Qual è il significato dell'amore di Gesù nel contesto della Passione e come può questo amore influenzare la nostra vita oggi? 
### Query ###
Qual è il significato dell'amore di Gesù nel contesto della Passione e come può questo amore influenzare la nostra vita oggi? 

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52  AFTER    THE    PARDON

If  no  idyllic  sweetness,  if  no  sentimental  tender-
ness brightened  the  passing  of  the  days,  the  fever
which  caused  thcMT»  to  palpitate,  which  singularly
always  gave  them  fresh  fire,  had  aspects  unknown
to  many,  unknown  even  to  themselves.  A  veil  was
over  their  eyes  when  they  turned  them  away  from
the  adored  person  ;  and  the  vision  of  Venice,  where
their  days  were  slipping  away,  was  like  a  dream
around  them,  w-as  like  a  scene  unknown,  appearing
and  vanishing  just  as  in  a  dream.  Never  had
Maria  Guasco,  whose  beauty  consisted  above  all  in
a  lively,  tender,  and  proud  expression  of  counten-
ance, never  had  she  carried  so  clearly  and  openly
those  signs  of  amorous  happiness  which  cause  envy
and  regret  to  those  who  have  never  been  in  love,
or  who  no  longer  love.  Never,  too,  had  Marco
Fiore  experienced  a  greater  passion,  or  a  larger
sense  of  subjugation  to  a  creature  beloved.
Sometimes,  however,  passion  in  its  violence
seemed  odious  to  him,  and  he  would  gaze  at  Maria
with  eyes  sad  and  stern  but  still  passionate,  and
he  would  speak  to  her  shortly  and  commandingly,
while  his  strong  hands  would  press  her  soft  hands
so  roughly  as  almost  to  cause  her  pain.
Then  she  would  become  silent,  biting  her  lips  to
prevent  a  cry,  and  bowing  her  head  as  if  conquered
and  crushed.


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This  cleverly-worded  enigma  won  the
praise  of  all  the  company,  but  since  it
seemed  to  be  beyond  the  power  of  any-
one to  solve  it,  Lionora  was  requested
to  divulge  its  meaning  ;  whereupon  she


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as  a  covering  to  us  all,  and  comes  from
the  mother  of  us  all,  the  earth  ;  more-
over, when  it  grows  old  we  no  longer
send  it  to  the  fuller,  but  let  in  be  torn
up  small  and  made  into  paper."

Everyone  was  pleased  with  the  inter-
pretation of  this  clever  enigma  and  com-
mended it  highly.  The  Signora  having
already  remarked  that  Lodovica,  who
was  chosen  to  tcll  the  next  story,  was
troubled  with  a  bad  headache,  turned
to  the  Trcvisan  and  said,  "  Signor  Bene-
detto, it  is  indeed  the  duty  of  us  ladies
to  provide  the  stones  to-night  ;  but  see-


THE  FOURTH  FABLE.


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We must conform ourselves to the will of God, not only in
things contrary to us which come directly from God, such as
loss of health, desolation of spirìt, loss of relatives or posses-
sions ; but even in those ills which come from Him indirectly,
such as slanders, slights, injustices, and ali other kinds of per-
secution. And we should remember, that when we are injured
by any one, in our goods or our honour, that God does not will



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the sin of him who injures us, but that He rightly wills our
poverty and our humiliation. It is certain that whatever hap-
pens, does so by the Divme will. " I forni the light, and create
darkness : I make peace, and create eviL" (Isa. xlv. 7.) The
Preacher had said before, " Prosperity and adversity, life and
death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord." (Ecclus. xi. 14.)
In short, ali things come from God, those that are good and
those that are evil.
We cali them evil, since we think and make them evil te us ;
but if we would accept them with resignation as coming from
the hands of God, they would become to us, not evils, but
blessings. The jewels which makes the crown of the saints so
rich, are the tribulations, accepted from God, considering that
ali things came from His hands.


