Sir 27:5-8; Ps 91 (92); 1Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45

Our mortal body will be clothed with immortality: thus St. Paul announces the future resurrection. This transfigured corporeity, which will be given to us beyond death, can transform our relationship with the body from now on, imprinting the signs of the new life generated in us by the Easter of Jesus. Today’s readings invite us to pay attention to the eye, the mouth, the heart. We become blind when we claim to drive someone else without being willing to let ourselves be guided in our turn. The mouth must speak, taking care not to fall into the trap of superficiality and of an immediate, spontaneous, irradiated saying that can not draw words from the well of rich and lively interiority. Finally, the heart must guard the good treasure that makes the whole person good. It is the good tree that produces good fruit and not, on the contrary, the fruits that make the tree good. We often worry exclusively about the fruits that our life brings; we should pay more attention to the roots and soil they feed on. Beyond metaphor, we must sink the roots of our life in the relationship with God; then even the treasure of the heart will know how to express good words and allow the eye to be in the light.

Commentary by Comunità di Dumenza

Translation by f. Mark Hargreaves, Prinknash Abbey