Throughout his life, St. Joseph showed us a perfect example of active consecration.
Though both having a figure of father in bibical history, unlike Abramham, St. Joshep didn't obtain any promise from God such as receiving multiplied descendents as many as the satrs of the heaven and the sand that is on the shore.
He'd obeyed to God and sacrified himself for Him only because of the message of angel from his dream.
We all have hopes and dreams from God since Jesus sacrified himself for the sake of all of us. Jesus told us that as long as we love God and love each other, we will ultimately encounter into the kingdom of God and live eternal life with Him.
But St. Joshep didn't know all these and he had to protect Jesus as an adoptive father, not being protected by Him like us.
Therefore, not only he is the father of Jesus, but also a father of all of us.
Let's pray to God through him, as brother Andre did when we have a difficulty loving and obeying God.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
What kind of river would you like to become?
Today's bible is saying about the rivers.
There are two kinds of rivers in the worlds, the one flows in and out and the other one flows in but never flows out. The former seems normal but the latter is scarce. We call the latter the dead sea.
But when it comes to human naute, it's quite the opposite. Many people received tons of gifts and love from God but not many practice to give them away to ones who needs them. We all know the consequences of taking but not giving from the example of the dead sea.
Like Jesus, we all should become rivers with in and out.
There are two kinds of rivers in the worlds, the one flows in and out and the other one flows in but never flows out. The former seems normal but the latter is scarce. We call the latter the dead sea.
But when it comes to human naute, it's quite the opposite. Many people received tons of gifts and love from God but not many practice to give them away to ones who needs them. We all know the consequences of taking but not giving from the example of the dead sea.
Like Jesus, we all should become rivers with in and out.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Communicating with God
When it comes to pray, we all use human language to translate what we want to say to God.
What else can we use?
Hmm...well...before I answer this one, I'd like to raise another question.
Has it been really effective for your pray?
Because we all know that sometimes we can't express all of our thoughts and emotions only by human language due to its limited array of vocabularies and expressions, we want to come up with a better mean to communicate with God, especially when we want to make sure he understands what we really mean.
What else can we use? ...Imagination!
We can't perhaps talk to someone else through our own imagination but we can definitely use it to talk to God because God is not limited to any communication means like us, human beings.
The imiagination also clearly illustrates even the most abstract things in our minds. Indeed, it's a very powerful tool. It's just hard to express something in minds. So we need a practice!
A Drill
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Locate yourself in a quiet room with a lit candle, in front of your favorite statue of Jesus, relax (kneeling is not necessary if not comfy) and close your eyes imagining lovely Jesus.
If having a hard time to imagine Him, then you should take an alternative way to visualize Him.
Think of a small but beautiful garden with your favorite fruit grove and also a little kid, about 3 years old (hope you like kids) chuckling and running around the garden. There is a father who keeps his eyes on his little child all the time with smile. The father is God and Jesus.
Once you can imagine Him, you can convey anything in your mind through your powerful imagination.
Good luck with your pray!!!
What else can we use?
Hmm...well...before I answer this one, I'd like to raise another question.
Has it been really effective for your pray?
Because we all know that sometimes we can't express all of our thoughts and emotions only by human language due to its limited array of vocabularies and expressions, we want to come up with a better mean to communicate with God, especially when we want to make sure he understands what we really mean.
What else can we use? ...Imagination!
We can't perhaps talk to someone else through our own imagination but we can definitely use it to talk to God because God is not limited to any communication means like us, human beings.
The imiagination also clearly illustrates even the most abstract things in our minds. Indeed, it's a very powerful tool. It's just hard to express something in minds. So we need a practice!
A Drill
*********************************************************************************
Locate yourself in a quiet room with a lit candle, in front of your favorite statue of Jesus, relax (kneeling is not necessary if not comfy) and close your eyes imagining lovely Jesus.
If having a hard time to imagine Him, then you should take an alternative way to visualize Him.
Think of a small but beautiful garden with your favorite fruit grove and also a little kid, about 3 years old (hope you like kids) chuckling and running around the garden. There is a father who keeps his eyes on his little child all the time with smile. The father is God and Jesus.
Once you can imagine Him, you can convey anything in your mind through your powerful imagination.
Good luck with your pray!!!
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