tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post9041396339574362510..comments2024-03-22T04:12:44.008+08:00Comments on Breaking the Word: Attending to the AlarmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-88017990213627120282015-01-28T00:28:36.848+08:002015-01-28T00:28:36.848+08:00O Lord,
Teach me to heed Your wake up calls and ...O Lord, <br /><br />Teach me to heed Your wake up calls and to respond with urgency to the alarms which You set within me.<br /><br />Let me always remain docile to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Amen.<br /><br />Seeing Is Believing<br />28 January 2015Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-74615678868805925362015-01-27T10:23:11.892+08:002015-01-27T10:23:11.892+08:00Actually every single human being is born with an ...Actually every single human being is born with an inner alarm clock : the conscience.<br />It is this little voice telling us that what we are about to do or have done is not so god , or was even bad or worse still, evil . It has been given to us , Christians and non-Christians alike ,to prevent us from doing evil, or, to say it it in a more positive way, to help us do the right thing.<br />In the O T God sent prophets to remind His people when they had gone wandering off the right path as we hear in the first reading.<br /><br />Not only this: He sent His Only Son, Jesus , out of love for His creation to bring us His message of love , to keep us on the right track.. He sacrified His Son so that we might be saved and reconciled.<br />But we are weak and forgetful, and we fall back again and again into our sinful ways.<br />Many times we, I, prefer not to listen to that little voice until it becomes weaker and weaker..<br />So it is fortunate for us that we get reminders or wake-up calls in form of the scriptures which are read and interpreted during every mass. <br />Thus , we and the little voice in us stay awake , and we won't forget that the world as we know it is only temporary. And so can prepare for the world to come ; And we do not only mouth the words "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done..." but try to live accordingly.<br />Thank you, Fr.Chris, for your homilies. They are wake-up calls and make me think and reflect....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-46820703596849919482015-01-25T12:08:10.829+08:002015-01-25T12:08:10.829+08:00This article about the alarm clock, reminds me of ...This article about the alarm clock, reminds me of my uncle Nicolae who was praying to his guardian angel, to wake him up, at a time when alarm clocks were a rarity. .. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com