Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel
Tuesday of Holy Week 11 April 2017 The Day of the Hungarian poetry.
The poem by József Attila- the Ode is similar to the declaration of love in the Song of Songs or to the poetry of the great mystiques of the middle ages searching for God ! A person with a heart of gold tries in vain to silence his soul thirsting for infinity with earthly love , with earthly goals. He remains unsettled , and this is how it should be , because as even Saint Augustine said it "people are restless until they rest in God in you my God !”How could our needs towards infinity be satisfied by a similar stumbling, finite person? Even if I love her with pure love, she can only be my companion in the wandering, roaming , discovering of the world, that like two butterflies , hand in hand we fall giddily into the all consuming fire of passion , into the embracing arms of the infinite God ! The tragedy of today’s man : by the denial of his true faith , is looking for nice, attractive idols and when those cannot return their blazing adoration , thirsting for the infinity, then disillusioned they discard them, break them ! That is why there are so many quarrels, divorces , that is why people keep changing their countries, trades, professions, friends everything, because they are driven by the unquenchable hunger, they are searching, exploring , they travel this world's horizon , but they do not raise their heads up even though above with outstretched arms the living God is glowing ! The man of the XXI.century will either be a mystique , or will take one’s own life in murderous wars! It is so simple : We only have one principal calling according to our Lord Jesus Christ’s chief commandments : "30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 ...‘Love your neighbour as yourself.” (Mark 12,30-31)
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Having said this, Jesus was deeply disturbed and declared, 'In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.' The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he meant. The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus; Simon Peter signed to him and said, 'Ask who it is he means,' so leaning back close to Jesus' chest he said, 'Who is it, Lord?' Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I dip in the dish.' And when he had dipped the piece of bread he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, 'What you are going to do, do quickly.'
None of the others at table understood why he said this. Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or telling him to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. It was night. When he had gone, Jesus said: Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified. If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon. Little children, I shall be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come.
Simon Peter said, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Now you cannot follow me where I am going, but later you shall follow me.' Peter said to him, 'Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.' 'Lay down your life for me?' answered Jesus. 'In all truth I tell you, before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.’
John 13, 21-33.36-38
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel