HOMILY OF THE DAY JULY 3, 2014 A personal experience comes to mind – a testimony of God’s goodness after “drought and famine.” My spouse and I lost our jobs, and our small business failed. We were stuck with a big debt, bills piled up, credit cards and loans were at their maximum. The family was in and out of the hospital so often that the staff would say “Welcome back!” There were many days of despair when we did not know how we would be able to feed our two small children and there were creditors knocking on our door. Each night we called on God on bended knees, but there seemed to be no answer. We thought we were in this all alone. During those times it was hard to believe that Christ was the redeemer for we were stuck in the mud for so long that like Thomas, our doubts got the better of us. Everything came into culmination 2 days before Christmas. We had no money to spend, and yet that day our two small children were rushed to the hospital for severe sickness. We spent Christmas in the hospital with only P2,000. How to pay our bill was our big worry. After five days they were discharged, and we able to pay our bill amounting to P30,000. Without being asked, people just came bearing gifts like that one Christmas night in Bethlehem. Jesus renewed our faith in him. Christ was born again in our hearts that day. Then things started to fall in place. The following year we were able to land a job. But who would have thought that at exactly the same date of the following year, we rushed our two children again to the hospital. But unlike the first Christmas, we had enough money to pay our bill, although we were left with nothing. But this time we were more hopeful because we believed in God’s goodness and providence. The next Christmas, now with three kids, we were able to celebrate Christ’s birthday more joyfully at home. God is good indeed. from catholicexchange
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:29:50 +0000
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