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| Word of Life October 2003 | ||
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| "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God" |
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"Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God" Jesus always disconcerting to his manner and talk. It differs from the conventional wisdom that saw children insignificant from the social point of view. The apostles do not want them around him in the world of "adult" would only disturb. The chief priests and scribes "seeing the children crying in the temple, 'Hosanna to the son of David', they became indignant and asked him to bring order. But Jesus has an entirely different attitude in front of children: he calls them, cuddle them, extends his hands over them, blesses them, puts them even as a model to his disciples: "who is like theirs is the kingdom of God " In another passage in the Gospel Jesus says if we do not convert and become like children will enter the kingdom of heaven. For the kingdom of God belongs to those who looks like a child? Confident because the child is abandoned to his father and mother, believes in their love. When you feel safe in their hands, not afraid of anything. Even when around him feel that there is a danger, it is enough to shake even stronger now that mom or dad to feel protected. Sometimes the father seems to place it in difficult positions, to make an exciting jump, for example. Even then, the child throws confident. is how Jesus wants the disciples of the kingdom of heaven. The Christian authentic, like the child, believes in God's love, she throws herself into the arms of our Heavenly Father, places unlimited confidence in him, nothing makes him more frightening because you do not feel alone. Even in the trials believed the love of God, believes that everything that happens is for his own good. He has a concern? Confides to the Father and the child's trust is confident that he will solve everything. As a child is abandoned entirely to him, without making calculations. "for to such belongs the kingdom of God" Children depend wholly by their parents for food, clothing, housing, health, education ... We, too, "Children's Gospel," we depend on everything from the Father feeds us how to feed the birds in the sky, as we dress like the lilies of the field, knows what we need even before you ask him, and there gives it. The same kingdom of God will not be conquered, it accepts the gift from the hand of the Father. Still, the child is not evil because I do not know. The disciple of the Gospel, in love, unaware of the evil, remains pure and innocent again becomes. The child, because he has experience, he goes towards life with confidence, how always to new adventure. The "baby Gospel" puts it all in God's mercy, and forget the past, each day begins a new life, available to the promptings of the Spirit, always creative. The child can not learn to speak for itself, it needs someone to teach him. The disciple of Jesus does not follow his reasoning, but all learn from the Word of God to speak and live the Gospel. The child is led to imitate his father. If you ask him what he'll do very often say to his father's trade. Indeed, the "evangelical child" imitates the heavenly Father, who is love, and love as he loves, loves everyone, because the Father does the sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust "because he loves first loved us when we were yet sinners, free love, without interest, because so does our Heavenly Father ... That's why Jesus loves being surrounded by children and points to them as a model: "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God " In fact, the children continue to surprise us. "Yesterday, my father asked me to go into the cellar to get something - Betty writes to me, a girl of six years in Milan. - On the stairs was dark and I was scared. Then I prayed to Jesus and I felt he was close to me. " Irene Ilaria, Laura, three sisters of Florence, to be with her mother to go shopping by car. They pass my grandfather's house and ask to go to greet him. "You go - my mother says - I'll wait." When they return to ask: "Why do not you come?". She said, "My grandfather did not behave well with me, so understand ...". And Ilaria: "But Mom, we love everyone, even our enemies ...". The mother does not know what to say. He looks and smiles, "You are right. Wait here." And salt alone by his grandfather. We can learn from children how to accept the kingdom of God
Chiara Lubich |