Daily gospel

Father Csaba’s reflection on the gospel Friday 20 April 2018

There are few things that Jesus speaks of so unambiguously , firmly as about the Holy Eucharist ! It is very obvious that for Him, so that He can be with us continuously, to be among us with His divine presence , with His serving love He can move with His children walking on their earthly pilgrimage , is more important than anything else ! The Christian mystic is not endeavouring for sanctity of life, not for enlightenment , not for some exalted spiritual state , but to a personal relationship with the living God . Jesus is the way, the truth , and the life without Him we will get lost , without His sacred presence we will finish up like  the branches cut off the vine , we will dry up ! Christianity is not about self-redemption , with prayers , fasting , ascetic deeds one cannot reach one's goal! There is no kingdom of heaven reserved for one person! That Christian who does not join Jesus Christ’s life-giving community , is like a mobile without  a  connection with a personal  “reception” , no matter how nice and how valuable, magnificent it is , it is a useless paperweight ! On this beautiful spring day lets think about how living is my relation with the personal God ? Beyond ,  the everyday prayers ,through the sacraments do I live the communion with Jesus Christ , that community from which not only my eternal life , but my earthly life, success is also dependent on !?

With love ,

Father Csaba

translated by dr k.e.

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me."

John 6:52-59