Prayer

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

You love less than formerly

"You love less than formerly" Rev. 2:4   Is it possible to love less some one? We are told you either love or you don't love or you just like me. The author of the book of Revelation writing to Ephesus one of the persecuted communities in Asia Minor at his time writes: "I know too that you have perseverance, and have suffered for my name without growing tired. Nevertheless, I have this complaint to make: you have less love now than formerly" (Rev. 2:3-4). In human relationships, people have felt that their partners no longer love them the way they used to love them. It could be their feeling that of inattention or less time being together. Our love for God can also be lessened  or stagnated. We may not have time for Him in our lives.  This 'love less' for God can be triggered by so many factors. The first one could be our personal crisis that we are going through. Crisis can be triggered disappointments in life - dreams not fulfilled, death of love...
Read more

Evidence enough to believe

  Coming from the catholic biblical school of thought, I have always believed and accepted that ‘Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, though two different channels of revelation, are bound closely together, and communicate with one another. Together they transmit the fullness of revelation, and make up one single deposit  of the Word of God.’ By sacred tradition I mean creedal formulae, liturgies and dogmas be it oral or doctrinal that have always been transmitted through the teaching authority of the apostles and through their successors who in this regard are the bishops, and especially the bishop of Rome. However we face challenges from our non catholic or evangelical tradition which argues that whenever what is doctrinal or liturgical or even moral belief cannot be substantiated biblically simply imply that it cannot be part of the deposit of faith. ‘if it is not biblical or if I cannot find it in the scripture, I exclude from my belief. Secondly, we have other school...
Read more

I have heard your cries

Exodus 3:1-8.13-15 Today’s first reading depicts our God as a God who is concerned about our unfortunate situations. Through the example of Moses who was sent to redeem the Israelites from Pharaoh and his people, God is there to save us. Three key words are cardinal from this passage of the burning and the mission of Moses (Ex 3:1-11): The first world is God has seen 'our miseries'. These miseries are bondage situation in which one finds himself or herself. They can be physical, moral, spiritual or otherwise. They can also be personal or corporate miseries. The cause of these miseries varies from being caused by ourselves or coming from outside ourselves. In the eyes of God the cause doesn’t matter. What matters is that He has seen the miseries we are going through. The second word is that God has heard our 'cries'. The cries due to our miseries show vividly that we are at pains. It shows that we on our own are incapable of eliminating these miseries. Like a ...
Read more