Sunday of Advent. A YEAR OF OUR LORD JESUS \u200b\u200b
Mt 24.37-44
At that time, Jesus told his disciples: "But as the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man . For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man. Then two men in the field: one will be taken the other left. Two women grinding at the mill: one will be taken the other left.
Watch therefore, for ye know on what day your Lord is coming. This, that if the householder had known at what time of night the thief, have watched and would not have let his house be broken. Therefore you also be ready, because at an hour you can not imagine the Son of Man will be. "
COMMENT
"If the householder had known at what hour the thief ...". Today, with these words, Advent begins. before the wait there is a certainty , knowing that he expects this to be accomplished, the person expect that coming. Without this certainty, the question remains whether to poison the hours, the wait will never be sincere, will be the expansion of a faint hope that turns into illusion, and nothing more. Maybe. Who knows ... And life goes on exactly as before, without changing a comma, maybe a couple of sheets in the laundry that you never know someone will come, but life, the internal component of the time that we live in, nothing really changes.
As in the days of Noah, we marry, we work, we try houses, housing, children do, when we can not inflict us with thousands of tubes and when they do not want to throw trash in a chemical, there fall asleep and we wake up. A routine, a wicked man "eternal return" which freezes and thaws all lived without that nothing really has a meaning.
The thief instead look for the surprise. The thief steals the night. Also loved the look of surprise, but a surprise of love, full of sweetness and joy. The thief is hiding, disguises himself, hoping to never be recognized, it moves without identity. The beloved sowing love clues, find the heart of the beloved, even when hides are being found for . The beloved is at the door and knocks and jolts the heart with love and passion. The beloved is a certainty, and the beloved knows his arrival, the heart whispers to the heart, is an intuition that only lovers know. The beloved is not afraid, it's time unexpected surprise, perhaps waiting for the Beloved has been done, but also the joy transfigured the wonder, and eyes that can not be described, a look that no artist would know to portray a heart jumps and seems to fly. Just as happened to the disciples to see the risen Lord.
The devil comes to steal the other hand, to rescue us what our flesh assumed to have hard-won. The devil, as a thief, disrupts the lives of those who expects nothing and has made his quiet way of being drugged the world.
The Lord however is as madly in love with the Beloved. He himself has prepared, even before the creation of the world, the encounter with his beloved. He gave all of himself to her for ransom in the compassion, to heal, to cure every wound, to coat his holiness, to make her his, the Lord comes to take what he has paid the price of life. For pure love. By sheer grace. The beloved is in your garden to reap the rewards of what he himself has sown. The Amato is now in our lives, but there is a long love story that precedes it, the footsteps of his tenderness that run through our whole life. Nothing is sudden, everything is already prepared, the court of the Beloved extends throughout our history, until this very second.
Advent, the Advent, it is our expectation of our love, our a unique, authentic and true happiness. Watch and hope, but hope, as Saint Paul writes to the Romans, does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given. The Holy Spirit keeps us awake, in the fervent and anxious wait to see the complete certainty that the Lord Himself has sown in our hearts.
And it's a love that overwhelms, that tinge of himself every moment, how much and when you fall in love with somebody, because time flies and cakes in a palpitation of the heart, and the moments become eternal, and the eternal becomes instant. And wait for a call, a glance, a phone call, a message, and every moment could be good. Activities, work, study, housework, and leisure, and labor, everything is crossed by a thunderbolt of fire that ignited the second of a sense of love that fills and fills and satisfies. Earthly love, human, and are able to stop time and to fill it, what could be, what is the love of Christ, heavenly love, which pierces the pain that pierces the sky and descends to us celestial men already, in this slice of history that we are called to live! Advent is in love with Love made flesh, and word, and mercy, and victory over pain, sin, death.
And he is. It is you and me. Today, tomorrow, every moment of life. We are not automatons thrown into history, we are people who carry sealed inside a certainty, from which flows a hope that puts us on hold: the infinite love of God, of His love for me. Now. Just as I am. The desire of my heart, my all, my entire life: to be loved. Here comes the love that satisfies my desire, comes the Lord. Just ask for the grace to fall in love, even a little ', and so live in joyful expectation of Him, the Beloved of our hearts.
Gospel según San Mateo 24.37 to 44.
C hen is el Hijo del hombre, como en tiempos de Noé sucederá.
En los días que precedieron the flood, people comía, bebía and married, until Noah entered the ark;
and suspected nothing until the flood came and took them all away. The same will happen when the Son of man.
Two men who are in the field, one will be taken and the other left.
Two women are grinding, one will be taken and the other left.
Be forewarned, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
Entiéndanlo well: if the householder had known at what time of night the thief is coming, would watch and would not pierce the walls of your home.
You are also ready, because the Son of Man will come when least expected.
COMMENT
"If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming ..." . Today, with these words, we began the Advent. pending before there is a certainty , Knowing that what is expected to be fulfilled, that the person we hope will come. Without this certainty, if the question is to poison the hours, the wait will never be sincere, will expand in a glimmer of hope that becomes an illusion, and nothing else. Maybe ... Maybe ... And life goes on exactly as before, without changing a comma, maybe a couple of sheets in the wash that you never know, you can always get someone, but life inside flap of the times we live in, nothing really changes.
As in Noah's time, study, marry, work, build homes, we live in, children do when we can not we bitter with a thousand samples, and when we do not want the cast in a chemistry paper, we sleep and wake. A routine, a wicked "eternal return" which freezes and thaws experienced everything and nothing really has a meaning.
