away from that harsh and unforgiving God who apparently sensed by many pages TA.
not show that here the Almighty accommodating with Sodom and Gomorrah ...
I recommend you read the continuation of the story: the harshness of the punishment given by God is proportional to the seriousness of the crime of which they had spotted the inhabitants of Sodom, a Crime became infamous with the same name of the city ... and we just missed the two angels sent by God to realize the evil person of the inhabitants, they were themselves victims of sexual abuse.
Returning to the dialogue between Abraham and God, the righteousness of God is manifested as mercy , the Heavenly Father cares for each and every one, He is able to amare tutti senza trascurare nessuno; come se, per Dio, ogni uomo fosse l’unico uomo… E in verità lo è! Ogni uomo è assolutamente unico, agli occhi di Dio – e anche ogni donna! –, non è un numero, non è la variabile di un sistema, non è un potenziale produttivo, non è un ente di ragione, non è un dato statistico, non è un caso da manuale… è un uomo, è una donna in carne ed ossa, un uomo, una donna veri, questo uomo, questa donna. La persona viene assunta da Dio in tutta la sua completezza, con pregi e difetti. Dio non astrae mai dalla realtà interna ed esterna di una persona. E la risposta di Dio non è mai una risposta parziale, una mezza risposta. God intervenes in our lives in an organic, harmonious, full ...
Especially God does not put to the test! He does not need. He created us, knows who we are, how we are made. So, the conclusion of the Our Father that the authors have chosen the new version - " not yield to the temptation" - is finally adapted to the theology of the infinite. For the record, it now seems certain that Jesus conceived of the first prayer of the PN itself, in view of his passion ... the Mount of Olives, not to give in to temptation and react to fear, (Jesus) ... He recited the !
Objections : ma se è stato Dio a crearci, se Dio sa tutto di noi, perché ci umilia, costringendoci a chiedere? non potrebbe semplicemente darci ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno? Che poi si rischia di non essere capiti, di essere fraintesi, di stancare la pazienza di Dio, di perderla noi, etc. etc…
Ho provato a fare una rassegna delle domande che un cristiano innalza a Dio con maggiore frequenza: fammi guarire; fammi trovare lavoro; fammi trovare una moglie; fammi superare gli esami; fa’ che la tale situazione volga a mio vantaggio; dammi un po’ più di fede – in vero, questa è una domanda molto rara –; dammi la pazienza per sopportare quella tale persona…
Continuate voi l’elenco, adding your (question) ...
And if God the Father will say, " I have heard your prayer, I grant you the precious gift of the Holy Spirit. "... What would you answer? " Thank you so much, but what can I do? Perhaps the Holy Spirit to me solve my problem? "I fear that we must convert all the conviction that if God exists, God must solve our problems ... We often hear:" I prayed so much to help me get this and that, but I did not granted! This is enough, do not ask for anything more. Evident and that my prayer should not be heard. ".
is so difficult to explain with words what good is God!
What is the relationship between our freedom and His Will? His will is that we are happy - we talked about recently -, then human freedom can not be in conflict with the will of God, unless our happiness is inspired by selfishness!
Under these circumstances, God is pleased with us and you can not oppose the (our) choice.
Autonomy or dependency? Well, if happiness is not an illusion or a fiction, the man is completely independent from God! I would say more: this autonomy is healthy, sacrosanct. Of course we can not expect the autonomy and freedom from God, and at the same time (demand) that God intervenes when we are afraid of not succeeding.
What are the duties we owe to God? and what will be the reward after death? to God we do not have any obligation! Again we are free and independent. As for the final reward, well, there is no final reward. The good that we have made, had not God, but to ourselves and to others, to which we are bound by divine kinship, we are children of the same heavenly Father, and brothers in Christ Jesus Heaven, eternal happiness is a free and undeserved gift.
conclusion, the delivery of prayer we have received from God the Father, the Son of the mouth, is aimed first of all of us to understand what assets we really need, and to such properties, finally learn to invest seriously! God means to repeat ourselves to repeat it. Of course the most precious is the gift of the Holy Spirit, according to the faith when he suggests. Presence of the Holy Spirit in us means perfect union with God just like Jesus, true God and true man: his mortal body was permanently inhabited by the Spirit.
Needless to argue that he, Jesus, was God! Even Jesus, in his frail humanity, our own, experienced l’assenza di Dio, la lontananza del Padre… Il Vangelo di Matteo (27,46) e di Marco (15,34) lo dichiarano senza mezzi termini; quella di Cristo in croce era un’umanità fiaccata, violentata, reietta dagli uomini! per questo faceva fatica a avvertire la vicinanza del Padre.
Ma il Padre era ancora una cosa sola con Lui e Lui con il Padre, anche se in quel tragico momento (Gesù) non se ne rendeva più conto.
Credetemi, in quell’interminabile Venerdì Santo, il Figlio di Dio visse la nostra stessa solitudine. Ma la Verità, lo ripeto, era esattamente il contrario. E a Pasqua, anche Gesù ne ebbe la certezza. Ma era già Domenica…
“Oh, anima mia,
preparati a incontrare Colui
che sa come porre le domande”
T.S. Eliot
preparati a incontrare Colui
che sa come porre le domande”
T.S. Eliot
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