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<p align="justify">ALLELUJA<br>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>Isten előbb szeretett minket, * és elküldte Fiát engesztelésül <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">bűneink</span>ért</b></span>. 1Jn 4,10b – 10. tónus.
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†<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b> EVANGÉLIUM Szent Lukács könyvéből
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<i>Az Emberfia azért jött, hogy megkeresse és üdvözítse, <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">ami </span><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">elveszett. </span></i><br>
Abban az időben: Jézus Jerikó városán haladt át. Élt ott <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">egy Zakeus nevű
gazdag ember, aki </span><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">a vámosok feje volt.</span> Szerette volna látni és
megismerni Jézust, de a tömeg miatt nem láthatta, mert alacsony termetű
volt. Így hát előrefutott, felmászott egy vadfügefára, hogy láthassa,
mert Jézusnak arra kellett elhaladnia.<br>
Amikor Jézus odaért, felnézett és megszólította: „Zakeus, gyere le gyorsan, mert ma a te házadban kell megszállnom.”<br>
Erre ő sietve lejött, és örömmel fogadta Jézust. <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Akik</span> ezt látták, <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">méltatlankodva megjegyezték</span>: <span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">„Bűnös embernél száll meg.”</span><br>
Zakeus azonban odaállt az Úr elé, és így szólt: „Nézd, Uram, vagyonom
felét a szegényeknek adom, és ha valakit valamiben <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">megkárosítottam</span>, négy
annyit adok helyette.”<br>
Jézus kijelentette: „Ma üdvösség köszöntött erre a házra, hiszen ő is
Ábrahám fia. Az Emberfia azért jött, hogy megkeresse és üdvözítse, ami
<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">elveszett.”</span><br>
Ezek az evangélium igéi.
<br>Lk 19,1-10</b></span> </p>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> the story of Zacchaeus </b></span>recounted in today’s Gospel is a particularly
clear example of one of the most basic principles in the spiritual
life—namely, that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>moral reform follows rather than <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">precedes </span>the arrival
of grace.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Most
of us are in the grip of what Thomas Merton called “the Promethean
attitude.” This is the view that, just as Prometheus had to steal fire
from the gods, we have to earn the divine love through the heroic living
out of certain moral demands. But this is getting things precisely
backward. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>God’s grace always comes first—and
often unbidden and unexpected.</b><b> Then it works</b></span>—with the recipient’s
cooperation—<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>a thorough renewal. </b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);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>Zacchaeus
</b></span>is described as<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> a chief tax collector,</b></span> which means he was <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>a bad man
indeed<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">. </span></b><b>He</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>did not merit<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the inrushing of grace</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>But the Lord accepted
<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">Zacchaeus, </span>even though <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">he <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">was</span> unacceptable. </span></b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);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>And
from this invasion of grace came a moral reformation</b></span>. The tax collector
didn’t merit Jesus’ love with his display of moral excellence; rather,
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>his display of moral excellence followed from Jesus’ unmerited love</b></span>. </span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">To
get this principle right is to get practically the whole of the
spiritual life
right.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font><p style="margin-left:60px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><em>Tűzoszlop</em></b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>
</b></span><p style="margin-left:60px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Vezess, drága fény, a sötétben, mely körülvesz,<br>vezess hát engem!<br>Sötét az éj, hazám távol,<br>vezess hát engem!<br>Óvd léptemet: nem kívánom látni,<br>mi messze van, elég, ha egy lépést tudok tenni.</b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>
</b></span><p style="margin-left:60px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Nem mindig voltam ilyen; nem is kértem,<br>hogy te vezess,<br>utamat én szabtam meg,<br>de most te vezess!<br>A harsány nap volt ínyemre, s bár féltem,<br>gőg uralta szívemet: bocsásd meg, mi volt.</b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>
</b></span><p style="margin-left:60px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Oly sokáig áldott erőd, hát biztos<br>újra kész vezetni már,<br>ingoványon s sziklákon át, míg<br>fel nem száll az éj,<br>s a fénnyel angyalok mosolya nem fogad,<br>mit oly rég szerettem, de elhagytam utamon.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:60px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">(<b>Szt.John Henry Newman bíboros,</b> Görföl Tibor fordítása)</span></p>
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