Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 11 March 2018 Fourth Sunday of Lent.
"'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”
We cannot redeem ourselves ! The Kingdom of Heaven was closed even before the faithful ones of the Old Testament until the redeeming death of Jesus Christ ! Our own deeds do not redeem us, not even the wisest man knows the way to eternity, because that is Christ’s free gift ! The Redeemer is not only an example, not only a teacher , not only the grand Master of life, He is much more than that , He Himself is the way, the truth and the life! Every knee bends in front of Jesus Christ , on earth and in heaven because He is the Infinity !!
Our way of thinking used to democracy finds it difficult , that here we are not used to a person elected from among us , not about the best , the truest creation, but here we are talking about a totally different dimension ! In the redeeming , the Infinity Himself bowed down with a burning love to a speck of dust! It is important that we live decently, holy , but this in itself is not enough , what we need , we pray for so that the Lord looks at us and tells us lovingly the same what He said to the brigand on His right hand side : “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
Lets call out with trust to Christ and love Him with a burning love ! Jesus is not in need of wishy-washy , indifferent , anonymous Christians , but as He clearly states in the ten commandments ones who consciously worship our Lord, God ! It is not enough if “you would not hurt a fly “ , you have to love , worship the living God , because He is not a henpecked husband resigned to everything or the wife constantly watching television, quite happy without you! God’s first an unavoidable commandment is that we reciprocate His infinite love towards us ! This burning love is not just called in the Old Testament , but reiterated by Jesus Christ Himself as the principal commandment of our existence:“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind!”
There is not one saint who is just on “good terms” with Jesus, the saints loved Christ very, very much , they walked on this road of the commandment of love ! This is the only road, that leads to the kingdom of heaven ! I would like to walk on this road !
With the joy of the discovered treasure buried in the ground ,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 'Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.'
John 3:14-21
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 11 March 2018 Fourth Sunday of Lent.