Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel ….Saturday 2 September 2017
'You wicked, lazy servant!
So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant
and gather where I did not scatter?
Should you not then have put my money in the bank
so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.
For to everyone who has,
more will be given and he will grow rich;
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.
And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'"
Christianity often is very wrongly judged by some as a half-hearted idling of one’s time away , when in actual fact the pretender is the one behind the folding screen of his activities, everyone is only taking pains over their own petty goals ! Unfortunately this is obvious to many, but being polite, for the sake of peace , that leads to the cemetery , nobody says anything , we just smile and together we are marching towards destruction !
Our society is like a living organism , the Church , the public sector consists of links nicely joined together! Out of this strong, healthy collaboration the community life is born , the survival of the family , the great union! Here every cell, organ has to carry out its own function , because if somebody quietly , without saying a word buries their talent , does not carry out the task entrusted to him diligently the whole organism will become sick , won’t work well and dies! Unfortunately the fabric of our society is full of these people leading a pretence life , writing applications , but afraid of actual work , avoiding any challenges , difficulties, burying their talents , refusing to work for renumeration not meeting their expectations , avoiding carrying out the tasks !!
Over tens of thousand psychologists, theologians , social workers are vegetating , being idle , looking for work , yet if I would like to find somebody to entrust them with a slightly handicapped , naughty child to take in a student as a good mother substitute to work with problematic children , teaching them happily a few simple things I am unable to find anybody! Why did they train over many years , at no small expense “experts” who don’t have the courage to embark on the path of a concrete task , so there with a firm hand to take the hand of a drifting child !? A well-qualified person even at the foundation is well paid by the state , we provide them with accomodation and all of life’s necessities free of charge yet I still have to write with a heavy heart that not one of them is willing to embark on this road , to move in with the children , and like a caring parent raise lovingly the ones in need !! They come happily to be bosses , to rule the roost but all this is not enough , because a child needs a mother, a caring parent , who reads a story at night, who can rejoice with the child when they get a good mark and cries with them when they fail ! We need such experts who realise, that it is unnecessary to try and force an unsuited 16 year old, to undertake theoretical studies, daily, through long hours , in year 5 it is better to teach them a trade , that will provide them with a living,so when they turn 18 years old, these stumbling little lives will be able to stay alive in the deep waters of the everyday !
I pray lovingly that God" a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out” , but wake you up to face life to help experience how great it is to bear joyful harvest , to stand in front of our Creator with branches laden with lasting fruit !
With love,
Father Csaba
translated by dr k.e.
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
"A man going on a journey
called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one–
to each according to his ability.
Then he went away.
Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them,
and made another five.
Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground
and buried his master's money.
After a long time
the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
The one who had received five talents
came forward bringing the additional five.
He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents.
See, I have made five more.'
His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant.
Since you were faithful in small matters,
I will give you great responsibilities.
Come, share your master's joy.'
Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said,
'Master, you gave me two talents.
See, I have made two more.'
His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant.
Since you were faithful in small matters,
I will give you great responsibilities.
Come, share your master's joy.'
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said,
'Master, I knew you were a demanding person,
harvesting where you did not plant
and gathering where you did not scatter;
so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground.
Here it is back.'
His master said to him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant!
So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant
and gather where I did not scatter?
Should you not then have put my money in the bank
so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.
For to everyone who has,
more will be given and he will grow rich;
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.
And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’"
Matthew 25, 14-30
Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel ….Saturday 2 September 2017