Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel….
Thursday 27 July 2017
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” Matthew 13, 17
It is a big question for me why is it so difficult for some people to find themselves ? Even amongst the so called thinking men unfortunately very few of them wake up to consciously acknowledge the blessed presence of our ever loving God who loves us infinitely and is present everywhere ! We are living, moving and existing often without quietening down and being able to turn within ourselves and embark on the road of awakening that brings joyfulness ! It is not necessary on this road that the holy scripture guides us, we could hold onto the hands of the scientists of today , who state that all that is around us was born 13.7 billion years ago without expansion , an infinitely enormous amount of energy produced by the big bang . In the beginning nothing existed , not even matter , not even the most basic particles of matter , only the infinite creative force , that started expanding with a speed unimaginable for us ! According to the scientists everything , the tiny particles of matter , the light but even space itself as well, even time were born out of this vast energy !
According to the greatest scientists of our time till the creation of the most elementary particles of our world after the big bang close to a billion years must have passed ! Yes according to physicist it is a miracle in itself that the nucleus of an atom that is about a hundred thousand times smaller than the atom itself is capable to keep on track an unexpanded electron , for billions of years in an orbit travelling close to the speed of light ! I am writing these lines and I am trying to comprehend the words of our scientists who state that a full stop at the end of a sentence has roughly the same number of atoms as the oceans have teaspoonfuls of water in them ! How many atoms are in me then ?
I am sitting in my room , me, who was also put together from tiny particles fitted together by our Creator that came from that same infinite energy just like you or the space between us , the time , or light itself and in my thoughts I start praising , glorifying the One whose children we are . With open arms , infinite respect , owe I turn my face towards this loving Existence and I let Him to fill me , to carry me along just as the girl swept off into the dance , my adored God !
I am praying that the person who finds himself confidently turns towards his Creator .
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Picture : our students in Szentsimon performing in a horse-show.
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?"
He said to them in reply,
"Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven
has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because
they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:
You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
Gross is the heart of this people,
they will hardly hear with their ears,
they have closed their eyes,
lest they see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts and be converted
and I heal them.
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Matthew 13, 10-17
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel….