Calvin Synod Herald, 1994 (94. évfolyam, 2-6. szám)

1994-03-01 / 2. szám

CALVIN SYNOD HERALD- 3 -REFOMÁTÜSOK LflPlfl The Teachings of Holy Week as Living Forces of Earthly Existence "Holy Week", „Nagy Hét" in Hungarian, brings us to many life-giving and life-sus­taining teachings. Palm Sunday through Easter shows us all that we have to know. Beginning with Palm Sunday, Jesus cleanses the Temple of the usurping mer­chants. Right after that, Jesus asks for the fruits from the fig tree. It does not connect with the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Are we ready to receive Him? He has come to enter in! "The tree is known by its fruits." Monday through Thursday: "Whoever drinks from this cup will never thurst again. Fix your eyes on the eternal scene of the Lord's Supper!" This is twice as correct in this crooked age! In this age of the "gay" 90's. Just a few months ago in Munich, Ger­many, the German fashion designer, Otto Kern, featered a "Last Supper" resembling Leonardo da Vinci's immortal painting. The advertisment was for a pair of blue jeans. It showed a representation of Christ in the middle wearing a pair of jeans, and six women on either side of him all wearing blue jeans with bare breasts. In this age of gays and lesbians and money-hungry, evil minds, we cannot leave even the most sacred act of human history sacred any­more under the false pretense of "art". What a sacrilige! Despite all this, for true Christians, "This is my body! This is my blood!" The food and drink from above, as nourishments for eternal life, prevail. Good Friday brings us to the living force of bearing the cross from the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, at a time when every cross has a doubled weight to bear. The crown of it all is Easter! Three days after His crucifixion, Christ arose trium­phantly from the tomb. The great miracle of Resurrection and the hope it holds for us, the believers, in the victory over death, remains the vital source of earthly exist­ence. In this year of Ady's memorial, it is fitting to share the words that he wrote himself at Easter in the year 1899: "Resurrection! Today that is what we celebrate. The day of faith is this day! I do believe! My heart is embraced by the glory of the day and it is filled with faith, hope and pride. Since the time when the embodied truth had died on the Cross with shameful death, but then resurrected with world-embrac­ing glory, how many times this humankind erred and sinned! But the force of Ressurection faith will always redeem this mankind. The Messiah is still with us on this globe! And until one man will still exist on earth, who believes in the victory of this, that idea, redemption will continue on the ground. And redemp­tion means Resurrection! This is my firm conviction, this is my concolation on this Day of Ressurection!" Tribute to Kossuth V__________________________________V Louis Kossuth was born in Monok in September of 1802. He died on March 20, 1894 in Turin, Italy in exile. On Sunday, March 20, we will be com­memorating the 100th anniversary of his death. A memorial will be mentioned for him in all our churches, as we together celebrate the Ides of March. □ □□ Our Calvin Synod in 1991, Issue I, published the text of the Szabo-Kondorossy "Kossuth Cantate", the historic musical composition presenting the highlights of Kossuth's life story. (Those interested in details should turn to that former issue.) □ □□ Our Bishop, in a special letter, asked that all our churches properly memorialize the great Hungarian. We shall join all Hun­garians all over the world in a dignified commemoration on the 100th anniversary of the "Great Champion of Liberty", our own Lajos Kossuth. The United States of America was mes­merized by Kossuth's visit when he arrived upon the American shores on the steam­ship "Rumbolt". From among hundreds of greeters we shall quote only from two. Charles Sumnmer, American champion of liberty, said: "I remember the landing of Kossuth. The admiration, the enthusiasm and the love of the people which had been gather­ing force and momentum during the voyage across the Atlantic, gave him an ovation which only two men had ever received - Washington and Lafayette." Ralph Waldo Emerson greeted Kossuth's arrival with these words: "We only see in you the angel of free­dom crossing the sea and land, crossing parties and nationalities, private interests and self-esteem, dividing populations wher­ever you go and drawing to your heart only the good." Vacant Pulpits Bridgeport, CT - Administrator, Béla Poznan, Dean Gary, IN- Administrator, Rev. Karl Ludwig Kalamazoo, Ml - Administrator, Rt. Rev. Zoltán Szűcs New York, NY - Just became vacant. Those interested in applying for these positions are asked to contact the Bishop. □□□

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