Daily gospel

Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Saturday 11 November 2017 Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

"No servant can be the slave of two masters” Luke 16,

My Lord, very humbly I call to You, from this world,  stretching out my hand towards the Kingdom of Heaven , aware of the bounds  of my being closed in a handful of dust I am accusing myself , hoping that You ,who know me  best , will lift me up ! My Saviour I chose You deliberately ! You who want to lead us on the royal way of the eight beatitudes of the gospel ! It is so good to wake up with You , laughingly embark on the road of miracles, to let You build the Kingdom of Love through my thoughts , words deeds! But nightly unfortunately again and again I discover in my body , in my mind the temptation of the evil one! Looking back , I sadly see , that during the course of the day here and there I let the  the enemy of goodness, mercy , purity  take my arm  ! I am well aware of the great truth proclaimed by Saint Paul :” 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing..” I know and yet so often I forget my Lord of the honest love towards You and Your creations !

My God , have mercy on us , cleanse our lives and kind- heartedly acknowledge us as Yours ! 

With hope in the mercy of God,

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e.

10Jesus said to His disciples: "And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great.

If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches?

And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?”

"No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money."

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him. He said to them, "You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.”

Luke 16, 9-15