The thief looks of surprise. The thief steals the evening. Amado also seeks to surprise, but a surprise of love, full of sweetness and joy. The thief is hiding, hoping not to be camouflaged is never recognized, moves without identity. Beloved love planting evidence, search the heart of the beloved, also when hiding is to be found . The Beloved is at the door and touches the heart and shock it with love and passion. Beloved is a certainty, and the beloved knows his arrival, the whispers heart to heart, and is an intuition that only knows who loves her. The beloved is not afraid, is amazed when unexpected, perhaps the beloved is waiting, but also joy transfigured the stupor, and they are eyes that can not be described, a look that no artist would know draw, a heart that startles and seems to fly. Exactly as happened to the disciples saw the risen Lord.
But the devil comes to steal, to take away what our flesh is having conquered wearily. The devil, as a thief, whose life revolves not expect anything and made his quiet way of being drugged to the world.
The Lord, He comes as a smitten Amado. He himself has prepared, since before the creation of the world, meeting with his beloved. Himself has given everything for her, to rescue her in mercy, to heal, cure it every wound, to clothe his holiness, to make his , the Lord comes to pick what you have paid the price of life. Out of pure love. By sheer Grazia. The Beloved comes in His garden to reap the rewards that he himself has sown. The Beloved comes to our lives today, but there is a long love story that precedes it, the footsteps of his tenderness that run through our lives. Nothing is sudden, everything is ready, your cortjo extends throughout our history, until this very second.
Advent, the Advent, we await our Love, from our unique, authentic and true happiness. Ensure is expected, but the hope, as St. Paul writes to the Romans, does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit that has been donated. The Holy Spirit has awakened, in the ardent and anxious waiting to see fulfilled the certainty that God has planted in our hearts.
It is a love coiling, which stains if each moment as much more than when you fall for someone, and time flies because they clump together in a heartbeat , and moments are eternal, and the eternal is moment. And expect a call, a look, message, and every moment could be that good. The activities, work, study, chores, fun and fatigue, everything is run by a bolt of fire that burns within seconds of a love that gives meaning and fills and satisfies. Earthly love, human, and are able to stop time and to fill ... What could be thing the love of Christ, the heavenly love, which transcends even pain, which tears the sky and descends to us and now celestial men, this slice of history that we are called to live! Advent Love is love and word made flesh and mercy and victory over pain, sin, death.
He comes. Comes to me and you. Today, tomorrow, every moment of life. Automata are not cast in history, we are people who are sealed within a certainty, which unclogs hope we put on hold: the infinite love of God, His love for me. Now. As I am. The desire of my heart, my self, my whole life: to be loved. Comes the love that satisfies my desire, the Lord comes. It is enough to ask for the grace of love with him, even out a little, and live well, in the joyful expectation of him, he Amado de nuestro corazón.
Blessed Guerric of Igny (about 1080-1157), Cistercian abbot
Speeches for the advent, 2 , 2-4: PL 185, 15-17
"hour you do not, the Son of man cometh"
We are waiting for the anniversary of the birth of Christ ... Rises, therefore, our spirit with vivid joy, and run to meet her Savior ... The writing seems to require of us a joy that even our spirit, rising above self, you yearn to meet in a way that is in Christ, reaches out with the desire and, unable to bear delay, shall strive to see the event already promised ... Before his arrival in the world, the Lord is with you. Before appearing to the world, come and visit you intimately. In fact, he said, "will not leave you orphans come to you" (Jn 14:18).
And certainly, according to merit and love, the visit of the Lord in every soul is common at this time between the first and last coming into line with the time it first and prepares us all ' last. He comes to us now for not frustrated for us his first coming, and never to return angry with us in the second. With these visits, tends to alter our mentality proud to make it conform to his humility, which showed us the first time coming, and he does so, then "transform our lowly body and be like his glorious body" (Philippians 3:21) that we manifest on his return. For this we desire with all our strength, and earnestly ask that we come from the intimate grace of the first coming and promises us the glory of the second ...
The first coming was humble and hidden, the last will be dazzling and magnificent, that we are talking about is hidden, and at the same time, great. I say that is hidden, not because it is not known by the person who receives it, but because he is in the secret ... Takes place without being seen and walks away without noticing. His mere presence is light in the soul and spirit. In it we see the unseen and know the unknowable. This coming of the Lord brings the soul of art viewers in a sweet and blissful admiration. Then the man burst from within this cry: "Lord, who is like you? "(Ps 34, 10). They know how many have had this experience, and God grant that those who have not yet made the desire to prove it.
Elredo de Rielvaux (1110-1167), Cistercian
Sermon for Advent of the Lord, PL 195, 363, PL 184, 818
"Stay awake and pray ...: and ye shall be worthy ... to stand before the Son of Man "
Advent This represents the two comings of our Lord: first the sweet coming of the" fairest of the sons of men "(Ps. 44.3), the" Desire of Ages nations "(Ag 2.8 Vulg), which visibly manifested its presence in this world long overdue meat and ardently desired by all the holy fathers, the coming in which it came into the world to save sinners. This time also reminds us that's coming with firm hope and expect that we often bring tears to the memory, which will take place when the Lord himself will come visibly in glory ... that is, the day of reckoning when it will come visibly to judge. The first coming few men knew it, the second will manifest the righteous and sinners as announced by the Prophet: "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God" (Is 40.5, Luke 3.6) .. .
Let us then, dearly beloved brethren, the examples of the holy fathers, their desire to live again and open our spirits of love and desire for Christ. You know that the conclusion of this time was established to renew in us the desire that the ancient Fathers were the first coming of the Lord and, by example, learn to want to return too. Think of all the good for us, the Lord took place at his first coming, how much more still will be what takes place when I come back! This thought will help us to love even more his coming past and still want more return ...
If we want to be at peace when he comes, let us strive to accept with faith and love, your first coming. Keep us faithful in the performance of the works then we said and taught. Cherish in our hearts the love of God, and through love, the wish for when you come to the Desire of nations, we can, with confidence, keep your eyes fixed on him.
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