Beware, this good leads to evil.
Exodus 24:3 When Moses returned, he told the people all the words of the LORD and all the statutes of the law, and the people unanimously said,"We will do everything the LORD has said." Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose at dawn, built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and erected twelve pillars, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel.He then ordered the young Israelites to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings of bulls to the Lord
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. Moses took half of the blood and poured it into a bowl, and sprinkled the other half on the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it to the people, and they said,"We will do everything that the Lord has said and be obedient." Then Moses took some blood and sprinkled it on the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord makes with you, according to all these words."Matthew 13. 24. And he told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. While the people were sleeping, the enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.When the grain grew and sprouted ears, the weeds also appeared. Then the servants went to the owner and said, "Master! You sowed good seed in the field. So where did the weed come from?». And he replied, "This is the work of the enemy." Then the servants said,"Do you want us to go and kidnap him?" He replied: «No. For when you gather the weeds, you could also pull up the wheat with them. Let them grow together until harvest. And at harvest time I will say to the reapers: First gather the tares, bind them in sheaves, and burn them. But carry the wheat into my granary."Today, brothers and sisters, we have a very difficult task because, as you see, these readings are somewhat related to each other by a similar gesture. Moses makes the Covenant between God and Israel by sprinkling, as if throwing, drops of the animal's blood, as if he were sowing blood on the people.And through this gesture of sowing seeds by the sower, these two readings raise a very difficult problem and it certainly requires precise expression on my part, but also some attention on your part. Misunderstanding this problem may also end badly in our interior.The host in this parable says something unusual. He says that when you gather the weeds, you should not uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow until the harvest. I don't know if there is any farmer who would actually do this, or if any farmer who actually cultivates the land would say such words.Well, in the laws of the soul, in the internal laws, different processes take place than in the laws of nature. Nature is only an image here, but we can already see clearly that no farmer, a farmer in his right mind, wise, would behave in such a way that he would leave a field overgrown with weeds if he cultivated something,for example, when any plant is cultivated, it is not left it is in the weeds, it is only weeded and cleaned constantly, it is a noble plant. It's a seemingly simple comparison. The elements of evil are only left in the world because we know that this field symbolizes the world, because goodness matures thanks to their presence.The farmer left the weeds only because the weeds made the wheat grow even higher and was forced and determined to grow even more. And in the same way, God leaves elements of evil in the world, because thanks to their presence, good is forced to do even greater good, to grow.There is evil that reveals an even greater good, and there is a bad attachment to good. A person can become so attached to what is good that this attachment can become an even greater evil. There is evil that affects a person so much that in the end he becomes noble and good.It happens that someone has only flaws embedded in his nature, and when he looks at himself, he sees only bad things in himself. He sees that he is imperfect in his outer form, in his body.That he lacks a lot, that he may not be handsome, beautiful or pretty. He also sees that he has many internal faults, many bad tendencies, maybe even addictions. And by observing oneself, seeing only shortcomings in oneself, it may happen that in the end this experience of the defects of one's existence will allow the wheat of goodness and humility to grow in him.No man will look at himself with humility because he sees that he is actually very small, very weak, very flawed. And it also happens that someone, thanks to numerous such wheat virtues, advantages and values, whether physical, material, intellectual or even spiritual or moral, is so satisfied with himself that he falls into the greatest vice.The weed of pride and self-satisfaction appears in his life. And this is what this Gospel is talking about, that everything in the world is not that simple and that there is a presence of evil in our lives that leads us to good.There are good things that lead us to evil paths when we accept them wrongly. When you have only values and qualities, you are at risk of the worst vice - pride.And when you have only flaws and weaknesses, it does not prevent you from growing in humility. Let us look at this Old Testament illustration from the first reading, where Moses stands, sprinkling the people with the blood of a slaughtered animal and says: 'Thanks to this blood we have a covenant with God', a bit of a strange way of making friends through the death of some creature.Moses concludes Israel's covenant with God, committing them to fidelity to God's words. By sprinkling the blood of the slain lamb upon the people, the death of one creature gives growth and life to the rest. But let's ask in simple human terms, can death be creative?Well, everyone knows that's not the case. Can dying give birth? Everyone will say no. Can good fruit come from a bad tree? NO. But can a good tree grow around bad trees? Does your weedy spiritual life, or your dying for others, make sense?Can your suffering finally lead you to happiness? After all, suffering is not usually a mere trial. Suffering usually overwhelms us, sometimes it kills our hope, it seems to sow the tares of doubt in a way that is terrifying to us.Suffering is also not satisfied with just any answers and eliminates superficial advisors. When a person suffers, it is not enough to say just anything, and it is also not enough for someone to come and try to offer advice on this suffering.Suffering makes a person look for the most important answers, the truest ones, and in suffering only true friends remain. Because in poverty only a friend remains. So, on the one hand, suffering is a powerful, terrible experience. On the other hand, it is a sieve of wisdom and a filter through which only a true friend will pass.Jesus says in this parable that when you gather the weeds you do not pluck up the wheat. The farmer clearly states that eliminating weeds from this field may result in the wheat not being able to stay on the ground.
