Today,
we may have the feeling that the world of faith in Christ is
weakening. Many are symptoms against the fortitude and courage we
would like to receive from a life integrally based on the Gospel.
Consumerism, capitalism, sensualism and materialism values are very
much in fashion and against any representation that may be in tune
with the evangelical demands. Nevertheless, this combination of
values and life ways do not provide either our own personal plenitude
or our peace; in fact, it rather brings an intimate feeling of
discomfort and uneasiness. Could not it be because of this
circumstance that, today, we see lots of people in public sulking,
lost in though and worrying about a rather obscure future, most
probably because they have pledged it against the cost of a car, a
flat or some holidays they simply cannot afford?
Jesus'
words inspire confidence: «Courage! I have overcome the world»
(Jn 16:33), that is, through his Passion, Death and
Resurrection, He has attained the eternal life, life with nothing to
stop it, a limitless life because it has overcome all limits and all
difficulties.
We, soldiers of Christ,
can overcome these difficulties too, as He did, in spite of the fact
we may have to go throughout our life through many deaths and
resurrections, never wanted but certainly assumed by the very Paschal
Mystery of Christ. For “deaths” indeed are, losing a
friend, parting with a beloved person, the failure of a project or
the limitations our own human weakness impose upon us…
But
«in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us» (Rm 8:37). Let us be witnesses to God's
love, because He has, with us, «done great things» (Lk
1:49) and has given us his help to overcome all difficulties, even
death, because Christ is sending us the Holy Spirit.
