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tem para o seu corpo que mais ele vai dormir e se ele grita para mim, vou ouvi-lo, porque eu sou compassivo "(Ex 22: 25-27).?. Em forte contraste com Jonas estava muito indignado e caiu em uma raiva precisamente porque Deus usou de misericordia para com o povo de Ninive. "E por isso que eu estava tao rapido para fugir para Tarsis. Eu sabia que voce era um Deus de ternura e compaixao, lento para a colera e cheio de amor, que se arrepende do mal. Agora, o Senhor, por favor, tirar a minha vida, pois e melhor para mim morrer do que viver (como voce quer que eu viva - cheio de compaixao como voce) "(Jon 4: 3).Mas e no Evangelho de Lucas de compaixao que Jesus explicita compaixao como o coracao da santidade eo pinaculo da perfeicao. "Mas eu lhes digo:. Amai os vossos inimigos, fazei bem aos que vos odeiam, bendizei os que vos maldizem, e orai pelos que vos tratam mal Se amais os que vos amam, que merito ha nisso voce Ate os pecadores fazem? isso. E se voce fizer o bem daqueles que sao bons para voce, que merito ha nisso? Tambem os pecadores fazem isso. E se emprestardes aqueles de quem esperais receber, que agradecimento voce pode esperar? Tambem os pecadores emprestam aos pecadores , espera ser reembolsado integralmente. em vez disso, amai os vossos inimigos e fazer o bem a eles, e emprestar sem qualquer esperanca de retorno. Entao, a vossa recompensa sera grande para voce se qualificara para sermos filhos do Altissimo, porque ele proprio e uma especie . para com os ingratos e os maus Portanto ser compassivos como o vosso Pai e misericordioso (Lc 6: 27-36).No ultimo dia Deus julgara a perfeicao e ate mesmo a santidade de nossas vidas por nossa compaixao (Mt 25: 31-46). Porque Deus e santo, Deus e perfeito, mas acima de tudo, Deus e compassivo, - na verdade, Deus e amor, e Ele nos chamou, nao so para ser santo e perfeito, mas para ser compassivo, para quem permanece no amor permanece em Deus, e Deus vive nele (1 Jo 4:16).
Spiritual Warfare? Spiritual Victory!by Fr. Rufus PereiraIn the Synoptic Gospels, the public ministry of Jesus starts with his Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the river Jordan and, after an intervening period of 40 days of fasting in the desert, with the temptations by the Evil One in the desert, on the mountaintop and at the Temple.And now Jesus was led by the Spirit away into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (Mt. 4:1)The period of 40 days in the desert is a time of real testing for Jesus, of which the 40 years the Israelites spent in the desert, between the Exodus from slavery in Egypt and the Entrance into freedom in the Promised Land, is the Old Testament type. It is also a time of purifying fasting for Jesus, the new lawgiver and the new prophet, of which the 40 days of fasting of Moses and Elijah is also a type. This in its turn, is, as it were, the type of our 40 days of lent between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, a time too of "testing" and "fasting".Just as at the beginning of, so also during, his whole public ministry, Jesus was under attack from the Evil One but he proved victorious through the power of the Holy Spirit. Peter himself tells us "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him" (Acts 10:38). In like manner both our life and our ministry will be subject to the onslaught of the Evil One but we will be victorious only through the power of the Holy Spirit.The Devil tempted Jesus to follow his attractive suggestions in order to fulfil his God-given mission of bringing salvation to mankind. The three-fold temptation of Christ is thus a warning to us of how we can be similarly tempted to use God's gifts in a way that are contrary to his plan, by giving in to the wiles of the Evil One, and an assurance of how we can nevertheless overcome these temptations by imitating the mind and stand of Jesus (Mt 4:1-11; Lk 4:1-1. These differ only