[Grem] A mai szentmise igéi Nagy Szt Vazul és Nazianzi Szt Gergely ünnepén
Emoke Greschik
greschem at gmail.com
2023. Jan. 2., H, 16:02:57 CET
*Friends, in today’s Gospel, John the Baptist declares that he is the
forerunner of Christ.Why, when we first hear of the adult John the Baptist,
is he out in the desert and not in the temple, where you would expect the
son of a priest to be? Well, in John’s time, the temple was mired in very
messy politics.What is drawing people into the desert to see him? He is
offering what the temple ought to be offering but wasn’t: the forgiveness
of sins. This was the importance of John’s baptism.But here’s the odd
thing: he did not draw attention to himself. Rather, he presented himself
as a forerunner, preparing the way of the Lord: “I baptize with water; but
there is one among you whom you do not recognize.” He was pointing toward
the one who would be the definitive Temple.*
*And therefore how powerful it was when, upon spying Jesus coming to be
baptized, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God.” No first-century Israelite
would have missed the meaning of that:* *behold the one who has come to be
sacrificed.* Behold the sacrifice, which will sum up, complete, and perfect
the temple.
*Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökkön
örökké. Ámen.*
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