We should have an attitude and impression that everything is
bound to fall into place if we strive to attain the enrichment of our spiritual
life. We would just be surprised and overwhelmed by the various opportunities
that come our way that manifest that we are truly blessed as God is equipping
us with the necessary things for the growth and strengthening of our
faith. We should be asking ourselves the
same question in today's 1st reading. The Holy Spirit is the one who gives us
the special strength to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true
witnesses of Jesus Christ, in order to confess the name of Christ boldly and
never to be ashamed of the cross. And to
put into word and action, the way that we live our faith. Amen. Hallelujah!
Acts 19:1-8
...“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became
believers?” ...He said, "How were you baptized?" ...And when Paul
laid (his) hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in
tongues and prophesied...
I grew up without a father because he died when I was barely
3 years old. My nanay (mother) was the only one who practically raised us up
when we were still very young then. With all that we've been through, I can
never ask God for more, for He was with us every step of the way just as nanay
had said and believed when she was still living always emphasizing God's
special care to orphans and widows. This should remind us why we must always be
hopeful in His divine providence. Aren't we all blessed to have a God and
Father who is our Savior and Redeemer. There are still more to be thankful
about and it made me realize that if we will only be focusing more on the
goodness and blessings that God send our way then there is really no more
reason for us to be afraid or be discouraged. There is no doubt that God will
always come to our rescue and will never forsake nor abandon. We all go through
different situations and circumstances in life. Some of them do not make any
sense. if we fail to acknowledge the power of God moving in it. There are
numerous things that we can think, focus and decide on but there’s only one
thing I am sure of. We’ve got to acknowledge that God’s power remains to be
above all things no matter what it may seem to be. These experiences we have
been through should bring our faith to greater depths, heights and lengths that
we never could have thought or imagined possible. We can associate today's
psalm with the first beatitude which is, "Blessed are they who are poor in
spirit theirs is the kingdom
of God
In our Catholicism study in St. Martha the speaker cited an
example why we Catholics look up highly and venerate Mama Mary. He took
Monalisa the famous and considered one of the masterpieces if not the greatest
work of Leonardo Da Vinci. He said that Mama Mary is a reflection of God's
greatness and His greatest masterpiece or creation. He explained further by
citing another example of the moon getting its brightness from the sun. That's
the true basis of Mary's greatness that some people even us Catholics do not
realize so well. Our veneration and devotion to Mary is a way of worshipping
God since we confess to the power of God manifested in the Blessed Mother.
Amen. Hallelujah!
Psalm 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab
R: Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
1 [2] God arises; his enemies are scattered, and those who
hate him flee before him…3 [4] The just rejoice and exult before God; they are
glad and rejoice. 4 [5] Sing to God, chant praise to his name, whose name is
the LORD. (R) 5 [6] The father of orphans and the defender of widows is God in
his holy dwelling. 6 [7] God gives a home to the forsaken; he leads forth
prisoners to prosperity.
Upon reading today's gospel all the more did I get convinced
that God knows exactly what each one of us is going through. These nice words
that He said are all very reassuring and encouraging that if we will only take
seriously what He is telling us everyday then we would realize that not even
the PDA (public display of affection) that boyfriends and girlfriends do will
ever be enough to show God how much we should appreciate and love Him. It is
good to know that we can be totally attached and cling to Him without any fear
of being dumped for another when a better one comes along. He is a dependable,
reliable, trustworthy and faithful God. God became man and this means that He
thinks the whole world of us. He would never leave nor forsake us. We need to
realize always that we are never alone because we have God our Father. It's
important for us to remember that we have been given the Holy Spirit. As St.
John Mary Vianney puts it, it is much like a horse carriage that will lead us
to heaven. But we have to allow ourselves to be carried to that place and
unless we truly commit to it then we may never get there. Or a rifle that needs
to be fired in order to serve its purpose, in other words we have to pull the
trigger. The Spirit cries within us,
Abba Father. If we sometimes feel lonely and depressed we ought to realize that
the Holy Spirit rouses the hearts of the weary. Let us focus on Jesus in
today's gospel when He himself knew that He will be abandoned. He said we will
have trouble but we have to take courage because He has overcome the world.
Amen. Hallelujah!
John 16:29-33
...Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of
you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not
alone, because the Father is with me. 33 I have told you this so that you might
have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have
conquered the world.”
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