Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 15 March 2018
"the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf” John 5, 31
The Heavenly Father stands by Jesus : “Behold my beloved Son Listen to Him!! Deep in our heart we wish that our brethren stand by our side so that we could always count on them , if needed our loved ones should always testify by us !! In today’s gospel , but throughout His entire life Jesus proclaims His infinite trust in His Heavenly Father , the Heavenly Father also stands by His Holy Son and glorifies Him !!One of the greatest achievement of the 1848 revolution was the creation of a community ! People stood by one another, women parted with their jewellery , the men accepted military service side by side ! In 1848 the people stood by one cause became companions , testified in words and in the everyday also , so that they belong together , that as the sons of a free nation could count on one another !! In 1989 the revolution overthrowing communism reached me in Dés !! Encouraged by the people I went up to the balcony of the council chamber of the day and I asked people not to sully the first hours our freedom by hatred, blood spilled out of revenge , rather let us pray for the blessed peace ! In a faltering voice I started saying the Our Father and down below the huge crowd in the bitter cold, muddy weather got down on their knees and holding each other’s hands started saying the Lord’s Prayer with me , in Romanian and Hungarian !! In vain did close to thirty years pass ,even today I start crying overcome by emotion, if I think of that event !! There we were one , we belonged together despite the guns pointed at us by the law enforcement agents from the top of the houses , we all lived through joyfully the dawn of peace of a fraternity !!
"48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5, 48 -says our Lord Jesus Christ ! The Father stood by the Jesus and He also stands by us in all sorts of troubles , misery !! I also think that we also have to learn to stand up for each other , testify by our brethren!! The Heavenly Father’s blessed beautiful feature should radiate from our faces and our freedom should be illuminated by the blessed, pure light of belonging together and trusting in each other!!
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
picture : 11 March 2018
‘If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.
‘You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. I do not accept glory from human beings. But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?’
John 5:31-47
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 15 March 2018