I'm enjoying what is not written in The Journal of Happiness of Nicolae Steinhardt (via ). And the barber will come with knives, but for now, the tailor: for example will suffice:
Maybe pure blasphemy, but I have a new theory according to which Christ shows us in Gospels only as sweet, good, fair, sinless, merciful, powerful, etc.
In the Gospel accounts - without exception - it appears to us enjoying all the wonderful attributes of a gentleman and a gentleman.
First, because it is at the door and knocks. Is discrete.
Second, because he has faith in men: not to Malpensa. And trust is the first attribute of the aristocrat and gentleman, the suspicion is on the contrary, the fundamental attribute of the hypocrite. [...]
Let . Christ forgives easily; fully. [...]
Christ is always willing to help, is what most want. It is compassionate. Takes pity on the widow of Nain, the blind, the crippled woman, without which he would have asked for anything. Dosing know your appreciation, give each one his own. In the Canaanite, who has shown perseverance and value, he says more things than the others to absolve and complementary uses a formula: "O woman, great is thy faith." (Only her, only she spends oh! exclamation and great qualifier.)
always attentive and polite (and at this point is extremely careful) A friend calls him Judas. [...] No mere formal courtesy. [...] And whenever you give, give abundantly, more than is due, aristocratic. [...] To enjoy the joy of spending it all (which is the same as sacrificing all) in moments of spiritual elevation. And this is a noble gesture, the noble is able at any moment to sacrifice his life or his fortune scatter. [...]
faith in men, courage, detachment, kindness to the unfortunate of those who can not get any benefit (patients, foreigners, prisoners), the secure feeling of greatness, the predisposition forgiveness, the contempt for the prudent and the savers, all of which are qualities of gentleman and gentleman.
invites all men to be recognized as they really are: children's father, the owner. From this point of view, the nearest book of the Gospels is Don Quijote , as the knight of La Mancha tells the market that are men without knowing it and asked to behave as such.
In reading Gospel Mass yesterday I was amazed, after reading this more than the miracle of multiplying loaves and fishes, Jesus would say to the crowd: "Sit down." With what delicacy would say, and of course chose a delightful place, the better, where there was much green grass.
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