Mc 4, 21-25
En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a la multitud: “¿Acaso se enciende una vela para meterla debajo de una olla o debajo de la cama? ¿No es para ponerla en el candelero? Porque si algo está escondido, es para que se descubra; y si algo se ha ocultado, es para que salga a la luz. El que tenga oídos para oír, que oiga”.
Siguió hablándoles y les dijo: “Pongan atención a lo que están oyendo. La misma medida que utilicen para tratar a los demás, esa misma se usará para tratarlos a ustedes, y con creces. Al que tiene, se le dará; pero al que tiene poco, aun eso poco se le quitará”.
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GospelMK 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket
or under a bed,
and not to be placed on a lampstand?
For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible;
nothing is secret except to come to light.
Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.”
He also told them, “Take care what you hear.
The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you,
and still more will be given to you.
To the one who has, more will be given;
from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
“Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket
or under a bed,
and not to be placed on a lampstand?
For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible;
nothing is secret except to come to light.
Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.”
He also told them, “Take care what you hear.
The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you,
and still more will be given to you.
To the one who has, more will be given;
from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
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Meditacion:
Los recuerdos de Jesús, de sus hechos y palabras, no se transmitieron inicialmente como una biografía estructurada y compacta, sino en anécdotas sueltas y dichos aislados, que se mencionaban o repetían cuando venían a cuento, cuando podían iluminar situaciones comunitarias concretas. Más tarde la catequesis eclesial, y luego los evangelistas escritores, fueron creando conjuntos temáticos más o menos unitarios: colecciones de parábolas, de milagros, de dichos de sabiduría popular, incluso “discursos” aparentemente homogéneos, como el sermón del monte. Pero Jesús no había sido un catedrático, sino un maestro popular y espontáneo. En sus supuestos “discursos” percibimos que cada frase es autónoma, “suelta”, inteligible sin el contexto.
Hoy nos encontramos con tres de esos dichos de Jesús apenas ensamblados entre sí. Quizá alguno de ellos ya estaba en uso, como refrán popular; pero Jesús lo “recrea” o actualiza, o le da un sentido nuevo. Cada uno de ellos se merece su propia reflexión.
a.- Ser luz. Los seguidores de Jesús han sido iluminados con el conocimiento de este Maestro del todo singular, con su anuncio esperanzado del Reino que Dios quiere establecer, reino de justicia y de felicidad. Los que lo han recibido deben sentir la necesidad de comunicarlo, de llamar a sus familias, vecinos, amigos… para que los feliciten por haber aprendido a contemplar la vida con ojos nuevos. No pueden ocultarse [hay quien cree que el dicho, en su origen, era un reproche a las autoridades religiosas judías por no haber guiado correctamente al pueblo; también serviría como advertencia a los pastores del nuevo Pueblo de Dios].
b.- No condenar. Existe en el hombre un curioso instinto justiciero, tendencia a “medir” a los demás, y, llegado el caso, a condenarlos. Jesús fue modelo de comprensión, misericordia; fuel el primero en practicar lo de “el amor todo lo excusa” (1Co 13,7). A la adúltera le dijo: “tampoco yo te condeno”. Él intentó profundizar el antiguo precepto de “no matarás”, indicando que hay “otras formas” de matar: menospreciar, insultar, estar enemistado, condenar. Los discípulos de Jesús percibirán dónde está el mal, para evitarlo, rechazarlo. Pero nunca conocerán a fondo el interior de quien lo comete; por lo cual se abstendrán de juzgar, de “medir” negativamente, para que Dios no los “mida” así a ellos. En la carta de Santiago se nos expresa esto en una frase graciosa: “la misericordia (del hombre) se ríe del juicio (de Dios)” (Sant 2,13).
c.- Quitar lo que no se tiene. Seguramente era ya un refrán popular, en sí mismo absurdo, con juego de palabras e hipérbole oriental. No sabemos en qué situación lo usó Jesús, lo cual dificulta nuestra comprensión; pero algo podemos intuir. Hay existencias centradas y existencias despistadas; están los que han aceptado la luz del Reino de Dios y los que, escépticos ante la palabra de Jesús, se han quedado a distancia (lo veíamos anteayer). El tesoro de los primeros aumentará desmesuradamente (ellos entienden las parábolas), mientras que la suerte de “los de fuera”, ¡que quizá se tenían por sabios!, es caminar sin luz, con una carencia cadavez mayor, hacia el sinsentido de la nada.
“Señor Jesús, ayúdame a ver con los ojos de la fe, para crecer en el entendimiento de las realidades espirituales.” Amen
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The memories of Jesus, of his deeds and words, were not initially transmitted as a structured and compact biography, but in loose anecdotes and isolated sayings, which were mentioned or repeated when they came to mind, when they could illuminate concrete community situations. Later the ecclesial catechesis, and then the writers evangelists, were creating more or less unitary thematic sets: collections of parables, miracles, sayings of popular wisdom, even seemingly homogeneous "speeches", such as the sermon on the mountain. But Jesus had not been a professor, but a popular and spontaneous teacher. In their supposed "speeches" we perceive that each phrase is autonomous, "loose," intelligible without context.
Today we find three of those sayings of Jesus just assembled together. Perhaps some of them were already in use, as a popular saying; but Jesus "recreates" or updates him, or gives him a new meaning. Each of them deserves their own reflection.
a.- Be light. The followers of Jesus have been enlightened with the knowledge of this completely unique Master, with his hopeful announcement of the Kingdom that God wants to establish, a kingdom of justice and happiness. Those who have received it must feel the need to communicate it, to call their families, neighbors, friends ... to congratulate them for having learned to contemplate life with new eyes. They cannot hide [there are those who believe that the saying, in its origin, was a reproach to the Jewish religious authorities for not having correctly guided the people; it would also serve as a warning to the shepherds of the new People of God].
b.- Do not condemn. There is a curious just instinct in man, a tendency to "measure" others, and, if necessary, to condemn them. Jesus was a model of understanding, mercy; fuel the first to practice the "love excuse everything" (1Co 13,7). To the adulteress, she said: "neither do I condemn you." He tried to deepen the old “you will not kill” precept, indicating that there are “other ways” of killing: belittle, insult, be enmity, condemn. The disciples of Jesus will perceive where the evil is, to avoid it, to reject it. But they will never know in depth the interior of who commits it; therefore they will refrain from judging, from "measuring" negatively, so that God does not "measure" them as well. In the letter of James this is expressed to us in a funny phrase: "mercy (of man) laughs at the judgment (of God)" (James 2:13).
c.- Remove what you don't have. Surely it was already a popular saying, in itself absurd, with pun and oriental hyperbole. We do not know in what situation Jesus used it, which makes our understanding difficult; But something we can intuit. There are centered stocks and clueless stocks; there are those who have accepted the light of the Kingdom of God and those who, skeptical of the word of Jesus, have stayed at a distance (we saw it the day before yesterday). The treasure of the former will increase enormously (they understand the parables), while the fate of "those outside", which perhaps were considered wise! Is to walk without light, with a growing lack, towards the nonsense of the nothing.
"Lord Jesus, help me to see with the eyes of faith, to grow in the understanding of spiritual realities." Amen
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