Mc 12, 28-34
En aquel tiempo, uno de los escribas se acercó a Jesús y le preguntó: “¿Cuál es el primero de todos los mandamientos?” Jesús le respondió: “El primero es: Escucha, Israel: El Señor, nuestro Dios, es el único Señor; amarás al Señor, tu Dios, con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con toda tu mente y con todas tus fuerzas. El segundo es éste: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. No hay ningún mandamiento mayor que éstos”.
El escriba replicó: “Muy bien, Maestro. Tienes razón, cuando dices que el Señor es único y que no hay otro fuera de él, y amarlo con todo el corazón, con toda el alma, con todas las fuerzas, y amar al prójimo como a uno mismo, vale más que todos los holocaustos y sacrificios”.
Jesús, viendo que había hablado muy sensatamente, le dijo: “No estás lejos del Reino de Dios”. Y ya nadie se atrevió a hacerle más preguntas.
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GospelMK 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him,
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
He is One and there is no other than he.
And to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him,
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Meditacion:
La primera lectura de hoy me recordo mucho la situacion actual.
El imperio de la época del profeta Oseas era Asiria. Atraían sus costumbres (montar a caballo, mientras que en Israel se hacía en asno), en las cuales llegaba incluida su idolatría. Por eso el profeta brama contra tal alianza política, pues se trata de pequeñas ventajas económicas o de seguridad, pero a costa de la fe en Yahvé, el único verdadero Dios.
Igual que ahora que copiamos y hacemos lo que hacen los pueblos mas evolucionados (o asi pensamos) y abandonamos muchas buenas costumbres locales.
Quizá gracias a la predicación de Oseas, el pueblo recapacitó y abandonó esa paganización. Al parecer surgió entonces el salmo 16, con su confesión ante Yahvé de “tú eres mi bien”, mientras que “los dioses de la tierra no me satisfacen”, por lo cual “no tomaré sus nombres en mis labios”, es decir, no los alabaré ni juraré por ellos. Y una vez realizado el cambio, ¡la conversión!, el orante exclama gozosamente: “me encanta mi heredad”.
En estos tiemps de coronavirus, muchas personas estan volviendo a las buenas practicas de la oracion, de la meditacion, tal vez llevados un poco por este clima apocaliptico de pandemia mundial.
Y en el evangelio nos encontramos con el que al menos yo considero lo mas esencial, el ultimo resumen de las enseñanzas de Jesus.
El evangelio nos recuerda que la cuaresma es invitación a “situarnos en lo esencial”, sin andar por las ramas. Jesús y el escriba están de acuerdo en la centralidad del amor a Dios, y ambos, citando el Antiguo Testamento, orientan hacia un amor no mediocre o tibio, sino total: que toca el corazón, el alma, la mente, las fuerzas (algunos creen que la traducción correcta sería “las riquezas” o posesiones); todo queda afectado, bajo el radio de acción de ese amor, y quien ama a Dios no tiene ninguna zona “dispensada” o reservada para otra cosa.
Lo llamativo de ambas respuestas es que van más allá de la pregunta; esta se refería al primer mandamiento, y los dos interlocutores se extienden al segundo. Nos enseñan que un amor a Dios que no lleve aparejado el amor al prójimo es mera ilusión, o religión de evasión. El prójimo es “aquello por lo que Dios se interesa”; malamente se puede amar a Dios sin amar “los intereses de Dios”; lo dirá bien 1Jn 4,20: “si no amas al prójimo, a quien ves…”.
El cristianismo no es para gente fría o insensible. Ya la promesa de Dios en Ezequiel hablaba de arrancar los corazones de piedra e implantar los de carne (Ez 36,26). Tradicionalmente se ha utilizado mucho la expresión “fervor”, se ha hablado de personas “fervorosas”; en buen castellano sería “hervor”, personas “hirvientes”; no es sino imitar a Jesús, que se compadeció, se indignó, lloró… no era de piedra, sino que “amó hasta el extremo” (Jn 13,1). Por eso, el cristianismo tampoco se inventó para gente descomprometida, autoengañada en su evasión: mira a tu prójimo.
“Jesús, Señor mío, infunde en mi corazón una mayor capacidad de amar, y enséñame a amar como tú amas.” Amen
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Today's first reading reminded me a lot of the current situation.
The empire of the time of the prophet Hosea was Assyria. They attracted their customs (riding a horse, while in Israel it was done on a donkey), which included their idolatry. That is why the prophet bellows against such a political alliance, since it is about small economic or security advantages, but at the cost of faith in Yahweh, the only true God.
Just like now that we copy and do what the most evolved peoples do (or so we think) and we abandon many good local customs.
Perhaps thanks to the preaching of Hosea, the people reconsidered and abandoned that paganization. It seems then that Psalm 16 arose, with his confession before Yahweh of "you are my good", while "the gods of the earth do not satisfy me", so "I will not take their names on my lips", that is, I will not praise or swear on them. And once the change has been made, the conversion! The prayerful one exclaims joyfully: "I love my inheritance."
In these times of coronavirus, many people are returning to the good practices of prayer, of meditation, perhaps carried a little by this apocalyptic climate of global pandemic.
And in the gospel we find what at least I consider the most essential, the last summary of the teachings of Jesus.
The gospel reminds us that Lent is an invitation to “place ourselves in the essential”, without wandering through the branches. Jesus and the scribe agree on the centrality of love for God, and both, citing the Old Testament, lead towards a love not mediocre or lukewarm, but total: that touches the heart, the soul, the mind, the forces (some they believe that the correct translation would be "wealth" or possessions); everything is affected, within the radius of action of that love, and whoever loves God has no area "dispensed" or reserved for anything else.
What is striking about both answers is that they go beyond the question; This referred to the first commandment, and the two interlocutors extend to the second. They teach us that a love for God that does not carry the love of neighbor is mere illusion, or religion of evasion. The neighbor is "what God cares about"; badly you can love God without loving "the interests of God"; 1Jn 4,20 will say it well: "if you do not love your neighbor, whom you see ...".
Christianity is not for cold or callous people. Already the promise of God in Ezekiel spoke of removing hearts of stone and implanting those of flesh (Ez 36,26). Traditionally, the expression "fervor" has been used a lot, there has been talk of "fervent" people; in good Castilian it would be "boiling", "boiling" people; it is only to imitate Jesus, who felt compassion, was indignant, cried… he was not made of stone, but “loved to the end” (Jn 13,1). For this reason, Christianity was not invented for uncompromising people, self-deceived in their evasion: look at your neighbor.
"Jesus, my Lord, instill in my heart a greater capacity to love, and teach me to love as you love." Amen
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