You have nothing , yet you are infinitely rich because you are capable to love, because you can look with trust at those around you , at the world created by your Heavenly Father.

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

The angel speaks :“Arise take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt.” (Matthew 2,13-14). Saint Joseph and Mary have to make a decision. On the one hand there is Nazareth , the workshop , a secure existence , the house, the home . On the other hand there is the Child , the Life . One has to decide ! The greatness of the Holy Family is that they decided by choosing Life . They accept the flight , the poverty , the exile into a foreign land . They accept everything because  Life is , what matters to them most.

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e.

To perceive , sense  the divine  secrets  often we have to get down on our knees. 

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e.

Maybe the difficulties like huge millstones will make you feel like being between the devil and the deep blue sea , but be not afraid , because in the challenges of the everyday you will become like the carrier of the Bread of Christ .

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e. 

The great message of Christmas is : happiness is within you and in the name of God you can pass this on to your companion , your child , everybody Do this humbly as you were born for this . 

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e. 

The great things are gifts , do not push yourself after them , all you have to do is to bend down humbly for them , to take hold of them . A good friend , an unexpectedly opening gateway , that opens to infinite distances , the branches laden with fruit bowing down -the gifts of the Kingdom

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

Everything in this world is limited, the fertile land , the water , the  treasures in the depth of the earth, everything is exhaustible  , love alone  is that all can  receive with infinite measure  The distribution of all that is restricted  can only give rise to wars , this is why people has to be taught to look for the life-giving , merciful love .At the bottom of our hearts we all feel this with,-in vain are we trying to satisfy, appease this by substitutes -only pure love can quench it .

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e. 

I doubt it that God would hide so much , that if we look for Him with a pure heart we could not find Him. The one who is searching sincerely , with a pure heart cannot really go far wrong .

Father Csaba ,

translated by dr k.e.

Whilst I was studying theology I received the first big lesson from the bishop Jakab Antal . He spent over 10 years in jail , for us he was a living martyr and it was with him that I had to assist as an altar server alone every day for a week . Until then never in my life was I an altar server and also to be quite frank I was really irritated by the pompousness wearing these lacy loose capes .

As Böjte Csaba I was at the very front of the row , and right at the start of the academic year I was assigned assist my prelate to become an altar server . The bishop started the holy mass in latin “Dominus  vobiscum”  (The Lord be with you ), then I should have replied 

“Et cum spirit tuo”(  és a Te lelkeddel ) , but I was furiously flipping  the pages in the  Lectionary . The bishop just waited patiently until I found the answer in the Lectionary , that I read with a great deal of difficulty . Aged twenty five I was so stressed that perhaps I could not have even managed to say my own  name . I was flipping backwards and forwards in the Lectionary ,with great patience  the bishop allowed me to find the correct page  , then calmly guided me to it .I had read the Reading , well…lets leave it at that , through the grace of God we made it to the end of the mass . I was convinced that my theological carrier would end here . They would thank me for my good will and send me on my way .

At the conclusion of the mass the bishop gracefully knelt down for adoration , as after every mass  ha prayed at length then stood up at the conclusion an began to walk away , and asked that I wait for his return . He managed to get a nice, ripe orange from somewhere and seriously he looked me in the eyes and said :”Thank you very much for your assistance  I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow as well .” I always believed that  calmly with kind words one can educate a person , but the prelate with this gesture reinforced my outlook for life .

I don’t even mention that all night long I studied the latin mass , and by the end of the week I mostly knew it .

Six years later he , himself ordained me as a priest in Gyulafehérvár . His actions gained an everlasting place in my heart , demonstrating  that to raise a child  does not need to be done with impatience , anger, waving a stick but peacefully , patiently with love as well . 

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e.

God is infinitely great and pure, the praying man is aware of his weaknesses, insignificance , is almost annihilated yet of this he is yearning for His Creator’s marvellous , blessed presence ! 

Blessed Living Sun , even if it is scorching , blinding as well , through experiencing its existence, being our hearts are filled with inexpressible, overflowing  joy . For me these quiet , prayerful moments gave the necessary strength for the priestly, monastic life , and these special moments help me even today to get through all the difficulties of life ! 

Let’s not be afraid of the quiet moments of prayer , lets dare to turn our faces , our hearts towards heaven , open it wide before the God of love ! 

Father Csaba 

translated by dr k.e.