<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p align="justify">ALLELUJA<br>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>Készítsétek elő az Úr útját, egyengessétek ösvényét, * és minden <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">ember</span>
meglátja az Üdvözítőt, akit elküld az Isten</b></span>. Lk 3,4 és 6 – 2. tónus.
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<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>† EVANGÉLIUM Szent Máté könyvéből
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<i>Keresztelő Jánosban beteljesedik Illés próféta második eljövetele is:<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">
de nemcsak</span> az Előhírnököt <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">nem ismeri fel </span>a nép, <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">hanem</span> magát a Megváltót<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">
sem. </span></i><br>
Színeváltozása után tanítványai <span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">megkérdezték</span> Jézust:<span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"> „Miért mondják az
írástudók, hogy előbb Illésnek kell eljönnie?”</span> Ő így felelt: „Illés
eljön ugyan, és helyreállít mindent, én azonban azt mondom nektek, hogy
Illés már eljött, <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">de nem ismerték föl, és kényük-kedvük szerint bántak </span>
vele. <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">Így szenved majd</span> az Emberfia is <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">tőlük.</span>” Ekkor értették meg a
tanítványok, hogy Keresztelő Jánosról beszélt nekik.<br>
Ezek az evangélium igéi.
</b></span><br><b>Mt 17,10-13</b></p><p align="justify"><b>
<font size="2"><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-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><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""><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">Friends,
today’s Gospel passage identifies <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>the appearance of John the Baptist
with the expected return of the prophet Elijah. John, the herald of
Christ, appears in the desert</b></span>.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> Here he stands for<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> all of us </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">in the
desert of sin,</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> the lifeless place</b></span>. It is as though John purposely went
there to remind us of our need for grace. <br><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>What is he
proclaiming? A baptism of repentance</b></span>. This is the great message.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> Turn
your life over to a higher power.<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>People a<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">re coming to him </span>from all
sides, </b></span>because in our heart of hearts we all resonate with this message.
<br><br></b></b></b></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></font></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);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""><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">So often in the Old Testament the prophets are asked to act out
some quality of the people, perhaps something they were unable or
unwilling to see</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span><b><font size="2"><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-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><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""><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">. Well, this tradition continues here: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>John acts out for
the people their helplessness and neediness before the Lord. But then,
like Isaiah, he refuses to leave it at that. He announces that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">one is
coming, one who will baptize in the Holy Spirit.</span></b></span></b></b></b></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></font></b></p><p align="justify"><b><font size="2"><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-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><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""><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Uram! Nem csodát, nem jelenéseket kérek Tőled.
A mindennapok küzdelméhez adj erőt nekem!<br>
Kérlek, taníts meg a lépésről lépésre Feléd haladás művészetére,<br>
Hogy föltaláljam magam a napi forgatagban,<br>
Hogy idejében és talpraesetten tudjak dönteni,<br>
Hogy ügyeimben okosan gyümölcsöztessem ismereteimet és tapasztalataimat!
(Antoine de Saint Exupéry imája 1.rész)
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