LOVE SUNDAY 20
Who is God for you?
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| The statue of Jesus Christ in Marini city, Cave de’tirreni, Salerno, Italy |
I
make this question for the children at St Christina's parish today, Who is God for you?
This is the Jesus’s question for his apostles. Like we read at the Mt 16: 13-20
today. There were many answers from them. But, before they answer I tell them
my story for this holiday.
Three
weeks ago, I went to the Lord, French with the pilgrim’s group of UNITALSI.
There was come from Mantova, Cremona, e Lombardia. One day, a young boy made
question for me, “Do you believe in God?”
“Yes,
of course,” I said.
He
is a Catholic so that he said again, “But, who is Jesus for you?”
“Jesus
is my God, the person where, I believe, that give me Ten Commandments, that encourage
me to love one another,” I said.
He
didn’t make question again. He looks understand and agree with my opinion, my
answer. This is the first time I heard a young boy make this question. I like
if many boys makes the question. It is the question of the faith. The faith
must be explained, although it’s not easy. In fact, it is more difficult so
that we can’t explain.
I
make this question for the children and they answer very well. Who is God for
you? God is the Savior, the Redeemer, my brothers, the person who listens my
pray, and so on.
Very
interesting. They answer spontaneously. It is not like the answer of the
student of theology, the lecturer of theology, the parish priest, and so on.
The answers are very simple. I like these answers. For me, God is the guide. He
gives me a guidance. So that, I must learn, I must see, I must follow, where his
guidance is.
The
figure of Peter that I heard today is the model of the faithful. He follows the
Jesus since he meet the first time, since he knows that Jesus is his God, his
teacher. The last, he realizes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living
God.
Who
is God for you? Let us explore, let us reflect this question.
Happy
Sunday
Gordi
