Gospel
text (Luke 9,18-22): One
day when Jesus was praying alone, not far from his disciples, He asked them,
«What do people say about me?». And they answered, «Some say that you are John
the Baptist; others say that you are Elijah, and still others that you are one
of the former prophets risen from the dead». Again Jesus asked them, «Who then
do you say I am?». Peter answered, «The Messiah of God». Then Jesus spoke to
them, giving them strict orders not to tell this to anyone. And he added, «The
Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the elders and chief
priests and teachers of the Law, and put to death. Then after three days he
will be raised to life».
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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