Lc 16, 19-31
En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a los fariseos: “Había un hombre rico, que se vestía de púrpura y telas finas y banqueteaba espléndidamente cada día. Y un mendigo, llamado Lázaro, yacía a la entrada de su casa, cubierto de llagas y ansiando llenarse con las sobras que caían de la mesa del rico. Y hasta los perros se acercaban a lamerle las llagas.
Sucedió, pues, que murió el mendigo y los ángeles lo llevaron al seno de Abraham. Murió también el rico y lo enterraron. Estaba éste en el lugar de castigo, en medio de tormentos, cuando levantó los ojos y vio a lo lejos a Abraham y a Lázaro junto a él.
Entonces gritó: ‘Padre Abraham, ten piedad de mí. Manda a Lázaro que moje en agua la punta de su dedo y me refresque la lengua, porque me torturan estas llamas’. Pero Abraham le contestó: ‘Hijo, recuerda que en tu vida recibiste bienes y Lázaro, en cambio, males. Por eso él goza ahora de consuelo, mientras que tú sufres tormentos. Además, entre ustedes y nosotros se abre un abismo inmenso, que nadie puede cruzar, ni hacia allá ni hacia acá’.
El rico insistió: ‘Te ruego, entonces, padre Abraham, que mandes a Lázaro a mi casa, pues me quedan allá cinco hermanos, para que les advierta y no acaben también ellos en este lugar de tormentos’. Abraham le dijo: ‘Tienen a Moisés y a los profetas; que los escuchen’. Pero el rico replicó: ‘No, padre Abraham. Si un muerto va a decírselo, entonces sí se arrepentirán’. Abraham repuso: ‘Si no escuchan a Moisés y a los profetas, no harán caso, ni aunque resucite un muerto’ ”.
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GospelLK 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees:
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man’s table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried,
and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off
and Lazarus at his side.
And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
for I am suffering torment in these flames.’
Abraham replied, ‘My child,
remember that you received what was good during your lifetime
while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established
to prevent anyone from crossing
who might wish to go from our side to yours
or from your side to ours.’
He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him
to my father’s house,
for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them,
lest they too come to this place of torment.’
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets.
Let them listen to them.’
He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham,
but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
Then Abraham said,
‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded
if someone should rise from the dead.’”
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man’s table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried,
and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off
and Lazarus at his side.
And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
for I am suffering torment in these flames.’
Abraham replied, ‘My child,
remember that you received what was good during your lifetime
while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established
to prevent anyone from crossing
who might wish to go from our side to yours
or from your side to ours.’
He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him
to my father’s house,
for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them,
lest they too come to this place of torment.’
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets.
Let them listen to them.’
He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham,
but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
Then Abraham said,
‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded
if someone should rise from the dead.’”
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Meditacion:
Decimos que no hay infierno, porque la infinita misericordia de Dios no lo permite. Pero esta parábola del hombre rico y Lázaro nos recuerda que el apego a la riqueza y la falta de solidaridad con el pobre es tan grande y brutal, que el infierno ya está presente en el corazón de las personas que actúan como este hombre rico. En la primera lectura hemos escuchado al profeta Jeremías: “Yo, el Señor, penetro el corazón, examino las entrañas, para pagar al hombre su conducta, lo que merecen sus obras.”
Hay en esta parábola un claro juicio sobre lo que está bien y lo que está mal en nuestra sociedad. Es un juicio muy serio ante la insensibilidad humana. Sería lamentable pensar que el texto no tiene nada que ver con nosotros, que los malos y abusadores son los demás, porque “yo no soy como ese hombre rico, que vestía de púrpura y de lino y todos los días hacía espléndidos banquetes”.
Si no soy capaz de criticarme y exigirme a mi mismo, cómo puedo criticar a otros. ¿Cómo reacciono ante las necesidades de los demás?
El reproche que se hace al rico es no saber compartir lo que tiene con los más necesitados. Y ha perdido incluso una oportunidad de conversión por no haber escuchado a Moisés y los profetas, que nos hacen continuos pedidos de solidaridad con los pobres. Su gravísimo pecado consistió en haber hecho de las riquezas su dios.
El egoísmo humano es tan cruel que pasa por encima y olvida las más mínimas relaciones de justicia.
Hoy se ha generalizado el escándalo del derroche y del despilfarro de los bienes hasta tal punto que “más de la mitad de alimentos se pierden o tiran”, como informaban las noticias unas semanas atras. ¿Cómo podemos pensar que el infierno no existe ante tan inmensa y permanente injusticia?
“Ven, Espíritu Santo, lléname del manantial refrescante de tu amor, te lo pido.” Amen
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We say that there is no hell, because the infinite mercy of God does not allow it. But this parable of the rich man and Lazarus reminds us that the attachment to wealth and the lack of solidarity with the poor is so great and brutal that hell is already present in the hearts of people who act like this rich man. In the first reading we have heard the prophet Jeremiah: "I, the Lord, penetrate the heart, examine the entrails, to pay man for his conduct, what his works deserve."
There is a clear judgment in this parable about what is right and what is wrong in our society. It is a very serious judgment in the face of human insensitivity. It would be unfortunate to think that the text has nothing to do with us, that the bad guys and abusers are others, because "I am not like that rich man, who dressed in purple and linen and made splendid banquets every day."
If I am not able to criticize and demand of myself, how can I criticize others. How do I react to the needs of others?
The reproach that is made to the rich is not knowing how to share what he has with those most in need. And he has even lost an opportunity of conversion for not having listened to Moses and the prophets, who ask us continually for solidarity with the poor. His most serious sin consisted in having made wealth his god.
Human selfishness is so cruel that it passes over and forgets the slightest relations of justice.
Today the scandal of waste and waste of goods has become widespread to such an extent that "more than half of food is lost or thrown away," as the news reported a few weeks ago. How can we think that hell does not exist in the face of such immense and permanent injustice?
"Come, Holy Spirit, fill me with the refreshing spring of your love, I ask you." Amen
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