Pope focuses on generosity, honesty
Dear brothers and sisters!
The
Gospel of this Sunday presents one of those episodes from the life of
Christ who, despite being caught, so to speak, contain a
deep meaning (cf. Mark 9.38 to 41). It is the fact that this, which was not the followers of Jesus had cast out demons in his name. The
apostle John, a young and zealous as he was, would stop him, but Jesus
does not allow it, in fact, inspired by the opportunity to teach his
disciples that God can bring good things and even miraculous, even
outside of their circle, and which
can cooperate in the Kingdom of God in several ways, including by
offering a simple glass of water to a missionary (v. 41). St.
Augustine writes about: "How in the Catholic Church - that is, in the
Church - you can find that is not Catholic, so there may be something
out of the Catholic as a Catholic" (Augustine, On Baptism against the
Donatists: PL 43, VII, 39 , 77). Therefore,
members of the Church should not feel jealousy, but rejoice if someone
from outside the community do good in the name of Christ, provided this
is done with right intention and with respect. Even
within the Church itself, it can happen sometimes that you face
difficulty to value and appreciate, in a spirit of profound communion,
the good things done by the various ecclesial realities. Instead
we should all be able to appreciate and always esteem each other,
praising the Lord for the infinite 'fantasy' that work in the Church and
in the world.
In
today's liturgy resounds the invective of the Apostle James the rich
contribution dishonest, who put their trust in the riches accumulated by
dint of oppression (cf. Jas 5.1 to 6). In
this regard, Caesarius of Arles as stated in a speech: "Wealth can not
hurt a good man, because it gives it mercy, as he can not help a bad
man, until the preserves greedily or wasted in dissipation "(Sermon 35, 4). The
words of the apostle James, and warn the vain desire for material
goods, are a powerful call to use them in the perspective of solidarity
and the common good, always acting with fairness and morality, at all
levels.
Dear
friends, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we pray
that we rejoice in every gesture and initiative well, without envy or
jealousy, and wise use of earthly goods in the continuing search for
eternal bliss.
