Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Husband and wife: mirrors of Christ and the Church The Church is a picture of God.  But a way to explain it is through the love that is happening between the husband and wife.  It is so sad to see wounded relationships today. The picture of the husband and wife is the exact picture of Christ and the Church.  The relationship of husband and wife is governed by love, obedience and unity.  These three should also be the qualities of a living Church - with members totally united to God in Spirit and Truth; it totally abides to God's commands in Jesus Christ; and it is governed in every way by faithful love.  If we want to know what Church means, reflect on the love of husband and wife and their relationship to God.

Comunio What is Comunio?  Comunio or Koinonia means "fellowship, sharing in common, communion".  Such is God's will to save us and enable us to be His adopted sons and daughters in Jesus Christ.  he wants us to be in communion with Him.  What are the qualities of Comunio? Comunio destroyed alienation and makes us friends.  Comunio made us citizens with the rights of children.  Comunio made us part of the building of Christ's body. We need to destroy any vestige of sin that alienates us from one another.  We need to destroy the structures of sin that separates us from one another.  We need to create a world where we become the living body of Christ, contributing every time, talent, and treasure to serve God and others.  Grant that as Catholics, we may participate actively in building Christ's body by becoming instruments of communion to others and most of all, to God whom we offer our very lives.

No compromise I believe that this is the glimpse of the beatific vision - to see Jesus for who He really is for us as One sent by the Father and how he brings healing to a world wounded by sin and division. Must we continue compromising the Lord's values just because we think it to be pleasurable or it would give us more money or power? If we know who Jesus really is for us, we would give ourselves totally to serve him.

The cross is not a curse but a blessing How many of us can convert our crosses from curses to blessings?  First, we need to see what message every cross brings - every cross is a sign of our humanity and woundedness. Each cross can be carried with love.  We need to embrace our crosses.  Only then can we help ourselves through the process of healing. Finally, each cross leads us directly to Christ as he leads us to salvation.  Look then for ways to produce life and healing while being with Jesus as he carries our crosses.

Always love in our hearts It may seem impossible for us to think only of positive things that we can do for others, starting from our thoughts to our actions, considering that we are born in an imperfect world and concrete persons have done us more good than bad. In the world of movies, it is impossible that all characters appear good.  There will always be someone who would take the role of a contrabida. But loving our brothers and sisters is precisely what Jesus commanded us to do.  And we can start the ball rolling by not judging them.  We too have fallen short of the glory of God.  Thus, we have no right to treat others in a judgmental way. But the main reason is that Jesus has loved us and continues to love us, even our enemies.  This is the very source of our salvation. Thus, be preoccupied with repairing relationships rather than destroying ties, building bridges rather than walls, and healing rather than inflicting.  By this, we are shari...

A prayer of thanksgiving that a Christian community has been born year 2 Would it be nice that all our efforts have not been in vain?  The dreams and hopes of a parent, a president, a parish priest all have the same common denominator - that in the end, looking at the beneficiaries and their conditions, everything is in order. Would we also deprive God of that dream?  to see life in the children He created? All we need to do is to respond to him as children respond to the goodwill of their parents, the parishioners to their parish priest, and the citizens to their country.  Whatever we reap, we shall sow.  If we sow goodness, it will come back to us a hundredfold.

Hold on to Tradition  Tradition is the process of handing down a set of beliefs, culture, and behavior from generation to generation. The Tradition of Church is deeply rooted in Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the main source of divine Tradition. Everything is based on the love and mercy of God by which we are alive and that we are taught to love one another as Jesus loves us. When Jesus passed on the Tradition, he passes his very own heart so we may know the ways of the Lord and be oriented towards Him. We need to question if everything that is passed is rooted in God or not.  If we not, we need to renew ourselves and put on an authentic one - one that produces life, love, and mercy.