Thursday, September 27, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 525 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) Because every day and every hour we are in danger of falling into sin
and saying No to God, we beg God not to leave us defenseless in the power of
temptation.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2846)
This petition goes to the root of the preceding one, for our sins result from
our consenting to temptation; we therefore ask our Father not to
"lead" us into temptation. It is difficult to translate the Greek
verb used by a single English word: the Greek means both "do not allow us
to enter into temptation" and "do not let us yield to
temptation" (Cf. Mt 26 41). "God cannot be tempted by evil and he
himself tempts no one" (Jas 1:13); on the contrary, he wants to set us
free from evil. We ask him not to allow us to take the way that leads to sin.
We are engaged in the battle "between flesh and spirit"; this
petition implores the Spirit of discernment and strength.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Jesus, who was tempted himself, knows that
we are weak human beings, who have little strength of our own with which to
oppose the evil one. He graciously gives us the petition from the Our Father,
which teaches us to trust in God’s assistance in the hour of trial.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2847)
The Holy Spirit makes us discern
between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man (Cf. Lk.
8:13-15; Acts 14:22; Rom 5:3-5; 2 Tim 3:12), and temptation, which leads to sin
and death (Cf. Jas 1:14-15). We must also discern between being tempted and
consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation,
whose object appears to be good, a "delight to the eyes" and
desirable (Cf. Gen 3:6), when in reality its fruit is death. God does not want
to impose the good, but wants free beings.... There is a certain usefulness to
temptation. No one but God knows what our soul has received from him, not even
we ourselves. But temptation reveals it in order to teach us to know ourselves,
and in this way we discover our evil inclinations and are obliged to give thanks
for the goods that temptation has revealed to us (Origen, De orat. 29 PG 11, 544CD). 2847 (CCC 2847) The Holy Spirit makes us
discern between trials, which are
necessary for the growth of the inner man (Cf. Lk. 8:13-15; Acts 14:22; Rom
5:3-5; 2 Tim 3:12), and temptation, which leads to sin and death (Cf. Jas
1:14-15). We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to
temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object
appears to be good, a "delight to the eyes" and desirable (Cf. Gen
3:6), when in reality its fruit is death. God does not want to impose the good,
but wants free beings.... There is a certain usefulness to temptation. No one
but God knows what our soul has received from him, not even we ourselves. But
temptation reveals it in order to teach us to know ourselves, and in this way
we discover our evil inclinations and are obliged to give thanks for the goods
that temptation has revealed to us (Origen, De
orat. 29 PG 11, 544CD).
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