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Today's Gospel + short theological explanation
Sin is the rupture of the love relationship
EDITORIAL TEAM evangeli.net (based on texts by Benedict XVI) (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)Today, we discover that in Jesus Christ’s "mandate" the "relationships" of man with others —essential!— are very important. The Trinitarian Persons —Father, Son and Holy Spirit— are Relations of endowment (to an infinite degree): Paternity, Filiation and Love. Man —created in the image of God Trinity— is also an essentially “relational being,” he is a "being for", who accomplishes his real life only as a "relationship".
Alone, I am nothing; only in the "you" and "for you" I am "my-self". A true man means: being in the relationship of love, of the "for" and of the "to", for the others. And Sin means hindering, interrupting or destroying this relationship. This is why this phenomenon called "sin" also affects others and everything. Sin is always an offense disturbing the world (it is not a phenomenon that only and solely affects me).
—O Jesus, how difficult it is to think and to live thinking about the others! Allow me to always "be for" You and "for my brothers".
December 9th
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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