[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel reports *the mixed reactions of people to Jesus’
message. What does he say as he preaches? “Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.” We mustn’t* *flatten this* *out* *or render it too
spiritually abstract, as though he were talking only about becoming nicer
people, more generous and more kind.* *His preaching was about more than
that. It was part and parcel of his messianic vocation.*
*What he was saying was something like this: a new order is breaking out in
Israel, the tribes are coming back together, and Yahweh is going to reign.
Therefore, adjust your lives, your vision, your expectations. Start living
even now as members of this new kingdom.*
I*sraelites knew that a major task of the Messiah was to engage the enemies
of Israel, to deal definitively with those powers opposed to God’s creative
purpose. This very much included* *political oppressors, religious
charlatans, and self-absorbed Pharisees—all of whom Jesus deals with and
confronts.*

*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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