The one who decides to help those who are in needy
he/she chose to do the right thing and he/she turned to be a clear sign of
the "paternal care of divine Providence for all his children". O
how it is beautiful and fulfilling the experience of spendingone’s
own energy forthe sake of others, for some Cause! In this truth lays the key to
a "new Civilization". It leads
us to the biblical experience in which Jesus, in his
commitment with the reality, uses gestures of kindness and compassion to reveal
the loving care of God. These gestures of Him made all the difference in the
lives of many people. Before the question “who is this Jesus?” The answer was given as long as the
people made a step to encounter him, accepting his message and
engaging with the Project that he had announced through his supportive
practice. Those who lived on the fringes of society and were reintegrated on
it, didn’t take long time to realize that the that Jesus was the full revelator
of the salvific and universal God’s plan. After all, as it is known,
"Jesus didn’t come to bring a new religion but a good news for those who
need liberation. From the good news we understand who God is". In
fact it is from the gestures that the person reveals who he/she really is.
We are invited to do experience of the companion God
who walks beside us and is present in the daily of our
struggles, expecting a reply always new of acceptance and
solidarity: the acceptance of his presence and solidarity with others. The
God in whom we trust liberates and saves. Therefore, the reason of our hope is his
fidelity. The biblical experience teaches us that He let himself to
be touch before so many evils in relating to the life of the people, especially
if they are most deprived. God loves all, but if we can say that He has
preference, we dare to say that they have name such as: blind,
lame, paralyzed, deaf, etc. In our days, they have other faces: they are
the victims of hunger and poverty, those who remain at the margins of the
capitalist system, the illiterate of the computerized world, the victims of
every kind of violence and drugs, those who are homeless, the unemployed
and the countless faces disfigured of this world. For these people there is a
special love from God. About this the theologian L. C. Susin uses the expression
“love with priority”: “Loving with priority is what a mother does, according to
an ancient Arab proverb: she prefers the sick until he becomes healthy, she prefers
the one who is far until he arrives, she prefers the smaller until he grows (...)".
The mission of Jesus consisted in establishing a new
relationship with God and among the people. The most deprived people in
the time of Jesus could return to the socializing with the other more
confident and secure, and they could contribute with full capacity for the good
of the community. Sometimes it was necessary a greater effort from the
community to make them to come before Jesus and to experience the new
life that he brought. Nowadays Jesus can no longer be seen, but can be felt and
experienced, especially through those who have decided to leave to be
onlookers and became protagonists of actions in favor of the life. The
challenge for us is not in the achievement of extraordinary things, but of
small gestures that really make the difference. From the example of
Jesus, we are called to do all things well and to do good in favor of
those who need it most and live on the margin of our conviviality. In this
process, it is going to fulfill the prophecy of the kingdom of God: a
world without marginalized, desire of God and expectation of all.
Fr. Ndega
Review: Bro. Cipriano
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