Bene prophetávit de vobis Isaías, dicens: Pópulus hic lábiis me honórat: cor autem eórum longe est a me.

Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying; ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

ORARI S.MESSA DI OGGI MERCOLEDI 23 MARZ0 2022, ORE 8.00 – Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima ~ III. classis

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EVANGELIUM E OMELIA\HOMILY:

Evangelium  

Matt 15:1-20
In illo témpore: Accessérunt ad Iesum ab Ierosólymis scribæ et pharisǽi, dicéntes: Quare discípuli tui transgrediúntur traditiónem seniórum? Non enim lavant manus suas, cum panem mandúcant. Ipse autem respóndens, ait illis: Quare et vos transgredímini mandátum Dei propter traditiónem vestram? Nam Deus dixit: Hónora patrem et matrem. Et: Qui male díxerit patri vel matri, morte moriátur. Vos autem dícitis: Quicúmque díxerit patri vel matri: munus quodcúmque est ex me, tibi próderit: et non honorificábit patrem suum aut matrem suam: et írritum fecístis mandátum Dei propter traditiónem vestram. Hypócritæ, bene prophetávit de vobis Isaías, dicens: Pópulus hic lábiis me honórat: cor autem eórum longe est a me. Sine causa autem colunt me, docéntes doctrínas et mandáta hóminum. Et convocátis ad se turbis, dixit eis: Audíte, et intellégite. Non quod intrat in os, coínquinat hóminem: sed quod procédit ex ore, hoc coínquinat hóminem. Tunc accedéntes discípuli eius, dixérunt ei: Scis, quia pharisǽi, audíto verbo hoc, scandalizáti sunt? At ille respóndens, ait: Omnis plantátio, quam non plantávit Pater meus cœléstis, eradicábitur. Sínite illos: cæci sunt et duces cæcórum. Cæcus autem si cæco ducátum præstet, ambo in fóveam cadunt. Respóndens autem Petrus, dixit ei: Edíssere nobis parábolam istam. At ille dixit: Adhuc et vos sine intelléctu estis? Non intellégitis, quia omne, quod in os intrat, in ventrem vadit, et in secéssum emíttitur ? Quæ autem procédunt de ore, de corde éxeunt, et ea coínquinant hóminem: de corde enim exeunt cogitatiónes malæ, homicídia, adultéria, fornicatiónes, furta, falsa testimónia, blasphémiæ. Hæc sunt, quæ coínquinant hóminem. Non lotis autem mánibus manducáre, non coínquinat hóminem.

Gospel  

Matt 15:1-20
At that time, the Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they do not wash their hands when they take food. But He answered and said to them, And why do you transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Let him who curses father or mother be put to death.’ But you say, ‘Whoever shall say to his father or mother, Any support you might have had from me is dedicated to God, does not have to honor his father or his mother.’ So you have made void the commandment of God by your tradition. Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; and in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrine the precepts of men.’ Then He called the crowd to Him, and said to them, Hear, and understand. What goes into the mouth does not defile a man; but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a man. Then His disciples came up and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees have taken offense at hearing this saying? But He answered and said, Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides of blind men. But if a blind man guide a blind man, both fall into a pit. But Peter spoke to Him, saying, Explain to us this parable. And He said, Are you also even yet without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever enters the mouth passes into the belly and is cast out into the drain? But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is they that defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, immorality, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things that defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

DALL’OMELIA DI (FROM THE HOMILY BY) DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA – ORARI S.MESSA DI OGGI MERCOLEDI 23 MARZ0 2022, ORE 8.00

DALL’OMELIA DI DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA (*)

Exod 20:12-24
Questo dice il Signore Iddio: «Onora tuo padre e tua madre, affinché tu viva lungamente sulla terra che ti darà il Signore Dio tuo. Non ammazzare. Non commettere adulterio. Non rubare. Non attestare il falso contro il tuo prossimo. Non desiderare la casa del prossimo, non desiderare la sua moglie, né il suo servo, né la sua serva, né il suo bue, né il suo asino, né altra cosa che gli appartenga».

Matt 15:1-20
In quel tempo si presentarono a Gesù Scribi e Farisei di Gerusalemme e gli dissero: «Perché i tuoi discepoli trasgrediscono la tradizione degli antichi? Infatti non si lavano le mani quando mangiano». Egli rispose loro: «Come va che pur voi trasgredite il comandamento di Dio per la vostra tradizione? Dio infatti ha detto: “Onora il padre e la madre, e chi maledirà il padre e la madre, sia punito di morte”; voi invece dite: “Chiunque abbia detto al padre o alla madre: è sacra offerta il sussidio (cio’) che dovrei darti, non è tenuto ad onorare il padre e la madre”; e cosi in nome della vostra tradizione avete annullata la legge di Dio. 

Abbiamo ascoltato come Gesu’ critichi l’interpretazione delle guide spirituali del popolo di Israele, gli Scribi e i Farisei. Si perdevano in discussioni sugli aspetti esteriori, i gesti, anziche’ la vera fedelta’ a Dio. Interpretando a modo loro i comandamenti, particolarmente quello “onora il padre e la madre”.

Ma l’impurita’ non viene dall’esterno (dai cibi), ma dal cuore della persona. La morale dei Farisei e degli Scribi e’ puramente esteriore. Gesu’ vuole invece la purificazione interiore da parte nostra.

Chi non segue la via di Gesu’ e’ cieco che guida un cieco. Le false guide spirituali vanno dunque abbandonate!

C’e’ tanta ipocrisia attorno a noi! Occorre distinguere le guide dal loro comportamento e dalle persone di cui si circondano e che li seguono ciecamente. Gesu’ dice loro: seguite la mia parola!

Sia lodato Gesu’ Cristo! Sempre sia lodato!.

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(*) Questo commento e’ scritto in tempo reale durante l’omelia. Mi scuso per l’eventuale misinterpretazione delle parole di Don Enrico.

FROM THE HOMILY BY DON ENRICO RONCAGLIA (**)

Exod 20: 12-24 This says the Lord God: «Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long on the earth that the Lord your God will give you. Don’t kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not attest false against your neighbor. Do not desire your neighbor’s house, do not desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything else that belongs to him ».

Matt 15: 1-20 At that time the Scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem presented themselves to Jesus and said to him: «Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? In fact they don’t wash their hands when they eat ». He replied to them, “How is it that you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition?” In fact, God said: “Honor your father and mother, and whoever curses his father and mother, let him be punished with death”; instead you say: “Whoever has said to the father or to the mother: the subsidy (that is) that I should give you is a sacred offer, is not obliged to honor the father and the mother”; and so in the name of your tradition you have annulled the law of God.

We have heard how Jesus criticizes the interpretation of the spiritual guides of the people of Israel, the Scribes and Pharisee.

They got lost in discussions on the external aspects, the gestures, rather than ‘true faithfulness’ to God. Interpreting the commandments in their own way, particularly that of “honor father and mother”.

But the impurity does not come from the outside (from food), but from the person’s heart.

The morality of the Pharisees and Scribes is purely external. Instead, Jesus wants interior purification on our part.

Whoever does not follow the way of Jesus is blind leading a blind man.

False spiritual guides must therefore be abandoned!

There is so much hypocrisy around us! It is necessary to distinguish the guides by their behavior and by the people with whom they surround themselves and who follow them blindly.

Jesus tells them: follow my word!

Praised be Jesus Christ. Always be praised!

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(*) This comment is written in real time during the homily. I apologize for any misinterpretation of Don Enrico’s words.