The word of the priest 

In the mountainous regions of Slovakia, where there are baskets of sheep, wolves can appear there. In folk tales, these animals, although so different, live close to each other.

The contrast between the sheep and the wolf is so great that their comparisons and characteristics have entered our language. We say about someone that he is as calm as a lamb. We call aggressive people ravenous wolves. When someone is a wolf but does not want to admit the color, then we say that he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Sheep with lambs are peaceful animals. They graze peacefully, living side by side. They are not aggressive towards themselves or other creatures. The wolf has a reputation as an aggressive animal. The idea of ​​meeting a wolf causes fear in most people. It is interesting that John the Baptist, looking at Jesus, said about him that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Once upon a time, centuries ago, when the Israelites were fleeing from Egypt, on that memorable first Passover, when the angel of death went around Egypt to destroy, according to biblical tradition, all the firstborn; only those whose doorposts were smeared with the lamb’s blood were saved. The blood of this innocent, dumb animal has already saved human lives. With Jesus, however, it is more than that. He will shed his blood for us and become the new Lamb of God, who will eat the sins of the whole world as a sacrifice.

When reading the Gospels, we can realize that Jesus was a Lamb not only on the cross, but he behaved like a lamb all his life. He was innocent, calmly fulfilling his mission. Although we have places in the Bible where he shows emotion and gets angry, he behaves calmly during those final three years of wandering.

He walks around the country, meets people, preaches, heals, and forgives sins. In human terms, we would say that peace, love, and acceptance of others radiate from him. He behaves like a calm lamb. He also allows himself to be brought to court, crosses the Stations of the Cross, and allows himself to be crucified. He doesn’t fight back, he doesn’t want to run away, he’s not aggressive, he doesn’t scold anyone, and he tolerates everything calmly, even if he suffers a lot as a person.

“God treats people like the lamb in the history of salvation. He makes a pact with them and remains loyal to her.’

It would be nice to approach the mentality of Jesus in your way of life. Only if we have the strength for it and, better said if we have humanly and spiritually matured to such an attitude. It is a great thing if a person can calmly accept life with its good and bad sides. Taking everything in stride does not mean indifference or giving up. Rather, this attitude smacks of reconciliation. That is difficult. It takes a balanced person to accept one’s impotence, failures, limited ts and not get mad about it. To become a lamb is to adopt the mentality of a lamb.

Some will say that it seems surrendered and passive. But we are not perfect. My weaknesses and limits also result from my nature. I’ll get angry and rebel in vain, I can’t handle everything. What’s worse, as I age, my limits become even more pronounced. I may be disappointed, but the best way is to try to accept my own life and its limitations (that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t take care of my health or stop trying to be better).

John the Baptist speaks of the Lamb of God, and as a believing Jew, he carries in his heart the centuries-old experience of his nation with the rescue and liberation from Egypt. In the history of salvation, God treats people like the lamb. He makes a contract with them and remains faithful to her. He humbly bears human weaknesses and unbelief. He never goes back on what he promised.

As we read in the Old Testament, God is directing all of history step by step to the arrival of the only true Lamb – the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. He calmly fulfills his mission and sacrifices himself on the cross for all of us.

The sheep in the basket do not have a reason, they follow instinct,ct and yet they know what to do. It’s time to graze, it’s time to go to sleep, it’s time to follow the shepherd. This role was placed on them by the Creator. John the Baptist in the land of shepherds, which was Palestine, knew all this well. When he calls Jesus the Lamb of God, he shows that the Son of God is peacefully fulfilling his mission to sacrifice himself for us.

Talking about peaceful sheep may sound a bit childish and passive. Wolves seem more active and yet John compared Jesus to a lamb. This is also my role: to become a lamb. Not a passive recipient of life and a passive participant in events. Becoming a lamb means two things: learning to calmly accept life as it is and making peace with it. To lean on the Lamb of God, who went through the same path.

Quietly, but consistently fulfill life’s mission. We all have some. If we are faithful to him, it is always a process in which we give ourselves, that is, it is a sacrifice.

I don’t want to be a wolf. I protect myself from becoming a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A third option remains: to become a lamb. Does that sound weak?

The true Lamb of God shows one thing: peaceful progress in fulfilling one’s mission, which bears the signs of sacrifice, leads to victory and a fulfilled life with the Lord.