Ni za stran - Wasteless (Dies Domini A 4/6)
4/6 postna nedelja/ Sunday of Lent (Laetare) Hrvatski: 4/6 korizmena nedjelja (Laetare - veselite se) Je li Isus smetlar po zvanju? Isus je svjetlo (Ivan 9,5) i to je dokazao u susretu s onim koji je imao mrak pred očima. Baš kao što je sljepoća odsutnost vida, tako je i grijeh odsutnost svetosti. Znači istočni grijeh (Ef 5,8), koji je bio uklonjen s nas kod krštenja, nije nešto poput mrlje, nego je odsutnost nekoga, odsutnost Duha Svetoga. To je stanje koje smo naslijedili od Adama bez ikakve krivnje naših roditelja ili nas samih (Ivan 9,2). Privilegiju novozavjetnog pomazanja tijekom krštenja (Psalam 23,5) primio je unaprijed budući kralj David, uživajući tako u životu punom Duha Svetoga (1Sam 16,13). U Njegovoj je snazi mogao hodati poput djeteta svjetlosti (Ef 5, 8) u vlastitim ritmima, koji možda liče na Afričke duhovne pjesme na zulujskom jeziku: Siyahamba ... svjedočanstvo čovjeka u Jeruzalemu nakon susreta s Isusom: "slijep sam bio, a sada vidim" (Ivan 9,25), međutim, nadahnuo je bivšeg i obraćenog kapetana robovskog broda (John Newton) da je sastavio jednog od najpoznatijih tekstova kršćanske poezije: Amazing Grace / Milost Čak i ako već vjerujemo Isusu, Njegova je milost još uvijek nevjerojatna u sakramentalnim darovima najavljenima već u Psalmu 23, kojeg je napisao pastir (1Sam 16,11) i kralj David, nadahnućem Duha Svetoga. Samo pomislite, bijavši najmlađi sin u obitelji, njegovom ocu Jišaju spominjati Davida nije se mu činilo uopče potrebno prilokom posjete proroka Samuela (1Sam 16,1), ali Bog mu bijaše pripremio nešto za što su svi bili slijepi da vide (Ivan 9,41) ili barem kratkovidni (1Sam 16,7). papa Franjo http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesc... dr. Bergsma https://www.thesacredpage.com/2020/03... dr. Hahn https://stpaulcenter.com/audio/sunday... bishop Barron https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/... dr. Pitre The Spit of Jesus and the Man Born Blind (4th Sunday of Lent, Year A [Optional for B, C]) 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 —The Anointing of King David 1. David is the “anointed” (Hebrew mashiah): with “oil” and the “Spirit” of God Psalm 23 —The Lord is My Shepherd 3. A Psalm of David the King: “You anoint my head with oil...” Ephesians 5:8-14 —Arise from the Dead, and Christ will Give You Light 1. Baptism: “Once you were in darkness, now you are light in the Lord” (5:8) 2. New Life: “Walk” as “children of light” = do what is “good, right, and true” “walk” (Greek peripateō) as “children of light” (Eph 5:8; cf. Psalm 1) 3. Fruit: fruits (“good, true, right”) vs. unfruitful (“works of darkness”) 4. Language: how should those who are in Christ speak? 5. Resurrection: death (= “sleep”) and resurrection (= “awake”) John 9:1-41 —The Healing of the Man Born Blind 1. Sin and Suffering: “Who sinned, this man or his parents?” (9:2) a. Neither this man nor his parents sinned (cf. John 5:14) 2. The Miracle (John 9:1-7) a. Jesus declares: “I am the light of the world” b. Jesus spits on the ground and makes “clay” for the man’s eyes (Why spit?!) c. Jesus commands the man to wash in the pool of Siloam 3. The Response (John 9:8-23) a. Confusion: Is this the same man? b. Accusation: Jesus is a “sinner” who breaks the Sabbath (cf. Genesis 1) c. Disbelief: the “Jews/Judeans (Greek Ioudaioi) do not believe 4. The Faith of the Man Born Blind: true sight and true blindness (John 9:24-41) 5. Dead Sea Scrolls: Man was made from “spat saliva, molded clay” (1QS 11:22) 6. The “Signs” of Jesus and the Sacraments: Visible Miracles of Jesus Healing of Man Born Blind (John 10) Invisible Miracles of Sacraments - Baptism (Forgiveness of Original Sin, New Creation) Pope St. Leo the Great: “What was visible in our Savior has passed over into his mysteries [=sacraments]” (Sermon 74.2) St. Ambrose of Milan (4th cent. A.D.): “The only reason for his mixing clay with the spittle and smearing it on the eyes of the blind man was to remind you that he who restored the man to health by anointing his eyes with clay is the very one who fashioned the first man out of clay, and this clay that is our flesh can receive the light of eternal life through the sacrament of baptism. You too, should come to Siloam... Let Christ wash you and then you will see. Come and be baptized, it is time; come quickly, and you too will be able to say... “I was blind, and now I see...” (Letter 80:1-5)
