Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Monday 13 November 2017
For me one of the most endearing saying of Jesus is :"‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.”Matthew 21,42 The basic conviction of my entire priestly service , that in the Saul’s of today there is a "Hymn of Love" present but following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ that has to be prised out with a dialogue, trust, patience! In the children lost, discarded I can see the upholders of society, the taxpayers , happy family man , the mother blooming surrounded by her children , and this is why I am working and thank to God our children reinforce my faith again and again! Of course I can also see on the gnarled branch of the acacia tree winter and summer the huge thorns , but I know, that the blessed spring sunshine, the warm rain, will dress these trees into a white wedding gown, and they will present with over several hundred tons , the most valuable nectar of the Carpathian Basin, the bees , who with diligent work will magically extricate the honey from it for us !
Yes, Jesus does not want to persuade us just for simple mercy , He does not want us that by forgiving each other , not even looking back, just indifferently to pass one another , but He wants us to free up the hesitating, fallen, man who came to a sudden standstill , from the idleness, the slavery of sin , to lead them out from the darkness of the adits of paralysing fear into a sparkling park lit up by the light of God !Lets bring out the goodness from the other person by love !Lets light a magnificence and make our brothers understand that it is good to be good , the creative love , the continuously working goodness making our world more beautiful and better, the source of our joy , is alone that can brighten God’s beautiful features on our faces !To be a Christian , to become the fishers of men does not only mean that you save your brother from damnation, but that you also work side by side tirelessly on the renewal of this world according to the will of God !
Lets make come true that for which we pray day after day , in union with our brethren lets do everything , that the kingdom of Christ’s love may come !
With the love of a lesser brother of Christ,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Jesus said to his disciples,
"Things that cause sin will inevitably occur,
but woe to the one through whom they occur.
It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck
and he be thrown into the sea
than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Be on your guard!
If your brother sins, rebuke him;
and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times in one day
and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,'
you should forgive him."
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.”
Luke 17, 1-6
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Monday 13 November 2017