Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (5)

3 Doors

Horrible one, OK one, Great one

Christ today tells 3 doors we can choose enter

life opening

death is entering

which one shall choose?

Lets look behind each from Script today.

Gospel

parable God returning servants.. DESCRIBE

3 different outcomes based what do:

lets look behind door number 1-3

Door#1 Hell

get ugliest out way

emblaz image drunk and beating others

impure God’s goods or do wrong by others is opening door

God will ‘severely punish’

bad transl

dikatamaesae ‘cut in 2’

unlike image beatings, image rather… eh permanent

st. Basil: this visceral symbolizes eternal cut off God

Erasmo: “as expected, many translations rush to soften such an image.”

careful distort Christs words

name of niceness do cruelest:

softly fluffily endager souls

Christ warns repeat in visceral language

no one does more prevent hell

literally to that length,

but he still lets us choose that door: therefore, lets keep this door shut

avoid impurity and mistreat ANYONE.

thus unforgiven mortal sin choosing that door

running confess is slamming shut

Door #2 Purgatory

image of negligent

ends up in heaven

in that sense, great

but long painful hallway b4

dont do affirm wrong, but negligent

dont prepare and do righteous deeds

image temporary: beating

heavy knew God’s will, light to ones didnt

as line 59, all wrong doings we will pay to last penny b4 relesease

payment is not pleasant as 1 Cor 3:15 says

but is temporary

so not hell, not forever

so many early fathers talk of reality of Purgatory,Clement of Alex, Origen, Tertulion, Gregory of Nyssa, st. Greg Great, Martyrdom of Perpetura Augustine.

but not new

already part Jewish by time Christ 2 Macc 12.

However looks, this is just idea of justice being real and ability to account for non-mortal sin after death

source peace not get to heaven unless perfect...and uh that number would be scary low this side of the grave I think

Door #3 Heaven

on this image one lost life to service

wise constantly about Masters work even when seems gone

gives own propert to help poor + keeps pure james 1:27

in short one who makes life about God

1 John 3:2. Be like God and see Him as He is

beyond anything hope for

it is to be Good and to Behold Goodness Beauty Himself for all eternity

Goodness for goodness sake

Pious b4 God in all action, actually will have God in the next

despite dreary appearances that life: to see God and be like Him is more pure and joyful than the greatest ecstasy you have ever experienced

in short if we lose our lives for His sake we will find it

but even the opening door in this life starts to taste peace

Therefore choose door #3.

Notes

Me

46: dikatamaesae: to cut in two (peices) a condemend man

PG version: behead

Erasmo notes “as expected, many translations rush to soften such an image.”

12:59 ‘until pay last penny’

1 Corinthians 3:11–15 “For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each man’s work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”

-Clement of Alex, Origen, Tertulion, Gregory of Nyssa, st. Greg Great, Martyrdom of Perpetura Augustine all talk about purgatory

-more alert since challenged

Commentators

Pitre

‘Little Flock’ Righteous remnant of Israel (supposed to be small)

eleemosyne: ‘alms’ but literally ‘mercy’

give to poor is act of mercy

giving alms is sacrifice

tobit

luke 11:41. alms cleanses

To build up treasure heaven give poor

see body of Christ and so liturgical sacrifice when give poor

Purgatory

Responds to Steward Peter with a Steward parable

basically to Pope and clergy [me: tho all servants]

4 outcomes [hell, heaven, purgatory (severe and lighter)]

literally cut him in twain/pieces and put with unfaithful

good reward

severe beating (not well prepared)

light beating (ignorant)

St. Maximus

lamps burning are prayer and contemplation

St. Gregory

burning lamps are good examples

St Cyril Alexandria

doesnt mention 1st watch as represents childhood and those arent punished but pardoned.

St Ambrose

seems applicable to all but primarily aimed at priests and pope

St. Basil

cutting in 2 symbolizes eternal separation from God

lighter or greater is pains of hell

St Chrysostom

priest suffers more for sin due to greater knowledge

Origen 12:59

can never pay great debt but can pay lighter ones (suggests in next life)