[Grem] a mai nagyböjti szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel reports the mixed reactions of people to Jesus’
message. What does he say as he preaches? "Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand." We mustn’t flatten this out or render it too
spiritually abstract, as though he were talking only about becoming nicer
people, more generous and more kind. His preaching was about more than
that. It was part and parcel of his Messianic vocation. What he was saying
was something like this: a new order is breaking out in Israel, the tribes
are coming back together, and Yahweh is going to reign. Therefore, adjust
your lives, your vision, your expectations. Start living even now as
members of this new kingdom. Israelites knew that a major task of the
Messiah was to engage the enemies of Israel, to deal definitively with
those powers opposed to God’s creative purpose. This very much included
political oppressors, religious charlatans, and self-absorbed Pharisees—all
of whom Jesus deals with and confronts.*
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