Dichosos el que no se escandaliza

 

Evangelio

Lc 7, 19-23

En aquel tiempo, Juan envió a dos de sus discípulos a preguntar a Jesús: “¿Eres tú el que ha de venir o tenemos que esperar a otro?” Cuando llegaron a donde estaba Jesús, le dijeron: “Juan el Bautista nos ha mandado a preguntarte si eres tú el que ha de venir o tenemos que esperar a otro”.

En aquel momento, Jesús curó a muchos de varias enfermedades y dolencias y de espíritus malignos, y a muchos ciegos les concedió la vista. Después contestó a los enviados: “Vayan a contarle a Juan lo que han visto y oído: los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan y a los pobres se les anuncia el Evangelio. Dichoso el que no se escandalice de mí”.

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Gospel

LK 7:18B-23

At that time,
John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask,
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” 
When the men came to the Lord, they said,
“John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,
‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’”
At that time Jesus cured many of their diseases, sufferings, and evil spirits;
he also granted sight to many who were blind. 
And Jesus said to them in reply,
“Go and tell John what you have seen and heard:
the blind regain their sight,
the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised,
the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. 
And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.”

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Meditacion

Dudas, dudas, dudas... hasta Juan el Bautista dudaba que Jesus fuera el Mesias...

Y como tenia un grupito que lo seguia, mando a un par a preguntar por si acaso... eres tu el que estamos esperando??

No olvidemos que Juan y Jesus eran primos asi que supongo que el tono habra sido de confianza... oye primo... eres tu o seguimos esperando y bautizando?

Jesus no les responde directamente, los humanos somos mas proclives a creer en lo que vemos que en lo que nos dicen... y ese dia van pasando milagro tras milagro... que un cojo que camina por aca, que un ciego que ve por alla, un par de endemoniados salen alabando.

Finalmente Jesus les dice "muchachos aca se cura a todo el mundo... y se catequiza como Dios manda..." Y termina con una frase interesante "Dichosos los que no se escandalizen de mi".

Y es que nosotros, pobres humanos, tenemos muchos problemas con el monoteismo, con creer en un Dios Salvador.

Y nos hacemos de muchos "diositos" alrededor... generalmente la primera linea de batalla esta conformada por diositos cuasi-santos como san la muerte, el gauchito gil, la difuntita  a la que le pido, uso un brazalete rojo para la envidia y uso la veneracion a la Virgen para que me saque de problemas. Y de alli vienen muchos diositos mas como el uso intensivo del chisme y el celular, me creo todo lo que me dicen las redes sociales, ando de chismoso y mitotero por alli, y consumo mi tiempo libre echado en el sillon viendo television en vez de usar algo de mi tiempo para la oracion o la meditacion.

Vieron? tenemos un monton de diositos que nos hemos creado aqui y alla. 

El problema no es que Jesus haya dejado de hacer milagros, es que hemos dejado de verlos, atrapados por estos otros menesteres.

Un hijo que dejo las drogas, un padre que se convirtio y se lleva mejor con su familia, alguien que encontro en Jesus su norte... los milagros estan alli cada dia y se siguen produciendo.

Entonces hoy amigos, a semana y un poquito mas de que celebremos la venida del Rey de Reyes seria interesante dejar el celular un rato, charlar con los que queremos, interesarnos por los que estan cerca; ser, en suma, el milagro para otra persona. Amen

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Doubts, doubts, doubts ... even John the Baptist doubted that Jesus was the Messiah ...

And since he had a small group that followed him, he sent a couple to ask just in case ... are you the one we're waiting for?

Let's not forget that Juan and Jesus were cousins ​​so I guess the tone would have been trustworthy ... hey cousin ... is it you or are we still waiting and baptizing?

Jesus does not answer them directly, humans are more inclined to believe in what we see than in what they tell us ... and that day miracle after miracle happens ... over there, a couple of demoniacs come out praising.

Finally Jesus tells them "guys here everyone is cured ... and catechized as God intended ..." And ends with an interesting phrase "Blessed are those who are not scandalized by me."

And it is that we, poor humans, have many problems with monotheism, with believing in a Savior God.

And we get many "little gods" around ... generally the first line of battle is made up of quasi-holy gods such as Saint Death, Gauchito Gil, the deceased I ask, I wear a red bracelet for envy and I use the veneration of the Virgin to get me out of trouble. And from there come many more little gods such as the intensive use of gossip and the cell phone, I believe everything that social networks tell me, I am a gossip and mitotero there, and I spend my free time lying on the couch watching television instead of use some of my time for prayer or meditation.

Did they see? We have a lot of little gods that we have created here and there.

The problem is not that Jesus has stopped working miracles, it is that we have stopped seeing them, trapped by these other necessities.

A son who quit drugs, a father who converted and gets along better with his family, someone who found his north in Jesus ... miracles are there every day and they continue to occur.

So today friends, a week and a little more than we celebrate the coming of the King of Kings it would be interesting to leave the cell phone for a while, chat with those we love, be interested in those who are close; be, in short, the miracle for another person. Amen