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00:00The opposition that faces
00:29Jesus and his disciples are connected to his message, a message that invites purification.
00:37inner peace and a new disposition of heart and mind, but many prefer to follow the path
00:45which leads them to self-destruction. The mention of baptism is a reference to being immersed in the
00:54pain before death. Jesus did not come to bring us rest and comfort, he came to
01:01inviting us to fight, to battle in war, to give our all to get our reward,
01:10Something that can affect our most precious relationships. However, only God is the one who
01:17He can demand total loyalty, complete surrender, and absolute allegiance from us. Everyone else
01:26Value, however important it may be, is secondary to faithfulness to God and following Jesus.
01:36Brothers, what Jesus means is something anyone could discover and understand if they used
01:44his human capabilities to discover it. Man is capable of reading the signs in the sky and on the earth,
01:53so that they can anticipate events. But brothers, why have they not been able to
02:00Discover the mystery of God reflected in the actions of Jesus and in his saving presence? Jesus appears
02:10at the most precise and appropriate moment to proclaim the work of God and his eschatological salvation
02:19Definitely. Why haven't they realized this? Jesus says, because they are hypocrites and they confuse.
02:28The essential and the secondary. Luke continues to invite Jesus' disciples to seize the moment
02:37And the present moment is for conversion, change, and repentance. Because no one has a guarantee on life.
02:46Nor is there a time contract in this world. Verses 1 and 3 of chapter 13 speak of events that
02:55We have no further historical evidence or data. However, the lesson is clear: God gives us time.
03:05to convert and reach repentance. But whoever does not take advantage of this opportunity runs the risk
03:13to perish both in the sense of dying and in the sense of losing eternal life. God is compassionate.
03:22He is merciful, but also just. You can't treat everyone who strives and fights the same.
03:31To remain faithful and win the crown of eternal life is to simply walk toward the goal. Things
03:40Bad things don't only happen to sinners. They happen to good people too, and both should...
03:48Learn from the experiences of others. The wise and faithful disciple of Jesus repents and converts
03:57while on his way to the Father's house. After that special time, his destination will be
04:05in accordance with the response to the call to change and conversion that Jesus addresses to us. The invitation of
04:14Jesus' message is simple: repent while there is still time. The parable of the barren fig tree serves to illuminate this.
04:23This point. God is able to give us the opportunities we need to return, and in no way
04:31He spares no effort to invite us back. However, opportunities are not endless.
04:40Because time limits us. We only have the opportunity to repent while we are still standing.
04:48in this world. Afterwards, there will be nothing we can do to remedy or change our eschatological destiny.
04:57For the one who falls, the parable is an invitation to hope, but for the indolent it is a call
05:06of attention so that he makes the most of the present time. Now Lucas offers us his own perspective on the
05:14the dignity of a woman as a daughter of Abraham, and she who is also called, like the healthy and the
05:21Men, to joyfully welcome the kingdom of God. For Jesus, the woman bent over and bound or imprisoned
05:31A woman held captive by Satan is more worthy of being freed from her bonds than an ox or a donkey that are set free.
05:39so that they might drink. Jesus had been sent to free all those prisoners bound by evil.
05:48Therefore, there is no better day to perform this action than Saturday. Saturday is the best day.
05:56to free men bound by all kinds of evils. The well-known parables of the mustard seed
06:05and the yeast within the dough differ greatly from the way Matthew presents them. While Matthew
06:14Comparing the almost insignificant beginnings and the splendid end, Lucas pays attention to the process of
06:22transformation that takes place in the seed buried in the ground or in the hidden yeast
06:29in the masses. The important thing is that, whatever happens, the kingdom of God will reach its fullness thanks to the
06:39mysterious action of God. The author now returns to the theme of salvation, as someone asks him
06:47Jesus says that few will receive this gift from God. Jesus doesn't speak of salvation as something that is...
06:55It is offered from the outside, but rather as something achieved through effort, struggle, and perseverance. While
07:04The gates of the towns that Jesus enters allow access for multitudes, at the same time the
07:13The gate that leads to the path offered by Jesus is narrow, and only with effort can it be crossed.
07:21Continuing with the image of the door, Jesus is presented as the owner of the house, who closes the door,
07:29Leaving out the unsuspecting. These think that it is enough to listen to their doctrine and eat and drink together
07:38to him. Jesus is not a benevolent God who lets just anyone take a seat at the table of his kingdom, because the one who
07:48The evildoer, the wrongdoer, cannot have a seat at this table. Much more needs to be done than that.
07:56Rejoicing in listening to Jesus and celebrating with him. A wake-up call to those of us who limit
08:05Our encounters with God are limited to the Eucharist alone, without paying attention to its great significance and its
08:13enormous demands. To provoke a more determined struggle, Jesus speaks of the great ones who will be
08:20seated at his table. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets. If that doesn't awaken your desire to strive,
08:31Nothing will stop it. The road to Jerusalem has several obstacles. Herod Antipas is one of them.
08:39Perhaps he seeks Jesus to prevent him from stirring up the masses and causing the uprising he stopped by killing.
