Happy2 Sunday to all the beautiful people of this universe and your respective families. No schedule for today so I joined Zumba exercises from 5:30am to 7:30am. Tess Silvestre invited Brgy Capt. Ricky yumang and yours truly for a delicious breakfast coz their beautiful mansion was just opposite our Sto.Rosario Chapel. She retired like us and stayed here for good. Ty much Tess and Auring for sharing with us your lots of blessings having good time eating together. Yesterday I joined also Sat. zumba and 3pm Choir practice, 5pm sang in our Parish and 7:15pm in our Chapel. Last Friday Elpie and Nini arrived and staying in our Guest Nipa Hut for now and we are so happy to see them again.Ty much for the pasalubong from Lorie, Phoey, from Minee and from Elpie and Nini. And here is our weekly reflections coming from the Moments of Fr. Jerry M. Orbos, SVD entitled Commission THE STORY is told about a mother superior of a small congregation in a remote village. She was dying and she would not eat or drink anything. One of the nuns saw an Irish whisky in the kitchen and poured a generous amount of it into a glass of milk. When the mother superior tasted it, she took one more sip, then one more until she finished the whole glass! After she said her final instructions and goodbye, she closed her eyes.Suddenly she opened them again and said: Oh, one more thing: No matter what happens to our congregation, dont sell that cow! And with that, she expired, with a smile! In todays Gospel (Mt. 16, 13-20) Jesus entrusted the church to Peter, giving to him the keys of the Kingdom of heaven. Peter, the rock, was by no means a solid rock. He was weak, shaky and unsteady, but still the Lord put His trust and confidence in him to take care of the congregation. Arent we all like Peter? And yet the Lord commissioned us, and took a chance on us. Unworthy and unable as we are, we are called to continue His mission. What a privilege, what a responsibility! What a loving God we have, who trusts us and believes in us! Be not proud. As long as we remember our unworthiness, we cannot be selfie nor be too self-confident. We have been called not so much because of us as in spite of us. As we journey on, let us stay on the road of humility and be constantly led by prayer and penance. Nobody is indispensable. Long before we came, this world was long in existence; and long after we are gone, this world will long go on. Aug. 28 is the feast day of St. Augustine. Prior to his conversion, he was very proud of his worldly blessings and achievements. He was very attached too to worldly pursuits and pleasures. But, by Gods grace, he had a conversion when he realized his littleness and sinfulness. Humility was the key. Humility is still the key to al life that is holy, meaningful and free. And it all begins with a sincere acknowledgement and constant awareness of our sinfulness and unworthiness. Humility will save the day for our Philippine politics. If only our leaders and aspiring leaders will, in humility, acknowledge their unworthiness and inadequacies and cut down, if not all together put off, their political ambitions, then we will have a better Philippines! The problem is that many are so greedy that they will not give up. Because of pride, they cant say No, not say No more! Please be kind to the Philippines and to the Filipino people!. Tomorrow is National Heroes Day. What is a hero? He is someone who lived and died for something or for someone greater than himself/herself. In other words, a hero is someone who worked hard, suffered much and sacrificed much (even life) for others. Inversely, a villain is one who hardly works, who enjoys comforts, who has all the perks, who gains much and who keeps on gaining more. Wanted: Heroes, not, villains in the Philippines! Jesus commissioned Peter and the disciples to continue His work. He authorized them, empowered them and designated them to do a mission. Too bad that commission has taken on a negative meaning when it is used in the context of money, especially in our country today, where projects and transactions move on commission basis. We praise and thank God too for giving us a simple, loving, and exemplary Pope who is leading us to be more Christ-like by word and example.He is leading us back to the original meaning of mission and discipleship. Think about this: God uses the difficulties of life to build and refine our character. He uses hurts to make us more like Him. Trials do not harm us, rather they protect us by teaching us humility and dependence on God. They make us focus on His will and not in our wants. When we allow the hand of God to build His character into our lives, we become the persons God purposed us to be. A moment with the Lord: Lord, help me to remember that I am a co-missioner, and that the mission goes on. Amen. Thats all for this week and may your remaining weekends be more fruitful, happier with your love ones. God bless us all.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 02:05:17 +0000
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