in the order of the temptations).Thus we are so easily tempted to lust after the enticing but transitory pleasures of this world, instead of hungering for and being nourished by the eternal life givingWord of God (cfr Ex 16:2; Deut 8:3; Mt 4:3-4; Lk 4:3-5). We are so easily tempted to crave for the glittering riches of this world, with even idolatrous and superstitious greed, instead of worshipping their Creator and being concerned for the needs of our brothers (cfr Ex 17:1; Deut 6:13; Mt 4:7-10; Lk 4:6-8). We are so easily tempted to even desire the more spectacular spiritual gifts and use them to take shortcuts and win instant success even in God's work, instead of taking up the Cross and following the Lord, whatever be the cost (cfr Ex 32, Deut 6:10; Mt 4:5-6;
Lk 4:9-12).The liturgical season of Lent is therefore meant to make us aware that the life and ministry of the Body, the Church, the new Israel, will be, like the life and ministry of the Head, Jesus, the new Adam, a real spiritual warfare. It is through the example of Christ and through his teachings that we can be further purified and strengthened through one more period of Lent, lent to us by God to enable us to turn away further from the World and the Prince of Darkness and turn closer to the kingdom and the Lord of Light, thus turning over a new life in Christ. In his person Jesus as head has rejected and overcome the temptations of his body the Church. For anyone in Christ becomes a new Creation, another Christ, living by the Word of God, adoring and serving Him alone and obeying his will perfectly.That is why in the early Church, the Catechumens, who expressed a strong desire to be baptised and were finally, after much probing scrutiny, accepted and enrolled, went through a daily purification and preparation experience during the whole 40 days of Lent. It consisted of the Prayer of Exorcism from the powers of darkness that surrounded them and the Profession of Faith in the Word of God that was systematically explained to them from the Scriptures.The double formula of the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday is itself an indicator of this twofold movement: the verse, "Remember, man, that you are dust and into dust you shall return" (from Gen 3:19, the beginning of the OT) states theproblem, that on our own we are weak and will fall an easy prey to the Evil One, and the verse, "Repent and believe the Gospel" (Mk 1:15, the beginning of the NT) gives us the solution, that, as we rely on God's mercy, we will be released from sin; and that, as we trust in the Spirit's power, we will be renewed from within. This turning away from sin and turning towards the Lord will bring about a turning over in our lives - a change of heart, and consequently a change of lifestyle.Let us then, with the Church, make our prayer, "Lord, protect us in our struggle against evil, as we sanctify this period of Lent by our self denial".Batalha Espiritual? Vitoria Espiritual!Nos Evangelhos sinopticos, o ministerio publico de Jesus comeca com o seu batismo no Espirito Santo no rio Jordao e, apos um periodo de intervencao de 40 dias de jejum no deserto, com as tentacoes do Maligno no deserto, na montanha e no Templo.E agora Jesus foi conduzido pelo Espirito ao deserto, para ser tentado pelo diabo (Mt. 4: 1)O periodo de 40 dias no deserto e um tempo de teste real para Jesus, dos quais os 40 anos, os israelitas passou no deserto, entre o Exodo da escravidao no Egito e a entrada para a liberdade na Terra Prometida, e o Antigo Testamento digita. Ele tambem e um tempo de purificacao de jejum de Jesus, o novo legislador e o
