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THIS ISSUE:
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From
the Head Servant
by Bro.
Pete Lapid
The
Father Speaks
By Fr.
Binzler, SJ
Our
Faith
By Fr.
KJ Veeger, MSC
Place
of Refuge
By
Philip Yuson
Surabaya
Corner
By
Ramon Martillano
Sharing
By Rita
Gomez
Here's
the Latest
By
Pinky Torres
Sharing
By Bro.
Alvin Barcelona
Sharing
By Joji ESCUBAN
By
Armand Sol
Saint
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- PLACE
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 The
Ruler of this World appears. And he possesses nothing in me. John
14:30
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- This
verse is from John's account of the passion of Jesus. Jesus was
talking to His disciples and He was telling them that soon He will
be gone. And He told them about this so that when this happened,
they will maintain their confidence in Jesus.
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- From my
reflection of this, Jesus was telling them to expect the Ruler of
this World to appear. The disciples will see the effects of His
works and very often, this will seem that God has lost control. But
Jesus reminded the disciples that the enemy can never, ever possess
anything that belongs to Jesus. Jesus is still in control.
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- As I
prayed over this, I realize that indeed, there will be times in our
life when all the things that we hold dear will be lost. God will
seem to be indifferent or worse, absent in our difficulties. But we
take comfort in the words of Jesus that the enemy will never possess
anything that belongs to Jesus.
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- When
these times come, we have to take an attitude of humility before the
Lord. We look at ourselves to see whether this situation was caused
by our neglect or not. If we honestly see that the situation we are
in is not due to our neglect or sin, we can take comfort that this
is God's purifying work.
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- For
those truly committed to the Lord, they grow every day - little by
little. This growth is often characterized by the Lord's purging
actions. He very often comes and purges us of whatever hinders us
from knowing Him more at that specific point in our relationship
with Him. The things that hinder us from knowing Him more could be
things that were beneficial to us before (like our children, people
who helped us know the Lord, people whom we think have done a lot
for the Lord, our devotions to the Lord, even the charismatic gifts
that the Lord gave us). But sooner or later, we have to let go of
all these attachments so that we can focus more on the Lord. Our
main goal in life is to know Jesus and all these attachments that we
have are nothing compared to the Him.
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- At first
glance, when God's purifying love comes, things may seem to be dark
and scary. But we should always remember, that even if the enemy
appears - and he will appear often in our lives - he still cannot
take what is not his. The irony is that when the enemy takes away
everything, all we have is the Lord. And that is more than enough
for us.
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- As we
celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, we remember
that indeed, God is in control - and that He is the only person that
matters in our lives.
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