"Knowing these things, you are blessed if you put them into practice" (Giovanni 13: 16-20)
Biblical reflections by Mauro Leonardi*, priest and writer
Faith is to get taken in the arms, welcome and be welcomed to form a new and fruitful unit. All this arises from humility, from the feeling that you need love and be loved, to donate and receive with free, to rest the chest on Jesus, who gave himself so that we are all saved.
From the Gospel according to John 13: 16-20
[After he had washed his feet to the disciples, Jesus] said to them:
«In truth, in truth I tell you: a servant is not bigger than his owner, nor is one correspondent is bigger than those who sent him. Knowing these things, you are blessed if you put them into practice.
I'm not talking about all of you; I know those I chose; But writing must take place: "He who eats my bread raised his heel against me". I tell you as of now, before it happens, because, when it has happened, believe that I am.
In truth, in truth I tell you: whoever welcomes the one I will send, welcomes me; Those who welcome me welcomes the one who sent me ».
* Mauro Leonardi (Como 1959) has been a priest since 29 May 1988 and has been inhabited in Rome since then. He spends many hours of his day to make the priest and prefers to build bridges rather than raising walls. For years he has been writing stories, articles, essays and books that revolve around the relationship between man and God. Author of the blogLike Jesus. Abelis (Lindau) is his latest novel. The volunteers of the Gionata project thank him for sharing these reflections on the word with us.
