[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in today’s Gospel, *Jesus lays down the conditions for
discipleship*: *“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy
of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of
me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my
sake will find it.”*

There is a line from the illuminator of the *St. John’s Bible *that states,
“We have to love our way out of this.” There is nothing wimpy or
namby-pamby or blind about this conviction. *When we love extravagantly, we
are not purposely blinding ourselves to moral realities*—*just the contrary*.
*Love is not a sentiment, but “a harsh and dreadful thing,” as Dostoevsky
said. *

*This is just what Jesus shows on his terrible cross.* *And this is just
what we, his followers, must imitate. Taking up the cross means not just
being willing to suffer, but being willing to suffer as he did, absorbing
violence and hatred through our forgiveness and non-violence**.*


*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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