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Watch not to underestimate faith (Mark 6: 1-6)
Underestimate the faith, the Magisterium of the Church – nothing new under the sun, but it is not worth it.

A person can be blind and still have healthy eyes. He wants to avoid seeing.

In the short story, The Land of the Blind, H. G. Wells tells the experiences of a pilgrim who got lost and found himself in an unknown country. However, all its inhabitants were blind. They took their blindness for granted. They accept the pilgrim’s narration as unnatural because it goes beyond their comprehension, and they cannot accept it. They consider the pilgrim to be “sick” and decide to blind him, i.e., make him equal to them.

Even in the realm of faith, we can be blind; we do not have to believe, accept what should be self-evident, what is to our advantage, and reject it, we reject, says Jesus’ encounter with the natives in the Nazareth synagogue.

The natives were offended at him, and Jesus said to them, “The prophet is worshiped everywhere, but not in his country, among his relatives, and in his house” (Mark 6: 3-4).

This way, one could put it this way: it is easier to believe and love from afar than up close. Everything is so concrete nearby, people, things, and we come across them.
It is easier for us to believe in Jesus than for the people of Nazareth, at least as long as we believe only in the distant Jesus. It’s harder nearby. For example, to say “amen” in communion is easier for many than to answer the words “peace and brotherly love, let us be among us” by shaking hands with one another. And yet we know that in every brother, sister, at home, with our neighbors, in the workplace, there is God, and it is here on this, already concrete deed, that our faith twists, it becomes difficult.
The natives heard of Jesus doing a strange act. His teachings and actions reveal that he has a special power. And when he comes to the synagogue among them, the natives are amazed and ask, “Where is this? What is the wisdom he has received and the miracles that are done by his hands? ”(Mark 6: 2) They see – and do not see. They do not accept what they see. They are not happy that the one who lived among them for years is the expected and foretold Messiah, proving his power by word and deed. Vice versa. They act only humanly. They accept Jesus as one of them. They are offended. And Jesus can only say, “The prophet is worshiped everywhere, but not in his homeland, among his relatives, and in his house.” (Mark 6: 3-4) The Evangelist St. Mark, therefore, writes of Jesus’ further performance in Nazareth: “And he could not do any miracle there, except that he healed some sick with the laying on of hands. And he marveled because of their unbelief. ”(Mk 6: 5)

The misunderstanding in Nazareth is an example of how people confuse God and the extraordinary with the human and the natural. Even today, the teachings of Jesus have become commonplace, often failing the human one. Liturgy, the sacraments lose their meaning because they do not see in them a gift from God himself, but often only look at the weaknesses of the priest or those who regularly attend Mass or attend the sacraments at Mass. Funny? They don’t see! Although they say they believe in God, they do not act accordingly. Judges only by appearance. Elsewhere, they say, they go to church and approach the sacraments, visit other people, but not parents, siblings, neighbors. And the words of the mother, of the father, of the priest,… of a man, say nothing to them. Suddenly, they forgot what the natives in the synagogue had forgotten, but which every Jew knew, that God works everywhere and in everything, that God is not bound to anything special.
Saturday’s meeting of Jesus with the natives in the synagogue was nothing special. They received travelers, and the adult Jew could read and interpret the texts of the Scriptures. What was different about Jesus’ case? Jesus did not speak as such but spoke as sent by God, as God, and by word and deed, he witnessed the will of God. However, only those willing to respect this will, who want to be taught by God, can accept this. If there is a lack of willingness, even the most famous and learned will not be accepted. This was true in the time of Jesus and is still true today. Pupils and students slander and slander their teachers by asking them what they are entitled to and their duty. Parents are underestimated by adolescent children when they warn, admonish … They rebuke the priest when he announces the faithful’s duty. The words of Jesus are fulfilled: “If they persecuted me, they would also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours. ”(Jn 15:20). It is an encouragement not to worry about your helplessness if we meet resistance to faith, unwillingness to accept God’s words, to live the commandments. It is necessary for a believer who walks in Jesus’ footsteps and is unaccepted to be aware that unacceptable does not end his mission. It is necessary to realize Jesus’ words: “Then he went to the surrounding villages and taught.” (Mark 6: 6) You were not accepted today; try again tomorrow. Your son has not received you; his daughter will receive you. Don’t shut up!

