THE JUBILEE
Don. J.B Nyamunga
Lev. 25:8-18 talks about the seven years of the weeks, year dedicated to the Lord. The Holy Year of jubilee has a mystic dimension. The Jewish year was of ceremonies of releasing of the slave. The jubilee year leads to man’s conversion and penance, healing and recovery, an inspiration of the human heart and it also comes with its means toward the same.
- Missionary task
- Pilgrimage
- Reconciliation
- Indulgence
- Purification of memory
- Dimension of charity
The Pilgrim (Poverty)
Among these signs of faith shown to the Christians is the pilgrimage, a journey from life to death “homo viator” from Latin – “pilgrim man” The concept is often used in philosophy and theology to describe the human condition as one of the journey- both physically and spiritually through life, in this context a pilgrimage toward salvation. The sign of our life symbolically lived since the beginning of the 1st Cent, people could visit the Holy Land, because these places signified by the presence of our life.
The pilgrimage oriented to Rome to the tombs of Saints: Peter and Paul the founders of the Church. Lourdes, Guadalupe, Santiago. A journey of sacramental penance, it’s not something comfortable, poor means, a big offering to the Lord. (Gen 12:1-3) The model of pilgrimage, rich promise Abraham was asked to live his life as a nomadic life, a sign of uncertainty, precariousness of life. (Gen. 11:26, 25:11). Abraham remains all time a poor man, promises are yet not fulfilled, as he dies he has only a small piece of land where he can be buried, he had to pay for the land expensively.
Abraham a poor man living a life of uncertainty, a life lived on the move, when we know our weakness, it the home that protects us, defends us, outside we are exposed to risk of every kind. We are weak on the move. We know our limits, bad weather to resist to the cold, heat, snow or rain. What is difficult to feel when we are outside.
We know the detachment of things, we have to make a choice, we can’t have a journey when we have heavy things, load. You must have the essentials in order to survive making the choice of the minimum and maximum. The life of a nomadic is the example we can learn from these people, these people’s essential life is understood as to survive, the too many things can make us loose our life. Abraham nomad, pilgrim, the life of poverty.
Paroecos/paroikoi- Greek parish, pilgrims, people on the move towards the real goal of life. We are passing in this world and our true possessions re not here. The option of poverty in religious life which has to be kept. Light, quick and free, bring with yourself only what is indispensable.
Mk 6:7-9 Jesus summons the twelve apostles giving them instructions. We should revise our choice of poverty, check what you have and why you want to keep it.
Weapon – The sacrament of confession, you conduct the periodical cleaning of things you conduct the periodical cleaning of things you have and in the way you relate to these things.
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