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Melancholy
New Testament
«For my brothers» sake, I would wish I were accursed” (Romans 9:1-5)
Paul, ready to be «anathema» for love of Israel: reading of Romans 9:1-5 on apostolic compassion, redemptive substitution and universal brotherhood rooted in the cross.
New Testament
“The tax collector went down to his house; he had become righteous rather than the Pharisee” (Luke 18:9-14).
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14) reveals that humility opens the way to justification: reading, meditating on and living the salvation received through mercy.
Old Testament
«For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, God…”.
Isaiah 9:5 invites us to welcome the Prince of Peace: meditations and concrete ways to make peace a lived gift, an active justice and a daily vocation.