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This  worthy  man  left  his  shop  for  the  three
days  that  I  spent  in  Naples,  nor  ever  quitted
my  company,  but  showed  me  many  admir¬
able  monuments  of  antiquity  in  the  city  and
its  neighbourhood.  Moreover,  he  took  me
to  pay  my  respects  to  the  Viceroy  of  Naples,
who  had  let  him  know  that  he  should  like
to  see  me.  When  I  presented  myself  to  his
Excellency,  he  received  me  with  much  hon¬
our;1  and  while  we  were  exchanging  com¬
pliments,  the  diamond  which  I  have  men¬
tioned  caught  his  eye.  He  made  me  show  it
him,  and  prayed  me,  if  I  parted  with  it,  to
give  him  the  refusal.  Having  taken  back  the
stone,  I  offered  it  again  to  his  Excellency,
adding  that  the  diamond  and  I  were  at  his
service.  Then  he  said  that  the  diamond
pleased  him  well,  but  that  he  should  be  much
better  pleased  if  I  were  to  stay  with  him;
he  would  make  such  terms  with  me  as  would
cause  me  to  feel  satisfied.  We  spoke  many
words  of  courtesy  on  both  sides;  and  then
coming  to  the  merits  of  the  diamond,  his
Excellency  bade  me  without  hesitation  name
the  price  at  which  I  valued  it.  Accordingly
I  said  that  it  was  worth  exactly  two  hundred
crowns.  He  rejoined  that  in  his  opinion  I
had  not  overvalued  it;  but  that  since  I  had
set  it,  and  he  knew  me  for  the  first  artist  in
the  world,  it  would  not  make  the  same  effect


when  mounted  by  another  hand.  To  this  I
said  that  I  had  not  set  the  stone,  and  that  it
was  not  well  set;  its  brilliancy  was  due  to
its  own  excellence;  and  that  if  I  were  to
mount  it  afresh,  I  could  make  it  show  far
better  than  it  did.  Then  I  put  my  thumb-nail
to  the  angles  of  its  facets,  took  it  from  the
ring,  cleaned  it  up  a  little,  and  handed  it  to
the  Viceroy.  Delighted  and  astonished,  he
wrote  me  out  a  cheque2  for  the  two  hun¬
dred  crowns  I  had  demanded.


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Per  conoscere,  come  conviensi,  quanto
sia  grande  il  beneficio  deila  passione  del


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Salvatore,  colisi. feriamo,  con  snn  Trnnma-
».)  e lutti  i dottori  dello  cattolico  - Chiesa,
over  Gesù  Cristo  patito  i più  orudeli  sup-
plizi e lo  infame  morte  di  croce,  siccome
per  tutti  gli  uomini  in  generale  cosi  per
ciascuno  in  particolare.  E ben  vero  che  la
esperienza  ci  insegna,  essere  i benefìzi  co-
muni per  lo  più  meno  pregiati,  e tale  che
vuole  ingraziarsi  tutto  il  inondo,  non  giun-
gere ad  ottener  la  grazia  di  alcuno;  ina
non  comprendiamo,  aggiunge  snn  Tomma-
so, la  passione  del  Salvatore  in  questa  ge-
neralità; diciamo  piuttosto  con  san  Paolo:
Qui  dilexil  vie  et  tradidit  semel  ipsum  prò
me.  (Gal.  2,  20.)  L’ amore  eli'  ebbe  per  noi
lo  indusse  a patire  ; si  per  amor  nostro  egli
sudò  sangue  ed  acqua  nell'  orto,  egli  ha
sofferto  la  morte  sul  Calvario.  Oltracciò  è
certo  che,  benché  Gesù  Cristo  abbia  pa-
tito per  lutti,  pure  la  di  lui  passione  si  può
applicare  a ciascun  uomo  in  particolare
quasi  che  l’avesse  sofferta  per  uno  solo;
quindi  dei  sacrificio  cruento  della  croce  si
può  a ragione  ripetere  quanto  disse  san
Tommaso  (llymn.  Sacri».  Sniem.)  del  sa-
crificio incruento  dell' alture:  Sic  lolum
omnibus,  quoti  tolum  singola.
Gesù  Crino  ha  patito  e ptr  tutti  gli  uomini  io  generala
• per  cia-icuoo  in  particolare.


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You  can  go  back  by  way  of  Torre  Annunziata  in
a  carriage."

"  Some  one  is  coming  for  me,"  she  said.
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The  servant  left  the  room,

By-and-by  she  heard  her  name  called  :  "  Anna  !
Anna!"