08:48to the Baptist. However, Jesus knows that his journey ends in Jerusalem and that, therefore, like any other
08:57The prophet will fulfill his destiny in the Holy City. The consummation of his work is the result of the intervention.
09:06Provident of the Father. The saying about Jerusalem gives us evidence that Jesus visited the city in
09:14several times, and not just once as the Synoptic Gospels claim. Jesus speaks of his tender welcome to
09:22the city of Jerusalem, in the same way that a hen protects, cares for and shelters her young.
09:30chicks. But, brothers, Jerusalem, like a skittish chick, rejects her mother's care and affection.
09:38and he leaves her. Luke concludes this section by prophesying that Jerusalem will see Jesus again.
09:47when he triumphantly enters the Holy City on Palm Sunday and is acclaimed by the multitude of
09:56disciples who enter the city with him. Luke returns to the theme of the Sabbath and again places in
10:04the center of the scene was the Pharisees, but now the atmosphere unfolds at a meal to which he went
10:11The author claims that the Pharisees were spying on Jesus and that he saw before him a man who
10:19He suffers and despises. So Jesus asks them if it is unlawful to heal someone who is sick or not.
10:28The Sesenians had many reservations about whether it was unlawful to throw a rope to someone who fell into
10:35a well during Saturday's festivities to help in its rescue, whether it was a person or a
10:43animal. The Pharisees of Jesus' time had no doubt that it was unlawful to help a person or an animal.
10:52to get out of a well if one had fallen into it. However, the idea may persist that one can only
11:00To act in case of danger of death. For Jesus, it is not necessary that the person be at risk of losing
11:08Life. It is enough that someone is suffering or in need for them to deserve our immediate attention. In the same
11:17The atmosphere of the meal to which Jesus was invited draws their attention to the selection of venues,
11:24because the host, considering his guests, assigns the most honored table to certain people.
11:32If someone takes the most prestigious position without belonging to it, they will probably be removed.
11:40from the place he pretentiously occupied. Jesus invites them not to think they are special, but to adopt the attitude
11:50of the humble one who seeks not honors but simplicity. Moreover, Jesus does not have an exclusive and selective vision.
11:59of his guests. On the contrary, he believes that everyone should be invited to his table.
12:07kingdom. And if the table of the kingdom is anticipated here, his disciples must invite the excluded to his table.
12:17and rejected by the world. A dinner invitation is a significant event, both for the guests and for
12:25The host, because a party can always bring him honor, although also misfortune if the dinner
12:33It doesn't work as He expected, or inappropriate people attend, or people of higher standing refuse to attend.
12:42Therefore, it is a great offense for someone who had accepted the initial invitation to refuse to
12:50attend the dinner. Excuses are pointless, because everyone who buys a field or a yoke of
12:58Oxen analyze beforehand what they are going to buy. The same happens with someone who has just gotten married, because nobody
13:06The wedding is a surprise; there is a process to formalize the marriage contract. This rejection of
13:15The host's story is set against the backdrop of the rejection many made of Jesus' preaching and of the
13:22early church. That is why the owner, Jesus, decided that the poor and marginalized people should be invited.
13:31who lived in the city. But since there was still space in the living room, the owner then decided to go to the
13:39outskirts of the city to force them inside and join their party. To the people who don't belong
13:47people, as a way of making it clear that Jesus' invitation is for everyone, including those who gave
13:56the impression of not deserving either the call or the invitation. But those who reject the invitation
14:04They are simply not worthy to eat at his table. Luke changes the tone of his discourse and introduces us to Jesus.
14:14Resuming his journey towards Jerusalem, though he doesn't say so, a journey on which many people follow him. Without
14:23However, the call is not for everyone. Only those who are willing to
14:31Reconsider the most fundamental values in your life. First comes love for those closest to you,
14:39loved ones and close friends, father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters. Although in the current state of
14:49Things, they are the most important thing in the lives of ordinary people. He who wants to be a disciple of
14:56Jesus must give his entire family an honorable second place. But not only that, he must also
15:05being willing to put Jesus at the center of our own lives, renouncing our ego,
15:14to our ego, leaving behind all that we are, what we once were, and what we aspire to be.
15:21A disciple of Jesus cannot have any kind of personal aspiration, except to be a disciple of him.
15:29To be a master means to listen, learn, imitate, and improve oneself. That is why Jesus takes as his model
15:39of absolute self-denial, carrying the wood of the cross, a total sign that my life is subject to it.
15:49Calculating the costs of following Jesus is fundamental, because we cannot make a fool of ourselves by first saying
15:58Yes, and then regretting it. Nor can we go to war and lose the battle. The disciple of
16:06Jesus can only follow his master after knowing all that he has to give, all that he has to
16:13forget, what to reject, and all that one must renounce, even one's own possessions and
16:20possessions. Salt that loses its saltiness is useless, just like a builder who runs out of possessions.
16:29resources or a king defeated in battle. The Christian, brothers, cannot say yes to the call of Jesus and
16:38To regret thinking that being his disciple is easy, simple, and fun is far from the truth.
16:47of the truth. Brothers, that concludes our session. I await you with a renewed hunger and thirst for the Lord. Until next time.
16:57Next class. Blessings.