novo profeta, dos quais os 40 dias de jejum de Moises e Elias tambem e um tipo. Este, por sua vez, e, por assim dizer, o tipo de nossos 40 dias da Quaresma entre Ash quarta-feira e domingo de Pascoa, uma vez tambem de "teste" e "jejum".Assim como no inicio, assim tambem durante todo o seu ministerio publico, Jesus estava sob ataque do Maligno, mas ele provou vitorioso pelo poder do Espirito Santo. O proprio Pedro nos diz: "como Deus ungiu a Jesus de Nazare com o Espirito Santo e com poder, o qual andou por toda parte fazendo o bem e curando todos os que estavam sob o poder do diabo, porque Deus estava com ele" (Atos 10:38) . Da mesma maneira, tanto a nossa vida e nosso ministerio estara sujeito a investida do Maligno, mas seremos vitoriosos apenas com o poder do Espirito Santo.O Diabo tentou Jesus para seguir suas sugestoes atraentes, a fim de cumprir a sua missao dada por Deus de levar a salvacao para a humanidade. A tentacao de tres vezes de Cristo e, portanto, um aviso para nos de como podemos ser igualmente tentado a usar os dons de Deus de uma forma que sao contrarios ao seu plano, cedendo as artimanhas do Maligno, e uma garantia de como podemos, no entanto, superar essas tentacoes imitando a mente e estande de Jesus (Mt 4: 1-11; Lc 4: 1-1 estes diferem apenas na ordem das tentacoes.).Assim, estamos tao facilmente tentados a cobicar os prazeres tentadores, mas transitorios deste mundo, em vez de fome de e sendo alimentada pela vida eterna givingWord de Deus (cfr Ex 16: 2; Dt 8: 3; Mt 4: 3-4 ; Lc 4: 3-5). Estamos tao facilmente tentados a desejar para as riquezas de brilho deste mundo, mesmo com a ganancia idolatra e supersticiosa, em vez de adorar o seu Criador e se preocupar com as necessidades de nossos irmaos (cf. Ex 17: 1; Dt 6,13; Mt 4 : 7-10; Lc 4: 6-8). Estamos tao facilmente tentados a mesmo desejar os dons espirituais mais espetaculares e usa-los para tomar atalhos e conquistar sucesso instantaneo mesmo na obra de Deus, em vez de tomar a cruz e seguir o Senhor, qualquer que seja o custo (cfr Ex 32, Deut 6 : 10; Mt 4: 5-6; Lc 4: 9-12).O tempo liturgico da Quaresma e, portanto, a intencao de fazer-nos conscientes de que a vida e ministerio do Corpo, a Igreja, o novo Israel, sera, como a vida e ministerio da Cabeca, Jesus, o novo Adao, uma verdadeira guerra espiritual . E atraves do exemplo de Cristo e atraves de seus ensinamentos que podemos ser mais purificado e fortalecido por mais um periodo de Quaresma, emprestou a nos por Deus para nos capacitar a se afastar ainda mais do mundo e o Principe das Trevas e vire mais perto o Reino, o Senhor da Luz, transformando, assim, sobre uma nova vida em Cristo. Em sua pessoa Jesus como chefe rejeitou e vencer as tentacoes de seu corpo, a Igreja. Para qualquer um em Cristo torna-se uma nova
criacao, um outro Cristo, viver pela Palavra de Deus, adorando e servindo-o sozinho e obedecendo a sua vontade perfeitamente.E por isso que no inicio da Igreja, os catecumenos, que expressou um forte desejo de ser batizado e foram finalmente, depois de muita sondagem escrutinio, aceitou e se matriculou, passou por uma purificacao diaria e experiencia preparacao durante todo os 40 dias da Quaresma. Consistiu na oracao do exorcismo dos poderes das trevas que eles e a profissao de fe na Palavra de Deus que foi explicado de forma sistematica para eles as Escrituras cercavam.A formula dobro da imposicao das cinzas na quarta feira de cinzas e por si so um indicador desse duplo movimento: o versiculo: "Lembre-se, o homem, que es po e em po te tornaras" (do Gen 03:19, o inicio do OT) afirma theproblem, que no nosso proprio somos fracos e vai cair uma presa facil para o Maligno, e o versiculo: "Arrependei-vos e crede no Evangelho" (Mc 1:15, o inicio do NT) nos da a solucao , que, como nos contamos com a misericordia de Deus, que sera lancado do pecado; e que, como nos confio no poder do Espirito, vamos ser renovada a partir de dentro. Este afastamento do pecado e voltando-se para o Senhor trara uma virando em nossas vidas - uma mudanca de coracao e, consequentemente, uma mudanca de estilo de vida.Vamos, entao, com a Igreja, fazer a nossa oracao: "Senhor, protegei-nos em nossa luta contra o mal, como nos santificamos esse periodo da Quaresma pela nossa auto-negacao".
That the theme of the next millennium, the theme of the great Jubilee, is so true. Jesus is the same today as he was yesterday and as he will be always, Jesus is the same today. We began this program by speaking of God, our father, as a God for us. And then we spoke about Jesus, the greatest gift of our father, the gift of Jesus being God with us. And in this last teaching I want to go one step further. What is Jesus s greatest gift to us? Already we read in the beginning of the gospels the preaching of John the Baptist and he was preaching two important things, first he was calling people to repentance, to prepare themselves for the coming of the Messiah. And the second thing that he was doing was to tell people that the Messiah was already there and telling people what the Messiah would do. He was contrasting his work with the work of Jesus, he said his work was only a work of preparation. He was telling the people prepare yourselves for the coming of the savior by repentance, but he said The work of the Messiah will be something much more important. He said I have been baptizing you in the river Jordan as a sign of repentance, but the savior will come and he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. Because he is the life giver. Therefore what is Jesus? In John s gospel, John the Baptist, gives Jesus two titles. On the one hand he is a lamb of God who s come to take away our sins, who s come to heal our sickness, who s come to deliver us from Satan. But on the other hand, Jesus is the giver of life, the life giver. He gives us new life by giving us the Holy Spirit. Sometime later in the temple in Jerusalem on the occasion of the great feast of the tabernacles Jesus cried out at the top of his voice Let all those who are thirsty come to me. Let all those who are searching for new life come to me. And all those who are hungry for the world of life come to me. Come and drink from me, come and drink from the living waters from the Holy Spirit that I will give to you. Jesus already then had made that great promise of the Holy Spirit. Jesus already then had promised that special gift of his. The gift of the Holy Spirit which was the gift of his father. But it was specially at the last supper when the apostles were sad that Jesus was leaving them that Jesus told them I am leaving you but I will not leave you alone. I will not leave you orphans. I will be sending you the Holy Spirit and even remind you of all I have been telling you. He will be like me, you paraclete, which in Greek means one who is always with you, one who guides you, one who
defends you, one who will be your intercessor. I ll be sending you the Holy Spirit. And then Jesus told them If I don t leave you and go away the Holy Spirit will not come to you, but I have to leave you, so that my gift, the Holy Spirit will come to you. And then Jesus said something incredible, he said I am sending you the Holy Spirit and he will not be with you, he will not live among you, he will come inside you. And when he comes inside you. Jesus said I too will come into you and my father will come into you. All three of us. The tri-one God will come and make a home in you. What greater promise could there be than the promise of Jesus that by the part of the Holy Spirit the total of the Tri-one God will come and make a home in each one of us? Therefore now who is God?God is not only the God for us. God, the father, God is not only the God with us, Jesus Christ. God is a God in us, the Holy Spirit. This is Christianity, this is the Catholic faith. I believe in God our father. I believe in Jesus Christ and I believe in the Holy Spirit. And then on the ascension day, on the day of the ascension, as Jesus has his last meeting with the apostles, again they were sad. They told Jesus you are leaving us, but you have done nothing, you haven t even begun anything. How do you expect us to do anything. When will the kingdom of God that we have been speaking about start? And what did Jesus reply? Wait. Wait. Have patience. Don t try to do things on your own. You ll wait for God to intervene and then you will receive power. Not from Earth, but from above. Then you will be doing the things that I have been doing. You will receive power from on high and whose is that power? It is not something, it is not some energy, like in bioenergetics or in reiki, or in this new age things, that power is a person and that person is the third person of the Almighty God and he is the Holy Spirit. And wait until you received him. And when you receive the Holy Spirit then you will be my witnesses not only in Judea, not only in Jerusalem, not only in Galilee, not only even in Samaria, but to the ends of the world, you will be my witnesses even to far of India, even to far of Brazil. Now don t search the bible for the word Brazil, but that is what Jesus meant. You will be my witness to the extremities of the world. And you can look at the map there, you can see the western extremity which is the Americas. And you can hardly see the eastern extremities, India is only half there, but that is the other extremity. Asia, Japan,
