28th Sunday in Ordinary Time / C
10/10/2010
Luke 17, 11-19 (p. 756)
The Gospel this Sunday we refer in part to that last Sunday in which Jesus put in before the power of faith in our life: "Get up and go," he said to cleanse lepers, your faith has saved. " This instruction of the Lord after his healing lepers, not only shows us the power of faith but also dynamic. In an act of worship that Samaritan prostrate at the feet of Jesus. The dynamism of his faith now invite rise, gesture who announces the resurrection, and continuing his journey, was moving forward. Jesus praises the fact that this man is back on his feet to give thanks, to say thank you. In our faith it is worth remembering the benefits received, and the Eucharist is in part a thanksgiving for the wonders wrought by God in our history. But our faith is incomplete if it does that revolved around the past. This strong connection to God invites us to live well on the way to this intense, the day of God in our lives. And the Eucharist is not only a memorial in the sense of the past, it is a memorial that now makes this the love of the Risen Christ in his Word and in Pain. Finally we know the celebration of Mass also points us towards our future and that of our humanity: "We await your coming in glory." Get up and go! In celebrating the Eucharist every Sunday and communion with the Living Christ, if we can, we live our faith as a force able to pick ourselves up and make us move forward. Faith is anything but a nostalgia of the past. It is, I repeat, a momentum that we can have a heart and a great young age or old age! Our faith is inseparable in the sense of Christian hope, hope based on God's faithfulness to his promises and his word.
The cutting edge of this Gospel is, however, elsewhere and it is obvious. Over 10 lepers cleanse one, a Samaritan, a foreigner, therefore the Jews of Judea, retraced his steps to glorify God and thank Jesus. This page of St. Luke speaks of an attitude so extremely important for every Christian. An attitude that may be called gratitude, gratitude, thanksgiving, etc. thank you. This is an opportunity to recall that the word Eucharist means thanksgiving just so deep attitude of gratitude and appreciation to God our Father, through Jesus the Son in the Spirit. To learn to say thank you to God in prayer and not just at Sunday Mass should already be capable of this attitude simply human level. Now more and more people in our Western societies live as if everything was due. Saying thank you goes far beyond mere politeness. This is the concrete translation of a philosophy of life that I am not the center of the world, a philosophy of life as a dependency of others, relationships with others. In the education of children and young people, it is crucial to learn this lovely attitude of gratitude, an expression of charity privileged. If there is no basis for this human simply how to live our relationship with God? Do not believe we can pass on to children and youth with the gospel of Christ without at the same time teach them the fundamental values of life human community. Paul VI rightly said that a man unable to appreciate the true value of the joys that life will give him a fortiori unable to live the Christian and spiritual joy. The attitude of the healed Samaritan attitude is certainly a believer who feels compelled to say with all his heart "thank you" to Jesus. But it is also a quality human heart. The other 9 lepers were certainly believers themselves, too, but they have not returned to express their joy of being cured. They were just healed while the Samaritan has also been saved. Very nice life lesson for all of us, an invitation to open the eyes and above the heart in faith to receive all that we receive God and others since our arrival in this world. Recognize our dependence on God and our brothers does not make us less human, quite the contrary humility that makes us human, making us grow in love she saves us. While relearning the excellent quality of the heart, gratitude, and joy of God will fill us more.
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