Fr. Jorge Miró shares with the readers of Exaudi his commentary on the Gospel of this Sunday, February 23, 2025, entitled “Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate.”
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The Word that the Lord gives us today announces a promise. This gospel, so difficult humanly, will be fulfilled in your life if you confidently welcome the Word of God and open yourself to the action of the Holy Spirit. Because, as St. Paul announced to us in the second reading, just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.
We must not make a moralistic reading of the Gospel. Because, since it is God who has loved us first, now love is no longer just a “commandment”, but the response to the gift of love, with which He comes to meet us… It is no longer an external “commandment” that imposes the impossible on us, but an experience of love born from within, a love that by its very nature must subsequently be communicated to others… (cf. DCE 1, 18).
If you let yourself be led by the Spirit, if you let yourself be loved by God, if you live the experience of God’s free love, if you welcome His forgiveness, welcoming the Word, praying, celebrating the sacraments, desiring to live as a disciple, He will give you the gift of being able to live the Gospel: loving your enemies, doing good to those who wish you harm, praying for those who slander you, turning the other cheek, lending without expecting anything in return, being merciful, treating others as you expect to be treated… Everything is a gift, everything is grace.
Then you will be able to live the experience that the Psalm reflects: to live in the experience that the Lord forgives all your faults and heals all your illnesses, that he rescues your life from the pit and fills you with grace and tenderness… that he is compassionate and merciful…
And you will also be able to say: Bless the Lord, O my soul… and do not forget his benefits…
And, as the second reading indicates, see how the image of the earthly man diminishes in you and the image of the heavenly man grows, because you are letting the Holy Spirit do the work of the new creation in you.
Therefore, we do not become afraid, but, even when our outer man is crumbling, our inner man is being renewed day by day… and the one who has prepared us for this is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee (cf. 2 Cor 4:16; 5:5).
If you believe, if you open yourself to the Word of God and to the action of the Spirit, you will see the glory of God!
Come Holy Spirit!
Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate: Jorge Miró
Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate: Jorge Miró
Fr. Jorge Miró shares with the readers of Exaudi his commentary on the Gospel of this Sunday, February 23, 2025, entitled “Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate.”
***
The Word that the Lord gives us today announces a promise. This gospel, so difficult humanly, will be fulfilled in your life if you confidently welcome the Word of God and open yourself to the action of the Holy Spirit. Because, as St. Paul announced to us in the second reading, just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.
We must not make a moralistic reading of the Gospel. Because, since it is God who has loved us first, now love is no longer just a “commandment”, but the response to the gift of love, with which He comes to meet us… It is no longer an external “commandment” that imposes the impossible on us, but an experience of love born from within, a love that by its very nature must subsequently be communicated to others… (cf. DCE 1, 18).
If you let yourself be led by the Spirit, if you let yourself be loved by God, if you live the experience of God’s free love, if you welcome His forgiveness, welcoming the Word, praying, celebrating the sacraments, desiring to live as a disciple, He will give you the gift of being able to live the Gospel: loving your enemies, doing good to those who wish you harm, praying for those who slander you, turning the other cheek, lending without expecting anything in return, being merciful, treating others as you expect to be treated… Everything is a gift, everything is grace.
Then you will be able to live the experience that the Psalm reflects: to live in the experience that the Lord forgives all your faults and heals all your illnesses, that he rescues your life from the pit and fills you with grace and tenderness… that he is compassionate and merciful…
And you will also be able to say: Bless the Lord, O my soul… and do not forget his benefits…
And, as the second reading indicates, see how the image of the earthly man diminishes in you and the image of the heavenly man grows, because you are letting the Holy Spirit do the work of the new creation in you.
Therefore, we do not become afraid, but, even when our outer man is crumbling, our inner man is being renewed day by day… and the one who has prepared us for this is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee (cf. 2 Cor 4:16; 5:5).
If you believe, if you open yourself to the Word of God and to the action of the Spirit, you will see the glory of God!
Come Holy Spirit!
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