Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel. 3 September 2017 ..22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
So often we say “ I would “to but then , if we feel like it , whilst “we like it” we do it then once this feeling is gone we stop ! Willpower is much closer to our ego than our mood similar to the clouds drifting in the breeze ! I like it, I don’t like it -fluctuating feeling ! It is quite certain that Jesus did not like Good Friday, yet He still went up onto the Golgotha , not because His mood directed Him , but His will, that was nourished by His love for the Heavenly Father !
Who makes the decisions in your life ? Your momentary interest, your mood, your desire, your fears, your joys? How great it would be if in my life also my decisions would be made in the light of my burning love of Christ ! May my unquenchable love towards God, my ardent wish for the service of my people guide my life !
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
"God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you."
He turned and said to Peter,
"Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world
and forfeit his life?
Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory,
and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”
Matthew 16, 21-27
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel. 3 September 2017 ..22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 