[Grem] a mai nagyböjti szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, our Gospel today tells of Jesus healing a royal official’s son.
The official asked him to heal his son, who was near death. Jesus said to
him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe." But
the royal official persisted. And Jesus told him his son would live. The
man believed Jesus, and his son recovered. Theologian Paul Tillich said
that "faith" is the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabulary.
And this is a tragedy, for faith stands at the very heart of the program;
it is the sine qua non of the Christian thing. What is it? The opening line
of Hebrews 11 has the right definition: "Faith is confident assurance
concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do not see."
Faith is a straining ahead toward those things that are, at best, dimly
glimpsed. But notice, please, that it is not a craven, hand-wringing,
unsure business.* It is "confident" and full of "conviction." Think of the
great figures of faith, from Abraham to John Paul II: they are anything but
shaky, indefinite, questioning people. Like the royal official, they are
clear, focused, assured.
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