Father Csaba’s reflections on the gospel ….

Thursday  5 January 2017

I admire our Lord’s informality , His easygoing nature with which He calls on people ,consciously, wisely building His circle of friends! According to the gospel Jesus can be approached by children adults, sinners , the  educated Pharisees or simple people without beating about the bush, calmly !According to the holy gospel we can also state that our Redeemer goes with the same informality , knocking on people’s door !! Come all to me- our Redeemer calls all of us !! There is no selecting of people , tests, trials, exams that by passing all these successfully then one can step into God’s waiting room ! I realize that we, as priests often , like the bigger brothers of the prodigal son stand  asking for accountability between our Father with open arms and our lesser brothers hurrying to Him, but let this not disturb anybody as all men have a direct line to their Creator !

Dare to embrace your God !! With our children, colleagues during  January 2017  we would like to come  to know the God willing to sit at the same table as us calling all men with goodness, to bathe ,  admire in His encouraging , brave , life-giving presence !! God’s first commandment also prompts us for this :  'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” !!Come on let’s get going towards the outstretched arms of our God.!!

With love,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

 

Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. 

And Jesus said to him, "Follow me." 

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. 

Philip found Nathanael and told him,

"We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, 

and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth." 

But Nathanael said to him,

"Can anything good come from Nazareth?" 

Philip said to him, "Come and see." 

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,

"Here is a true child of Israel. 

There is no duplicity in him." 

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" 

Jesus answered and said to him,

"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." 

Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." 

Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? 

You will see greater things than this." 

And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

John 1, 43-51