Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Wednesday 14 March 2018
‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’ John 5, 17
I admire our Creator’s style of working ! The Creator is creating in such a way , that He stays in the background , though He created everything , yet your thirst is quenched by the water in the well, the little flower sprouts from the seed, God gives life to your child through you ! With infinite tenderness He sends His angel to Mary and He discretely stays in the background ! God is present on every single page of the Holy Scripture , yet in the whole of the New Testament Jesus’ Father only speaks twice , on both occasions He speaks of His precious Holy Son: "This is my beloved Son: hear him.”
"Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”Matthew 5,48-says Jesus Christ! On this day today lets learn from our Heavenly Father how to work! Lets walk in the fields that we do not tread on anything ! In a way let us be present like the sunshine , our purpose being to gently unfold the tender petals of the flower , so that it does not only shine in its exquisite rich colour, but that it also feeds delicious nectar to the hungry bees!! Lets be like a good cook , lets carry the burdens of the hidden kitchen , but let the happy guests the joy of eating the food ! Lets try to be present as though we would not even exist, with our creative hands to hold our creations without touching them ! Our motto being: Never to hurt the bloom of the butterfly’s wing ! Lets involve everybody in the joy of creation , lets do something without action, and if we do it like this then even without presence we will be present everywhere for ever !
With love,
Father Csaba,
translated by dr k.e.
Picture: The window of the Saint Stephen Home in Csíksomlyó in the bright spring sunshine.
But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’ For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomsoever he wishes. The Father judges no one but has given all judgement to the Son, so that all may honour the Son just as they honour the Father. Anyone who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him. Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgement, but has passed from death to life. ‘Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself; and he has given him authority to execute judgement, because he is the Son of Man. Do not be astonished at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and will come out—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ‘I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
John 5:17-30
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Wednesday 14 March 2018