Ordination… 29 years ago… May God’s blessing be upon you Father Csaba .
I was ordained a priest on 26 June 1989 by Bishop Jakab Antal in the Cathedral of Gyulafehérvár together with 24 of companions !!!! Today , 26 year later with members of my year we remembered this beautiful day in Máriaradna ! In the sacrifice of the mass we asked our God to renew the grace of our ordination in our hearts ! The attached picture was taken after the ceremony !! We prayed for our dear parishioners , but we are also asking for your prayers so that we can really be God’s precious gifts !
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Mother Theresa of Calcutta said : “ I got to know what a paradox is : if we love till it hurts , the pain will disappear and only love is left .”While Saint Padre Pio put it this way : “Let’s love pain ! The one who never suffered has no strong emotions, tenderness is missing from his heart, perspectives from his spirit. Why suffering ? So that the world grows dim , whilst heaven should be glowing !” Man is not deliberately looking for suffering, in fact does everything possible in order to avoid it. Christ was not looking for it on the way of the cross either , but when the time came emptied the chalice. He fell three times , got up amidst great pain , He did not carry His cross with a straight back and a Hollywood smile. His honour demanded of Him to accept the suffering , He tried to move on with human dignity. Even in this He was one of us , and showed us an example. Jesus did not redeem the world with His miracles and His great homilies , but with His suffering, with His death on the cross that He accepted for us out of love.
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Jesus did not ask us to understand this marvellous world , but that we love it, and to become instruments of love there, where we are most needed .
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
It is so great to say that, even if it hurts : “Look my Lord , I am here, I place my life into Your hand , teach and mould me . You know what is it that I need. Glorious beautiful days or perhaps a setback , an illness ? May Your holy name be blessed , I accept anything from Your hand . If You will it glorify Your holy name by my healing , but if You see it fit , like the gold in the fire , cleanse me as well in the furnace of setbacks, suffering, illness . “ It gives an enormous freedom , peace if someone willingly , with big-big humility dares to place oneself into God’s loving , kindhearted but determined hand.
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Lord help me to be patient with life, with people and myself….at times I try to hurry along things too much and I am pressing for answers before the time has arrived. Lord teach me, to entrust to You until You see it that the time is right , and help me to accept that instead my will I can accept Your greater and wiser plan. Help me , to let life unfold slowly . Remind me that in every moment Your divine grace is present ..” help me to slow down , to learn to appreciate life and all that it holds in store for me ….Amen .
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Lord, give peace in our hearts , help us to overcome the difficulties , and with our quiet diligent work we may solve the problems of our own little world ! Stay with us our Lord during the night !
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
A good deed carries within itself the payment , not to mention , that we can hope for the gratitude of the One , who even keeps in evidence every glass of water as well, that we give out of love.
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
We are in God’s hand, and whatever may happen we have to learn to pay attention -as a girl in a dance-to our heavenly Partner. He is the One , who leads, and if He sees it fit , to take us out of our earthly surrounding to Himself, we have to be able to say with trusting humility:” Let it be done to me according to Your will!”
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Man is not a falling leaf, but a miracle invited to eternal life , a child of God.
Father Csaba
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I believe that Mary could even say at the foot of the cross : “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done unto and my Son according to Thy will.”How great it would be , if we could also trust with living faith in the Lord of Life ! Our lives lead us through Golgotha . I would really , really need this “Marian” spirit.
Father Csaba
translated by dr e.k.
I, even though am a sinner , still try to pay every work done with honesty to everybody. I know that our Lord is a much better “Boss” than I am. I know that He pays in abundance for everything that we did in His name.
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
