Gospel
text (Luke 4,31-37): Jesus
went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and began teaching the people at the
sabbath meetings. They were astonished at the way He taught them, for his word
was spoken with authority. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by an
evil spirit who shouted in a loud voice, «What do you want with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I recognize you: you are the Holy One of
God». Then Jesus said to him sharply, «Be silent and leave this man!». The evil
spirit then threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without
doing him harm. Amazement seized all these people and they said to one another,
«What does this mean? He commands the evil spirits with authority and power. He
orders, and you see how they come out!». And news about Jesus spread throughout
the surrounding area.
Our God is all love and truth, who asks from us humility and forgiveness. Our God is the only living God. He has the word of eternal life. Observing the process of the current protests in the Middle East and many other places in the world by the so called followers of Islam, presumably outraged because they do not like what is being presented in a film about their prophet; it is interesting to distinguish that factual truth, about what is missing in the whole staging of these protests and it is precisely, truth, love, humility and forgiveness and it is not precisely from the ignorant mobs perpetrating the assaults under the direction of their evil leaders, but from the ones supposedly protecting the basic and fundamental freedoms we all in the western civilization which is founded in Christianity, have for granted.
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