Lev. 19, 1-2.11-18;
Sal 18;
Mt 25, 31-46
'Be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy' . Beautiful invitation we heard from the beginning of Lent. Be saints. A requirement. A requirement arising from our faith in God. 'I the Lord your God am holy. "
it is good to bear in mind from the beginning of this Lenten journey in which we are almost still in its infancy. Well, that has to be the ideal and goal of every believer, at any time in his life. Of course now, when we are on this path of renewal that Lent is for us, we must listen with greater intensity and demand.
follow Jesus, have faith in it involves a lifestyle. Because faith has to wrap all of our existence. For faith is not just words we say at any given time. Faith involves the whole a great consistency in life, between what we believe and what we do.
Today we are told that we have be saints. What is the path that offers us to live that holiness in which we look like, we resemble God? The commandments that we are picking the book of Leviticus are on a life of righteousness and justice, for a life of respect for the name of the Lord, but especially for a life of love in our relationship with others. Or theft or holdings, or abuse or acts that harm others or to words or works, or hatred or resentment, but love your neighbor as yourself.
what Leviticus says pointing out what we have to do, in the gospel to us today the liturgy presents us with a more positive saying we have to do for others but we do feel that the Lord. Today Jesus offers us the allegory of the Last Judgement, where we will examine the love. As I said San Juan de la Cruz, and we remembered these days, 'in the evening of life will be examined in love' .
Many times we have listened and pondered these words of Jesus. 'I was hungry ... thirsty ... naked ... sick or in prison ... and you gave me food ... drink ... you clothed me ... you visited me ...' question always arises when did we see well ... and you serve?
'I assure you that every time I did one of these my brethren, you did for me' . The Lord makes things easier by giving us motivation. Its mandate is to love, but we know that many times we find it hard to love, as we have said on occasion, when we will face, name and surname to that love. But when we face that maybe hard to accept us to be able to see the face of Christ that we are reaching out or waiting for a loving acceptance on our part, we could say that we feel more motivated to do so. Always love the other, is whoever, whenever it is a human being and a brother. But we love the other, whoever or whatever it cost us, because in it we are also seeing the face of Christ.
shine is when our holiness, and our holiness is nothing to reflect the holiness of God. God alone is good, as Jesus told the rich young man, and be good and holy in our lives when we reflect that goodness and the holiness of God, when we are in compliance with the mandate of the Lord to be holy. We will be holy loving with a love like God has for us that everyone loves, whoever.
taking steps, climbing steps, growing more and more in our love. So we will grow in that holiness that the Lord asks us, but we can do it's always given us strength and grace. Let us pray with confidence.
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