Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 3 December 2018 the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Priest.
"many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 8, 11
I am sitting in the international airport of Hong Kong . Around me the great multitude of people from the east and west ! I am looking at the faces, many , many calm , quiet people , older ones, young ones are waiting , talking, playing , reading , pressing the keys of their phones peacefully.! The aircrews are all from different places who brought us over from Australia, looked after us in the large aircraft all of them doing their jobs as real professionals who could not be faulted ! I am sitting quietly in the midst of this huge swirling crowd , on a bench , reading the holy scriptures , we all come from different parts of the world but I even surprise myself how at home I feel without without being anxious or perturbed ,I feel at home in this world totally unknown to me , even my heart is full of prayerful love towards all who work around me, come and go , leading their own lives ! Perhaps it will be like this when by the mercy of God we can sit down next to Abraham, Isaac , Jacob and the blessed Virgin Mother , the apostles , the greats of the New Testament in the Kingdom of Heaven !
I ask with prayerful love the blessing of my Creator on all travellers , for the people working at this huge airport as well! I pray also that all of us present here may find home in the kingdom of heaven as well !
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Pictures from the airport of Hong Kong.
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralysed, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and cure him." The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and the slave does it." When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 8, 5-11
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel 3 December 2018 the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Priest.