Jean Michel Folon Luca 17,11-19: [11]Durante il viaggio verso Gerusalemme, Gesù attraversò la Samaria e la Galilea. [12]Entrando in un villaggio, gli vennero incontro dieci lebbrosi i quali, fermatisi a distanza, [13]alzarono la voce, dicendo: «Gesù maestro, abbi pietà di noi!». [14]Appena li vide, Gesù disse: «Andate a presentarvi ai sacerdoti». E mentre essi andavano, furono sanati. [15]Uno di loro, vedendosi guarito, tornò indietro lodando Dio a gran voce; [16]e si gettò ai piedi di Gesù per ringraziarlo. Era un Samaritano. [17]Ma Gesù osservò: «Non sono were all ten cleansed? And where are the other nine? [18] Was no one found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner? ". And he said [19] 'Get up and go', your faith has saved you. "
Dear friends, dear friends,
next Sunday (XXVIII Ordinary Time, October 14, 2007) the Gospel of Luke (from 17.11 to 19) relates the story of the healing of ten lepers by Jesus who is to tackle the third leg of his ascent to Jerusalem: A journey to Jerusalem, "although a more accurate translation would say:" and took in going to Jerusalem. "
During the journey, according to geography described to by Luke, Jesus goes through the 'before' Samaria, the land of infidelity and adoration of a God that they do not know Samaritans according to Jesus (Jn 4:22), and 'then' the Galilee region where he lived thirty years, much to be called the "Galileo" (Mt 26.69). We are faced with a unique location, being in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, in Judea and Galilee. The reason why Jesus went through (before) and Samaria (then) the Galilee "is, therefore, to recognize the primacy given to the announcement of God's mercy, not according to the search for the easiest way, linear but according to the firm intention of Jesus to be led into the complexity of human relationships, "and he said to them: 'Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also came to this fact'" (Mark 1.38 ).
decided, therefore, to enter "in a village," while "he was met by ten lepers", according to the law, not stop "remote", but is always - always according to the law - outside the village. Even though - according to the Gospel of Luke - another leper had already thrown at his feet, even daring to touch Him (5:13), although the contact with a person suffering from this disease was considered to be dangerously contagious.
the law is, however, broken by the voice of these lepers that they should not be. In fact, they saw Jesus, "raised their voices, saying, 'Jesus, Master, have mercy on us'." If Jesus - because of the name - is "God (s) saved" (Jesus, Jeshoua) - so much so that only the sick and the sinners in Luke dare to call upon him using his name: 18.38 and 23.42 - however he remains a "master", with words of strength and knowledge, ability for this to send them a health - not even a salvation - Your choice: "Have mercy on us."
not meticulous detail and describes a ritual of healing. It 's like if Jesus was much more to heart: "When he saw them, Jesus said to them,' Go and introduce yourself to the priests'." Putting them right in front of the liability which the law prescribes to all those who were cured by this disease (Luke 14:2). Rather, it is interesting to note that in this way, Jesus asks them to precede him on the road that leads to Jerusalem. Precisely where he himself is definitely going.
In this sense, Jesus becomes for them all the authentic interpretation of the law. A re-reading Act at once innovative in terms of exegesis, and at the same time, clear and bright even for the obvious reason of health regained with such immediacy. If, on the one hand, it is precisely these lepers who, in desperation, break the law, to another is Jesus himself who introduces them to this perspective, inviting them to grasp the ultimate truth that their ends to represent him. As if Jesus himself were the New Law, which, by their experience the transition from sickness to health, they opened the way for a deeper salvation. How? Asking each of them, first of all to trust Him and His Word. The secret of love, in fact, is properly entrusting, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing, but, as you say, let down the nets" (Lk 5:5).
trusting him, he healed the lepers should be sent to Jerusalem, while something really starts to happen: "And as they went they were cleansed." E 'therefore obedience to Him that saves them, to the extent that, on His Word, accept to go further and further. And, even if they were healed, it remains for each of them the task of understanding what happened, reaching the mark in its deepest meaning and value. What counts is, first of all recognize our sins, deeply in need of Him and His mercy: "Do not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners "(Mk 2:17).
Take therefore the moment of truth. You could stop by these lepers healed, the mere finding of healing has occurred, or start, in terms of thanks, a report that can really open up the deep sense of faith and singular. But only one will start on this road, "one of them, realizing he was healed, came back." From the look only to their own needs as we are, in fact, all called to accept the gift and the value of a relationship, where love becomes praise and thanksgiving; "Praising God with a loud voice." Has turned into a praise worship: "He threw himself at Jesus' feet to thank him."
Praise God, throwing themselves "at the feet of Jesus, this man is a true devotion to the Eucharist - thank you - God the Evangelist note at this point:" It was a Samaritan. " Because, as Jesus says in the context of the encounter with a Samaritan woman, "now is the time when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father (...). It 'time (...) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth "(Jn 4,21.23). E Gesù si meraviglia dell’incapacità di gratuità che caratterizza gli altri nove: “Non sono stati guariti tutti e dieci? E gli altri nove dove sono? Non si è trovato chi tornasse a render gloria a Dio, all’infuori di questo straniero?”.
Il senso ultimo dell’esistenza non si esaurisce in una trama di leggi da osservare scrupolosamente, ma, a partire da Gesù, nostro Salvatore, sta in una relazione d’amore con Lui. Proprio come Lui, per primo, ci ha insegnato. E proprio questo ancora una volta ci ripete la domenica, al termine della celebrazione eucaristica: “Alzati e va’; la tua fede ti ha salvato!”. Ci si rialza per risorgere con Lui, al fine di really free to go and save the world, while others - the other nine, in fact - still wandering among the temples of our health clinics, in order to obtain, at any cost, a certificate that ensures some kind of healing.
What is a good Sunday for all.
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