Wednesday, December 21 : Origen

To seek Jesus is often something good, for it is the same as to seek the Word, the truth and wisdom. But you will say that the words “to seek Jesus” are sometimes said about those who want to harm him. For example: “They tried to seize him, but no one laid a finger on him because his hour had not yet come.” … He knows from whom he distances himself and with whom he remains without being found yet, so that if someone seeks him, that person will find him at the favorable time. The apostle Paul said to those who did not yet possess Jesus in this way and who did not contemplate him: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who shall go up into heaven?’ (that is to bring Christ down), or ‘Who shall go down into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). What is it he does say? ‘The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.” (Rom 6:6-8) When in his love for humankind the Savior said: “You will look for me,” (Jn 8:21) he let us glimpse the things pertaining to the reign of God, so that those who look for him do not do so outside of themselves saying: “’Here, he is here’, or ‘he is there’.” The Gospel tells them: “The reign of God is already in your midst.” (Lk 17:21) So long as we keep the seed of truth that has been placed in our soul, and his commandments, the Word will not distance himself from us. But if evil spreads in us to corrupt us, Jesus will tell us: “I am going away. You will look for me but you will die in your sins.”
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