[Grem] *****SPAM(5.1)***** Re: A mai nagyböjti szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel Jesus asserts his pre-existence by declaring
that "before Abraham came to be, I AM." There has been a disturbing
tendency in recent years to turn Jesus into an inspiring spiritual teacher.
If that’s all he is, the heck with him. But the Gospels are never content
with such a reductive description. Though they present him as a teacher,
they know that he is infinitely more than that. That something else is at
stake in him and our relation to him. Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus
is divine. He once declared, "Have faith in God; have faith also in me." We
can easily imagine other religious founders urging faith in God, but we’d
be hard pressed to imagine them urging the same faith in themselves! But on
Jesus’ lips, the two are parallel. As C.S. Lewis so vividly saw, this means
that Jesus compels us to make a choice the way no other figure does. Either
you are with Jesus or you are against him. There is no other way to take in
this language. To get this wonderful paradox is to come close to the heart
of what it means to be a Christian. Reflect: Reflect on this statement:
"Either Jesus is who he says he is, or he is a lying lunatic. There is no
middle ground." Where do you stand? Tűzoszlop Vezess, drága fény, a
sötétben, mely körülvesz,vezess hát engem!Sötét az éj, hazám távol,vezess
hát engem!Óvd léptemet: nem kívánom látni,mi messze van, elég, ha egy
lépést tudok tenni. Nem mindig voltam ilyen; nem is kértem,hogy te
vezess,utamat én szabtam meg,de most te vezess!A harsány nap volt ínyemre,
s bár féltem,gőg uralta szívemet: bocsásd meg, mi volt. Oly sokáig áldott
erőd, hát biztosújra kész vezetni már,ingoványon s sziklákon át, mígfel nem
száll az éj,s a fénnyel angyalok mosolya nem fogad,mit oly rég szerettem,
de elhagytam utamon. (Szt.John Henry Newman bíboros, Görföl Tibor
fordítása) *
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