It was not God who drove man out of Paradise, but man drove God out from his world: with his lack of faith , turning away , disobedience, mistrust.

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

In 1936 there were ten….Unfortunately today there are none…. No more congregation left for Saint Imre in Marosszentimre. Father Csaba together with the children , young people gathered in the historical church of Szent Imre , getting up on the ancient pulpit proclaiming Christ’s eternal gospel….

Sharing an old poem with a sad heart……,

Father Csaba 

Jékely Zoltán: A marosszentimrei templomban

Fejünkre por hull, régi vakolat,

így énekeljük a drága Siont;

egér futkározik a pad alatt

s odvából egy-egy vén kuvik kiront.

Tízen vagyunk: ez a gyülekezet,

a tizenegyedik maga a pap,

de énekelünk mi százak helyett,

hogy hull belé a por s a vakolat,

a hiuban a denevér riad

s egy-egy szuvas gerenda meglazul:

tizenegyedikünk az árva pap,

tizenkettedikünk maga az Úr.

Így énekelünk mi, pár megmaradt

– azt bünteti, akit szeret az Úr –,

s velünk dalolnak a padló alatt,

kiket kiírtott az idő gazul.

1936

translated by dr k.e.

poem not translated ….

Our children not only have a body , they also have a soul! It is far from enough for a mother , a carer just to give birth, bringing up the body of a child, because their wonderful duty, aim is the fullness of development of the life entrusted into their care . Take your child to church , take them on your lap and teach them to pray , so that they will be able to speak to their Creator God  in their joy or in difficult times , so that they will be able to hear with living faith , humbly  their God speaking to them lovingly .

With love,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

“We need to fine God , but we cannot find Him in noise and restlessness . God is the friend of silence. Look at nature , the way trees, flowers , the grass are all growing quietly : look at the stars , the moon and the sun, as they are making their way silently….We need silence so that we can touch the souls !"

Saint Teresa of Calcutta 

A child’s life is a miracle in itself. Every child is a message for mankind : God loves us. To raise children : Is like a meeting with God .

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

A spoken word has an independent life, it can cause such an effect , that the one who uttered it would not have even imagined……

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

Lets ask our Lord : that He grants us that from His heart into our  heart a large river may spring , that from our flickering faith in the dark night many-many candlelight may be born, and in any smeared face, in any down-and-out being our children may find God ! May He grant us that bending down to a life, aiding the little ones , tolerating the inadequacies of the weak ones, stooping under the cross , smiling , starting anew we always serve God, myself also,  you and our children as well!

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

Jesus has only one commandment the commandment of love! It is very important that man does not acknowledge  a greater Lord than God above himself.

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

The Franciscan Community remembered today Saint Francis of Assisi who was the first saint to receive the stigmata of our Lord Jesus Christ…

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

The prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi 

"We adore you, Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all your churches in the whole world, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”

Saint Francis of Assisi