"But as the days of Noah, so will the coming of the Son of Man. [38] As in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until Noah entered the ark, [39] and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so will be the coming of the Son of man. " Matthew 24.37-44: [37] But as the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man. [38] As in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until Noah entered the ark, [39] and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man. [40] Then two men in the field: one will be taken and the other left. [41] Two women grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. [42] Watch therefore, for ye know on what day your Lord is coming. [43] this, that if the householder had known at what time of night the thief, have watched and would not have let his house be broken. [44] Therefore you also be ready, because hour you do not, the Son of man cometh.
Dear friends, dear friends,
next Sunday will celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent Ambrosian (December 2, 2007) while the passage of Matthew (24.37 to 44) gives us three pictures, punctuated by a refrain that is becoming commonplace in this Advent we started, "the Lord will come."
Jesus, first of all, referring to the days of Noah, challenges our way of life as absolute present (carpe diem), at the expense of a genuine expectation of him (vv. 37-39), the second image shows, however, the court less severe and that always means His coming (vv. 40-41), the third stage, finally, describes the unpredictability of his final visit (vv. 43-44). Coming to this to say: "Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord is coming."
appropriate comment to this Gospel passage is in fact the second reading of the liturgy on Sunday, taken from Paul's Letter to the Romans (from 13.11 to 14). "That you shall be, aware of the moment: it is time to wake up, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us cast away therefore the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Honestly, as in the day, not in the midst of revelry and drunkenness, not and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy. But put the Lord Jesus Christ and not for the flesh in its desires. "
So facing the prospect of the Lord is coming, "it is time to wake up, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.". More than the physical sleep here alludes to a kind of dizziness, clouding of the spirit and consciousness, in which anyone can fall, as the Gospel says that at the time of Noah all "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage." It 'true that in itself is not a fault do things that actually allow us to live decently and in peace. But the question is that the man may still live in 'one-dimensional' (Marcuse). The temptation to live 'just' in the present, eating, drinking and mating, it is stunning that threatens humanity. At best, the future is seen as an extension, a clone of this. Where you can, at best, continue to calculate, assuming some possible strategy: "until Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man" .
But if so, what should we do? Gospel According to the indication, the invitation is to enter the ark with Noah, "until Noah entered the ark." While Paul, conscious that "the night is far spent, the day is near," exhorts us, saying: "Let us cast away therefore the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Honestly, as in the day, not in the midst of revelry and drunkenness, not and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy. "
into the ark with Noah, that is, enter the new dimension of salvation that is being presented by the One who comes and will certainly not be taken for granted. From many quarters and with increasing urgency is invoked more and more insistently the need to refer to an ethic of values \u200b\u200band behaviors can understand, to grasp a whole the meaning of life, justice, truth and freedom. This deep need to return and stick to values \u200b\u200bmore clear and transparent is already a perspective that allows us "to wear the armor of light", which Paul also alludes. However, the same research and identification of certain fundamental values \u200b\u200bto which reference appears to have reached a critical stage. Surrounded by a deep and dangerous relativism.
In this sense it really is time to 'watch': "Watch therefore, for ye know on what day your Lord is coming. This, that if the householder had known at what time of night the thief, watched and would not would let his house be broken. Therefore you also be ready, because hour you do not, the Son of man cometh. " There really is a lack of knowledge, almost structural, and through that we noticed only a viewing and allows us to free ourselves continuously exerted a negative and inexorable fate.
The way out of this impasse, ethical, but also structural and which no one can escape - "Then two men in the field: one will be taken the other left. Two women grinding at the mill: one will be taken the other left "- shows us again when Paul exhorts us with clarity and determination:" Put the Lord Jesus Christ and not for the flesh in its desires. " It is not only waking to stay cautious and suspicious as ever self-defense, or practicing the perspective of moral values \u200b\u200bbright and compelling, but let us wrap, coating completely and fully from the "Lord Jesus Christ."
Often in our search for high values \u200b\u200b- when we talk about peace, truth, justice or freedom - seems to lack awareness of their deeper root. By abandoning the solid princes and really support them anyway. That is capable of containing and still keep all of our moral aspirations bigger. In short, do not wear weapons della luce senza rivestirci del Signore Gesù Cristo. Perché solo in Lui ogni cosa trova origine, convergenza e declinazione possbile.
Proprio per questo, dunque, Lui ci viene ancora incontro. Come nell’Eucaristia che, di domenica in domenica, ci ritroviamo a celebrare: “Annunciamo la tua morte Signore, proclamiamo la tua risurrezione, nell’attesa della tua venuta”.
Nella speranza – vorrei dire a Suo nome: nella certezza – che anche tutti voi, amici e amiche che leggete queste mie parole, vi sentiate comunque confortati e sostenuti nell’invocarLo e nell’attenderLo ancora. Buona domenica ancora.
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