Meeting infidelity is a common thing. Many are not convinced by knowledge, strength, power, or love. The situation in Nazareth is proof of that. The bias of those against God, the soul, eternal salvation, and all who are serious about God cannot discourage a believer from living and proclaiming the gospel according to his circumstances. Jesus also died for his natives, although they were not accepted as their Lord and God in the synagogue. It is right that after the first experience of rejection, non-resignation valid. Our mission is to help again by those who are reluctant to believe in Christ as their God, to help accept Jesus as our salvation. It is most difficult in one’s own family, among those with whom we grew up were brought up, with whom blood ties bind us.

Let us strive for the remission of sins.
Paralysis is a serious disease. Some of us have certainly met with it, permanently paralyzed. However, most of us have experienced temporary paralysis when someone fell to the ground from a bicycle, stairs, football, and tennis. At first, it looked like a minor injury, but the next day the leg was swollen, he could not walk. Jesus also met the paralyzed. Well, to everyone’s surprise, first gives forgiveness of sins and only then says, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk home ”(Mt 9,7).
Jesus first forgives the sins of the paralyzed and only then heals him. Sin is the greatest misfortune for man. It is a much worse misfortune than itself, paralysis. Sin defiles and destroys man. Christ sees with his merciful eyes that sin, as the main suffering of man, is found in the first place before everyone else. Granting forgiveness is a liberating and saving element; thus, decisive aid removes evil from the root.
In fact, the paralyzed are not among us. But we often show how if we were really paralyzed, especially when something needs to be done. Suddenly, we have, so to speak, unruly arms and legs. It is difficult for us to bend down and lift paper. The knee is hard to bend for prayer. One does not have the strength to need to turn off the television. It happens that the legs seem to grow into the ground when you need to go to work. It’s like being paralyzed when others have to do everything for him. The only difference is that the paralyzed are sick and really need help. However, we do; he doesn’t want anything. We are paralyzed not by disease but by laziness, selfishness, comfort, cleverness, looking after others. In a word, our paralysis is sin.

This interesting story is being told about an Uruguayan king: One day
the king and his halls went to the goldsmith. While the king was talking to the goldsmith, you were courting, looking at jewelry. And when they were gone out of the store, an enchanted goldsmith ran after them, saying that he lacks a precious diamond. The king and his retinue returned to the store. He asked a goldsmith to bring him a jug filled with salt. Then he challenged his people, let everyone
puts his hand in their neck, and then pulled it open again. When everyone did that, they poured salt on the table. And look, the diamond was there, too. This king was generous. He wanted to allow the thief to correct his fraud and not expose him to public shame.
So does Christ with us. While we are on earth, we can always get him
forgiveness through discreet confession. Let’s think and ask ourselves: I firmly believe that Jesus has the power to forgive sins? Am I really grateful that he forgives me, too? I don’t feel it is time to ask him for forgiveness in the sacrament of reconciliation? Lord Jesus, who healed the paralyzed, help me never to he did not behave as paralyzed. Help me look for harder things, not just benefits. Sir Jesus, you did it. I want to follow you and with you.

Do we really know God? Do we really know Him as Christ presented Him to us? “No one has ever seen God,” but “the only-begotten Son, who is in the arms of the Father, has told us about him” (Jn 1:18).

As Christians, we have an infinitely wonderful and invaluable rare opportunity to know God, the Originator of all things. From time immemorial, people have known God only through the imperfect creatures they saw around them and felt His distant voice in themselves – but His best Son told us about Him. Do we live by this – or have we formed our image of God, and does it determine our attitude and behavior towards Him? Basically, our behavior towards other people is determined by how we see them and what we think of them. If someone tells you about the scare good to Phil omen Metliček that he looks like that, but he is a greedy person who will trip you up – you will be careful towards him. And again, if you let yourself be influenced by the nice words of someone who can really threaten you, you will trust him, and you will end badly. We know how advertising works – the demand will increase dramatically many times for a few TV shots full of brilliance, and the offered junk is sold immediately. It’s the same when you have a bad idea of ​​God. It affects your whole life – a relationship with God, then with yourself, and finally a relationship with other people.

