Brother Matthew: One Disciples Love Story

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In relation to life and death , Jesus Christ, as the life, did what is possible for him in resurrecting Lazarus, and did, miraculously, what is impossible for him in dying on the cross —the latter was, strictly speaking, his one miracle. He underwent the Hegelian one insofar as he was a mortal before his resurrection by Jesus Christ, the life, that is, insofar as he was dead even while still physically alive, and, more unreservedly, when he died physically the first time, as an undead: This [is] the Night, the interior of [human] nature, existing here— pure Self —[and] in phantasmagoric representations it is night everywhere: We see this Night when we look a human being in the eye, looking into a Night which turns terrifying.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: If the God who gave the command was the Living, then he would have expected that man would either comply with his advice not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or … eat of it only after eating from the tree of life. An unexpected, Gnostic disaster happened as man perversely chose not to eat first from the tree of life before eating from the mortality-causing tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thus introducing and unleashing a mortality that is not based on life, therefore a mortality of which God was unaware.

If we can possibly understand that someone may choose mortality as such over life, it is because we are already fallen, mortal. Such a man would not be a mortal, that is, would not be dead even while physically alive.

Jesus proved to be that man does the circumstance that Jesus made a different choice imply that God made him alone of all humans relive that primordial choice before his earthly birth? No; it implies rather that, prior to their earthly birth, all humans, including Lazarus, were given the chance to choose again, but they made the same choice as Adam, to become mortals, to be dead while alive.

Even when he miraculously died physically, and even in the tomb, Jesus Christ, the life, was not a mortal and therefore was not open to jouissance and did not contain a night of the world in the Hegelian sense.

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That was the incredible stake that was being played: Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? God, who had incarnated to teach man about the miraculous, made the life of his Son depend on whether man would accomplish the miraculous, more specifically the resurrection of Him who made miracles possible and through whom miracles are possible, God.

The resurrected brother of Mary and Martha did not at all consider burying the dead Jesus Christ—instead, he returned with Mary to his home in Bethany. And so it was: If Thomas thought that the life could not be killed by humans, then his words would have rather meant: The resurrected brother of Mary and Martha came to the tomb, which was in a garden. A stone was laid across the entrance to the tomb. There was a bad odor, for Jesus had been in the tomb for three days and three nights. The resurrected brother of Mary and Martha wept.

Yes, he could have. But he intuited that he should not even try to do so, for the miracle he had to do was a different one, a far greater one one no angel could accomplish. So they rolled away the stone. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW

For the interlude before seeing the wind and instinctively panicking or becoming apprehensive that he was back in the unredeemed world, Peter was already walking in the redeemed world. Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. Did he fall unconscious from his incredible exhaustion? At this point, after resurrecting the Son of God, he again very much needed the assistance of the two angels.

They could and did intervene then and provide him with the requisite energy. While it seems obvious why Peter would start for the tomb, why did the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, the resurrected brother of Mary and Martha, also do so? Even scoundrels do that much. If you are friendly only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even the heathen do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Like the unselfish Samaritan man of Jesus' parable, we are called to extend our love and concern to all persons everywhere, as our neighbors. We should not exclude anyone or any group because of social status, a supposed character fault, religious difference, racial difference, ethnic difference, citizenship difference, etc.

For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Anger can consume us with hatred and block out the love of God. Whether between parent and child, spouses, friends, or nations, expressions of anger divide us and drive us toward open hostility. More often than not, our angry feelings are based on a misinterpretation of what someone said or did.

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A grudge clouds our judgment and may lead us to an act of revenge that can never be undone. The Old Testament law specified equal revenge for equal wrong: But this rule was too harsh for the new age of the kingdom of God. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said the right thing to do is to take no revenge at all.

The need to forgive is not some ideal that we cannot hope to attain. Forgiveness is necessary to free us from the dark cloud of anger and resentment that can literally destroy our own lives. We cannot afford to wait for the other person to repent and apologize.

Unless we let go of our anger and the desire to punish or get even, the love of God cannot enter our lives. Jesus could hardly have made things plainer than in His Parable of the Sheep and Goats, above.

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We are not meant to live hard-hearted or self-centered lives. We are called to put our faith into practice and truly love our neighbors, especially those less fortunate. God has given each of us unique talents and gifts to use in His service. His work for us on earth is to use our gifts and talents in the service of others! Each of us has something to offer to someone in need.

We can give our money and our time to charity, be a friend to someone who is sick or lonely, do volunteer work, or be a peacemaker. We may give unselfishly of our time to our spouse, children or parents. We may choose a service-oriented occupation, or we may just do our everyday jobs with integrity and respect for others. It would seem that the more we give to others, the poorer we become, but just the opposite is true! Service to others brings meaning and fulfillment to our lives in a way that wealth, power, possessions and self-centered pursuits can never match.