Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Sunday 24 June 2018..The birth of Saint John the Baptist.
It is good to see that in reality everything starts with the birth of a child ! Some people said yes for life, accepting a child , a baby is born , and the course of world history takes a different direction ! How is a handful of dust capable of setting in motion the wheel of life in this or that direction? I have been raising children for many years now but never did I feel even for a moment that there is a single life that I would be entitled to form, mould freely ! Every child is a miracle, an independent life ! Naturally I have to give count as a parent, or carer what I did , what I missed out on, but for the last judgement I still cannot stand in place of anybody in front of God ! All of us who were born into this world we have to give count from our own making good of what we were given , because every life , is a force carrying huge mountains independent and free !
How much energy is in one single man ? The energy is equal to the square of mass and the speed of light . Every single child is a frighteningly destructive or constructive force !” Jesus declared in such a way about John the Baptist 11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” Matthew 11,11.
What do you use this frightening force for that is in you !?
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Picture : Girl high up, from our house in Nagyszalonta , whom we have been raising for a decade.
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, "No; he is to be called John." They said to her, "None of your relatives has this name." Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name he wanted to give him. He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And all of them were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God. Fear came over all their neighbors, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. All who heard them pondered them and said, "What then will this child become?" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
Luke 1:57-66, 80
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Sunday 24 June 2018..The birth of Saint John the Baptist.