Believe in the Resurrection
Argentina, after a sharp economic growth of 90 years, was at the turn of the millennium nearly the crisis, which in 2002 led to state bankruptcy. The situation was much like ours. Thanks to economic reforms in the early 1990s, Argentina has become a fascinating country for foreign investors. There was a great development and rich middle and especially upper class. But development has brought about a lot of corruption at all levels. But no one dealt with it as long as the economy thrived. No bubble burst.
Bergolio, as the new Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 2000 during the Te Deum ceremony, celebrated on a public holiday in the presence of the whole government in connection with the impending crisis, said: “The speeches I hear about the subject resemble funerals. Everyone pleases the survivors, but no one believes in the resurrection ”.
What does it mean to believe in the Resurrection? Most people believe in themselves. He believes in his idea. He believes in what he can plan, he believes in where he sees adequate power to act. There he says: If it worked, if he heard me, if he came to help, if he could get the money. These are all things that may or may not occur. But we believe they will. Belief in the Resurrection is something else. Something more.
In Paul’s Letter to Romans, Saint Paul speaks of Abraham’s faith: “He believed in hope in hope” (Rom 4:18). Humanly, it is impossible to have a child at that age, yet he is going. He received a command from God: “Leave from your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation ”(Gen 12: 1-2). And Abraham went away. Similarly, he was commanded, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of” Morja “! And he arose and went. Both commands put Abraham before a task that transcends him humanly. Neither gives him the assurance that the promise will come true or that the situation will be better than the current one. But he goes. He takes it as a fact. He treats the promise as a fact that is already present. It is this attitude that indicates what it means to believe in the Resurrection. To approach God’s promise as a reality that has already occurred. If we want to make sure that we keep our word, we say, “As if it happened”. This is how God assures us.
Going on a journey to Christ and believing that the journey will be there, that it will be a step, that I will manage it, that I will not go astray. Often when we explain the way to someone, the person imagines the place. “You will come to the Red Gate,” “I know where it is,” “then turn left and see the big tuna”. “Wait, I’ve never seen a tutu there. I can’t find that… ” We have confidence as long as we have an idea, but we don’t want to go into uncertainty.
Why is it so hard to believe in the Resurrection?
We live in a time when it was too late yesterday. The current news is old after an hour. We want to have an answer to everything right away. That is also the temptation. It attacks our immediate desires and promises immediate and rapid fulfillment. It puts us pressured. If our desire is not immediately satisfied we are disappointed, angry, we feel deceived and abandoned. In such a situation it is unpleasant to stay and therefore we are looking for an escape. Something that immediately encourages us, brings other ideas, gives hope. Therefore, as soon as God does not act immediately, we tend to move away from Him and seek where everything will be simple and fast. The same applies to interpersonal relationships. If our request is not immediately heard, we are disappointed, we think they do not like us and want to seek help elsewhere.
But the resurrection occurs on the third day. The third day is the day of God’s intervention. This is when the passions have already calmed down, the grave is sealed and everyone has gone home. It is already after we have spent one, two sleepless nights that we have already managed to stop and look at things from a distance when we are already on the road of adoption. Moreover, the Resurrection is quiet. He doesn’t get to everyone right away. First, those who count on him, who believe in him and come to meet him, will learn about him. Therefore, Mary Magdalene, who goes to the grave, appears first. It does not solve how and who rolls the stone. She goes there because she wants to be with Jesus. The third day is the day of God’s intervention.
So what does it mean to believe in the Resurrection? To come from hope as a fact. Look at your problem as already solved. Work with him as if he were past. Go on the road and believe that the road will be there.
Do I already have the experience that when I handed over things, they stopped pushing them, so they started to solve?
What are my hopeless situations? What bothers me and I don’t see a way out?
What does it mean to look at my situation as solved?
Can I wait patiently?
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