Lenten Season

Lent 2008 begins on 6 of February 2008 and ends at sundown on 20 March 2008 ( Holy Thursday ), with the beginning of the mass of the Lord´s Supper. It is a period of preparation for Easter, season for reflection , season of soul-searching and of course a season of repentance. God is inviting us all to conversion. An invitation to immitate His withdrawal into wilderness for 40 days in prayer and fasting. It is therefore an invitation to salvation. In this period of Lent, christian must live humbly accompanied by prayerful dialogue with God. Because prayer nourishes hope and hope that is not accompanied by prayer is just mere illusion and an escape from reality said Pope Benedict xvi in his homily in the mass celebrated on Ash Wednesday Feb. 6 at Rome´s Basilica of Santa Sabina.

He further said that prayer is a powerful weapon with which to " victoriously face the battle againts the spirit of evil ". In his homily he said that without prayer , the human individual " ends up closed inside oneself, and the conscience which should be God´s voice, risks reducing itself to being a mirror of the I , so that the inner conversation becomes monologue, giving rise to thousands of self-justifiacation ".

May the Spirit of Lent be with us all.

Christian Love

1 CORINTHIANS 13

THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS , AND HAVE NOT CHARITY , I BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS , OR A TINKLING CYMBAL. AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY , AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MYSTERIES , AND ALL KNOWLEDGE , AND THOUGH I HAVE ALL FAITH SO THAT I COULD REMOVE MOUNTAINS , AND HAVE NOT CHARITY , I AM NOTHING. AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR , AND THOUGH I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED , AND HAVE NOT CHARITY ,IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING. CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG , AND IS KIND , CHARITY ENVIETH NOT, CHARITY VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP. DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY, SEEKETH NOT HER OWN, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED , THINKETH NO EVIL. REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH. BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THINGS, HOPETH ALL THINGS, ENDURETH ALL THINGS. CHARITY NEVER FAILETH , BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES , THEY SHALL FAIL, WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE ; WHETHER THERE BE KNOWLEDGE , IT SHALL VANISH AWAY. FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART. BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD : BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY ; BUT THEN FACE TO FACE:: NOW I KNOW IN PART; BUT THEN SHALL I KNOW EVEN AS ALSO I AM KNOWN. AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY.

The Second Coming of Christ

2 Thessalonians 1:7-2:2

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. That yet be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled , neither by spirit ,nor by word , nor by letter as from us , as that the day of Christ is at hand.

DEARLY CHOSEN

Seed scattered around the field

grass and wheat together

Nurtured by the same hands

Sunlight for all.

Time has come

when wheat is ripe

He harvests the wheat

and burns the grass.

Bread of the finest wheat , He made

He feeds the flock and birds as well.

You are chosen among the grasses

wheat even covered by thick-thorned bushes

He choses one by one by His loving hands

Because He loves you, Oh man.

GOD EMBRACES THE HUMBLE WITH GREAT CARE

The world is full of wonderful things and yet man is always trying to destroy its beauty through his own selfishness. Man is not satisfied for what he has in his hands, he even manipulate things through his knowledge. Despite of his selfish inclinations, God understands us and embrace us with His divine comprehension.As a manifestation of His love , God is always trying to recreate things everyday so that this wonderful planet could recover from its gradual destruction.World stability is good but we need to consider also the effect of what we are doing .If we do for the benefit of others, Praise the Lord.Man must be humble before God. " Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up ".
James 4:10
In this lenten period , I am inviting you to join the whole world in active prayer so that we could witness the real resurrection of Christ in our personal life.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER 4:7- 8

CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM; FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU. BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL , AS A ROARING LION , WALKETH ABOUT, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR : WHOM RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH , KNOWING THAT THE SAME AFFLICTIONS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR BRETHREN THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. BUT THE GOD OF ALL GRACE , WHO HATH CALLED US UNTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS , AFTER THAT YE HAVE SUFFERED A WHILE , MAKE YOU PERFECT , STABLISH , STRENGTHEN , SETTLE YOU.