May10,2024
11:48am
Come Oh Holy Spirit,
please fill the hearts of thy faithful, enkindle in us Oh Lord the
fire of Your Divine love, send forth Your Spirit Oh Lord, and IT
shall be created, and You Oh Lord, shall renew the face of the earth,
starting with my mind, my thoughts, my hearts, my feelings, my body
and my soul and the rest of my physical, social and economic
enviroments.
Jesus, King of
Mercy, I trust in You.
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of My Lord and Savior, please cover us with your blue mantle
of protection, now and always.
St. Joseph, pray for
us.
St. Damian of
Molokai, please pray for us.
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Dear Jesus,
Thank you for the
beautiful messages via the lessons I had to take. Some of which are
on repeat. Very slow learner here Oh Lord.
Thank you for the
private victories and the public failures and shame that I have
encountered recently.
Help me learn the
lessons and apply them in my life in service of others, out of my
LOVE for you and of others.
Please allow me to
reflect on today’s Kerygma Daily Bible Reflection questions :
https://kerygmafamily.com/modules/dailyreadings/read.php?date=2024-05-10
1.)How
do you deal with the tension in your life?
2.)Think
about a past experience of deep suffering in your life. How did you
overcome this with God? Thank Him for His grace.
3.)What
have you
asked from the Father that He has given you? How did you feel?
For
the first question, I abhor tensions. It is most uncomfortable. I try
to relax and be calm, but, it is something I think I have to do trial
and errors.
Deep
breathing.
Meditation.
Practice
they say, makes perfect...will see.
Let
me define TENSION for me.
It
is for me the presence of two opposing forces.
Example,
as a parent/mother to my daughters, if i find that their beds are not
made, there are power bar wrappers left on their pillows, with a
trail of chocolate crumbs...it makes me almost fall into dismay.
This
creates TENSION in me especially when I have to keep reminding them
of not eating in their rooms or on their beds.
Another
example of a recent tension for me, is when a mentor does not see the
wisdom in my courses of action, explain as I may, she still refuses
to see it my way.
2.)
An experience of deep suffering
Today’s
gospel reading from the book of John talks about a woman in labor
pains.
Yesterday,
on our way home from Vista, I share to my daughter who was driving
for me, while we were stuck in traffic due to the many road repair, a
photo I saw on FB. It showed cartoon drawings of 2 drinking glasses
filled with water.
There
was a person in each glass.
The
caption was, this is how I meet life’s challenges.
One
person was super struggling in trying to remain afloat, while the
person on the other glass was happily floating on his back with arms
flung back, hands cupping his head.
It
made me laugh out loud since I was commiserating on my very recent
flop.
It
also reminded me of the mindset of half empty or half full glass.
Then,
sometime last night, I chanced upon a saying, the same boiling water
that makes egg hard, is the same temperature that softens a potato.
Whatever
tension, struggles, hardships and pain that may come my way, I have
the freedom to choose how it will affect me.
Shall
it make me be defeated or shall I emerge a victor out of it?
There
is the rub!
3.)
It
has been one year now since we received the gift of this beautiful
home we call in honor of St. Joseph. It has brought us so much joy.
As
my youngest and I has some snacks earlier, we both marvelled at the
beauty of the blue skies, and the white and dark clouds passing by as
the strong wind blows then south ward.
So,
yes, as we sit in our round dining table, we get a good view of the
east and west windows, showing us how wonderful the blues, greens,
and golden yellows of God’s magnificent creations.
My
prayer:
Dear
Jesus, thank you for bringing me the joy of your creation. You and
God the Father are one and with the power of most Holy Spirit, I
believe and claim FULLNESS OF JOY and LIFE overflowing to all of my
activities and intentions, now and always.
