God's Will.
Jesus promised : Whatever we ask according to his will, he will grant us, but how do we know what we ask is according to God's will? Many times it's hard to discern but Merton's Prayer (Thoughts in Solitude) may help us.
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going; I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire, And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death, I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone."
Jesus gave us the example in seeking God's will at all times, when He thought us how to pray: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...... , Seeking and remaining in God's will enabled him to drink the bitter cup of death, death on a cross. The season of Lent is a period of seeking/discovering and doing God's will,
Happy and blessed Lenten journey.
Sunday 24 February 2013
Sunday 3 February 2013
Life
Life is both a call and a response. Nothing in life is to be taken for granted. Everything in life is a gift that need to be received gratefully and faithfully. Even Jesus didn't take up the mission of being the high priest for humanity on his own; it was given to him by the Father. In living our vocation that has been given to us there are several seasons and phases. In some phases it involves suffering and purification; in other phases it involves celebration.In some seasons we are called to fast, in some seasons we are called upon to feast. One phase prepares us for the other. It is therefore important to know that the reason for the season is always rhe one who.has lovingly called each of us by name. Our seasons are not conditioned by some predetermined laws. But are triggered by the presence and action of the one who is the beloved of our soul. He who love you/me/us beyond compare that he will never leave us alone.
"I am already promised to the Lord of the universe. He is more splendid than the sun and the stars and he has said he will never leave me" St Agnes of Rome.
Life is both a call and a response. Nothing in life is to be taken for granted. Everything in life is a gift that need to be received gratefully and faithfully. Even Jesus didn't take up the mission of being the high priest for humanity on his own; it was given to him by the Father. In living our vocation that has been given to us there are several seasons and phases. In some phases it involves suffering and purification; in other phases it involves celebration.In some seasons we are called to fast, in some seasons we are called upon to feast. One phase prepares us for the other. It is therefore important to know that the reason for the season is always rhe one who.has lovingly called each of us by name. Our seasons are not conditioned by some predetermined laws. But are triggered by the presence and action of the one who is the beloved of our soul. He who love you/me/us beyond compare that he will never leave us alone.
"I am already promised to the Lord of the universe. He is more splendid than the sun and the stars and he has said he will never leave me" St Agnes of Rome.
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