Fraternity-Testvériség, 1993 (71. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1993-10-01 / 4. szám
FRATERNITY Page 15 noble but basic rights. These points clearly demonstrate that man cannot live and should not live by bread alone. Well, we know what happened soon after this newspaper was published. The UN never arrived. The West, like today in Bosnia, only sent used clothing and food shipments and a clear signal was given by inactivity to the Red TRex: it could use its claws and teeth against the hapless victim. The physical aspects of the Revolution were destroyed, but the spiritual parts were beyond the reach of the red dinosaur, because faith, values and ideas are indestructible. And those ideas were growing, spreading lights and lessening darkness in the land of the dinosaur. The aftermath of that glorious meteor eventually killed the beast. There is a movie today with perhaps the largest box- office success of any: the Jurassic Park. In it, scientists, using bio-engineering were able to revive dinosaurs. And those terrible lizards eventually almost consumed their recreators. It gave me a chilly lesson. There are still people today in Russia and elsewhere who are willing to resuscitate the dead Soviet TRex. Our task is to heal the wounds created by that monster in the life of millions of innocent victims, and to be vigilant. The Dinosaur should not walk again on the face of the earth. Humans and dinosaurs do not go together. They ever did and they never shall. Rev. Laslo M. Medyesy Presented at the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighters Memorial in Norwalk, Ct. on October 24, 1993. “I was a young 16-year-old student at the time of the 1956 glorious Hungarian uprising. We lived in Budapest so I was able to see firsthand the atrocities of the Russian soldiers, the rape of the beautiful city and wholesale murdering of its heroic inhabitants. Though the fervor and hopes of the early days of the revolution were destroyed by the onslaught of the invading army and suffocated by Western indifference, yet those unforgettable days left a lasting impression on me. Tyranny and cruelty could and should not win over the free spirit of man. ” Laslo M. Medyesy. DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS It seems almost providential that the season of very special holidays, like Christmas and New Year’s eve, comes at the time of the year when the days grow short. The hours of darkness grow longer, so we try to fit our activities in the short period of daylight of the winter months. Are we not reminded of the fact that time passes quickly? The magic moments cannot be delayed. The only thing that is unchanging in life is the fact of change. We have to face the New Year with its unknown reality. Yet we are not worried for we have a profound confidence that the light in Christ will break the fog of our anxiety and gloomy hearts. We, Christians, always live with a joyous anticipation. We always have a good hope in our hearts. There is a marvelous story about a remote, small village in a valley surrounded by huge mountains. It was so remote that the postman came only once a week; the merchant sold his goods only once a month, and the public notary made only occasional visits. The village, however, was not visited by a clock-maker for many years. After some time, the clocks in the village started going out of whack and were showing completely different times. Thus most villagers gave up winding their useless clocks. Finally, a wandering clock-maker did show up. The villagers ran to him with their clocks to have them set and repaired. But the clocks had rusted and corroded from many years of disuse — all except for one clock, whose owner had wound it each day. Even though he knew that it was not showing the right time, he remained hopeful that a clock-maker would one day come to the village. The faithful Christian should be like that one man. Through prayer and worship and reading of the Scriptures, we can regularly keep our “spiritual works” wound up, even though we are sometimes not sure of the specific direction God intends for our lives. Believe me, you cannot remain alert and attentive without a sense of belonging. We belong to a big family. Our fraternal communities and branches form the whole entity of our Federation. We need one another to serve and to share our riches, both spiritual and material. We all got the Good News as the source of our hope and joy: “The time is fulfdled, and the Kingdom of God has come near, repent and believe in the Gospel.” To repent means to change from old ways and establish new patterns and qualities different from the old ones. It also means to get a new perspective of life. God visited us and His nearness lavishes love and contentment on our lives. It calls us to respond and bring good fruits. Everyday brings us an opportunity to make the most of time. We can make each day count in every relationship, in family, in society, in Church and in our fraternal community. Let us learn to deal decisively with time, with our talents and abilities while we are waiting for the Lord’s coming in glory. May we all have a very peaceful and happy Holiday Season. Rev. Eva Lukacsi
