Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel….

Friday 20 January 2017 "So they came to him  “

I devoted all my earthly life ,trying  to bring people closer together with  each other and their Creator, so that we JOIN FORCES WITH ONE ANOTHER  AND OUR GOD ! How simple this is for Jesus, He called them to Himself and they come and join Him!! All the problems around me can be attributed to the  fact that people could not, cannot connect with their parents, spouses, children , colleagues, their people , in fact to their own dreams , professions , interests either !

Back in my days as an electrician ,when wires had to be soldered , tinplated with an other , so that the invisible current  could pass through the leads !! Often I experienced , if I am in a hurry and do not clean the surfaces to be soldered properly , all my effort was in vain! That is why at the start of our work we not only cleaned the oxidized surfaces with a  hard file, sandpaper but we even dipped it into an acid to remove any grease , dirt from it….so cleansed the surfaces were capable of becoming one with the leads , carry , conduct the electricity !! I feel that the cause for our own failures,  for the  many unsuccessful connections should be looked for here , we are not cleansed, we cannot give up , we cannot be parted from a lot of selfish, greedy, vain “rubbish”, which prevent us from establishing either with our companions, or our Redeemer a long lasting relationship,  attachment !!!! Jesus welcomes His disciples  , patiently cleansing , forming but in fact He only calls them cleansed on the eve of Holy Thursday when He washes the apostles’ feet! Our Lord’s work is perfect because really these people are so deeply attached to the Master calling them , that not even death can part them from Him,for Him they are all prepared even to accept the martyrdom  as well !! As you lesser brother in Christ I ask you lovingly to  look at ourselves , to discover the real reasons of our painful failures , our faces soiled by  faults, sins and with the sincere tears of our remorse to wash ourselves clean so that our forming relationship with our loved ones, our Creator can be  strong, lasting , life-giving!!

With love,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e. 

Jesus went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message, with power to drive out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave the name Peter, James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or 'Sons of Thunder'; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.

Mark 3, 12-19