{"id":1098,"date":"2022-10-29T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2022-10-28T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:02:21","slug":"zaccheus-a-figure-of-missionary-conversion%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/2022\/10\/29\/zaccheus-a-figure-of-missionary-conversion%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaccheus, a figure of missionary conversion\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME\nYEAR C | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY\n\nFirst Reading \t        Wisdom of Solomon 11:22\u201312:2 \nResponse \t\tPsalm 145:1\u20132, 8\u201311, 13, 14 \nSecond Reading \t2 Thessalonians 1:11\u20132:2 \nGospel Acclamation John 3:16 \nGospel \t                Luke 19:1\u201310\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Dear brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today’s Gospel tells us about the fruitful encounter between Jesus and Zaccheus, the chief among the Publican, those who have been known as tax collectors from a town or districts to pay the supreme government. But, unfortunately, according to Synoptics, by what they do, the Publican, a.k.a tax collectors, were considered among the sinners [Mat 9:10; Mrk 2:15-16: Luke 15:1-2]. For that reason, the Jewish religious leaders detested and marked them as ceremonial unclean and excluded them from all religious activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But today, we see another part of Zaccheus who shows us the open process of being a missionary disciple. First, his curiousness<\/em><\/strong> leads him to a real encounter with Jesus. He realizes himself as a sinner, outcast, unclean, and unworthy person to others. He assumably has heard about Jesus, who received people like him, going to their house and healing the ten lepers, who were also marked as unclean persons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zaccheus’ deep curiosity directly impacted when Jesus saw him and said: “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary for me to stay at your house today!<\/em><\/strong>” [Lk 19:5]. Jesus approached him first and welcomed him with the love and joy of merciful God. Lord Jesus takes place, not as a royal waiting for an invitation but as who invites sinners to repent and rejoice in God’s love. Curiosity creates guilties that lead us to the act of conversion by receiving the Lord’s invitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zaccheus has an “ecstasy” experience when he encounters Jesus. The encounter took him out of himself, overwhelmed with God’s Love and beauty. He suddenly proclaims: “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of anything, I restore him fourfold”<\/em><\/strong> [Lk 19:8].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This experience with God opens another love to his neighbors, followed by the act of total conversion. Pope Francis encourages us to also have the same “ecstasy” leads us to love our neighbors: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Yet we can also experience ecstasy when we recognize in others their hidden beauty, their dignity and their grandeur as images of God and children of the Father” <\/em><\/p>[Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, 164].<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Salam Misioner RDHJ23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Italiano<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zaccheo, figura della conversione missionaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cari fratelli e sorelle, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Il Vangelo di oggi ci racconta l’incontro fruttuoso tra Ges\u00f9 e Zaccheo, il capo dei pubblicani, coloro che sono conosciuti come collettori delle tasse di una citt\u00e0 o di un quartiere per pagare il governo supremo. Purtroppo, per\u00f2, secondo i Sinottici, per quello che facevano, i pubblicani, cio\u00e8 gli esattori delle tasse, erano considerati tra i peccatori [Mt 9,10; Mc 2,15-16; Lc 15,1-2]. Per questo motivo, i capi religiosi ebrei li detestavano e li marchiavano come impuri cerimoniali, escludendoli da tutte le attivit\u00e0 religiose.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ma oggi vediamo un’altra parte di Zaccheo che ci mostra il processo aperto di essere un discepolo missionario. Innanzitutto, la sua curiosit\u00e0 lo porta a un incontro reale con Ges\u00f9. Si rende conto di essere un peccatore, un emarginato, un impuro e un indegno per gli altri. Presumibilmente ha sentito parlare di Ges\u00f9, che ha accolto le persone come lui [impuri], andando a casa loro e guarendo i dieci lebbrosi, anch’essi marchiati come persone impure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
La profonda curiosit\u00e0 di Zaccheo ebbe un impatto diretto quando Ges\u00f9 lo vide e gli disse: “Zaccheo, scendi subito, perch\u00e9 oggi devo fermarmi a casa tua”. [Lc 19,5]. Ges\u00f9 gli si avvicin\u00f2 per primo e lo accolse con l’amore e la gioia di Dio misericordioso. Il Signore Ges\u00f9 si presenta non come un potente in attesa di un invito, ma come colui che invita i peccatori a pentirsi e a gioire dell’amore di Dio. La curiosit\u00e0 crea i sensi di colpa che ci portano all’atto di conversione ricevendo l’invito del Signore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zaccheo vive un’esperienza di “estasi” quando incontra Ges\u00f9. L’incontro lo porta fuori di s\u00e9, travolto dall’Amore e dalla bellezza di Dio. All’improvviso proclama: “Ecco, Signore, io do la met\u00e0 di ci\u00f2 che possiedo ai poveri e, se ho rubato a qualcuno, restituisco quattro volte tanto” [Lc 19:8].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questa esperienza con Dio apre un atto d’amore verso il prossimo, seguito dall’atto di conversione totale. Papa Francesco ci incoraggia ad avere anche noi la stessa “estasi” che ci porta ad amare il prossimo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa possiamo anche essere fatti uscire da noi stessi per riconoscere la bellezza nascosta in ogni essere umano, la sua dignit\u00e0, la sua grandezza come immagine di Dio e figlio del Padre<\/em>\u201d<\/p>[Christus Vivit 164].<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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