Ray and wheat

This site uses cookies to optimize the efficient delivery of services. I understandMore informatio On one journey to Jerusalem, the apostles stopped in a Samaritan village. But they did not accept them. The Apostle James and John said, “Lord, shall we say that the fire come down from heaven and destroy them?” (Lk 9: 54). Jesus turned to them and rebuked them. So I guess so many of us would be looking at how much evil and injustice is in the world … Why does the Lord God suffer? Why does evil multiply and its increasingly? Why do the bulls multiply and the wheat dwindle? .. Can they not see how well the bad do, while the good suffer? After the liberation of a concentration camp in World War II, they found in one cell on the wall a sign that was desperately engraved by the prisoner: “God, where are you?” So what is the attitude of Christ? It is also nicely expressed in the parable of anyone among wheat.

“The kingdom of heaven resembles a man who sowed good seed upon his seed. But while men slept, his enemy came, drew among the wheat of wheat, and departed” (Mt 13: 24-25). When the sixties grew up and began to chase the cob, then he showed up the kittens. The servants were surprised and were ready to pluck the kings immediately. But the wise landlord said, “No, because you could also rip the wheat when you harvest the corn. Let them both grow up to harvest. At the time of harvest, I will tell the reapers. (Mt 13: 29-30).

The parable teaches us how far from the spirit of Christ were not only the inhospitable Samaritans, but also the two leading apostles James and John. They have forgotten Christ’s generous attitude to the “extinguishing wick” (Mt 12:20) and his patience with which he expected the conversion of the prodigal son (Lk 15:20). The Lord Jesus came not as a judge and a vengeance but as a savior (Lk 9: 56). Words and the example of the forgiving Lord on the cross will work in St. Stefan (Acts 7: 60); in Paul’s admonitions against revenge (Rom. 12: 19), and in the lessons of many saints and confessors to this day (Bishop Pavol Gojdič et al.). Greater heroism is to overcome evil with goodness than with muscle strength and weapons.

The parable also implies that evil is very often entangled in good. He wants to resemble him so that it is not so visible. But although there is much evil in the world, we should not be disgusted. We can do even more evil with our overstated attitude to evil. There is no need to judge and call upon them the punishment of God so as not to incite them against ourselves. The piles always remain the piles, and the wheat is wheat … He wants the good to grow with the bad. He expects those good at their lives to pull down the evil ones. The bad can improve and the goodness of the good can be tested to deserve more reward. The main emphasis, however, is on the fact that the Savior will “at harvest time” judge the living and the dead. “The Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and at that time He will reward everyone according to His works” (Mt 16:27). But first, it is to show how great God’s patience with people is and how we should be careful not to judge everyone right away.

Charles de Foucauld was a bad boy in his youth, a reckless officer. Only then did the priest begin to take his faith seriously and lived in the Sahara, forgetting himself and serving others. He was finally shot by the Tuareg. They buried him in the Sahara. Only after his death did people realize his greatness and the beauty of his soul. Many people have been enthusiastic about him, living like him in selflessness, poverty, to help with all their hearts and with all their strength those who are poor and weak. What would we have today if God had spotted that man in his young years!

In the 17th century, the godly maid Armella lived in France and died in a hut of holiness. She was very poor and could not even read. But she was mindful and could read very well from the book of God’s nature. You took a lesson from everything. So eg. she watched the wheat separate from the chaff when cleaning the grain. She said that even in the Last Judgment God would separate the good from the bad. Keep in mind that there are plenty of chaff and dice among us. We are not all ideal. There is enough among us weak, sinful, unforgiving … Let us therefore lay our hands on our hearts and honestly confess that we are not as we should be according to God’s will. Let us remove evil, anger, pride from our interior. Let us be patient with others, as God is patient towards us. But let’s try to be better and work to improve others. Let’s leave the rest to God. He at the end of the world separates the good from the bad and makes the ultimate order.