[Grem] Gospel meditation (Bp.Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, *our Gospel blesses those who hear the word of God and observe it*.
In this regard, I would like to speak *about the response of the Polish
people to the word proclaimed by St. John Paul II. The power of the Polish
Communist state, and behind that the power of the Soviet Union, is what *J*ohn
Paul faced at the beginning of the 1980s. But he was practiced in the art
of facing down* *oppressive political forces*, *having grown up under
Nazism and Communism.*

*He spoke of God, of human rights, of the dignity of the
individual*—frightening
at every turn, his handlers worried about diplomatic repercussions. *As he
spoke, the crowds got bigger and more enthusiastic. This went beyond mere
Polish nationalism*. *At one gathering, the millions of people gathered
began to chant “We want God! We want God!” over and over for fifteen
minutes. *

*There was no controlling this power*, *born of the confidence that God’s
love is more powerful than any of the weapons of the empires of the world,
from crosses to nuclear bombs*. This is, of course, why Communist
officialdom tried vehemently to stop John Paul II. But *there is no
chaining the Word of God.*


*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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