LG104 Beg and do penance
They said to Jesus:
Come, let us pray and fast today.
Jesus said:
What is the sin that I have committed?
or for what did I succumb?
But, when the groom leaves the bridal room,
then let them fast and pray.
LG103 Guilty and incompetent
Jesus said:
Happy is the person who knows where the thieves will be
come in so he can be awake, collect his house,
and arm themselves before breaking into.
LG102 Over-the-top dogs in the food bowl
Jesus said:
Ah, those Pharisees,
they are like a dog
he sleeps in the oxen’s trough;
he himself does not eat, nor does he let the oxen eat.
LG101 Let go of your parents
Jesus said:
Who does not hate his father and his mother, like me,
can’t become a student of mine.
And whoever does not love his father and mother, like me,
can’t become a student of mine.
Because my mother gave birth to me,
but my true mother gave birth to me.
LG99 Inside and outside ( [Insideo] -Out )
The students said to him:
Your brothers and your mother are outside.
He told them:
The people here who do the will of the father are mine
brothers and my mother.
They are the ones who will enter my father’s kingdom.
LG98 Breaking the separation
Jesus said:
The kingdom of the father is like a certain man
who wanted to kill a powerful person.
He drew his sword in his own house
and stuck it in the mud wall to investigate
if his hand was strong enough
to stick through the wall.
Then he killed the strong man.
LG97 The empty jar
Jesus said:
The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman,
who carried a jug on her back, full of flour.
And so, going her way, still far from home, an ear broke from the jar,
and the flour flowed behind her on the road.
She did not notice it and was not aware of any harm.
When she got home, she put the jug down and found it empty
LG96 Change is slowJesus said:
The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman.
She took a little sourdough and hid it in some dough
and so made great loaves.
He who has ears, let him hear!
LG95 Do not demand recognition as interest
Jesus said:
If you have money, do not lend it for interest.
But give it to someone you don’t get it back from.