loving is doing the best for a person according to his situation.
sometimes, the best is to know. at other times, to understand or respect. but at all times because human love is a fragile relationship, to forgive.
when the thread of relationship snaps, two things always happen - the relationship is broken, people are hurt. there is a need of healing for hurts, reconciliation for the brokenness. thus, forgiveness offers healing of memories and reconciliation.
just like in confession, we are healed of our sins, we participate in god's life again. fittingly, confession has also been called the sacrament of healing and reconciliation.
if the love of god is to love us without measure, the measure of forgiveness is to forgive us without measure. such is the love and forgiveness that god gifted us and empower us to do likewise.
of course, we have to let go of our pride.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, April 22, 2010
BEING IN SHEEP
how you see life shapes your life, a book says. if you see life as a party, your emphasis would be having fun. if you see life as a battle, then like a warrior one should always keep in shape.
as a christian, it is not simply a matter of keeping shape but of being shaped by christ. thus, being like obedient sheep following the shepherd. the assurance is given by christ: "...they shall never perish. no one can take them out of my hand".
one should never then be afraid of the rod or the staff. they keep us in shape.
such is the essence of belonging to the lord's flock.
sunday, april 25
jn 10:27-30
as a christian, it is not simply a matter of keeping shape but of being shaped by christ. thus, being like obedient sheep following the shepherd. the assurance is given by christ: "...they shall never perish. no one can take them out of my hand".
one should never then be afraid of the rod or the staff. they keep us in shape.
such is the essence of belonging to the lord's flock.
sunday, april 25
jn 10:27-30
Saturday, November 28, 2009
ADVENT-URE
the season of advent is always a journey and an adventure.
it is UNDERSTANDING christmas. we prepare for the celebration of the coming of christ who came more than two-thousand years ago.
it is a REALIZATION that he is the emmanuel, the god-who-is-with-us, present in the lives of people who accept him in their hearts. thus, a preparation for his coming in our lives through the sacraments and in the actual blessings and healings he showers upon us.
it is a hopeful EXPECTATION of his final coming. the christ who came will be the same christ who will come again in the end of time.
then, it will be forever christmas.
LK 21:25-28, 34-36.
it is UNDERSTANDING christmas. we prepare for the celebration of the coming of christ who came more than two-thousand years ago.
it is a REALIZATION that he is the emmanuel, the god-who-is-with-us, present in the lives of people who accept him in their hearts. thus, a preparation for his coming in our lives through the sacraments and in the actual blessings and healings he showers upon us.
it is a hopeful EXPECTATION of his final coming. the christ who came will be the same christ who will come again in the end of time.
then, it will be forever christmas.
LK 21:25-28, 34-36.
Friday, October 23, 2009
2010
it is both a movie and a documentary, this upheaval of the world.
blame the mayan calendar, soothsayers and nostradamus as culprits. will it be 2010? will it be the end of the world?
every beginning must have an end. so is the earth born million of years ago, it has to die. of course, we hasten its death by global warming, ozone depletion, unwarranted waste disposal, pollution and ecological degradation. the source of ecological garbage is moral garbage.
however, the world's end is not the signal of god's coming. nobody knows. we can only hope. he might even come before our lives come to an end today or tomorrow.
the call, then is to continue to live in the love of christ. after all, during the particular sunsets of our lives, our personal accomplishments would not matter a lot. what would simply matter is the clarity by which we love one another in faith.
30th Sunday of the Year
Mk. 10:46-52
blame the mayan calendar, soothsayers and nostradamus as culprits. will it be 2010? will it be the end of the world?
every beginning must have an end. so is the earth born million of years ago, it has to die. of course, we hasten its death by global warming, ozone depletion, unwarranted waste disposal, pollution and ecological degradation. the source of ecological garbage is moral garbage.
however, the world's end is not the signal of god's coming. nobody knows. we can only hope. he might even come before our lives come to an end today or tomorrow.
the call, then is to continue to live in the love of christ. after all, during the particular sunsets of our lives, our personal accomplishments would not matter a lot. what would simply matter is the clarity by which we love one another in faith.
30th Sunday of the Year
Mk. 10:46-52
Saturday, October 3, 2009
many have admitted the fallacies about marriage.
they think it's a piece of paper. rightly so, then they can be crumpled and torn into shreds. in doing so, they tear the family apart.
marriage is a commitment that goes beyond "until death do us part".
in fact, it becomes the seed of the smallest christian community, that is the home.
its final realization will be in heaven.
MARK 10:2-16
they think it's a piece of paper. rightly so, then they can be crumpled and torn into shreds. in doing so, they tear the family apart.
marriage is a commitment that goes beyond "until death do us part".
in fact, it becomes the seed of the smallest christian community, that is the home.
its final realization will be in heaven.
MARK 10:2-16
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