En el centro de nuestro caminar cuaresmal, el Evangelio de este domingo nos invita a reflexionar sobre cómo percibimos el sufrimiento y el rol de Dios en el. El evangelista Lucas nos presenta la perspectiva de Jesús ante las trágicas muertes de unos galileos y otros que murieron aplastados por la caída de una torre. La gente se pregunta si estas tragedias fueron castigos de Dios, una pregunta que muchos se han hecho a través de los siglos. Ante el sufrimiento, también nosotros podríamos estar preguntándonos: ¿Nos está castigando Dios? ¿Por qué permite Dios tanto dolor?
Jesús rechaza firmemente la idea de un Dios vengativo. El mal y el sufrimiento no vienen de Dios, porque Dios es un Padre misericordioso que siempre busca nuestro bien. El salmista en el salmo de la liturgia de este Tercer Domingo de Cuaresma nos recuerda: “No nos trata según nuestros pecados”. El verdadero enemigo es el pecado: el egoísmo y las decisiones equivocadas que dañan nuestras relaciones y el mundo que nos rodea. Es por eso por lo que la Cuaresma nos llama a alejarnos del pecado y abrazar la lógica del Evangelio, donde el amor y la fraternidad triunfan sobre el mal.
Sin embargo, ustedes y yo sabemos que la conversión no es fácil. Es posible que nos desanimemos por nuestros repetidos fracasos. Para animarnos, Jesús ofrece la parábola de la higuera estéril. Aunque el árbol no da frutos, el dueño no lo corta, sino que le da más tiempo para florecer. Esta parábola revela la infinita paciencia de Dios. Él es el Dios de las segundas oportunidades, que siempre nos ofrece otra oportunidad para volver a Él.
Dios cree en nosotros, camina a nuestro lado y nutre nuestro crecimiento de conversión con misericordia y ternura. Su mirada no está fija en nuestros errores pasados, sino en los frutos que aún podemos dar. En este tiempo hermoso de Cuaresma, abracemos la paciencia de Dios, busquemos su perdón y confiemos en su plan de amor.
La Virgen María es modelo de Esperanza para nosotros y nos acompaña en esta Cuaresma, pidámosle a Dios que nos llene de esperanza y valentía al ejemplo de su Madre, la Virgen María sobre todo en las luchas que tenemos por una verdadera conversión.
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