Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (5)
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Today Jesus commands hate
well that sounds...different
Hate self and those closest to us?
isnt one who said love neighbor as thyself?
contradiction always false
God Truth, how reconcile?
Tendency avoid difficulty
Christ today: “take cross!”
when hard say,
inspect don’t neglect
Hard saying God style
good rhet despite think
wont easily forget point
now Jesus hate, wont forget
Style FORCE THINK
‘yes of course, makes sense’, NO!
MEANT to scratch head
Remb, THAT symbol life + hope!
God style OT and NT
Unlike most, Judaism and Catholicism: CRITICALLY THINK!
scientific meth hist from God’s religion?
So stare paradox to be saved,
this cross, Moses’ serpent pole, the muddy stream of Jordan that wash crystal clean
Paradox:
love neighbor self, but no, hate
Hate
word is indeed hate
meesehOh
misogynist etc etc
Saints
St. Clement Alexandria says, not command hate of family
St. Augustine, neophytes reading on own can easily misunderstand
St. Aquinas say all hate of neighbor or self as a whole absolutely forbidden, but hate of evil reside in us or them comanded st ii-ii, 34
'hate sin not sinner’
Argument
hate not selves but as sin
family/self as sin MEANS (like all sin) value as ult Good
ult Good is God alone, Goodness itself
do not value family/self as much as Christ
just reiteration greatest com (state it)
attentive listener, claiming to be God
only the Good deserves more love than self/family
interesting interp
how sure means love less rather hate?
Don’t believe me?
Gen 29:30-31
uses Greek love less, but then "hate” describe same
not affirm hate, but loving less than
Better yet:
Matt 10:37, Gospel translates same diff:
if love more than, instead of word hate.
For us
1st greatest, Good above all else
nothing
property (willing part property if he asks)
family (deny God to affirm another?)
self (willing to suffer loss for him?)
the infinitely Good (God) must come before the finite goods (creatures)
as logically obvious as is
appearance, feelings, pride cloud
Concl
hard saying
dont ignore, think
Hatred God nothing other Greatest commandment
not calling rejection 4th or neighbor as self
nothing can be loved as much God (infinite Good)
Notes
Me
MeesehOh: to hate
misandtos
misanthrope
misogynist
MEESO=HATE
always focus in on hard sayings
maybe hardest of all to promote being a hater?
maybe hear not hate but value, no Matt uses that word, so certainly means that but Luke leaves hyperbolic language
e.g. cut hand, pluck eyes
call no one a teacher or father
etc
Very good rhetoric and if not reading Scripture on own but presented by teachers (apostles) God said to listen to wont make uneducated conclusions
Not violating 4th commandment
All this is is repeating of Greatest commandment
but always making very obnvious hes claiming to be God
Commentators
Sacra Pagina
Matt 10:37 softens to ‘love more than’
Brant Pitre
Gen 29:30-31 ‘hated’ same greek word, but obviously doesnt mean hate in our sense as use it in place of love less
Aquinas
ST ii-ii, 34
hate sin not nature.
hatred referred to here of self and family is only them as them as obstacle to God
i.e. when we see live or them as equal or more imp than God (thus Matt version is clearer even tho same point)
