March 2010
"Verily I say unto you if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there, and it will move and nothing will be impossible "(Matthew 17:20)
How many times in life you feel the need for someone to give you a hand and At the same time warned that no man can resolve your situation! E 'then you turn to Someone who knows inadvertently make impossible things possible. This Someone has a name: Jesus is
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It 'obvious that the term" moving mountains "should not be taken literally. Jesus promised the disciples power to do spectacular miracles to impress the crowd. And in fact, if you go to look in the history of the Church, you will not find a saint - I know - I've moved mountains with faith. "Moving Mountains" is hyperbole, that is an exaggerated figure of speech, to inculcate in the minds of the disciples to faith, the concept that nothing is impossible.
Every miracle that Jesus worked, directly or through her, has always been done on the basis of the Kingdom of God or the Gospel or the salvation of men. Moving a mountain would not help this.
The comparison with the "mustard seed" is a sign that Jesus do not demand a faith more or less, but an authentic faith. And the characteristic of true faith is to be based solely on God and not about your ability.
If you doubt the axle ol'esitazione in faith means that your trust in God is not yet complete: you have a weak faith and ineffective, which is still leveraging your strengths and human logic.
Those who trust entirely in God, let him act the same ... and for God nothing is impossible.
The faith that Jesus wants the disciples is just full of confidence that attitude that allows God to manifest his power.
And this faith, which means they can move mountains, is not restricted to a few exceptional person. It is possible and necessary for all believers.
"Verily I say unto you if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible."
It is believed that Jesus had said these words to his disciples when he was sent.
It 's easy to be discouraged and scared when you know you are a small flock unprepared, with no special talents, in front in crowds to which we must bring the truth of the Gospel.
It 's easy to lose heart in front of people who have completely different interests that the Kingdom of God
seems an impossible task.
E 'then Jesus assures her that with faith will move mountains of indifference, the indifference of the world.
If nothing will be impossible for them to have faith.
This phrase can also be applied to all the other circumstances of life are provided in order to advance the Gospel and the salvation of people.
Sometimes, in the face insurmountable difficulties can arise the temptation not to turn to God even human logic suggests: enough, so you do not need.
is then that Jesus urges us not to lose heart and turn to God with confidence. He, in one way or another, answer them.
This is what happened to Lulu.
few months had passed since the day he faced a hopeful new job in Belgium between the Flemish. But now a sense of awe and loneliness gripped the soul.
seemed that she and other girls with whom he worked and lived had built an insurmountable barrier.
She felt isolated, foreigners among those people who only wanted to serve with love.
Everything depended on having to speak a language that was neither his nor of those who listened. She was told that in Belgium all spoke French and if it was learned, but, coming into direct contact with those people, she realized that the only Flemish learning French at school and generally reluctant to speak it.
Many times he tried to move that mountain of marginalization that kept her away from the others, but in vain. What could he do for them?
lie ahead of them saw the face of his companion Godelieve full of sadness. That evening he had withdrawn in his room without touching food.
Lella had tried to follow her, but had stopped at the door of his room, shy and hesitant. He wanted to knock ... but which words to use to make himself understood? She stayed there for a few seconds, then he gave up one more time.
The next morning went to church and sat down among the last chair, his face in his hands not to let anyone see her tears. That was the only place where there was no need to speak another language, where it was not even necessary to explain, because there was someone who understood beyond words. It was the certainty of that understanding that made her bold, and the anguished soul Jesus asked: "Why can not I share with the other girls up their cross and say the words that you yourself made me realize when I found you: that all pain is love?".
It was before the tabernacle, as if to wait for a response from who in life had lighted every dark.
looked down on the Gospel of that day and read: "Trust - have faith - I have overcome the world." Those words went down like oil in the soul of Lulu, and had a great peace.
Returning for breakfast we came across immediately Annj, the girl who took care of the house to order. Greeted her and followed her to the dispensation, then, without speaking, began to help her make breakfast.
The first to fall from the rooms was Godelieve. He came into the kitchen to look for the coffee, not in a hurry to see anyone. But there it stopped: the peace of Lella had touched his heart more strongly than any words.
That evening, on the way back home, Godelieve Lella reached by bike and trying to talk so he understands, he whispered: "You do not need your words, your life today told me: ' He loves you too '. "
The mountain had moved.
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