Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel….Thursday 6 September 2018
‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’ Luke 5, 8
The saint is the one who accuses himself , because seeing our own faults humbly we acknowledge our faults in front of Jesus Christ and then our Redeemer embraces us and the flame of the divine love cleanses, sanctifies , lifts us into the community of love of the Holy Trinity , because God is the healing love ! But if I exalt myself , and in conjunction with this I speak ill , belittle others then God will leave me alone with my imagined greatness and I’ll dry up, and as the salt that lost its flavour I’ll be discarded ! Yes the one who who accuses others , who is looking for , raking up dirt on others , looking eagerly for proof and they even get paid for this , that person will never become a saint ! What else would the evil spirit’s purpose be other than trying to prove that the creator God is a bungler , and everything He created is faulty, bad , and whatever good is in Him is just hypocrisy !
Decide in whose team would you like to play in, live in ? On the side of the building , consoling , encouraging , starting anew God, or do you want to be an advocate of a know-all “judge” condemning everything and everyone , looking only for faults in their fellow human beings ?! In whose team are you in , expect your payment from that person as well ! Me seeing the problems , faults in myself and around me, still proclaim the final triumph of love with trust !
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Photo: our dear daughter Ibolya who got married and I believe that she’ll become a wonderful mother accepting nice, sweet children , even if she grew up in a child- protection home, I am praying for this and I’ll help her whatever way I can !!
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,a the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.v 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.w
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”x
5 Simon answered, “Master,y we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.z But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.a 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”b 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid;c from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.d
Luke 5, 1-11
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel….Thursday 6 September 2018