We will now contrast several false and distorted notions of God with the true truth that He Himself has revealed to us about Himself.
Today, people in the Church and the world have a false image of what God is like. We attribute to him features and qualities – negative and positive – that he does not have at all. Fear of God, rooted somewhere deep within us, underlines the attitude and behavior of many people. If you fear God, you will not entrust your life to Him. The service to God is then twofold: 1. full of love, happiness, and joy or 2. service out of fear – for example, one prays a lot, fasts, tries to be good, but his motive is that if he does not do so, God will punish him.
We, therefore, need to know God biblically – that is, as He Himself appeared. The word “know” (someone) means in the Bible – “to have an intimate relationship”; “Love deeply”; “Feel comfortable and safe with the other.” An example is in Genesis 4: 1: “And Adam knew his wife Eve, and she conceived.” sent, Jesus Christ. ” So when you have an intimate, deeply loving relationship with God and Jesus, you have eternal life.

WHAT DOES A WRONG IMAGE ABOUT GOD CREATE?

1. DIABLO. SATAN – a real existing spiritual being, contrary to God by his own decision. Genesis 3.1-5 records the devil’s approach to man: “… The serpent said to the woman,” How has God forbidden you to eat of all the trees in the garden? The woman replied, “… Only about the fruits of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said,” Do not eat of it so that you do not die. “The serpent assured the woman,” In no case will you die. God knows that if you eat, you will be like Him … ”
God created everything for a man !! The whole universe, the earth, and filled it with all good … he gave it all to the man on one condition: Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It’s not about what it was, but about dealing clearly with the person. Satan comes and tries to build trust in God – he says: “How …?!? What did he say ??? … Did he really say that … ??? … You know, but he meant it differently … “The first thing he does is change his certainty in God, in what God has said. And then he pushes a lie – the last sentence of the quote is a lie. God said something else — see Gen 2.16-17: “And the Lord God commanded man,“ You can eat from every garden tree. But do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The day you eat from it, you will die. ” The Devil’s Interpretation in Chap. 3, verse 4 is a pronounced lie.

2. Fake RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES – which proclaim the transcendent God; which proclaim that God is energy. Power. The prince. The Church has always opposed this. But – God is a PERSON! He has three abilities that characterize a person: 1. He thinks 2. He feels 3. He acts. So, he also created You – in His image. You can think, feel and act.

3. BAD RELATIONSHIPS – which are all around us. Today’s world is subconsciously led to the fact that we cannot rely on anyone. The natural need to build a strong relationship is pushed out. Free relationships between men and women are reported. Young people are encouraged by the media to have sex without obligations. Marriages are falling apart—furthermore, bad relationships in families, relationships without warmth and love.

4. BAD AUTHORITIES in your life. A negative example of father and mother. For the child, the parents’ view is a view of the absolutely correct authority above him and expects justice, love, protection, and acceptance. Excessive severity and excessive punishments fix the fear of authority in him. And one day God will become an authority for him … (A bad example of a teacher. Educator. Politicians. Government. Police …)

EVEN WHEN THE MAN OF THE FEDERATION GODS A GOD, A NEW CHANCE. He sent his Son, Jesus, because he is like the Father. And so, he who comes to Jesus will know the Father. John 14.9: “He that seeth me seeth the Father.” That is what Jesus said. Now ask yourself a few questions to help you know if there is a false view of God in you too: When you imagine God / or say the word “GOD,” / do you feel fear and insecurity? Or do you feel inspired to move on and feel confident? Or do you feel like a little dog pushing a confusing corner when someone suddenly enters a room …?

God doesn’t want you to feel bad. He wants to correct this evil image of himself so that he can approach Him not only with his mind but also in his heart, quite inwardly, with joy, freedom, and courage. You may know that God is Love, but you must also EXPERIENCE it. Have a PERSONAL EXPERIENCE with it.
So, YOU ​​NEED TO KNOW JESUS ​​CHRIST PERSONALLY. But only the Holy Spirit can show Him. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL REVEAL HIM. Ask Him for it. He will do it.

Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Paulus said: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Example of St. Let Peter and Paul inspire us to the right answers.

