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Today's Gospel + short theological explanation
Who knows Father? (Simplicity)
EDITORIAL TEAM evangeli.net (based on texts by Benedict XVI) (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)Today, we wonder who knows the Father and how is He known? Only the Son knows the Father, and all true knowledge of the Father is a participation in the knowledge of the Son, a revelation which is a gift. Therefore, the only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.
But to whom does the Son want to reveal it? The Son’s is not arbitrary. The Son wants to integrate in his Son’s knowledge all those whom the Father wants to take part of Him: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him”, says Jesus. But who is drawn by the Father? Not the wise and learned, says the Lord, but just ordinary people. This was Jesus Christ’s concrete experience: the scribes did not know Him, even though their profession was to know God.
—O Lord, please take care of my heart so that I may plainly accept Your Revelation, avoiding criticism and sterile speculation, the outcome of my arrogance.