Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Bảy tuần thứ 6th Mùa Thường Niên

 Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Bảy tuần thứ 6th Mùa Thường Niên

Sự chữa lành cậu bé bị quỷ ám tương phản với sự thiếu sức mạnh và quyền năng của Chúa Giêsu. Rõ ràng, Chúa Giêsu đang đau khổ. Lời của Ngài nói ra hôm nay thể hiện sự chán nản; Ngài cảm thấy cô đơn một mình, bị hiểu lầm, không ai nhận ra được sự đau khổ của Ngài. Ngay cả những người môn đệ của Ngài cũng không có lòng tin. Trong thời điểm này, Chúa Giêsu rất lo lắng khi phải rời xa những người Chung quanh, Ngàiv không còn chịu nổi cái cảnh này. Điều này có thể giúp chúng ta hiểu rõ tâm hồn của Chúa Giêsu. Chúng ta thấy Ngài cũng chỉ là con người bình thường như chúng ta cũng cảm thấy nản lòng.

Điều Chúa Giêsu đòi hỏi ở nơi chúng ta hôm nay là đức tin. Niềm tin là những gì Ngài đòi hỏi nơi những người xung quanh. Nỗi đau khổ lớn lao của Chúa đang bị bao vây bởi những người thiếu lòng tin, khi Ngài biết rằng đã có bao nhiêu phép lạ Ngài đã làm thật kỳ diệu để giúp họ thêm lòng tin cho họ. Cha của cậu bé đã hiểu được điều này, và đã mau mắn chạy đến với Chúa Giêsu, và tỏ bày một đức tin đáng ngưỡng mộ. Đức tin của người cha chứa đầy sự khiêm tốn, kính phục. Ông nói: "Vâng, con tin. Nhưng lạy Chúa, xin Chúa giúp làm tăng niềm tin yếu đuối ở nơi con, vì con cảm thấy rằng con lòng tin của con quá yếu đuối."

Sức mạnh của đức tin ngang với sức mạnh của lời cầu nguyện. Đức tin khiêm tốn và lời cầu nguyện có thể giải thoát chúng ta khỏi những sự lo lắng này. Chúng ta sẽ không có đức tin và sức mạnh của Chúa Thánh Thần để vượt qua những tệ nạn, những thử thách xung quanh chúng ta, trừ khi chúng ta biết cầu nguyện thường xuyên

REFLECTION

The cure of the boy possessed by an evil spirit contrasts the disciple's lack of power and the power of Jesus. Obviously, Jesus is suffering. His words express discouragement; he is alone, misunderstood, unrecognized. Even his disciples have no faith. At this point, Jesus is anxious to be away from this unbearable company. This makes us enter into the soul of Jesus. We see him as man who feels discouraged.

What Jesus requires of us is faith. Faith is what he asks of the people around him. His great suffering is to be surrounded by people who do not believe, when he knows how many marvels faith could work out for them. The boy's father guesses this, and on the prompting of Jesus, makes an admirable profession of faith. The father's faith is filled with humility. He says: "Yes, I believe. But Lord, do increase my weak faith, for I feel that I do not believe enough." The power of faith is equal to the power of prayer. Humble faith and prayer can free us from this anxiety. Unless we pray regularly, we shall not have the faith and the consequent power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the evils around us.

Saturday 6th Ordinary Time"

Opening Prayer: Oh my Jesus, how beautiful you are! Transform me with your love and light. Help me to truly encounter you in your word and conform myself to you.

Encountering Christ:

1. Elijah Must Come First: Jesus told Peter, James, and John that Elijah had already come. Who could he have been speaking about? Could Elijah have come and no one noticed? The Scripture the apostles were referring to was the prophecy of Malachi, who foretold that God would send a new Elijah before the Messiah would arrive: “Now I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the day of the Lord comes, the great and terrible day; He will turn the heart of fathers to their sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers...” (Malachi 3:23-24). The person Jesus was alluding to is John the Baptist: “From the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come” (Matthew 11:12-14). This new Elijah had to come before the Lord to prepare his way (Mark 1:1-9). John the Baptist called the people to repentance and turned their hearts away from sin and toward charity. He baptized the people to cleanse and prepare them for Jesus’ mission. Repentance prepares the soul for holiness. From what is Jesus calling us to repent, so we can be transformed by his holiness?

2. Dazzling White: Jesus’ body was described here in its glorified form as radiant and beautiful. His body was light itself, his glory enlightening everything with its truth: “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb” (Revelation 21:23). Christ is light, the dawn that one day will break upon all: “I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star” (Revelation 22:16); he is the sun of justice that will reveal the dawn with his healing rays (cf. Malachi 3:31) who rules with beauty, justice, and truth. The O Antiphon for December 21 reads, “O Oriens (Radiant Dawn), splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.” Jesus, come shine your light of truth and healing on the dark parts of my life.

3. “Become What You Receive”: In the Eucharist, we receive the precious, glorified Body of the Lord. The Eucharist is the risen Christ. It is the same body St. Mary Magdalene wished to cling to that first Easter morning (cf. John 20:17), the same body that St. Thomas touched (cf. John 20:28), and the same body that is shown here in the Transfiguration. A body that is holy, pure, unblemished, and radiant. When we behold the Eucharist in the Blessed Sacrament we adore the same risen Christ. When we receive Holy Communion, we partake in Christ’s divinity. Our nature is changed to be more like Christ’s: we become divinized children of God. St. Augustine taught of the Eucharist, “Behold the mystery of your salvation laid out for you; behold what you are, become what you receive.” In short, we become more Christlike and more holy.

Conversing with Christ: My Jesus, thank you for showing us the way to holiness. Help me repent of whatever is blocking me from fully receiving your holy presence in my soul and uniting myself fully to you. Shine your radiant light into the dark places in my soul. Transform me to be united to you in your holiness.

Resolution: Lord today by your grace, I will adore your glorified Body in front of the Blessed Sacrament.