Do you also have photos of your loved ones at the forefront? If not, you’ve probably seen that many people take photos of the most expensive, alive and dead, where they often look during the day. They do so that they do not forget to remember the love that unites them in the hurry of duty. We see something similar in old and new churches with today’s saints Peter and Paul. Symbols – keys in the hands of St. Peter and the sword in the hands of St. Paul, remind us of the love of Christ.

The event that took place at Caesarea Philippe is still temporal, current. Then Jesus asked the apostles two questions: “For whom do men regard the Son of man? And who do you think I am” (Mt 16:13, 15)? St. Peter and St. Paul – two personalities of faith, hope, and love. Peter and Paul are fire and water. Paul is a fire, Peter water. The fire ignites, and the water goes out. It’s hard to imagine life without water and fire. In connection with Jesus, we see Peter as teaching, especially among the Jews, about Jesus quenching the thirst of the multitudes, who accept Jesus as their God and Lord as the expected and foretold Messiah. On three missionary journeys through Asia and Europe, Paul ignites the hearts of the Gentiles for Christ. St. Peter and Paul – how different were their life paths, occupations, positions, and when they meet Jesus, learn about the teachings of Jesus, believe that Jesus is the Son of God, unite their lives, activities, missions and, according to tradition, die for Christ in that one day in Rome. Peter crucified downside down when he did not feel worthy of death as his Master, Jesus, died. Paul – a Jew and at the same time a Roman citizen, cannot be crucified, so he dies by beheading.

Peter comes from Lake Gennesaret, where he was a fisherman and where Jesus and his brother Andrew invited him after an unmarried fishery. He told them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men” (Mt 4:19). Paul was of Tarsus, raised at Gamaliel’s feet, a Pharisee, a zealous father, and a persecutor of Christians. As he approached Damascus, where he was to persecute Christians, he met the glorified Jesus. A brief dialogue between him and Jesus – and the persecutor becomes the greatest apostle, the apostle of the nations, the apostle who led many Gentiles to the faith of Jesus Christ. Peter spent three years with Jesus. He saw, experienced, learned, and mastered, described according to Peter’s disciplines of St. Mark in the gospel because he was Peter’s companion and guide. And later, Peter will write two more letters. After a meeting near Damascus, Paul leaves, led by the Spirit, into silence in the desert, where God specially prepares him. To this end, he goes to Jerusalem, where he meets Peter and later the other apostles.

The work of Saints Peter and Paul was not just a one-time answer as to whom Jesus was considered. For more than three decades of their activity, proclamation, preaching, imprisonment, there was a time when, over and over again, they testified in word and life who Jesus was to them. Peter’s name is mentioned forty-four times in the New Testament. This number and every mention of Peter’s name helps believers that the faith spread by St. Peter and Paul is not just something that belongs to the celebrations only sometimes. Still, the profession of faith is an everyday reality for a Christian. The feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a moment of reflection on the faith and relationship of each of us to Christ. “Who do people consider the Son of Man to be?” “And who do you think I am” (Mt 16:13, 15)? Jesus’ promise to Peter: “You will be Peter, and on this rock, I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Mt 16:18); at the beginning of the third millennium, they are true and will remain true until the end of time.

Monsignor’s answer to Emperor Napoleon’s question is well known: Why couldn’t he destroy the Church? “Didn’t the priests do it, and could you do it?” Even today, the questions of Jesus are still relevant. Europe is uniting. If many unifiers today are reluctant to insert the word God into the preamble of a united Europe, history will prove, as it has many times shown, that without God, God’s blessing, without keeping God’s commands, God’s words are in vain human effort. The church traveling on earth must be fighting. She has always been persecuted. Such actions also testify to something. We forget what history teaches. Where are those who have claimed that the Church is dead – who have already made money on this subject? Who remembers celebrating those who sentenced Christians to death in the Roman Colosseum, arenas around the world, gulags, prisons, dungeons …? Today, the numbers of saints are increasing, those who are a sign that neither death nor other afflictions will destroy what belongs to God. Even today, faith in Jesus becomes a driving force for scientists, artists, young and old, consecrated to God and the laity, and they profess what Jesus means to them.

