Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Jn 16:16-20 In today's gospel, Jesus equated "seeing" with weeping while the world rejoices.  Eventually, our sorrow will turn into joy. "Seeing" is yearning for the Lord who died; but on the third day he rose again. "Seeing" is yearning for the vision of heaven and finally seeing it at the end of our lives. "Seeing" is yearning for life especially from our suffering brothers and sisters and finally seeing the fruits of sacrifice and community building, we are able to see the fruits of our labor. "Seeing" is St. Paul continuing his ministry as an apostle, even in the face of conflicts, would opt for the better alternative - to be apostle to the Gentiles. Grant that we may see each day the face of Jesus in the world we live in.

"See through everything" Mk. 10, 46 - 52 "Lord, I want to see", is not just a prayer of the physically blind; it is also our prayer.  We want to see through our decisions whether they are geared towards good or evil, life or death, and heaven or hell. Through our faith, Jesus teaches us real values of life such that in every heart and every person is guided by right reason and virtues.  This constant exposure to Jesus' words and actions mold us to really be the Christians that God desires of us. In asking for the prayer of seeing, may we know where our intentions are leading us to.  See beyong ourselves - are they leading us to love one another or just selecting whom we want to love? Second, look for the core of our intentions, do we intend to go beyond time into eternity or are we just concerned with the here and now and eventually not concerned with the values of the next generations? Third, look deeply inside the self - do we really want to reach o...

Can you see? John 1:45-51 From the book of Revelations: "The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." (Apocalypse 21:9-14) As we celebrate the feast of the Apostle St. Bartholomew or "Nathaniel", the theme for today's feast is about seeing.  Jesus saw the good in Nathaniel.  Nathaniel saw the Messiah in Jesus.  Jesus revealed the heavens open and the angels and the Son of Man descending to the earth. Let us see things in a different light, through the eyes of faith.  Don't be entangled by what is physical, for as quoted from the book "The Little Prince," what is essential is invisible to the eye. Listen also to the young.  In a poem created by young people, "Listen to what I'm not saying." Third, Jesus declares, "Whenever you do this to the least of my brothers and sisters you do it to me." Let's not lose sight of the kingdom o...