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<p align="justify">ALLELUJA<br>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>Készítsétek elő az Úr út<u>ját</u>! † Egyengessétek <u>ös</u>vényét, * és minden ember meglátja az Üdvözítőt, akit <u>el</u>küld az Isten</b></span>. Lk 3,4.6 – 5.tónus.
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<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>† EVANGÉLIUM Szent Márk könyvéből
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<i>Keresztelő János hirdeti: Tegyétek egyenessé az Úr ösvényeit!</i>
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Jézus Krisztus, az Isten Fia evangéliumának kezdete. Izajás próféta
megírta: Íme, elküldöm követemet színed előtt, hogy előkészítse utadat. A
pusztában kiáltónak szava: Készítsétek el az Úr útját, tegyétek
egyenessé ösvényeit. János ezért a pusztában hirdette a <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">bűn</span>bánat
keresztségét <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">a bűnök </span>bocsánatára. Kivonult hozzá Júdea egész vidéke és
Jeruzsálem minden lakója. Megvallották <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">bűneiket,</span> ő pedig megkeresztelte
őket a Jordán folyóban. János teveszőrből készült ruhát viselt, csípőjét
bőröv vette körül; sáskát és vadmézet evett. Ezt hirdette: <u>„Aki utánam
jön, hatalmasabb</u> <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">nálam.</span> Arra sem vagyok méltó, hogy lehajoljak és
megoldjam a saruszíját. <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">Én vízzel keresztellek titeket</span>, <u>ő pedig
Szentlélekkel keresztel majd meg benneteket!”</u><br>
Ezek az evangélium igéi.
</b><br><b>Mk 1,1-8</b></span> </p>
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<b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";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"><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"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight: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"><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-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><font size="2">Friends, today we hear the opening line of Mark’s Gospel: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>“The beginning of the good news of Jesus
Christ the Son of God</b></span>.” This can sound anodyne and harmlessly pious to us, but in the first century, those were fighting words.<br>Mark’s Greek term,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> <i style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px">euangelion</i>,
which we render as “good news,”</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b> was a word that was typically used to
describe an imperial victory. When the emperor won a battle or quelled a
rebellion, he sent evangelists ahead with the good news.</b></span><br>Do you
see now how subversive <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Mark’s words </b></span>were? H<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>e was writing from</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>Rome, from
the belly of the beast, from the heart of the empire whose leaders had
killed</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>his friends Peter and Paul</b></span> just a few years before, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>and he was
declaring that the true victory</b></span> didn’t have a thing to do with Caesar,
but rather with someone whom Caesar had put to death and whom God raised
up.<br></font><font size="2">And just to rub it in, he refers to this resurrected Lord as
“Son of God.” <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>Ever since the time of Augustus, “Son of God” was a title
claimed by the Roman
emperor.</b></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Not so, says Mark. The authentic Son of God is the one
who is more powerful than </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>Caesar.</b></span> The opening line of the Gospel of Mark
is a direct challenge to Rome: <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus Christ, </b></span>not Caesar nor any of his
descendants<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>, is Lord.</b></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><b>Reflect: How does believing that Jesus Christ is Lord affect your opinions about the leaders of this world?</b></i></span></font><br></b></b></b></span></b></b></b></b></b></b>
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