Aducerea la Roma a moaștelor Sf. Doctori fără plată,Chir și Ioan(412).Ap Rom 2,14-29; Ev Mt 5,33-41.

2:17-29 THE JEWS AND THE LAW
OVERVIEW: Jewish boasting based on human ancestry has no place in the kingdom of God. Such people are not really Jews, because they have not understood the spiritual meaning of the covenant that God made with Abraham. In reality those who teach the commandments to others break them daily themselves, thereby causing the name of God to be blasphemed among the Gentiles. The only circumcision that is of any value is the spiritual circumcision of the heart. Outward signs mean nothing by themselves. Therefore Gentiles do not need to be physically circumcised, because if they do what is right, it amounts to the same thing. They will even be in a position to condemn the Jews who are circumcised physically but do not do what they know to be right. Some have received both physical and spiritual circumcision, but the two need not go together. Physical circumcision without the spiritual will lead to greater condemnation, but spiritual circumcision even without the physical leads to eternal life.
Gospel according to St. Matthew 5,33-41
5:33-48 THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH EXAMPLES: OATHS, REVENGE AND LOVE
OVERVIEW: The law prescribes that no one swear falsely, but according to the gospel one must not swear at all (CHROMATIUS). Those who are living in the simplicity of faith have no need for the formality of an oath (HILARY). If your opponents believed that you would swear truthfully, they would never compel you to swear (ANONYMOUS). Do not make an idol of creation by swearing an oath to some creaturely being (CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA). One who swears by earthly elements makes implicit reference to the One who is the author of all these things (CHROMATIUS). Refer all glory to God (CHRYSOSTOM).
If we begin with the law’s mandate to return evil for evil to everyone, we are all made evil and the foundation of the law itself is dissolved (ANONYMOUS). Rather, we resist evil by surrendering ourselves to suffer wrongfully (CHRYSOSTOM). The Lord wishes that the hope of our faith, extending into eternity, be tested by these challenges, so that the very toleration of a hidden injury should be a witness of our future judgment (HILARY). Turning the other cheek scandalizes those who do not understand the reasonings of faith (ORIGEN). If a tempter initiates a lawsuit for the testing of our faith and desires to rob us of the things that are ours, the Lord orders us to offer willingly not only the things that the person seeks unjustly but even those the tempter does not demand (CHROMATIUS). Like Joseph, flee without your coat to the covering of a higher justice (ANONYMOUS). You will win full freedom from unworthy passions by possessing all things in common and by going the second mile out of mercy (CHRYSOSTOM). Going the second mile may also have a spiritual meaning: that of going with one who believes in the Father, the first mile, yet with whom you must be patient in traveling the second mile to belief in the Son and Spirit (CHROMATIUS). The rich person is less likely to be tested through physical suffering than to be tested and proved in generosity (ANONYMOUS). Freely give as you have freely received (JEROME). Whether, Jesus says, it be a friend or an enemy, a believer or an unbeliever, do good to the person in need (THEODORE OF HERACLEA).

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Christ commanded us to love our enemies not so much for our enemies as for us: not because enemies are fit to merit love but because it is not fitting that we hate anyone (ANONYMOUS). Christ does not command impossibilities (THEODORE OF HERACLEA). If you hate your enemy, you have hurt yourself more in the spirit than you have hurt him in the flesh (ANONYMOUS). Adoption denotes the character of our vocation to the eternal inheritance as joint heirs with Christ by a spiritual regeneration (AUGUSTINE). One who loves an enemy loves not for one’s own sake but on account of God; hence that person has a great treasure (ANONYMOUS).
The spiritual meaning of the sun as representing truth is grounded in the literal meaning of the sun as light. The spiritual meaning of the rain as the watering by the teaching of the truth is grounded in the literal meaning of rain as refreshment (AUGUSTINE). God is more content that sinners should enjoy his benefits though they don’t deserve them than that the just should be robbed of benefits against their deserving (ANONYMOUS). We are called to be models for the just and the unjust of the imitation of Christ, who distributes equally the sun and the rain by his coming in baptism and by the sacraments of the Spirit (HILARY).

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5:33 Not Swearing Falsely
FAITH NEEDS NO OATH. HILARY: The law had prescribed a penalty for false swearing, so that the ritual of an oath might hold false testimony in check.… But faith removes the need for using an oath. It establishes in truth the dealings of our life. Once the inclination to deceive has been checked, it enjoins simplicity in speaking and hearing.… Therefore those who are living in the simplicity of faith have no need for the ritual of an oath. With such people, what is, always is, and what is not, is not. For this reason, their every word and deed are always truthful. ON MATTHEW 4.23.1
PERJURY GENERATED BY OATHS. ANONYMOUS: Here is the fourth commandment, which is considered the least one2 by those self-assured persons who think that truthful swearing is not a sin and that the commandment of the law cannot stand without it. Now, unless an oath is forbidden, we cannot put a stop to perjury, for perjury is generated by oaths. For there is no one who frequently swears who does not at times commit perjury. Because of this, Solomon warns, “Do not accustom your mouth to an oath; there is much misfortune in it.”3 For even as the one who is accustomed to speaking often finds it necessary to say inappropriate things … one who makes it a habit to swear on suitable occasions, drawn along by custom, frequently and even unwillingly will swear also in superfluous matters. Now, as with any custom, when we want to do something we do it; and when we do not want to do it, we refrain from doing it. And Solomon teaches us that God’s judgment is against those who swear: “A man who swears much shall not ward off the blight from his house.”4 If therefore the blight will not depart from those who swear frequently, how will it depart from those who swear occasionally? Tell me, my friend, what do you gain by swearing? For if your opponent believed that you would swear truthfully, he would never compel you to swear. But since he believes that you may commit perjury, he compels you to swear. INCOMPLETE WORK ON MATTHEW, HOMILY 12.5