If we look beyond this song as just a funeral song, we'll find such deep meaning in every line/verse. This song never fails to remind me of my journey to my Father's house... Happy Journey ppl :)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
What a God!
Abraham waited 25 yrs for the promised son... and when he got the son, the good God who had given the promise asked him to sacrifice the son... what a God! And Abraham agrees without questioning.... what a disciple, I say!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Lord I trust you
It is so much easier to say "Lord I love you and trust in you" when there is light on the road ahead... but it is a different experience and there is much greater joy and strength when you say "Lord I trust you" in pitch darkenss.
So much easier to sing "Great indeed are your works O Lord now and ever more", when one can see the hand of the Lord behind the works. It pains and kills you when you have to say that when all you can see and hear is your own voice screaming in your head - "God, why have you forsaken me?" As painfull as it is right now, I still choose to say, "Lord, I trust you. I still believe that you have a plan for me, plans for my prosperity and not for my disaster, plans to give me a future and a hope."
What is faith, if it is not to believe in what we cannot see and be assured of things that are not there... faith is to say "Lord, I do not wish to know your plans for me, but let me just sit in your arms, for I know there I am safe and happy. Lead me, take me wherever you wish to lead me. I no longer question, but surrender to your perfect Will. Lord I trust in you."
So much easier to sing "Great indeed are your works O Lord now and ever more", when one can see the hand of the Lord behind the works. It pains and kills you when you have to say that when all you can see and hear is your own voice screaming in your head - "God, why have you forsaken me?" As painfull as it is right now, I still choose to say, "Lord, I trust you. I still believe that you have a plan for me, plans for my prosperity and not for my disaster, plans to give me a future and a hope."
What is faith, if it is not to believe in what we cannot see and be assured of things that are not there... faith is to say "Lord, I do not wish to know your plans for me, but let me just sit in your arms, for I know there I am safe and happy. Lead me, take me wherever you wish to lead me. I no longer question, but surrender to your perfect Will. Lord I trust in you."
Little Flower's prayer
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities
that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be confident knowing you are a child of
God. Let this presence settle into your bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance,
praise and love.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities
that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be confident knowing you are a child of
God. Let this presence settle into your bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance,
praise and love.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
To 'seek' and to save what was lost
Why did the Son of man come to ‘seek’ and save the lost? (Luke 19:10) And why does he encourage us to keep ’seeking’ His Kingdom?
My logic tells me that this is yet another expression of Christ’s love for me. The same expression of which I must show to those who are being lost around me – a mere extrapolation of God’s love for me - because I must love as Christ teaches me to love. And this, therefore, is the purpose of my existence – to be found seeking His Kingdom at all times, even when He returns at an unexpected hour (Luke 12:40) and to keep seeking those who are lost and thus “help them towards a full reception of Christ” (Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity, 15)
This was Christ’s mission on earth and we, in accepting this divine mandate, are merely doing our duty. “So for you. When you have done all that you have been told to do, you must say: We are no more than servants, we have only done our duty” (Luke 17:10). Surely, there are different ways in which one can go ‘seeking’ for the lost. And truly there isn’t one single way which is most correct or more profitable than the rest. But I feel what is required from us is that we continue seeking. I guess that’s what counts – our efforts to continue going out to give. The necessity is laid upon us, Christians, who are by default – “missionaries”, to find ways and means to give the good news to those who haven’t heard it yet. It is a mandate that the Church readily accepts as her own, for “she exists to evangelise” (EN 14). In fact as Pope John Paul II said “multitudes have the right to know the riches of the mystery of Christ” (RM 8) and as the Vat. II says “...the Church, nevertheless, still has the obligation and the sacred right to evangelise” (Decree on Church’s Missionary Activity, 7).
My logic tells me that this is yet another expression of Christ’s love for me. The same expression of which I must show to those who are being lost around me – a mere extrapolation of God’s love for me - because I must love as Christ teaches me to love. And this, therefore, is the purpose of my existence – to be found seeking His Kingdom at all times, even when He returns at an unexpected hour (Luke 12:40) and to keep seeking those who are lost and thus “help them towards a full reception of Christ” (Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity, 15)
This was Christ’s mission on earth and we, in accepting this divine mandate, are merely doing our duty. “So for you. When you have done all that you have been told to do, you must say: We are no more than servants, we have only done our duty” (Luke 17:10). Surely, there are different ways in which one can go ‘seeking’ for the lost. And truly there isn’t one single way which is most correct or more profitable than the rest. But I feel what is required from us is that we continue seeking. I guess that’s what counts – our efforts to continue going out to give. The necessity is laid upon us, Christians, who are by default – “missionaries”, to find ways and means to give the good news to those who haven’t heard it yet. It is a mandate that the Church readily accepts as her own, for “she exists to evangelise” (EN 14). In fact as Pope John Paul II said “multitudes have the right to know the riches of the mystery of Christ” (RM 8) and as the Vat. II says “...the Church, nevertheless, still has the obligation and the sacred right to evangelise” (Decree on Church’s Missionary Activity, 7).
So it is that they have the right to know this good news and reach the fullness of Christ and we have the right to give it. So what’s stopping us? Is it our resources – time, money, talents? Living a deeper Christian life, for me, would mean to give my time, money and talents more fully to ‘seeking’ His Kingdom and continuing Christ’s mission on earth. It is certainly a painful affair to go out and search for the lost. But the good news is that we don’t have to do it all alone. The mission, as I understood from the teaching of a Bible scholar, is to bring Christ to the people, as opposed to bringing people to Christ. Our job is to complement the action of the Holy Spirit and bring the knowledge of Christ (both head and heart level) to the people. I am glad that I belong to a Church that provides me with every opportunity to partake and collaborate in this divine mandate :).
Friday, December 3, 2010
que sera sera, what will my future be...?
I saw a funny thing on Facebook today... somebody subsrcibed to 'Message from God' application. Evidently that person wants to know what message God has for her today. And then immediately after that, the same person "... called the Anita the online psychic to know her future." That's what I call "do nao pe pair rakhna", meaning-putting your feet in two boats.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
I've been thinking....
If it is sainthood that I want, then what are the options that I have? I mean how can I attain that crown of Glory that has been reserved for me?
If I say to myself - " I love my God. I love him more than anything/anyone in this world. I love him so much that I can spend hours in inner union with him, even attains levels of mystical union with him that few saints were able to achieve. I love my neighbour too - I am kind and helpful etc." Is that enough? I mean, will this suffice if my Master were to return today, right now?
If I say to myself - " I love my God. I love him more than anything/anyone in this world. I love him so much that I can spend hours in inner union with him, even attains levels of mystical union with him that few saints were able to achieve. I love my neighbour too - I am kind and helpful etc." Is that enough? I mean, will this suffice if my Master were to return today, right now?
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