[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Re: Nagyböjt 3. vasárnapja szentmiséje igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

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> *Friends, today’s Gospel includes the parable of a fig tree that bears no
> fruit. This is a standard trope in the theological literature of Israel:
> the tree that bears no fruit is evocative of the moral person who bears no
> spiritual fruit. Every single person has a mission: to be a conduit of the
> divine grace into the world. Planted in God—think of Jesus’ image of the
> vine and the branches—they are meant to bring forth the fruits of love,
> peace, compassion, justice, nonviolence. And notice that this should be
> effortless. The closer God gets, the more alive we become. But the mystery
> of sin is that we resist the invasion of God; we prefer to go our own way;
> we cling to our own prerogatives and our own narrow freedom. And the result
> is lifelessness. It feels like depression, like your life is going
> nowhere—in Dante’s language, like being "lost in a dark wood." In Jesus’
> parable, the one caring for the tree begs the owner for one more chance to
> manure the tree and to hoe around it, hoping to bring it back to life. But
> if no life comes, the tree will be cut down. This is the note of urgency
> that is struck over and again in the Bible. We can run out of time. We can
> become so resistant to God’s grace that our leaves dry up. This is not
> divine vengeance; it is spiritual physics. So don’t be afraid of God!
> Surrender to him. Reflect: On "spiritual physics" and the consequences of
> ignoring God or turning away from him. *
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