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The<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Gospel excerpt of the celebration of the holy Slavic confessors Cyril and Methodius (Mt 28, 16-20) contains the so-called missionary order that Jesus gave to his apostles before his ascension.\u00a0This is the complete conclusion of Matthew’s Gospel.\u00a0The whole scene has a festive character.\u00a0The disciples ascended the mountain as once in the Old Testament, Moses ascended Mount Sinai, where God appeared to him.\u00a0Now the resurrected Lord has appeared to his apostles and is handing them his spiritual testament.<\/p>\n

With power<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In a short speech, Lord Jesus first speaks about himself: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Mt 28:18) These words echo the Old Testament prophecy from the Book of the prophet Daniel, where it is said about the Son of Man: “And to him was given the government and the kingdom, so that all nations, tribes, and tongues served him; his reign is an eternal reign that will not pass away, and his kingdom that will not perish.” (Dan 7, 14)\u00a0We know that one of the titles that the Son of God used during his earthly ministry when he spoke about himself, was the precise “Son of Man “. The glorified Lord is appointed Lord of the world and Judge of all nations.<\/p>\n

Emanuel<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Matthew put his entire gospel into the awareness of God’s closeness, which in the person of Emmanuel – Jesus Christ received a new and permanent way. In the beginning, at the birth of Jesus Christ in Mt 1:23, the angel announces to Joseph: “Behold, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel, which in translation means: God with us.” The newborn child was not named Emmanuel, but Jesus. The evangelist wants to show that in the case of the citation, it is not primarily about determining the name that the Son of God is to bear in human nature, but about the fulfillment of his mission on earth. The newborn baby will be “Jesus = God is salvation” and “Emmanuel = God with us”.\u00a0At the end of today’s Gospel passage, in Mt 28, 20, an assurance is heard, which is the very last sentence of the entire Gospel of Matthew: “And lo, I am with you always, until the end of the world.\u00a0The resurrected Christ is still present in the Church and teaches in it what he taught during his earthly life.\u00a0Jesus’ last words before his ascension are the key to the entire Gospel according to Matthew. It is a source of hope and strength for believers that we are never alone on the journey of proclaiming the Gospel.<\/p>\n

Evangelize and catechize<\/span>
\n<\/strong>O<\/span><\/strong> someone I want to notice the command of Jesus himself. It contains four verbs: go, teach, baptize, and teach. Verbs have their logical order. First, the announcer must reach specific people.\u00a0The second step is the act of faith, based on which it is possible to baptize. It is expressed by the verb “teach.” The Greek verb “mathet\u00e9usate” literally means “make disciples.”\u00a0So it’s not some kind of disinterested announcement.\u00a0the ascension is the key to the entire Gospel according to Matthew.\u00a0It is a source of hope and strength for believers that we are never alone on the journey of proclaiming the Gospel.<\/p>\n

Evangelize and catechize<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I want to note the command of Jesus himself.\u00a0<\/strong>It contains four verbs: go, teach, baptize, and teach. Verbs have their logical order. First, the announcer must reach specific people.\u00a0The second step is the act of faith, based on which it is possible to baptize. It is expressed by the verb “teach.” The Greek verb “mathet\u00e9usate” literally means “make disciples.”\u00a0So it is not some kind of disinterested announcement. After that, the next verb is “baptize”.\u00a0Baptism is given in the name of the Holy Trinity.\u00a0The baptismal formula is a synthesis of the entire history of salvation, which is the work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Acceptance of baptism does not end the process of faith.\u00a0The deepening in the truths of faith continues, therefore the fourth verb is used: “teach”.<\/p>\n

We<\/b> are dealing with two dimensions of the Church’s activity.\u00a0The first is evangelistic or\u00a0missionary activity.\u00a0It is the proclamation of Christ’s gospel to those who have not yet heard of it.\u00a0The second is catechetical activity, i.e.\u00a0deepening the faith of the already baptized.\u00a0Both activities are necessary for Slovakia. Some still have almost never heard of Christ and the Church. Often this is because parents have completely neglected Christian education.\u00a0While school education in Slovakia has its structure and also at the parish level catechesis takes place in various forms, e.g. before receiving the sacraments, activities within the framework of experiencing the church year, etc., family catechesis is significantly neglected. At the same time, all church documents remind and emphasize that the first teachers of the faith are parents. The reality is that the child encounters the liturgy,\u00a0prayer, and the basic truths of faith, often only when preparing for the 1st St. reception.<\/p>\n

The permanent formation of the already baptized becomes perhaps even more urgent.\u00a0<\/strong>The number of baptized but non-practicing believers is increasing.\u00a0It is a challenge for the Church to reach those who profess to believe but are not in any contact with the parish community. As a priest, I can address those who, for example, come regularly to the Sunday St.\u00a0Mass.\u00a0The challenge remains, how to speak to those who “need” a priest and the Church literally a few times in their life: at their marriage, at the baptism of their children, who will then hopefully still join the 1st St. reception and confirmation.<\/p>\n

The<\/b> solemn feast of the Slavic saints to proclaim the faith sets before us the task of being comprehensible by our faith.\u00a0I don’t just mean the means of expression.\u00a0I mean intelligibility by the authenticity of our faith.\u00a0Whoever sees our life according to the gospel will feel that it is not something formal, customary, or theatrical, but sincere and true.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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