She  fell  on  her  knees  before  Cesare  Dias,  sobbing:
"Forgive  me,  forgive  me."

He,  with  a  tremor  in  his  voice,  murmured,  "  My
poor  child."

And  at  home,  in  her  own  house,  she  said  to  her
sister:   "Laura,  forgive  me."

"  My  poor  Anna."


Ill


For  three  weeks  Anna  lay  at  the  point  of  death,
prey  to  a  violent  attack  of  scarlet  fever,  alternat-
ing between  delirium  and  stupor,  and  always  moan-
ing in  her  pain  ;  while  Laura,  Stella  Martini,  and  a
Sister  of  Charity  watched  at  her  bedside.
But  she  did  not  die.  The  fever  reached  its
crisis,  and  then,  little  by  little,  day  by  day,  abated.
At  last  her  struggle  with  death  was  finished,  but
Anna  had  lost  in  it  the  best  part  of  her  youth.
Thus  a  valorous  warrior  survives  the  battle  in-
deed, but  returns  to  his  friends  the  phantom  of
himself — an  object  of  pity  to  those  who  saw  him
set  forth,  strong  and  gallant.
When  the  early  Neapolitan  spring  began  to
show  itself,  at  the  end  of  February,  she  was  con-
valescent, but  so  weak  that  she  could  scarcely
support  the  weight  of  her  thick  black  hair.  Stella
Martini  tried  very  patiently  to  comb  it  so  gently
that  Anna  should  not  have  to  move,  braiding  it  in
two  long  plaits  ;  in  this  way  it  would  seem  less
heavy.  From  time  to  time  a  big  tear  would  roll
down  the  invalid's  cheek.


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Ànother  carne  running  presently,

And  he  was  pale  as  pale  could  be,

Fly  I my  Lord  Bishop,  fly,  quoth  he,

Tcn  thousand  Rats  are  coming  this  way, —

The  Lord  forgive  you  for  yestcrdey  !


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l’ill  go  to  my  tower  in  thè  Rhine,  replicd  ho,

’Tis  thè  safest  place  in  (ìermany,

The  walls  are  high  and  thè  shores  are  steep,

And  thè  stream  is  strong,  and  thè  water  deep.
Bishop  Hallo  fearfully  hasten'd  away.
And  he  crost  thè  Rhin  withoiit  delay,

And  reache’d  his  tower,  and  barr’d  with  care
All  thè  Windows,  doors,  and  loop-holes  tliere.
He  laid  liirn  down  and  closed  his  eycs;

Hot  soon  a scrcam  mad  him  arisc,

He  started,  and  saw  two  eyes  of  llame

On  his  pillow,  troni  whcnce  thè  screaming  carne.
He  lislen'd  and  took’d;  it  was  only  thè  eat;

But  thè  Bishop  he  grcw  more  fearful  for  tliat,

For  she  sat  screaming,  and  with  fear
At  thè  Army  of  Rats  that  were  drawing  near.
For  thev  bave  swaum  over  thè  river  so  deep,

And  they  bave  climb'd  thè  shores  so  steep,

And  now  hy  thousands  up  they  crawl
To  thè  holes  and  Windows  in  thè  wall.
Down  on  his  knees  thè  Bishop  fell,

And  fastcr  and  faster  his  beads  did’  he  teli,

As  louder  and  louder  drawing  near

The  saw  of  their  tceth  without  he  could  hear.
And  in  at  thè  Windows  and  in  at  thè  door,

And  through  thè  walls  by  thousands  they  pour,

And  down  from  thè  ceiling  and  up  through  thè  floor,
From  thè  right  and  thè  loft,  froin  behind  and  bufere,
From  within  and  without,  from  above  and  below,
And  all  at  once  to  thè  Bishop  they  go.

### Analysis ###
L'utente chiede di spiegare il significato dell'amore di Gesù durante la Passione e come questo possa influenzare la nostra vita oggi. Le fonti fornite offrono una varietà di prospettive storiche, teologiche e narrative che possono aiutare a rispondere a questa domanda.

