Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel..Friday 17 November 2017
Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. Luke 17, 33
Who would not want to save his own and his beloved family’s life ? After all the most important question in this world is how could I really save what is the most precious for me ? But in reality what is the most precious for me ?It is quite certain that life is our biggest treasure, listening to our Lord Jesus Christ lets say our eternal life is the most important here on this earth ! That is why at least now, the end of November , on the threshold of the liturgical year we should bear in mind Christ’s words:31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6, 31-33
How many beautiful condominiums have I seen in the past days , fitted out with everything needed, wealth fit for a king, but I have not met with anyone who would have an eternal life here on earth ! One has to take into consideration that one's days here on earth are numbered ! For this reason one should look for treasures , with the perseverance of a hound, that ",neither moth nor rust destroys “but it remains for eternal life !We can collect around us all the worthless odds and ends , your home can be turned into into a palace, a sparkling museum where you are the only one guarding it, but lets stop for a minute and quite frankly ask ourselves the question :"And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? “ Matthew 16, 26 . Our world would be renewed by love , if our everyday decisions would be guided in the hope of eternal life.!
Lets direct our attention to the final matters , daring here in this world to humbly “loose” this and that , and lets arrange a home in eternal life for ourselves and for our loved ones !
In the knowledge of my own transitoriness,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,29but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all of them 30—it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. 31On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away; and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. 32Remember Lot’s wife.33Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. 34I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left.’* 37Then they asked him, ‘Where, Lord?’ He said to them, ‘Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.’
Luke 17, 26-37
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel..Friday 17 November 2017