Tuesday, December 9, 2008
My yoke is easy and burden light.How true is this, when the trails of the world tire me I return to the Mass and pray with thanksgiving that our God is great indeed. Fr Ford today(Pt Chevalier) in his homily said the old yokemen used to carve away the yoke when the bulluck used to suffer from rubbing and a heavy load. A good allegory of the way God has of giving us the ease of His peace. I pray for this peace.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Well I'm Auckland and living in beautiful Point Chevalier. It's rather strange being in Auckland and living in a little beach suburb I am just getting my spiritual bearings and so far it seems as though this is God's will- as I am moving closer to Him, spiritually.
Of course this does not mean that disaster and illness will not happen so don't stop praying for me!
A couple of nights ago I had terrible stomach pains and cried out to Mary and Jesus for help, did I learn anything from this experience? Well life is short and I should not be concerned with trivial things like suffering and my eventual death but should only be thinking and praying and blessing God and His creation. This brings great joy and a higher level of consciousness which in turn brings the peace of Jesus Christ to me.
Of course this does not mean that disaster and illness will not happen so don't stop praying for me!
A couple of nights ago I had terrible stomach pains and cried out to Mary and Jesus for help, did I learn anything from this experience? Well life is short and I should not be concerned with trivial things like suffering and my eventual death but should only be thinking and praying and blessing God and His creation. This brings great joy and a higher level of consciousness which in turn brings the peace of Jesus Christ to me.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Water of life
Water, the grace of Baptism, water flowing from the right side of the Altar, meaning that God the Father is the Altar, I mention this in reference to the Trinity . The healing water of the Christ.
Jesus gives the paraplegic the healing by simply saying to him 'pick up your mat and walk,' your sins are forgiven. Again the Pharisees see an opportunity to discredit him. It is a difficult theological question to answer, does illness have anything to do with sin? In a way yes and no.
I have a little amount of time to write this blog so I will say that, really who knows! God is his wisdom has only one purpose and that is our justification and santification. He is not interested in protecting us from illness or harm if it does not bring us closer to Him, this is God's design purpose, communion with Him. If it means we suffer, what of it, Paul speaks of his suffering to the Corinthians and constanly reminds them that suffering any amount of pain is not to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us when we see God.
Jesus gives the paraplegic the healing by simply saying to him 'pick up your mat and walk,' your sins are forgiven. Again the Pharisees see an opportunity to discredit him. It is a difficult theological question to answer, does illness have anything to do with sin? In a way yes and no.
I have a little amount of time to write this blog so I will say that, really who knows! God is his wisdom has only one purpose and that is our justification and santification. He is not interested in protecting us from illness or harm if it does not bring us closer to Him, this is God's design purpose, communion with Him. If it means we suffer, what of it, Paul speaks of his suffering to the Corinthians and constanly reminds them that suffering any amount of pain is not to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us when we see God.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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