The view of the years of St. can tell us something. Paul. When he met Jesus near Damascus, Paul was probably 36 years old and probably died in 67. We know from the Apostles and his letters that he spent 3 years in secret in Arabia and 5 years of forced residence in Tarsus. It, therefore, remains 23 years old for missionary work. But beware! From this must be deducted 7 years of Paul’s stay in prison. There are 10 years left to preach the gospel. A little? Paul probably covered 15,000 kilometers on his journeys. As he himself professes in humility, he was in danger of life at sea and on land, from various enemies under various circumstances and goals; he was flogged, battered, survived a shipwreck, condemned by his nation. .. Paul was educated by Gamaliel for his time and developed and worked on his talents, using his abilities to gain more and more for Christ. He then visits well-known and important cities, centers such as Corinth, Ephesus, Athens … and announces the teachings of Christ. What can we answer about that? St. Paul gave a true testimony of Christ. He gave an exemplary answer to today’s question of Jesus from the gospel.

Note the life and work of Pope John Paul II. When we follow his work in proclaiming the Gospel – in encyclicals (14), foreign (101) and travels in Italy, visits to Roman parishes (310), Wednesday audiences, acceptance of various personalities for his pontificate, office, pope … – we can say that sure what we said about st. Paul that Pope John Paul II. gave an exemplary answer to today’s question of Jesus from the gospel.

By the third, let’s notice our life. Let’s stop at our family. Let’s give a true answer to Jesus’ questions. “Who do people consider the Son of Man to be?” “And who do you think I am” (Mt 16:13, 15)? True answers not only suggest something but can be an inspiration. And that is the intention and goal of today’s reflection. A look at photos of loved ones, a look at the personality of St. Peter and Paul, and a look at the questions of the Lord Jesus addressed to each of us, let us ask them to be a means of reward for us one day.

Unprovable claim:
“The facts of atheism simply cannot be proven. How do we know that God does not exist? The fact is that atheism is a faith that drawn conclusions that go beyond the available evidence. “
(Alister McGrath, Scientist, Oxford)
It is basically almost impossible to claim and prove that something does NOT exist. In the case of God, this would mean that we have thoroughly examined the whole Universe and all reality outside the Universe in all conceivable ways for all conceivable forms of existence, and we have found nothing – and only then could we claim: GOD DOES NOT REALLY EXIST!
Therefore, most people of “non-theistic orientation” remain (even at the cost of ignoring the facts) in the position of “agnosticism”: “I am sorry, but I cannot comment on this question”… 
So, why atheism?
“I had to reason not to want this world to make any sense, so I finally decided that it really didn’t have it … For me, and no doubt in most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of nonsense was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we longed for was both a liberation from a certain political and economic system and a liberation from a certain system of morality. We had reservations about this morality because it hindered our sexual freedom. “
(Aldous Huxley)
“Leaving aside some exceptions, rationalist atheism no longer has the dogmatic form it generally had in the 19th century. Few followers believe that humanity could live only according to the laws of reason and that reason could create the conditions for universal happiness and peace. Most of them are agnostic rather than atheistic. They do not claim that there is no supernatural order of God, but they are satisfied with the claim that they see no evidence of their existence anywhere.
Among the thinkers and writers who preach rationalist atheism, we chose biologist, Jean Rostand. In his very nice book, which bears the strange title “What do I believe?”, Rostand admits that his rationalist beliefs are also faith. “I admit that it would be difficult for me to logically justify some of my views, even though they are the ones I care about a lot.”
(Ignác Lepp, psychologist)
“I am an atheist emotionally. I have no facts to prove that God does not exist, but I suspect so strongly that I do not want to waste time. “
(Isaac Asimov, author of SCI-FI)
Thus, the fact is, as Rostand suggests, or Huxley puts it in his mouth, that atheism in practice is based mainly on EMOTIONAL REASONS:
I don’t want God to exist – it’s “important” for me not to exist.
Therefore, I state an APRIORIAL1 CLAIM: “God does not exist!”
From this predetermined point of view, I am only interpreting things to suit my statement: I choose “atheistic,” albeit less likely and much more groundbreaking “explanations” of the observed phenomena, and where this is not possible, or I ignore the facts, or I reject and deny, or accuse those who testify to something that I do not think (must not!) exist, of psychological deviation and hallucinations2, deception and deception, etc.…
For example: “Unlike Voltaire, who considered Christianity to be false but influential, Nietzsche has no interest in whether Christianity is true or false. He is neither a rationalist nor an indirect student of encyclopedists. The truth, in my eyes, only makes as much sense as it is effective. He does not hesitate to lie to deception and pretense if these are more effective than the truth. “What do we care about God today, faith in God? Today, God is nothing but a faded word, not even a concept. ” (Ignác Lepp, psychologist, former atheist)
In other words, the average atheist in ​​his faith usually fails common sense. The logical and rational practices he routinely uses in other areas of life fall in his faith — and what he would find absurd in another realm seem “rational” to him in his faith because he firmly believes that the very idea of ​​God is and must be a priori irrational and therefore anything contrary to God’s existence and religion is so a priori “rational” and done…

