Daily gospel

Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Saturday 24 March 2018 

People never desired for someone to free them from their sins, but they are crying out for someone who can put order in the world! All the revolutions , freedom fights are really about this: Just give us the power and then will show them ! A 100 years ago with what a momentum did the communist revolution start , but we can also talk about the Arabian spring ….how many people have since died , how many towns , villages were destroyed and are still continuing to do so in the name of “freedom” in the Ukraine, Syria , but we could list our world’s desecrated regions!!

Jesus does not want to change the world order, not even reform the economical systems, He wants to free mankind from being weighed down by their own sins ! Not what comes from the outside is what defiles us , but what is inside , for this reason Jesus wants to give us the freedom befitting a child of God, the dignity of one who sits at the same table with his Creator ! He does not want to shovel the snow from one corner to the other , but present our world as the blessed Sunshine with the humming spring !!

In the last days of Lent Jesus enters Jerusalem , He would also like to enter into your life !! Lets take the branches of the palm tree lets cover the ground with all our treasures and lets take in  Jesus Christ into our lives !! Lets not fight for a faceless freedom , but lets take our Redeemer’s hand , and let Him lead us into the Kingdom of Love that was dreamt in the beginning of the world !!

With a hopeful heart,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

Photo: On the Stations of the Cross with Father Lórand .

Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, 'What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.' But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, 'You know nothing at all! You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.' He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to put him to death. 

Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness; and he remained there with the disciples. 

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. They were looking for Jesus and were asking one another as they stood in the temple, 'What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?' Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

John 11:45-57