Daily gospel

Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel  6 May 2018 6th Sunday of Easter

"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you” John 15, 9

These lines are wonderful. God invites us into the inner life of the Holy Trinity. He would like to share with us that homely, joyful relation that ties the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God does not need day-labourers , servants . He is not thirsting for our work, our efforts but for our love.

The final destination for a Christian is the Kingdom of Heaven. Not the knowledge of some secret teaching , not even the possession of a supernatural force, power , but a  living, personal, loving relationship with the Holy Trinity . A Christian is not searching for something but Someone . They do not want to get somewhere , but they want to meet with Someone . They do not want to posses , but to become one with the God of love. This is why it is very important , that our spiritual life, our prayer life becomes a living encounter. 

In our human insignificance , fallibility , our being born out of a handful of dust can make us humble, modest , but not apathetic , nor of little faith . Looking within myself I often posed the question that does God have such a bad taste that He even starts a dialogue with an ordinary man like myself . But when temptation wrings my heart then I always think who am I to confine the limits, boundaries ? If He puts His hand out towards me with trust , then my duty is not to hide bashfully but that I grab that friendly, blessing hand and never let it go. 

With love ,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

Picture: God and man find one another. 

Jesus said to his disciples, "As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another."

John 15:9-17