[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus presents a child as an archetype to his
disciples who were arguing about who was the greatest.How so? Children
don’t know how to hide the truth of their reactions. They haven’t learned
yet how to impress others. In this, they are like stars or flowers or
animals, things that are what they are, unambiguously. They are in accord
with God’s deepest intentions for them. Children haven’t yet learned how to
look at themselves. Why can a child immerse himself so eagerly and
thoroughly in what he is doing? Because he can lose himself; because he is
not looking at himself, conscious of the reactions, expectations, and
approval of those around him.**The problem is that, from a very early age,
we learn not to be ourselves,** and this is a function of the sinful human
construct of the ego. We convince ourselves that joy will come only when we
become like someone else, only when we receive the applause of the crowd, *only
when we live up to the expectations of our group, family, or society.

*This causes that terrible cramping of the soul which is pride, the
deadliest of the deadly sins*

*Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké. Ámen.*
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