IN THE NIGHT
the night of the prison / jail in : the night of deprivation of liberty, the night of the distance from loved ones ... but most of the night
consciousness / conscience : the fears that have affected the lives past and those that touch and affect the calm of today, the night of the idols, of things that lead to evil and crime, the night of shame for the evil ("their deeds were evil"), the night of regrets for opportunities lost.
The eclipse of God is not without consequences: it becomes eclipse of reason, humanity, turns into eclipse eclipse of civil coexistence and mutual respect and acceptance.
On this night we discover that the verdict - paradoxically - is not of God (so to speak, from outside), but from within the man: it is as a result of the works you make.
you prefer not to make a final choice, a fundamental option from which all others depend daily choices. We keep all options open, we prefer to multiply the experience, try them all (at least until they meet and satisfy) and soft / leave without regret (when been exploited). Some reference? Wife and children plus without too many problems other partners / lovers / partners and other children, friends who become accomplices, cunning and deceit of every kind, to escape the consequences of acts that are done and to show (but who?) As it is ...
There is an illusion that life is a succession of experiences, facts unconnected, there is deluded can move from one situation to another as if among them there was no link, as if we could have all (and all) according to personal needs .. you are actually doing (or has become, perhaps unwittingly) a choice, because it affects the whole future of the fundamental, we are journeying (Maybe even yourself) on the road leading up to here, on the night of the crime and the prison.
But the Gospel does not end in the night, Nicodemus, by night he meets the Lord and find answers to questions he carried in his heart for some time and which could not give satisfaction.
At night, perhaps because he felt personally in the dark, in despair, with no loopholes or easy remedies, those remedies are too easy, too comfortable when you get used to ...
At night, perhaps because he was afraid of being judged by others, who do not tenessero more into account as "one of the ones that count," as if it were open to the light of faith is one thing shame ... we are ashamed of the faith and not ashamed of the crime, evil, selfishness?
The Gospel does not end on the night of death, but in the morning light of the "day after the Sabbath, when the tomb was open and empty, wide open on the resurrection, new life and renewed, the" light of truth, it may be clearly that the works [and life] were made [and experienced] in God. "
"earnestly and without ceasing" - says the first reading - the Lord sends his messengers to warn two adverbs that say a lot.
thoughtfully, for God's compassion and take care of our humanity weak and fragile for God - even - prevents the evil that we tend to do and somehow above it, anticipates his every move: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. "
incessantly because this story of salvation has never stopped, it is not yet complete, because the conversion and reconciliation are still always possible, because "the sacrament of rebirth us free from the slavery of sin and elevates us to the dignity of children.
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