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IN
THIS ISSUE:
Cover
Page
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
Pinky Torres
Here's
the Latest
By
Tintin Magbitang
Sharing
By
Jovie Joaquin
God
Answers Prayers
By
Beth Manibog
Saint
for the Month
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CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
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- SHARING
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are the reason that He gave His life…
We
are the reason that He suffered and died…
To
the world that was lost, He gave all He could give…
To
show us the reason to live!
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so the song goes…
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was touched by the song “We Are The Reason.” While singing it I
realized its true meaning… The reason for living is no other than
our Lord Jesus Christ. He hung on the cross, thirsting for our love,
and dying because of love – the greatest love that God has given
us. The chorus of the
song goes like this “We are the reason that He gave His life. We are the reason that He suffered and died.
To the world that was lost He gave all He could give, to show
us the reason to live.” Yes! While His
love is universal, I believe that He loves me personally and that I
am the reason that He suffered and died. It is for me that He gave
up His life.
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- When
I was young, I had lots of plans for my life.
I wanted to be like that, I wanted to be like this.
But when I got what I wanted, I forgot everything else.
It didn’t occur to me who’s the reason for all these
things. For all the
blessings that I receive every day, every hour, every minute of my
life. I forgot that our
God created me in His own image to be like Him and to sing praises
to Him. But because of
His great love for me, He gave me “free
will” to do what I want to do, to choose which way I would go.
I did not always use this free will in the right way and in
the right time. I asked myself, “Is this what I want to do
choosing the wrong will, the will that caused me to fall into sin,
instead of choosing His will?
I was watching the film “JESUS OF NAZARETH” and the last
part hit me. Struck me to the core of my being! Opened my senses to
the TRUTH, that my Lord suffered and died because of my wrong
doings. Now I realize that on that old rugged cross my Jesus was
showing me the reason to live.
And He was telling me even at His last sigh
“Jovie, it’s not yet too late, you can still live the way
My Father wants you to live.”
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- LOVE
is the way to live. LOVE is the reason for living. Love is to be
shared with the least of my brothers and sisters.
LOVE is to be given without expecting anything in return.
Jesus has done all these for me, and even much more up to His
last breath. Now I know that only Jesus can satisfy the longings of
my soul and meet all my needs.
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great is the measure of God's LOVE".
His mercy endures forever and I am prompted to pray,
“Dearest Lord, thank you for giving me a chance to
reconcile with You. Thank
you for giving me a chance to know the meaning of Love by Your cross
and resurrection. Help
me, O Lord Jesus, to live the way the Father wants me to live.
Teach me O Lord, how to be an instrument of Your LOVE.
Take this blindness from my eyes so that I may see the
goodness of Your work, and see You Lord in every person I meet.
Take the deafness from my ears so that I may hear Your voice
and the cry of the least of Your brethren.
Take the hardness from my heart, O God. Make my heart Your
dwelling place and lead me to the path of Your goodness and
everlasting life. Amen.”
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finally found the reason for living, that is giving every part of my
life to Him. In all
that I do, every work that I take, I will give my whole life for
Him. Because, He is my
reason to live.
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