Seme zaupanja - Seed of Trust (Dies Domini C 27/33)

27th Sunday in OT / 27. navadna / 27. nedjelja kroz godinu Hrvatski: Koliko je vjere dovoljno vjere? U očajnim vremenima, vjera u proroka Baruha je stavljena na kušnju. U tim teškim trenucima se nije izolirao od Boga, nego ga je još gorljivije tražio. Bog ga uvjerava da onaj tko je pun sebe nikad nije stabilan. Upravo se to dogodilo Izraelu u pustinji, kad su otvrdnuli srce umjesto da vjeruje Bogu koji je odnedavno uvjerljivo dokazao svoju vjernost. Slično tome i apostol Pavao puše na dušu biskupa Timoteja da ponovno zaplamti dar Duha Svetoga kojeg je primio polaganjem Pavlovih ruku. Apostoli traže od Isusa da umnoži pouzdanje u njihovim srca kao što je umnožio kruh i ribe (Luka 9,17). Isus nema kvantitativnu logiku, traži sjeme povjerenja u njega, koji je u mogućnosti iskorijeniti sav ponos koji se širi - poput raka - po cijelom umu. Čest izgovor je: nemam dovoljno vjere. Povjerenje u Isusa je poput otrova zmije, kap je dovoljna da se proširi po svim venama ponosa i uništi ga. Minimum koji smo dužni učiniti, pogotovo poslje sakramenta Potvrde kad je biskup položio ruke na nas, - je iskren molba: Dođi, puši, Duše Sveti. dr. Bergsma https://www.thesacredpage.com/2019/10... dr. Hahn https://stpaulcenter.com/audio/sunday... bishop Barron https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/... dr. Pitre The Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Mulberry Tree (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C) Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 —How Long, O Lord? 1. Unanswered Prayer: “How long shall I cry for help?” (1:2) 2. Delay: “If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay” (1:3) Psalm 95 —If Today You Hear His Voice, Harden Not Your Hearts 1. Rock: the “Rock of our salvation” (cf. below; water in the desert) (v. 1) 2. Thanksgiving: “let us come into his presence with thanksgiving” (v. 2) 3. Meribah/Massah: God brings water from the Rock (Exod 17:1-7) (v. 6-9) And he called the name of the place Massah (Hebrew “proof” or “test”) and Meribah (Hebrew “contention”), because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the Lord to the proof by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” (Exod 17:7) 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 —Do Not Be Ashamed of Your Testimony to the Lord 1. Spirit of “Timidity” vs. Spirit of “Power” (1:7) Luke 17:5-10 —Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed 1. Context: Apostles plead: “Increase our faith (Greek pistis; Hebrew ’emunah)!” (17:5) 2. Jesus’ Reply: The Mustard Seed and the Sycamine Tree a. Mustard Seed: seed of “mustard” (Greek synapi); proverbially “smallest” seed b. Sycamine Tree: “mulberry” or “sycamore” (Greek sykaminos) (cf. Luke 19:4) c. Be Uprooted: extensive root system “A tree may not be grown within twenty-five cubits of a cistern, or within fifty cubits if it is a carob or a sycamore-tree... (Mishnah, Baba Bathra 2:11; trans. H. Danby) d. Planted in the Sea: i.e., to do something completely impossible (supernatural) 3. Parable of the Servants’ Duty: a. Question: are “servants” “thanked” (Greek charis) for doing what was “commanded” (Greek diatassō)? b. Analogy: simply doing your “duty”/“obligation”/“debt” (Greek opheilō) c. Humility: “unworthy servants”/“worthless slaves” (Greek achreioi douloi) The Catechism on Unanswered Prayer Evagrius Ponticus: Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask him; for he desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling to him in prayer. (Evagrius Ponticus, On Prayer 34; cited in CCC 2737) Augustine: God wills that our desire should be exercised in prayer, that we may be able to receive what he is prepared to give. (Augustine, Letters 130.8, 17; cited in CCC 2737)