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. Moses took half of the blood and poured it into a bowl, and sprinkled the other half on the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it to the people, and they said,"We will do everything that the Lord has said and be obedient." Then Moses took some blood and sprinkled it on the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord makes with you, according to all these words."Matthew 13. 24. And he told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. While the people were sleeping, the enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.When the grain grew and sprouted ears, the weeds also appeared. Then the servants went to the owner and said, "Master! You sowed good seed in the field. So where did the weed come from?». And he replied, "This is the work of the enemy." Then the servants said,"Do you want us to go and kidnap him?" He replied: «No. For when you gather the weeds, you could also pull up the wheat with them. Let them grow together until harvest. And at harvest time I will say to the reapers: First gather the tares, bind them in sheaves, and burn them. But carry the wheat into my granary."Today, brothers and sisters, we have a very difficult task because, as you see, these readings are somewhat related to each other by a similar gesture. Moses makes the Covenant between God and Israel by sprinkling, as if throwing, drops of the animal's blood, as if he were sowing blood on the people.And through this gesture of sowing seeds by the sower, these two readings raise a very difficult problem and it certainly requires precise expression on my part, but also some attention on your part. Misunderstanding this problem may also end badly in our interior.The host in this parable says something unusual. He says that when you gather the weeds, you should not uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow until the harvest. I don't know if there is any farmer who would actually do this, or if any farmer who actually cultivates the land would say such words.Well, in the laws of the soul, in the internal laws, different processes take place than in the laws of nature. Nature is only an image here, but we can already see clearly that no farmer, a farmer in his right mind, wise, would behave in such a way that he would leave a field overgrown with weeds if he cultivated something,for example, when any plant is cultivated, it is not left it is in the weeds, it is only weeded and cleaned constantly, it is a noble plant. It's a seemingly simple comparison. The elements of evil are only left in the world because we know that this field symbolizes the world, because goodness matures thanks to their presence.The farmer left the weeds only because the weeds made the wheat grow even higher and was forced and determined to grow even more. And in the same way, God leaves elements of evil in the world, because thanks to their presence, good is forced to do even greater good, to grow.There is evil that reveals an even greater good, and there is a bad attachment to good. A person can become so attached to what is good that this attachment can become an even greater evil. There is evil that affects a person so much that in the end he becomes noble and good.It happens that someone has only flaws embedded in his nature, and when he looks at himself, he sees only bad things in himself. He sees that he is imperfect in his outer form, in his body.That he lacks a lot, that he may not be handsome, beautiful or pretty. He also sees that he has many internal faults, many bad tendencies, maybe even addictions. And by observing oneself, seeing only shortcomings in oneself, it may happen that in the end this experience of the defects of one's existence will allow the wheat of goodness and humility to grow in him.No man will look at himself with humility because he sees that he is actually very small, very weak, very flawed. And it also happens that someone, thanks to numerous such wheat virtues, advantages and values, whether physical, material, intellectual or even spiritual or moral, is so satisfied with himself that he falls into the greatest vice.The weed of pride and self-satisfaction appears in his life. And this is what this Gospel is talking about, that everything in the world is not that simple and that there is a presence of evil in our lives that leads us to good.There are good things that lead us to evil paths when we accept them wrongly. When you have only values and qualities, you are at risk of the worst vice - pride.And when you have only flaws and weaknesses, it does not prevent you from growing in humility. Let us look at this Old Testament illustration from the first reading, where Moses stands, sprinkling the people with the blood of a slaughtered animal and says: 'Thanks to this blood we have a covenant with God', a bit of a strange way of making friends through the death of some creature.Moses concludes Israel's covenant with God, committing them to fidelity to God's words. By sprinkling the blood of the slain lamb upon the people, the death of one creature gives growth and life to the rest. But let's ask in simple human terms, can death be creative?Well, everyone knows that's not the case. Can dying give birth? Everyone will say no. Can good fruit come from a bad tree? NO. But can a good tree grow around bad trees? Does your weedy spiritual life, or your dying for others, make sense?Can your suffering finally lead you to happiness? After all, suffering is not usually a mere trial. Suffering usually overwhelms us, sometimes it kills our hope, it seems to sow the tares of doubt in a way that is terrifying to us.Suffering is also not satisfied with just any answers and eliminates superficial advisors. When a person suffers, it is not enough to say just anything, and it is also not enough for someone to come and try to offer advice on this suffering.Suffering makes a person look for the most important answers, the truest ones, and in suffering only true friends remain. Because in poverty only a friend remains. So, on the one hand, suffering is a powerful, terrible experience. On the other hand, it is a sieve of wisdom and a filter through which only a true friend will pass.Jesus says in this parable that when you gather the weeds you do not pluck up the wheat. The farmer clearly states that eliminating weeds from this field may result in the wheat not being able to stay on the ground.
