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Sunday 8 January 2017

b_300_300_16777215_00_images_stories_Szent_Unnepek_15940470_1247079905367625_7455344318634232221_n.jpgSunday 8 January 2017
The first part of our Creator’s first commandment sounds like this : “Worship thy Lord and God….!” What does this mean ? Nothing else but that we should also look at Jesus Christ the same way as the Heavenly Father looked at His holy Son!! “  “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
To worship God is nothing else than turning with love , joyful admiration contemplate that infinite goodness, wisdom , strength by which the Creator embraces His creations in which there is a wonderful unity the Holy Spirit !! This mystical meeting opens the boundaries of our existence to a new , unimagined world ! God’s first commandment is not intended to constrain you, but it is a most wonderful gift that opens infinite horizons to the worshipper !! The man born from a handful of dust , that gained self-awareness , by the will of God not only has an opportunity to greet with love the Holy Spirit , but this commandment of God proclaimed by Moses several thousand years ago on which our earthly life is based  is the most important task, goal  of our loving worship, adoration of God !!
As we can see the personal meeting with our Lord Jesus Christ changes people’s lives, Saint Peter, the apostles are capable of leaving everything behind and follow Jesus , but not only them but even every sinner as well, after a meeting changes completely, let us remember the woman caught in adultery, the man possessed by demons in  the region of the Gerasenes  or even Zacchaeus as well….All our saints every one of them experienced something wonderful from these meetings , they changed by worshipping God and from their fragile lives mountain 
moving forces came forth such springs that filled that nourished men over centuries , filled epochs with momentum!!
These few lines are really meant to awaken your curiosity towards the Christian mystics , literature ! Christ is the way , the apostles addressed Him, in the 
company of Saint John the Baptist, and He lovingly invited the young people searching for enlightenment to Himself !
With love ,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3, 13-17