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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>we see in today’s Gospel how Jesus’ preaching caused division.<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> </span></b><b>Some
hearers believed him, but others wanted to arrest him. <br></b></span><br> </span></b></b></b></span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">The
life, preaching, and mission of Jesus are predicated upon the assumption
that</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">all</span> is not well with <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">us,</span></b></span></span></b></b></b></span></b><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we stand in need of </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">a renovation of
</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>vision, attitude, and behavior. </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>A few decades ago the book <i style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px">I’m OK—You’re OK </i>appeared. Its title, and the attitude that it embodies, are inimical to</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Christianity</b></span>. <br><br>
The fact of sin is so often overlooked today. Look, no one has ever
savored being accused of sin, but especially in our culture now there is
an allergy to admitting personal fault. <br><br> A salvation religion
makes no sense if all is basically fine with us, if all we need
is a little sprucing up around the edges. </span></b></b></b></span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Christian saints are those who
can bear the awful revelation that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><u><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">sin</span> is not <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">simply an abstraction or
something that other people wrestle with</span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">but a power that lurks and
works</span></u></b></span></span></b></b></b></span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><u> in them. </u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><br><br> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>When <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we</span> lose <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">sight of</span> sin,</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we</span> lose <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">sight of</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> Christianity</b><b>, which is a salvation religion. </b></span><br><br><i style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px">Reflect: </i>Is all basically fine with you, or do you personally need a Savior? </span></b></b></b><br></span></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><i><span style="font-size:16px"><font size="2"><span>"Uram,
köszönöm Neked az ajándékba kapott éveket és évtizedeket. Köszönöm az
életem minden eredményét, amivel megörvendeztettél és minden kudarcát,
amivel a korlátaimra figyelmeztettél.<br>Köszönöm a családtagjaimat,
akik elviselnek, akik mellettem állnak és szeretnek. Uram, kérlek,
bocsásd meg, amit rosszul tettem, és amit elmulasztottam. Köszönöm, hogy
Te nem mégy nyugdíjba, hanem ma is mindent megteszel az üdvösségemért.<br>Uram,
adj nekem hálás szívet, hogy mindig észrevegyem: több okom van a
hálára, mint a panaszra. Ments meg az irigységtől, elégedetlenségtől,
nyugtalanságtól, a mindent-tudás látszatától és a mindent-jobban-tudás
hazugságától, a gyanútól, hogy valaki mindig bántani akar. Ments meg a
közönytől, a házsártos, barátságtalan viselkedéstől, az örökös
zsörtölődéstől, a rút önzéstől, a mindent elborító keserűségtől és a
hiábavalóság nyomasztó érzésétől.<br>
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><i><span><span>Uram,
adj erőt, hogy békésen hordjam az öregkor terheit, humorral fogadjam a
feledékenységem jeleit, erőtlenségemet, érzékszerveim tompulását,
testi-szellemi erőm hanyatlását.<br>Uram, adj bölcs szívet, hogy meg
ne feledkezzem a végről itt, és a kezdetről odaát. Kérlek, adj kedvet a
munkához, amit még elvégezhetek. Tégy hasznossá, hogy ne érezzem csak
tehernek magamat és adj alázatot, hogy belássam, hogy egyre inkább
másokra szorulok. Adj kedvet az imádsághoz, a Veled való beszélgetéshez.
Adj világosságot, hogy jól lássam magam, és jól lássak másokat is. Adj
jó kedvet és nyitottságot, hogy még mindig tudjak befogadni és adj
szeretetet, hogy ne csak panaszkodjak mások hidegsége miatt, hanem
árasszam a szereteted melegét.<br>Uram, maradj az, aki mindig is
voltál: a megbocsátó Édesatyám. Ez indítson arra, hogy én is tudjak
megbocsátani. Ne engedd, hogy valaha is fáradt legyek a
köszönet-mondáshoz. Ne engedd, hogy valaha is abbahagyjam a
dicséretedet. Tartsd meg és növeld a hitemet. </span>Szólj Uram, még hallja a Te szolgád!"</span></i></b></span>
(Szt.II.János Pál pápa)</font></span></i></b></span>
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