AN ATHEIST IS NOT AN AGNOSTIC, BUT IS AN ATHEIST – that is, his statement is, “GOD DOES NOT EXIST.” Absolutely, unquestionably, never, nowhere, and in no way. Not the statement “I have not met God and I have no reason to think it exists,” as an agnostic would say, but a positive statement: “NO GOD ABSOLUTELY EXISTS!”
We all agree on that.- But how does our atheist know? Is it somehow proven, confirmed? Of course not, as one of them says: “Only an idiot requires proof of the absolute unconditional non-existence of something” – because it is inherently impossible.
– So the atheist ONLY BELIEVES that God does not exist. So, what could he believe in something like that? Well, for example, based on this: “No one has ever met God anywhere.” Or, “God has never manifested himself anywhere and in any objective way.” That would be a pretty solid foundation if it were true.
Although, strictly speaking, even this is not enough for the absolute statement “NO GOD HAS NEVER ANYWHERE, HAS NOT EXISTED OR WILL EXIST.” Even on such a basis, this statement would be far beyond what might result from such an experience of the absence of God.
Not to mention the practical impossibility of proving and empirically substantiating the statements “No one has ever met God anywhere” and “God has never appeared anywhere and in any objective way”, which in turn are only a prerequisite that one can believe so much – you see, it’s enchanted. Circle!
But let’s face it, let’s move beyond such “pettiness” and, for now, pretend that this problem is not here, and we could really substantiate both of these claims and take them as proven facts … 
– But look! A huge bus of people – demonstrably normal, healthy, mentally balanced, without any disruption – who, independently of themselves and regardless of the time in which they live, regardless of culture, race, … – have essentially the same experience of God. And then, of course, there are other, objective manifestations, in many cases properly documented by the scientists and experts who accompany them.
– And what does an ordinary atheist do? For the most part, he declares ALL cases of objective manifestations of God to be FRAUD, without dealing with them, to examine them, … And he declares all those people who have the experience of God to be mentally ill – again, without knowing them. Investigated and rationally and, in fact, substantiated his claim. Just like that, en block, flat rate, and flat. Interesting, isn’t it? Wondering why?
An atheist BELIEVES claims that “God does not exist” is absolute truth superior to everything else and a dot.- Nevertheless, because the ATHEIST BELIEVES IN THE DOG OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD! And so he strongly BELIEVES that any fact, any experience that is contrary to this dogma, to this basic belief of every atheist, must necessarily be incorrect, fabricated, sick, or something similar because he BELIEVES that nothing he BELIEVES about, that it cannot exist, nor does it really exist.
There is no inherent FACT arising from the non-existence of God (and the non-existence of anything) – and, conversely, facts suggesting (I use this very subtle word intentionally) the opposite of an atheist usually flatly, without knowing and examining them, categorizing them as fiction “… so on what basis does our atheist actually believe in the dogma” GOD DOES NOT EXIST “?- And what does our atheist believe in? Based on human experience? No, it is the opposite, after all, and because of it, the pen marked a toll of at least a few tens of millions of people as insane. So, based on the facts?
– Well because she … trusts her … Nothing more. He believes. Dot. He trusts her and rejects anything that would question her in any way because it is his faith, his religion, his everything. Or maybe it’s similar to his fellow Aldous Huxley: “I had reasoned not to want this world to make any sense, so I finally decided it really didn’t have it … For me, and no doubt in most of my contemporaries. “The philosophy of nonsense was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we longed for was both liberations from a certain political and economic system and liberation from a certain system of morality. We had reservations about this morality because it hindered our sexual freedom.” Who knows.
– therefore, an ordinary atheist usually creates (and with his repeated statements confirms before himself) his own mythical vision of the world and mythical vision of history, in which there is a mythical dark medieval and a mythical RKC, which is a brake and obstacle to all good and mythical demigods. Atheists, who, on the other hand, are made benefactors and angels of humanity and above all, watch the supreme deity, “Mother Nature” (“Blind Watch,” but it no longer sounds so ‘divine’), holding the omnipotent scepter of evolution in their hands … etc. And nothing, no reality, no experience, no scientists, no experts, no historians, no one will ever shake this mythical world. Mythology as embroidered … And, of course, a bunch of heretics who do not profess this one and true atheistic faith and its myths that accompany it — they are all lunatics, lunatics, and irrationally liberated idiots — who, if they are no longer to be burned, must at least to silence, to push away, out of public life, somewhere away, to the edge, beyond the edge, somewhere in the darkness and into the underground, where, dark ones one, finally rightfully belong …

