Inspirations at your Fingertips!

This day is known as the World Day of the Sick and this day every year, the Pope gives us a message on the world of suffering and what communities can do to assist our suffering brethren. The Holy Father stressed three things among others for this day: 1. that Jesus took upon himself the suffering of man.  By his wounds we are healed (1 Pet. 2,24).  It is Jesus who is the cause of our salvation. 2. that we, like Thomas, are moved to respond to the overwhelming love of Jesus, "My Lord and my God!" (Jn 20, 28)  This is the proof of Christ's victorious love. 3.  that it is through the wounds of Christ that we are able to see.  Jesus showed us the way to love and hope. In the midst of suffering, may we be consoled only in Jesus.  Pope Benedict also appealed to authorities to invest more in health-care structures and provide help and aid to the suffering and support those in need.

God created woman, the complementary of man to be his "helpmate". What is a helpmate? In Tagalog, it means "katulong, katuwang, kasama." In English, a helpmate is a helpful partner, a companion, who is a spouse, a compliment to one's existence.  We are never complete by ourselves, but are made so by the presence of another who is also a part of us. Jesus tried to isolate the Jews from the others but learned deeply from the Syrophoenician woman to asked to cure her daughter.  We are all connected, "Ang sakit ng kalingkingan ay sakit ng buong katawan."  Learn from the words of Scripture: "As long as you did it to these least ones, you did it to me." Treat everyone who is a child of God a "helpmate" or a "companion"; a partner in the work of bringing all things under God's rule.  Open our eyes to see that we are never alone; there are people alongside with us, living, thinking out the same things, and deserving th

"Who will resist the day of His coming? Who will remain standing when he appears?" (Malachi, 3:1-4) The reading tells us of the immense power of  Jesus.  Like the power of fire, he will purify us. The Feast of the Presentation should give us an insight of the Light who is Christ himself.  Do not belittle that light.  Make sure the light is shining brightly. Unveil all the potentials of the Christian faith.  We are Christian soldiers; let us not be cold in our faith.  Reach out to all people through this light; expand to the next generation the presence of God.  What we sow today, we shall reap tomorrow.  The future of our children and our children's children will depend on how we live out our faith today.