It is much better for you that I depart. John 16:7
Christ's return to the Father served to make the disciples mature in faith. Their hopes were not destroyed but fulfilled.
God often takes from us - but only to give us something better. He destroys and breaks so that upon the earthly ruins, the temple of the Holy Spirit may be erected.
Three years ago, today, my father was taken from me - he died. Today, I celebrate the joy of having him accompany me in spirit (together with my mother, the angels, the saints...). The courage to mature in my faith has definitely come from God's love for me as He continues to guide me via my GPS (God's Providential Steering).
Prayer: Lord, do what You will: You know all things. I trust in You completely.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Our agony lies in our need for forgiveness
(A reflection on Micah 7:18-20)
Could we face another day if we live deprived of God's Mercy?
Who is there like our Father who removes guilt and pardons sins?
Who is there who delights in clemency,
and who will again and again
have compassion for each one of us, His children?
God, our Father, is waiting to forgive...
is waiting to pour out His gracious Mercy upon us...
like a long-awaited cooling shower (of Love).
It will serve to quench our parched, dried out, sinful selves;
giving us LIFE (in Christ our Savior), once again.
Like the long-awaited cooling rains that cover the dry lands,
and awaken new life within,
sprouting the seeds of green hope
and of a life restored, abundantly blessed,
once again.
This is how God's forgiveness and inexhaustible Mercy works for us.
If only we humbly turn to our Father
with a sincere heart
looking to be renewed, refreshed.
Hoping to have our heavy-ladden burdens lifted (far away unto His Cross)
from our sorrowing lives.
God will gently cover our wounds (caused by sin)
with the healing balm of one drop of His Son's precious blood.
This is how our compassionate Father repairs our brokenness,
and restores us back to LIFE
in Him, through Him, and with Him.
All we need to do is to turn our face to God,
the One who loves us more than we could ever love.
All we need to do is to recognize His loving gaze in our lives...
He will, in turn, take care of us every step of the way.
But first, we must BELIEVE!
Could we face another day if we live deprived of God's Mercy?
Who is there like our Father who removes guilt and pardons sins?
Who is there who delights in clemency,
and who will again and again
have compassion for each one of us, His children?
God, our Father, is waiting to forgive...
is waiting to pour out His gracious Mercy upon us...
like a long-awaited cooling shower (of Love).
It will serve to quench our parched, dried out, sinful selves;
giving us LIFE (in Christ our Savior), once again.
Like the long-awaited cooling rains that cover the dry lands,
and awaken new life within,
sprouting the seeds of green hope
and of a life restored, abundantly blessed,
once again.
This is how God's forgiveness and inexhaustible Mercy works for us.
If only we humbly turn to our Father
with a sincere heart
looking to be renewed, refreshed.
Hoping to have our heavy-ladden burdens lifted (far away unto His Cross)
from our sorrowing lives.
God will gently cover our wounds (caused by sin)
with the healing balm of one drop of His Son's precious blood.
This is how our compassionate Father repairs our brokenness,
and restores us back to LIFE
in Him, through Him, and with Him.
All we need to do is to turn our face to God,
the One who loves us more than we could ever love.
All we need to do is to recognize His loving gaze in our lives...
He will, in turn, take care of us every step of the way.
But first, we must BELIEVE!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Trusting in God's love and mercy
How do we learn to trust?
Is this an innate gift or is it something learned?
Do we trust out of fear? A child has no other recourse than to trust that someone will take care of his basic needs. He is but a helpless thing. Does this mean then that a child trusts out of fear of abandonment? A child clings to the only source of love and care that they know. Is this love? Is this trust?
God makes us in His image to love as He loves. And to trust in His endless mercy for each one of us. God's love never fails. Though we should fail a thousand times each day. As long as we place our trust in Him, we will be rescued from the darkness, and be lifted up to the light of His infinite love and mercy. This much we know. Our Lord Himself has given us this promise.
Let it suffice to say that: I believe.
Is this an innate gift or is it something learned?
Do we trust out of fear? A child has no other recourse than to trust that someone will take care of his basic needs. He is but a helpless thing. Does this mean then that a child trusts out of fear of abandonment? A child clings to the only source of love and care that they know. Is this love? Is this trust?
God makes us in His image to love as He loves. And to trust in His endless mercy for each one of us. God's love never fails. Though we should fail a thousand times each day. As long as we place our trust in Him, we will be rescued from the darkness, and be lifted up to the light of His infinite love and mercy. This much we know. Our Lord Himself has given us this promise.
Let it suffice to say that: I believe.
Friday, February 12, 2010
One is never too old to be surprised by Joy
My Sweet Jesus,
What a joyful moment when you first appeared to the world in the flesh as a newborn child!
The choirs of angels sang...
The shepherds came
What a joyful moment when you first appeared to the world in the flesh as a newborn child!
The choirs of angels sang...
The shepherds came
even kings and wisemen from afar drew near
to the place of your birth.
The old were made new
as the young were renewed...
What happens now when a child is murdered in the womb?
Do the angels cry?
Do the shepherds leave?
Do kings and wisemen turn away from the Truth?
Do the old die?
Are the young no more?
What happens now when a child is murdered in the womb?
Do the angels cry?
Do the shepherds leave?
Do kings and wisemen turn away from the Truth?
Do the old die?
Are the young no more?
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The soul enlightened
God is purity.
God is love.
God's presence in our lives
enlightens the soul, and makes us free.
In order to live a true and profound interior life,
a life that begins and ends in Christ
(through Him, with Him and in Him),
we must ask (make room) for: purity of intention/purity of heart.
The good that we can bring to others
is the good that God freely bestows in us
when we have emptied ourselves of all human attachments...
when we have asked for it in prayer
through His mother's intercession
(the Bearer of the Good)
when we recognize this good in whose very Image we were created;
then, we can also give it away as freely as it flows
because the more we receive,
the more love will be available for the giving.
And the more we give,
the more love is offered freely, for the taking.
How have I made the good known to others, this day?
How have I been a bearer of the love of Christ, today?
God is love.
God's presence in our lives
enlightens the soul, and makes us free.
In order to live a true and profound interior life,
a life that begins and ends in Christ
(through Him, with Him and in Him),
we must ask (make room) for: purity of intention/purity of heart.
The good that we can bring to others
is the good that God freely bestows in us
when we have emptied ourselves of all human attachments...
when we have asked for it in prayer
through His mother's intercession
(the Bearer of the Good)
when we recognize this good in whose very Image we were created;
then, we can also give it away as freely as it flows
because the more we receive,
the more love will be available for the giving.
And the more we give,
the more love is offered freely, for the taking.
How have I made the good known to others, this day?
How have I been a bearer of the love of Christ, today?
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