We met today for a nice party. …… children receive God’s body and blood for the first time. It is a great event in their lives because, from today, they will be able to participate fully in the Holy Liturgy. Even though it is their celebration, I would like to focus more on education today because their spiritual life depends most on education. The upbringing of children is influenced by the school, the street, friends, television, magazines, the Internet, the church, and many other actors. But his parent has the greatest influence on his child. Father and mother are the first educators of their child. Many times we focus our education only on satisfying the needs of the body. We make sure that our child has something to eat, what to wear, get a good education, and later have a good time in life. If we find that he has a talent for something, we try to develop it. We make sure that he knows how to play something, that he can do something, and we often don’t even realize that we want a perfectionist out of him. But with this attitude, we often forget what our child really needs. We forget that my child is not only a body but also a soul, and it also has its needs, which we often neglect. What are these needs?

The body is alive from the energy in food, so the soul longs for the “energy” from which to live. She is God. If you don’t give God a child, you won’t teach him to love God and the surrounding people; you won’t teach him to forgive, you won’t talk to him about his problems. Worries, but also joys, you do not teach him to live from God, from the Eucharist and prayer, you do not give him an example of your life, you do not understand your role as father and mother. And your son or daughter will go there and for the one who satisfies his mental needs. And your basic role, for which you will once be responsible as a parent before God, is taken over by television, dubious press, party, alcohol, perhaps sects, unrestrained sex life, drugs, and everything else that you, mother and father will cry for once, but already it will be late. You ask yourself, “What happened? He had everything he wanted. ” But did he really have everything?

On one pilgrimage to Medjugorje, I also visited the Cenacolo community, where drug-addicted young people are treated. A young man from Zagreb, I don’t remember the name, said about his life: I’m from a family where I had everything. Such a normal, ordinary family. Every Sunday in the temple, twice a year for confession. The emphasis was on work and money. We never talked about our problems. My father gave me as much money as I wanted and nice branded things. He never said no to me, always just yes. Then, suddenly, his father died. I shut myself up. I found friends a little older than me who I was fine with. I started smoking, tried marijuana. I felt happy. I had a girlfriend; my family gave me money. I thought it was true freedom. But that was not true. I had four faces. One at home, another at school, a third in the game, and an entirely different one in front of his girl.

And I slowly didn’t even know my name. I gradually switched from marijuana to the toughest drugs and kept falling and falling. I lost friends, the girl left me, behaved aggressively, and my head was full of problems. Finally, my family told me to decide: either to go to Medjugorje or the street here. I wanted to avoid coming here, but I came. I received one “guardian angel” (an older, already healed boy who takes care of the sick in everything and experiences crises with him) who was still with me, eating, resting, working, praying. He was still in contact with me, talking to me. He suffered from me when I had withdrawal attacks, delirium. Only here did I begin to respect me, to begin to pray truly with my heart, to receive Jesus daily in the Eucharist. It is the only drug in this community. I felt and feel real happiness and real freedom. I’m healed now, but because I’m happy here, I stay in this community, and I’m already the “guardian angel” of another boy who needs it. I am happy because I have learned to fight the problems not with drugs, alcohol, and heroin but with the power of the living God, whose closeness I feel with every step I take.