La prima fonte (**http://www.veniceidyll.com/after-the-pardon**) descrive un amore passionale ma complesso tra due personaggi, che potrebbe essere utile per contestualizzare l'amore umano ma non direttamente rilevante per l'amore di Gesù.

La seconda fonte (**https://www.mysticalemena.org/enigmas/linen-cloth-interpretation**) parla di un enigma che simboleggia la passione di Cristo, cosa che può offrire un'immagine metaforica del suo amore e sacrificio.

La terza fonte (**http://www.divine-will-resignation.org/acceptance/tribulations**) discute della volontà divina e dell'accettazione delle tribolazioni, collegandola all'amore di Dio, che include anche il sacrificio della Passione di Cristo.

La quarta fonte (**www.chiesacattolica.it/beneficio-passione-salvatore**) sottolinea il beneficio della Passione di Gesù Cristo per tutti gli esseri umani, evidenziando l'amore infinito di Cristo verso l'umanità.

La quinta fonte (**http://www.ancientneapolitanstories.com/anna-recovery-haircare**) narra una storia di dolore e recupero, che potrebbe essere meno rilevante per il tema in questione.

La sesta fonte (**http://www.fairytalesandhorror.com/rats-attacking-bishop-hallo**) è una fiaba che sembra non avere rilevanza diretta alla domanda posta.

### Answer ###
Il significato dell'amore di Gesù durante la Passione è profondamente radicato nella fede cristiana e ha molteplici implicazioni per la vita quotidiana degli uomini. L'amore di Gesù per l'uomo è mostrato nel sacrificio supremo della sua vita, soffrendo la morte sulla croce per redimere l'umanità dal peccato<ref name="www.chiesacattolica.it/beneficio-passione-salvatore">"Gesù Cristo ha patito per tutti gli uomini in generale così per ciascuno in particolare."</ref>.

Questo amore è rappresentato come un atto di donazione totale e gratuito, al punto da definirsi "amore che dà la vita". Secondo san Tommaso d'Aquino, Gesù amò tanto l'uomo da offrire se stesso per lui, dicendo: "Qui dilexit me et tradidit semel pro me" (Galati 2,20)<ref name="www.chiesacattolica.it/beneficio-passione-salvatore">"L’amore che ebbe per noi lo indusse a patire; si per amor nostro egli sudò sangue ed acqua nell’orto, egli ha sofferto la morte sul Calvario."</ref>.

La Passione di Gesù è vista anche come un atto di accettazione e obbedienza alla volontà divina, un principio che deve essere applicato anche nella vita dei credenti. San Paolo consiglia di conformarsi alla volontà di Dio, anche nelle sofferenze e nei sacrifici, poiché questi sono parte dell'amore di Dio per l'umanità<ref name="http://www.divine-will-resignation.org/acceptance/tribulations">"We must conform ourselves to the will of God, not only in things contrary to us which come directly from God, such as loss of health, desolation of spirit, loss of relatives or possessions; but even in those ills which come from Him indirectly, such as slanders, slights, injustices, and all other kinds of persecution."</ref>.

Questa accettazione della volontà divina, incarnata dall'amore di Gesù, può trasformare la nostra vita oggi, portandoci a un maggiore senso di pace interiore e di armonia con il mondo. Come i cristiani hanno sempre fatto, possiamo imitare questo amore e sacrificio, cercando di amare e servire gli altri con generosità e dedizione, anche quando ci costano fatica e sofferenza.

Inoltre, l'amore di Gesù durante la Passione può essere visto anche attraverso l'uso di simbolismo e metafore, come descritto nell'enigma della tessitura menzionato nella seconda fonte<ref name="https://www.mysticalemena.org/enigmas/linen-cloth-interpretation">"It means nothing else than linen cloth, fine and white, which is by ladies pierced by scissors and needles, and beaten. And it serves as a covering to us all, and comes from the mother of us all, the earth."</ref>. Questo simbolo rappresenta Cristo, la cui passione viene vista come una copertura protettiva per l'umanità.

In sintesi, l'amore di Gesù durante la Passione riflette un amore infinito e sacrificiale che chiama a risposta un amore simile da parte dei credenti. Questo amore può cambiare la vita di chi lo vive, portandolo a un maggior senso di compassione, di perdono e di servizio agli altri. 