[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in today’s Gospel*, Jesus says, “Whoever wishes to come after me
must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” *Even a cursory
reading of the Gospels reveals that Jesus’ death is the center and goal of
the narrative, that which animates and gives verve to the story.

*How can we make sense of this stubborn cruciformity of Christianity? *We
can do so
*only if we remember that God is love. In our pride, our rebellion, our
cruelty, and above all in our fear, we human beings had changed ourselves
into a dysfunctional family. Designed to soar into the fullness of God, we
had turned ourselves tragically inward, locking ourselves into the cramped
and icy space of sin.*

When it appeared as though the human race were doomed to self-destruction, *God
sent not simply a prophet, a representative, or a plenipotentiary but his
own self, his own heart. And this divine Son, incarnate in Jesus of
Nazareth, entered into the darkness and the tempest of human disorder. He
went to the poor, the hungry, the self-righteous, those drunk on power and
those with no power—to everyone languishing in the iciness of the far
country—and he called them home.*


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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