You noticed that even though the boy had everything, he still started using drugs. He had a father, a mother, and siblings, yet he had no one to talk to about his problems, and none of his loved ones were curious about them. And this is a big mistake that is repeated in many families. Maybe in yours too. Be interested in the parent, what your child is doing, with whom friends, who read and watches on TV, what internet sites he surfs on, where he spends his free time and especially talk to him about his problems because otherwise, someone else will take over this role of yours, the one who lurks most to your child, who wants to destroy him, spoil it, damn it. This is what is here today during this celebration. That is, it is not the end but the beginning. The beginning of a fuller life of children, but also us parents. Let no one say, “I have it behind me,” but “I have everything in front of me.” And may God help us, us parents and you children. I wish you that the Eucharistic Jesus Christ dwells in your hearts so that you will never forget God because He also never forgets you and is always present and ready to enter our lives at any time.

To show the need to read and listen to God’s Word as our life program.

Some rulers are known for their generosity. Many significant events give many benefits and privileges to some citizens. This has happened several times when the head of state has given the freedom to some prisoners. It is a grace for them that is undeserved. These prisoners did not have to gain freedom, no share. They got it completely free.
The centurion of today’s gospel replied to Jesus, “Lord, I am not worthy, that thou mayst enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed ”(Mt 8.8). Here is the centurion’s humble prayer to Jesus. First, he begs for mercy for his servant. Jesus is immediately willing to come and help. Then we hear the remarkable centurion’s answer: “I am not worthy …” The rich officer feels unworthy of for the Lord to come to his house. The Jews considered the entrance to the pagan house to be pollution. Among other things, the centurion was a very good man. Romans at that time considered servants inferior. The servant was not considered almost man. Servants were rather items that could be bought and sold. This is the gospel centurion looked at his servant quite the opposite. He almost put it down as for his son. Therefore, he did not hesitate to go to Jesus and ask for help. By this, by his actions, this centurion was ashamed of many, for he feared God.
A centurion is a man of faith. He believes that Jesus can help his servant, who is seriously ill. Trust is needed here. What trust do we have in Jesus? We believe that Jesus can heal each of us by his word, or we will hear Him a word, and do we live the old way? We must meet Him daily in words. It is God’s Word that we have for our salvation. Only we have travel instructions in this life. By reading and listening to God’s word, we become better. Christ wants us to honor his word. It is an undeserved gift that we can read the Word that was not invented by any human being, but directly God. It is a scarce gift. All it takes is the Word and the soul to heal. Indeed, the soul does he also heals by reading God’s word. But it is also a commitment. However, because this word is not God’s, we need to read it with focused attention, says the best teacher, God himself. How many of us read the Scriptures at home? And how many do they presume Holy Mass by thinking about their things, and do they not perceive God’s word?

It is terrible if a man to whom God himself speaks rejects his Word. A word, which he wants to heal the wounds of his life, the Word which he wants to help him as he could orientate in various life situations in which he is currently. It is a blasphemous rejection of God, who is love itself. Therefore, let us try to pray for such people to find respect for the word of God, to have faith as a centurion that Jesus is the One who wants to help everyone who asks.
St. Hieronymus devoted his entire life to the study of the Scriptures. Once in one work, he expressed that He who does not know the Scriptures does not know Christ. So, brothers and sisters, in this short statement, are the real truth. God makes us known through Scripture. It’s his way of wanting to communicate with humanity. The whole plan of God with humanity is written our whole life, the program we are to follow. Not knowing this program is similar to wander around a city and not know where we are. On the contrary, know the Scriptures and believing in him as the word of God is the true knowledge of Christ who wants us to heal.
The centurion begged for mercy, which he deserved. He received such grace to prisoners on special occasions. So let us ask the Lord to be reading too, and by hearing the Word of God, they were healed by the Word of Jesus, so thanks once, they have obtained eternal bliss in heaven.