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#TomorrowIsSunday (EN+ES) | Why was the sinner justified and the Law-keeper not?

Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik / 22.10.2022
Prayer of St Peter, Photo credit: Sr. Amata CSFN
Prayer of St Peter, Photo credit: Sr. Amata CSFN

30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Gospel of Luke 18: 9-14

EN: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102322.cfm

You can download the commentary on the Gospel and beautiful photos:

https://www.academia.edu/88973944/Why_was_the_sinner_justified_and_the_Law_keeper_not?source=swp_share

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XXX Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, Año C

Domingo, 23 de octubre de 2022

Evangelio de San Lucas 18: 9-14

ES: https://bible.usccb.org/es/bible/lecturas/102322.cfm


1 Introduction

Life is full of paradoxes. The Gospel is a kind of handbook for life. It is therefore also full of paradoxes. Why was the Pharisee who kept the prescriptions not justified by God, but the tax collector who was a sinner was justified? Jesus gives the answer to these paradoxes because he looks deeper, into the heart.

2. Key words

Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.  The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, “O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income”.

The expression “spoke this prayer to himself” means that relied on himself, not on God. He believed that he would save himself by his own actions and perfection. In reality, no selfish person is perfect. The center of his life was himself, not God. And in this he persisted.

But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, “O God, be merciful to me a sinner”.

The tax collector was aware of his sins. He came to the temple to put God at the center of his life from now on. For until then the exploitation of people had been at the center of his existence. He understood and repented.

I tell you; the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

In St. Luke’s Gospel, being justified means more than just a moral qualification that someone is justified or not. It has a theological meaning. A person who is justified by God is one who is saved from the final judgment on his deeds, and in this perhaps even from condemnation. The tax collector who counted on God’s mercy was saved, not the Pharisee who counted on his perfection before God, and in fact had a huge ego.

3. Today

Jesus told this parable to illustrate those who “were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else”. In my relationship with God and others, am I closer to a Pharisee or a tax collector?

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1. Introducción

La vida está llena de paradojas. El Evangelio es una especie de “manual” de vida. Por lo tanto, también está lleno de paradojas. ¿Por qué el fariseo que cumplía la ley no fue justificado por Dios, pero el publicano que era pecador fue justificado? Jesús da la respuesta a estas paradojas porque mira más profundamente, al corazón.

2. Palabras clave

Dos hombres subieron al templo para orar: uno era fariseo y el otro, publicano. El fariseo, erguido, oraba así en su interior: ‘Dios mío, te doy gracias porque no soy como los demás hombres: ladrones, injustos y adúlteros; tampoco soy como ese publicano. Ayuno dos veces por semana y pago el diezmo de todas mis ganancias.

La expresión “oraba asi en su interior” significa literalmente   “se quedó solo”. Creía que se salvaría por sus propias acciones y su perfección. En realidad, ningún egoísta es perfecto. El centro de su vida era él mismo, no Dios. Y en esto persistió.

El publicano, en cambio, se quedó lejos y no se atrevía a levantar los ojos al cielo. Lo único que hacía era golpearse el pecho, diciendo: ‘Dios mío, apiádate de mí, que soy un pecador’.

El publicano era consciente de sus pecados. Acudió al templo para poner en adelante a Dios en el centro de su vida. Porque hasta ahora la explotación de los ciudadanos había sido el centro de su existencia. Lo entendió y se arrepintió.

Pues bien, yo les aseguro que éste bajó a su casa justificado y aquél no; porque todo el que se enaltece será humillado y el que se humilla será enaltecido.

En el evangelio de San Lucas, ser justificado significa más que una clasificación moral de que uno está justificado o no. Tiene un significado teológico. Una persona justificada por Dios es aquella que se salva del juicio final sobre sus acciones, y en esto quizás incluso de la condenación. El publicano que confiaba en la misericordia de Dios se salvó, no el fariseo que confiaba en su perfección ante Dios y que, de hecho, tenía un gran orgullo.

3. Hoy

Jesús contó esta parábola para indicar a los que “que se tenían por justos y despreciaban a los demás”. ¿Estoy más cerca de un fariseo o de un publicano en mi relación con Dios y con los demás?

 

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