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

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, *in today’s Gospel, we hear a passage from Isaiah *echoing the
baptism of Jesus: *“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in
whom I delight.” *

*In the Greek philosophical tradition, God is the supreme good around which
everything in the universe revolves. But that Aristotle’s prime mover would
stoop down to the level of a creature and move toward him*—*that * *would
be unthinkable. And in the Jewish context, God’s absolute holiness was
consistently contrasted with human sinfulness. But that God would himself
take on the wretchedness of his creatures and stand with them—no way. *

*Yet, in Christ, God himself moves toward his creatures*,* takes on their
wretchedness, and stands with them.* *Why? Because God has come in order to
forgive sins.* *This is the heart and soul, the beginning and end of
Christian revelation.* *How often the words and gestures of forgiveness
radiate out from Jesus, and how central forgiveness is to the liturgy*. *
“This is the chalice of my Blood . . . which will be poured out for you . .
. for the forgiveness of sins.” *

*This is why “a bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will
not quench.” God has not come to* *finish off those who have blown it
spiritually and morally, but to stand with them in total solidarity.*


*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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