FAUSTI - "It has been fulfilled" - It is the last Word of Jesus who, by giving his clothes to the soldiers and entrusting the disciple to the Mother and this to the disciple, has just drunk our vinegar. Thus His mission is fulfilled. By showing the Glory of Extreme Love, He gives us the Spirit, which we now see and know in Him. John' Gospel is truly the "spiritual Gospel". the Good News that the Spirit, Life of God, is communicated to mankind. With His death, Jesus does not reach the end, but the aim of His existence. After the Cross begins the seventh day, when God, having completed creation, finally rests from His labor (Gen 2:2) . The Son of Man is begotten to heaven, at His feet the new humanity of God's children is born. Jesus, as He returns to the Father with our flesh, hands over to all flesh His Spirit, who makes us His brethren. What has been accomplished on Golgotha is always at our disposal in the Eucharistic memorial, a permanent gift of His Flesh and Blood, of His Body and of His Spirit. Jesus, as an active protagonist, consciously lives His death and directs the final moment of His passage from this world to the Father. As He left His enemies clothes and tunic as an inheritance, He leaves to the disciple - and in Him to all - the Mother and the Spirit, the Blood and the Water. At the end, instead of the cry of abandonment (Ps 22:2) or of entrustment (Ps 31:6), there is the proclamation: "It has been fulfilled". The suffering Messiah in John is explicitly presented as the King of Glory: the Crucified One is victorious. The departure of Jesus, culminating in the gift of the Spirit, is under the sign of fulfilment. Everything is delivered and welcomed. At the beginning there is the awareness that everything is accomplished (28a), at the end the Word that reveals it to all (30a) and in the middle the consideration of the evangelist who declares the fulfillment of Scripture (28b). "After this" all things are already done as far as Jesus is concerned. He lived Love to perfection, even within death. In fact, following the command of the Father, He laid down His life in favour of His brothers and sisters (10:18); then handing over the Mother to the disciple and this to the Mother, He gave mortals the reciprocity of love. He cannot give us any more: He gave us God Himself, who is mutual Love between Father and Son. That is all and, outside of that, there is nothing. The hour of Glory, towards which His life tended, has come. The new creation is fulfilled: He Himself is the new creature, the loving Son of the same unique Love, Father and brothers and sisters. But what is accomplished on the cross, at the foot of the cross, has only just begun with the Mother and the beloved disciple. What is already perfectly completed in Him, "from that hour" must continue to be accomplished in us until His return. Indeed, His return is now the growth in us of His Love: His return to us is our return to Him. For this reason, the beloved disciple, witness of Love, will never die (21:23): Love will never end (1 Cor 13:8), but will grow for us infinitely. For God is Love (1 Jn 4:8-16).
FAUSTI - "It has been fulfilled" - It is the last Word of Jesus who, by giving his clothes to the soldiers and entrusting the disciple to the Mother and this to the disciple, has just drunk our vinegar. Thus His mission is fulfilled.
RispondiEliminaBy showing the Glory of Extreme Love, He gives us the Spirit, which we now see and know in Him. John' Gospel is truly the "spiritual Gospel". the Good News that the Spirit, Life of God, is communicated to mankind.
With His death, Jesus does not reach the end, but the aim of His existence.
After the Cross begins the seventh day, when God, having completed creation, finally rests from His labor (Gen 2:2) .
The Son of Man is begotten to heaven, at His feet the new humanity of God's children is born.
Jesus, as He returns to the Father with our flesh, hands over to all flesh His Spirit, who makes us His brethren. What has been accomplished on Golgotha is always at our disposal in the Eucharistic memorial, a permanent gift of His Flesh and Blood, of His Body and of His Spirit.
Jesus, as an active protagonist, consciously lives His death and directs the final moment of His passage from this world to the Father. As He left His enemies clothes and tunic as an inheritance, He leaves to the disciple - and in Him to all - the Mother and the Spirit, the Blood and the Water.
At the end, instead of the cry of abandonment (Ps 22:2) or of entrustment (Ps 31:6), there is the proclamation: "It has been fulfilled". The suffering Messiah in John is explicitly presented as the King of Glory: the Crucified One is victorious. The departure of Jesus, culminating in the gift of the Spirit, is under the sign of fulfilment. Everything is delivered and welcomed.
At the beginning there is the awareness that everything is accomplished (28a), at the end the Word that reveals it to all (30a) and in the middle the consideration of the evangelist who declares the fulfillment of Scripture (28b).
"After this" all things are already done as far as Jesus is concerned. He lived Love to perfection, even within death. In fact, following the command of the Father, He laid down His life in favour of His brothers and sisters (10:18); then handing over the Mother to the disciple and this to the Mother, He gave mortals the reciprocity of love. He cannot give us any more: He gave us God Himself, who is mutual Love between Father and Son. That is all and, outside of that, there is nothing.
The hour of Glory, towards which His life tended, has come. The new creation is fulfilled: He Himself is the new creature, the loving Son of the same unique Love, Father and brothers and sisters.
But what is accomplished on the cross, at the foot of the cross, has only just begun with the Mother and the beloved disciple. What is already perfectly completed in Him, "from that hour" must continue to be accomplished in us until His return. Indeed, His return is now the growth in us of His Love:
His return to us is our return to Him. For this reason, the beloved disciple, witness of Love, will never die (21:23): Love will never end (1 Cor 13:8), but will grow for us infinitely.
For God is Love (1 Jn 4:8-16).