you will be my witnesses to the ends of the world. And therefore today I would like to speak to you about the greatest gift of Jesus to us, to his church and to every Christian, the gift of the Holy Spirit and for Jesus this gift is so important that he said that the prayer to receive the Holy Spirit will always be answered. In Luke s gospel, chapter eleven, the disciples asked Jesus on how to pray and Jesus said When you pray, pray in this way and then he taught them the Our Father. And then he went further, he gives us the example of the best friend and he gives us the better example of daddys, our fathers, and this is what Jesus said, as I spoke yesterday morning, every daddy, however bad he is wants to give the best to his children and he says Will a dad give a stone to his son if the son asked for bread? If the son asked for fish will the father give a snake? If the son asked for an egg will the father give him a scorpion? Now these are Hebrew figures of speech and what does it mean? That our earthly fathers will not only give us bad things but will want to give us the best and then comes verse thirteen, Luke s gospel, chapter eleven, one of the greatest promises of Jesus. What did Jesus say then? If you fathers wicked as you are like to give good gifts to your children, how much more, how much, much more, how much, much, much more will your heavenly father, will your father in heaven give you what? A job, a money, a promotion in your company? No, the best. And what is the best for God our father? What is his best gift to us? The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit.To whom? To anyone. To anyone who only asks. No condition except asking. And today during the Eucharist ask Jesus to give you the new way the gift of the father, the gift of the Holy Spirit and that is one prayer that is always answered. That is the most important prayer we can make. Jesus tells us what to ask and Jesus asks for only one thing, the Holy Spirit. Because when you receive the Holy Spirit, you receive everything else. And Jesus tells us hot to receive the Holy Spirit, only ask. Ask once, it will be given. Ask once, and it will be given to you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door will be open to you. This is the God in us. Therefore how do you know when I do the prayer in this special way today because the mass is the greatest prayer for healing, is the greatest prayer for forgiveness. It is the greatest prayer for deliverance and it is the greatest prayer for the asking and anointment and of the Holy Spirit. And third the Eucharistic prayer, what does the priest say? Soon after the consagration
may we be to receiving the body and blood of Jesus, may we be to be filled with the Holy Spirit, may we be to receiving the body and blood of Jesus, may we be to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and become one spirit, one body in Christ. Therefore the mass is the baptism to the Holy Spirit and that is why Saint Ephrem, the great doctor of the eastern church, when he would give communion, he would say Receive the fire of the Holy Spirit. Receive the fire of the Holy Spirit. Receive the fire of the Holy Spirit. And that is what happened to the apostles when Jesus left them. Raised as body to the upper room and they remained there waiting for nine days. And what were they doing for nine days? Only one thing, they were praying, praying, praying, in a way they never prayed before. In the agony of the garden what were they doing? Sleeping. In Mount Tabor, what were they doing? Sleeping. And now what were they doing in the upper room? They were wide awake, they were praying. Acts fourteen tells us, chapter one, verse fourteen, they devoted all their time to prayer, because the Holy Spirit comes only thru prayer. And one the tenth day what happened? Pentecost day? What happened to Jesus, happened to them. What happened to Mary happened to them. The Holy Spirit came upon them like fire, with fire in their heads, it came like a wind blowing around them. It came like something out of their mouths. In acts, chapter two, verse four tells us in one very simple sentence They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They were not given the spirit, no, it was something more, they were filled with the spirit. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And then the work of Jesus continued. Jesus had told the apostles during the forty days he was appearing to them, three important things. Thing number one I am not dead, I have risen, I am alive and I will be with you always. Has any religious leader told his followers that he would be with them always? No one, but Jesus. Only Jesus told them. Give a big clap to them.(Applause)All the others leaders of religions and philosophies are dead, except our leader. Jesus is alive. Jesus esta conosco (Jesus is with us) and Jesus esta convosco (Jesus is with us). Only Jesus is alive. Only he made this fantastic promise I will be with you always. Secondly what did Jesus tell the apostles? He told them My work is your work. Your work is to begin. Or rather, my work is to continue in you. He had told them at the last supper When you receive the Holy Spirit you will do what I am doing and you will do even greater things than what I did. And then Jesus told the apostles Go to every country in the world proclaim the gospel to every human being. Lay your hands in