LET'S NOT SPEND TIME, LET'S TAKE JESUS

LET'S NOT SPEND TIME, LET'S TAKE JESUS
 Behold, Jesus Christ, the One who lived, taught, loved as no one, suffered, died and rose for all. Mc has no doubt that the whole life of Jesus was the "Good News", the "Good News", the "Good News" for the salvation of humanity, and the fulfillment of all prophecies, the right moment of intervention of God and the definitive choice of humanity. Much more important than the victory of a king, his birth or even accession to the throne, is the historical presence of the Son of God, involved in the cause of the transformation of every man and woman. In writing the text, Mc transmits his charm for the person of Jesus and does so with the ardent desire that the reader discover what moves him the most: the discovery of the identity of Jesus, the Person of Jesus himself.
To understand this identity, Mc inserts the figure of John the Baptist, the herald, the one who "prepares the way for the Lord". Knowing Ex 23:20 (sending an angel to take care of on the way and be a driver), Ml 3,1 (sending a messenger to prepare the way) and Is 40,3 (a voice that shouts, so that at In the midst of the desert, let the way to the Lord open.) Mc traces the profile of the prophet both in his words and in his life, that is, everything in him expresses prophecy: in words (denunciation of the rottenness of the world and call for change of life, openness to the Messiah), clothing and food; and presents him as one who, bearing a great mission, knowing the importance of the one who would arrive, acts in the fight against all sorts of injustices, oppressions and sins in general (cf. Ez 36,25-27, Jer 31: 34), making a prefigurative gesture of confession and baptism as a sign of a true inner transformation. John the Baptist is the one who prepares the decisive time for the Savior's presence, requiring a true change of mentality through repentance, confession of sins and baptism in the waters.
"After me cometh one who is mightier than I, before whom I am not worthy to bow down to untie the strap of his sandals." Mc makes a presentation of John the Baptist as being oriented to the Messiah, facing him, not the other way around. It is not John the Messiah, the Savior, the "God with us"; he is only "a voice in the wilderness" (place of encounter with God), the harbinger of the highest news of all time. When he makes comparisons, Mc shows, for example, the type of baptism of one (in the waters) and the other (in the Spirit). The first connected with the impulse of a new time, through repentance; the second to the new reality, the new history, to the new man according to the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ being Himself NEW for all. Jesus is the "strongest," for he is the Messiah, the conqueror of sin, death, and the devil; liberator, therefore, and protector of the weak and the oppressed, who does not prepare, but accomplishes the project of the Father.
A strong and affectionate hug.
Fr. José Erinaldo