A CHARITABLE MASTERY: «RABBI, WHERE YOU LIVE? COME AND SEE"

Isaac Newton wrote «The more I learn, the more I realize how many things I don't know". Today it seems that many do not want to learn even though they are certain and sure that they know.

 

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Dear Readers of The Island of Patmos,

one of the most natural attitudes we all have is that of research. When we are children we often ask ourselves the why of things. As we grow up we then find answers, and we continually renew our search for the meaning of truth in things. Isaac Newton wrote «The more I learn, the more I realize how many things I don't know".

In today's Gospel Jesus shows us two men in search and the path to follow to find the definitive answer. The answer is very beautiful: go with Him and see where the Lord dwells.

«Jesus then turned and, observing that [John and two disciples] they followed him, he told them: “What are you looking for?”. They answered: “Rabbi — that, translated, means teacher , where you live?”. He told them: “Come and see”».

We therefore find a very beautiful scene. Giovanni, Andrew and another disciple whose name we do not know move following Jesus. He notices this and questions them. They answer and thus recognize him as a teacher and want to know where he lives. And that's when Jesus invites them to come and see.

It is a vivid and strong dialogue between the three and Jesus. The Lord with his divine human gaze captures a heart and a mind ready to seek the house of God. Ready to search for that place where they can find the truth that unlocks their mystery and that of God.

Jesus is truly a teacher for them because as a son of God he can lead Andrew, John and the other disciple to a mastery, to a knowledge that becomes love. A knowledge of God that allows him to love himself and others in a concrete and practical way.

We are also in this meeting. We could say that we are symbolized by that unnamed disciple. The nameless one is the one who listens and asks Jesus what his home is today in 2024.

The Lord asks all of us to seek him first and foremost in the Church, lto his main residence, because in it the Eucharist is lived and celebrated, that is, the real presence of Jesus in the body, blood, soul and divinity. If we follow and see Jesus in the Church that celebrates the Eucharist, and therefore makes us actively participate in the encounter with Him, we can all also grow in learning communion with others. Because, effectively, the second home where we can meet Jesus today, he is our neighbor. In fact, all of us are the temple of the Holy Spirit and the temple of the Eucharist. Therefore, let us learn to look at our suffering and needy neighbors, the same Jesus who asks us for help.

So we must first learn to listen to the voice of Jesus who today asks our hearts “What are you looking for?”. Let's ask ourselves if our desires are holy, just and good, and we will truly feel the Lord inviting us to walk on the paths of Eternity.

We ask the Lord for the gift of research that leads us to authentic life, life in Him and in his Church, to become seekers of the Eternal Light.

 

Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 14 January 2024

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