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<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>† EVANGÉLIUM Szent Lukács könyvéből
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<i>Jézus nevéért <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">gyűlölhetnek </span>minket, de lelkünknek nem <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">árthatnak. </span></i><br>
Abban az időben Jézus így készítette elő tanítványait a rájuk <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">váró
</span><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">megpróbáltatások</span>ra: „<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Kezet emelnek</span> rátok, <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">és üldözni fognak</span> benneteket.
<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Kiszolgáltatnak a zsinagógáknak és börtönbe vetnek</span>. <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Királyok és
helytartók elé hurcolnak</span> az én nevemért, azért, hogy tanúságot tegyetek.
Véssétek hát szívetekbe: Ne <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">törjétek fejeteket előre,</span> hogyan
védekezzetek. Én olyan ékesszólást és bölcsességet adok majd nektek,
hogy<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"> egyetlen ellenfeletek</span> sem tud<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"> ellenállni vagy ellentmondani.</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Kiszolgáltatnak</span> benneteket <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">a szülők, testvérek, rokonok és barátok, s </span>
közületek némelyeket <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">meg is ölnek</span>. Az én nevemért <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">mindenki gyűlölni fog
</span>titeket. De egyetlen hajszál sem<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"> vész el </span>a fejetekről. <u>Állhatatossággal
őrzitek meg lelketeket.”</u><br>
Ezek az evangélium igéi.
</b></span><br><b>Lk 21,12-19</b></p><p align="justify"><b>
<b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight:normal"><font size="2"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><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">Friends,
in today’s Gospel,<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> the Lord cautions us to expect persecution until the
end of time: "They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you
over to the synagogues and to prisons, and
they will have you led before kings and governors."</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> When will the Church
stop <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">being persecuted</span>? When the Lord returns, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">and not </span>before. </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(217,234,211)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">None</span>
of <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the saints </span>lived <span style="background-color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">a serene<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">l</span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">if</span>e, a life <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">free </span>of worry, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">threat,
persecution</span>. </b></span>It always strikes me as odd that somehow it is assumed that
those who believe in God expect their lives to be a bowl of cherries.
Absolutely nothing in the Bible or in the great tradition of the Church
should lead us to expect this.<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">Instead<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>,
they found courage in </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>the struggle</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>The Lord himself promised to
prepare them for their defense.</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> "I myself shall give you a wisdom in
speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or
refute."</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Their courage got them through <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the negativity.</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> </span>I’m reminded of a
verse from <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>an Eva Cassidy song: "<u>No <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">storm </span>can <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">shake</span> my inmost calm,
while to that rock I’m clinging.</u> Since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?" </b></span></span></b></font><br></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></p><p align="justify"><b><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight: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-weight:normal">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Uram,
tégy engem békéd eszközévé, <br>
hogy szeressek ott, ahol gyűlölnek, <br>
hogy
megbocsássak ott, ahol megbántanak, <br>
hogy összekössek, ahol széthúzás
van, <br>
hogy reménységet keltsek, ahol kétségbeesés kínoz, <br>
hogy fényt
gyújtsak, ahol sötétség uralkodik, <br>
hogy örömet hozzak oda, ahol gond
tanyázik.
(Assisi Szt. Ferenc ima közepe) </b></span>
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