Let us believe in Christ the Savior

Violence has always been, is, and will be condemned by free people, in all life areas. Although it sometimes seems that success will not be successful without violence, it is still necessary to hold the right opinion and opinion. History has shown that injustice and violence have taken place in the Church as well. Yes, even in the Church certain circles led the so-called. “Holy” wars. Violence understood in this way is an obstacle, not progress. Even the teachings of Christ given non-violently will certainly attract more and also strengthen man in faith.

The personality of Nicodemus of the Gospel also convinces us of the truth of this opinion. Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish council, often visited Christ, but especially at night. The main theme of these meetings was faith. Nicodemus was convinced that nothing is as important to man as faith. Christ explained to him that without faith it is impossible to be like God, and the victory that the world will triumph in is our faith. Nicodemus believed in Christ.

The Church today wants to point out the circumstances that are to prepare us for a proper understanding of the truth about the death and resurrection of Christ. The Church wants us to be broken not by suffering, nor by torture, nor by death, and so they believe more in Christ, the Savior of the world.

We often read in the Gospels that Jesus often demanded strong faith from his listeners during his public ministry. The next path in the following depended on it. The Church wants to convince us of the great role of faith in human life. He refers today to an event that once took place in the wilderness during the journey of the Jews from Egypt to their promised land (cf. 4 Cor 21: 5-9). On the way, they were attacked by poisonous snakes. Then the Israelites realized that this was God’s punishment for their grumbling. They asked Moses to ask God for mercy. According to the commandment of God, Moses made a copper serpent, placed it on a pole, and declared that he who looked at the serpent with faith would be saved. And it really did happen. In the Gospel, the copper serpent is an image and a symbol of the hanging, dying man on the cross – Christ. His suffering and death cannot be the cause of our doubts, nor of melancholy, but, on the contrary, are to revive our faith and strengthen us in overcoming the hardships that Christ must suffer for us and thus enter into his glory (cf. Lk 26, 26).

As we reflect on the suffering and death of Christ at this time, we desire to establish ourselves in our faith and fully believe in Christ, and if we are convinced that God did not send his Son into the world for the world to perish, but who believes in him to have eternal life. Thanks to Jesus Christ for being saved by his suffering and death, which is not the dramatic end of his life because he carries with him a new life. It carries him to all who believe in Jesus – they want to draw from his fruit, albeit painful. Let us look with faith at the cross of Christ, on which, as the liturgy says, the salvation of the world hung.

Like faith in a copper, the serpent saved the Israelites bitten by snakes from death, if today the same faith will certainly save us from eternal death and open the locked gate of redemption for us again. So let’s go! Therefore, let us be in charge of our faith. Today, let us also realize that faith is born in our human hearts, develops in them, and grows and matures as a small plant. It may happen that in time it will wither, weaken, but never perish if it leans on Christ! The Church does not want to lead us by the hand to Christ so that we may see with him the answer to the problems of our faith. We can say that the suffering of Christ determines for us a kind of invitation to faith. He wants to lead us to think and to suggest that a righteous man lives by faith and that his faith is nothing but a response to God’s call.

The liturgy of the Holy Mass today shows us the despised and troubled Christ, who bears the cross for our sins, but also Christ falling under the cross for our weaknesses, and says: You must believe in this Christ! If you choose this faith, you will not be misled because it will be your testimony of maturity and inner spiritual strength. By doing so, you will present to the world a personal witness that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor present, nor future, nor power, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (cf. Rom 8: 38-39). We can boldly say that the suffering of Christ does not frighten us. Our faith will not give up reason, but on the contrary, it will give us strength. This is in line with what St. John in his First Letter: “And our faith is the victory that has overcome the world” (1 Jn 5: 4).

In 1976, Catholics met murderers in Rome, Protestants in the spirit of ecumenism, whose predecessors had murdered John Ogilvie. Ogilvie was an Anglican, raised in the Protestant-Calvinist spirit. His parents belonged to a higher class, and John was educated in France. Here he encounters Catholic teaching and converts as a 17-year-old. He asked us to join the order in Olomouc. He performed his novitiate in Brno. Then he returned to his homeland, where at that time there was a strong departure from Rome. The apostate spirit intoxicated them.