Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Remembrance of Saint Therese of Lisieux (+1897), a Carmelite monk with a deep sense of the mission of the Church.
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Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Remembrance of Saint Therese of Lisieux (+1897), a Carmelite monk with a deep sense of the mission of the Church.
First Reading
Ezekiel 18,25-28
Psalmody
Psalm 25
Antiphon
Lord, I love the house in which you live.
Give judgement for me, O Lord;
for I walk the path of perfection.
I trust in the Lord; I have not wavered.
Examine me, Lord, and try me;
O test my heart and my mind,
for your love is before my eyes
and I walk according to your truth.
I never take my place with liars
and with hypocrites I shall not go.
I hate the evil-doer's company :
I will not take my place with the wicked.
To prove my innocence I wash my hands
and take my place around your alter,
singing a song of thanksgiving,
proclaiming all your wonders.
O Lord, I love the house where you dwell,
the place where your glory abides.
Do not sweep me away with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men
In whose hands are evil plots,
whose right hands are filled with gold.
As for me, I walk the path of perfection.
Redeem me and show me your mercy.
My foot stands on level ground :
I will bless the Lord in the assembly.
Second Reading
Philippians 2,1-11
Reading of the Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Matthew 21,28-32
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Homily
Jesus returned to the temple where the day before he had driven out the merchants and money changers and healed many sick people who had approached him. The high priests and the elders of the people came to question him on what authority he had behaved in that way. They had authority over the temple. Jesus does not answer their question directly and asks in turn that they tell him by what authority the Baptist baptised. They do not know how to answer Jesus' question as they were afraid of the reaction of the people and they admit: "We do not know." Jesus, at this point, recounts the short parable we read, that of a father who asks his two sons to go and work the vineyard: the first says he does not feel like it, but then goes; the second, on the other hand, shows he does feel like it, but then does not go. "Which of the two did the will of the father?" Jesus asks his interlocutors. They can only answer: "The first." It was the only possible answer.
At this point Jesus proposes a totally unexpected reversal. Addressing those priests and elders of the people - precisely on the basis of their answer - he says to them: "The tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you." It is a very harsh statement for those listeners, but it reflected what was happening before their eyes: the tax-collectors and the sinners were indeed flocking to Jesus to hear him, and they listened to him with enthusiasm: they took his words seriously, they touched his love and accepted his forgiveness, and many continued to follow him; they were not ashamed to ask him for help; they did not pretend to be what they were not; they did not defend themselves by claiming merit or justification. They repented and changed their lives. The Gospel was truly good news for them, truly life changing. As it is for anyone - including us - who lets their heart be touched by the word of the father who sends to work in the vineyard. Faith comes from hearing the Gospel. Whoever listens to it with faith also turns away from the "no" like that of the first son and repents, that is, leaves his way and takes that of the vineyard. This is what we ask the Lord every day in the Lord's Prayer: "Thy will be done." Precisely, "Let it be done," not just proclaimed with the mouth.
Doa merupakan jantung kehidupan Komunitas Sant'Egidio dan merupakan prioritas yang paling penting. Di penghujung hari, setiap Komunitas Sant'Egidio, besar maupun kecil, akan berkumpul di sekeliling Tuhan untuk mendengarkan sabda-Nya. Sesungguhnya Sabda Allah dan doa merupakan landasan seluruh kehidupan Komunitas. Para rasul tidak bisa tidak selain tetap di sekitar kaki Yesus, seperti yang dilakukan oleh Maria dari Bethani, untuk menerima kasih dan belajar cara-Nya (Fil. 2:5).
Sehingga setiap malam, ketika Komunitas kembali ke kaki Tuhan, Komunitas mengulangi kata-kata dari rasul tak bernama: "Tuhan ajarkanlah kami cara berdoa" Yesus, Sang Guru, terus menjawab: "Ketika kamu berdoa, katakanlah: Abba, Bapa". Hal itu bukanlah satu seruan sederhana. Dengan kata-kata ini, Yesus membiarkan para murid untuk berperan serta dalam hubungan mereka sendiri dengan Bapa. Oleh sebab itu, fakta bahwa sebagai anak-anak Bapa yang bertahta di surga, muncul sebelum kata-kata yang mungkin kita ucapkan. Jadi doa di atas segalanya merupakan cara untuk menjadi manusia. Ini untuk mengatakan bahwa kita anak-anak yang berpaling kepada Bapa dengan iman, dan yakin bahwa hal itu akan didengar.
Yesus mengajar kita memanggil Allah dengan sebutan "Bapa Kami" Tidak hanya "Bapa" atau "Bapaku" Para murid, meskipun mereka berdoa dengan cara mereka, tidak pernah terisolasi tidak juga menjadi yatim; mereka selalu menjadi anggota keluarga Tuhan.
Dalam doa bersama, di samping misteri anak Allah, ada juga misteri persaudaraan, seperti Bapa Gereja mengatakan: "Kamu tidak bisa memiliki Allah sebagai Bapa tanpa memiliki gereja sebagai ibu". Ketika berdoa bersama, Roh Kudus menyatukan para rasul di ruangan atas bersama dengan Maria, Bunda Allah, sehingga mereka dapat memusatkan pandangan mereka kepada wajah Tuhan dan belajar dari Dia rahasia hati-Nya.
Komunitas Sant'Egidio di seluruh dunia berkumpul bersama di berbagai tempat doa dan menghamparkan di hadapan Tuhan harapan dan penderitaan manusia yang lelah dan letih seperti yang di katakan oleh Injil (Mat. 9:37). Dalam kumpulan di masa lalu ini kita bisa melihat jumlah massa yang sangat besar di kota-kota modern ini, jutaan pengungsi yang terus melarikan diri dari negeri mereka, orang miskin yang terpinggirkan ke tepi kehidupan dan mereka yang menantikan seseorang yang akan merawat mereka. Berdoa bersama termasuk di dalamnya tangisan, seruan, permohonan, keinginan bagi damai, penyembuhan dan penebusan manusia di dunia ini. Doa tidak pernah sia-sia, doa terus menerus kepada Tuhan sehingga mengubah kecemasan menjadi harapan, air mata menjadi kegembiraan, putus asa menjadi kebahagiaan, dan kesepian menjadi persatuan. Semoga Kerajaan Allah hadir segera di antara manusia.
