Peace! Kalilintad! Shalom!

Category: Weekday Homilies

  • It is our attachment to God that will bring healing, freedom and life

    It is our attachment to God that will bring healing, freedom and life

    July 4, 2019 – Thursday 13th Week in OT     

    Book of Genesis (22:1B-19)

    God put Abraham to the test.
    He called to him, “Abraham!”
    “Here I am,” he replied.
    Then God said: “Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love,
    and go to the land of Moriah.
    There you shall offer him up as a burnt offering
    on a height that I will point out to you.”
    Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey,
    took with him his son Isaac, and two of his servants as well,
    and with the wood that he had cut for the burnt offering,
    set out for the place of which God had told him.

    On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar.
    Then he said to his servants: “Both of you stay here with the donkey,
    while the boy and I go on over yonder.
    We will worship and then come back to you.”
    Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering
    and laid it on his son Isaac’s shoulders,
    while he himself carried the fire and the knife.
    As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham:
    “Father!” he said.
    “Yes, son,” he replied.
    Isaac continued, “Here are the fire and the wood,
    but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
    “Son,” Abraham answered,
    “God himself will provide the sheep for the burnt offering.”
    Then the two continued going forward.

    When they came to the place of which God had told him,
    Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it.
    Next he tied up his son Isaac,
    and put him on top of the wood on the altar.
    Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.
    But the LORD’s messenger called to him from heaven,
    “Abraham, Abraham!”
    “Here I am,” he answered.
    “Do not lay your hand on the boy,” said the messenger.
    “Do not do the least thing to him.
    I know now how devoted you are to God,
    since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son.”
    As Abraham looked about,
    he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket.
    So he went and took the ram
    and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.
    Abraham named the site Yahweh-yireh;
    hence people now say, “On the mountain the LORD will see.”
    Again the LORD’s messenger called to Abraham from heaven and said:

    “I swear by myself, declares the LORD,
    that because you acted as you did
    in not withholding from me your beloved son,
    I will bless you abundantly
    and make your descendants as countless
    as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore;
    your descendants shall take possession
    of the gates of their enemies,
    and in your descendants all the nations of the earth
    shall find blessingBall this because you obeyed my command.”

    Abraham then returned to his servants,
    and they set out together for Beer-sheba,
    where Abraham made his home.

    Gospel of Matthew (9:1-8)

    After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
    And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
    When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
    “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”
    At that, some of the scribes said to themselves,
    “This man is blaspheming.”
    Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
    :Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
    Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
    or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
    But that you may know that the Son of Man
    has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
    he then said to the paralytic,
    “Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
    He rose and went home.
    When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
    and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

    Homily

    What if that something which you are so attached to is needed to be let go in order for you to grow? I remember when I was still a young boy, I was so attached with my baby bottle. I used that bottle until I was about 6 years old. However, I was asked to let it go and stop using it since I was already six and was about to start schooling. I wanted to start school with my friends but I found it very difficult to let go of my baby bottle. I was told that I could not bring it with me and the only way of going to school with my friends was to let go of that baby bottle.

    When we develop some forms of attachments, whatever that may be, we could become rigid, in the way that our attachments will only be the focus of our world. We would tend to limit ourselves from discovering more about ourselves and about others because we are already fixated to one or two. Thus, there is also a need for us to look at our attachments and fixations and to see if they are helpful or not in deepening our friendship with God and others.

    The Book of Genesis tells us that God tested Abraham’s faith. Abraham seemed to enjoy very much the company of his son, Isaac. He was a proud dad. He really loved his only son, Isaac. Isaac was the most precious gift he received from God. And we could imagine that Abraham was really so fond of Isaac. His world could have been so bright when Isaac came.

    Yet, God tested Abraham, but not to test him to commit murder or slaughter an innocent boy. God’s test to Abraham was God’s way of making Abraham to trust God fully and completely. This is the reason why God asked Abraham to sacrifice his most precious gift. Abraham’s affection for his son was his attachment.

    God wants Abraham to advance his faith and attachment to the will of God. And indeed, Abraham proved that his only attachment was God. By trusting fully the Lord, Abraham was even blessed by God. This was how Abraham also discovered the importance of his relationship with the Lord. This relationship brought him life and blessing.

    The Gospel also tells us of a story that portrays how attachment can make a person rigid and close-minded. The scribes in the Gospel story show how their attachment to human rituals, traditions and old beliefs can become a hindrance to healing and freedom. They have accused Jesus of blasphemy because he forgave the sins of the paralytic and healed him.

    IMG_0365

    The attachment of the scribes to the status quo that only the elite such as them, the Pharisees and Jewish authorities have the right to teach and be close to God, prevented them to recognize that Jesus is Lord. Indeed, their attachment to their privileges and titles in the society averted them to be surprised on how God works wonders.

    Today, God invites us to let go of our attachments and fixations that only prevent us from growing in our relationships with God and with others and from knowing better ourselves.

    Our attachments to material things might prevent us from becoming more intimate with people who are dear to us. Our fixations with our achievements and successes may also stop us from being considerate with those who failed in life. Our attachments to some addictive behaviors may also prevent us in realizing our gifts and potentials. Remember, an unhealthy attachment is suffocating and restraining. It will not make us free and alive but rather constrained and dead.

    As Abraham found attachment in God’s friendship, he also found life and blessing. As Jesus found attachment in his Father’s will, he was able to bring freedom from sin and healing to the broken. We may also grow in our attachment to God who shall give us healing, freedom and true life. Hinaut pa.

    Jom Baring, CSsR

     

  • Jesus enters our locked doors (hearts) to bring us peace and healing

    Jesus enters our locked doors (hearts) to bring us peace and healing

    July 3, 2019 – Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle

    JN 20:24-29

    Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
    was not with them when Jesus came.
    So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
    But Thomas said to them,
    “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
    and put my finger into the nailmarks
    and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
    Now a week later his disciples were again inside
    and Thomas was with them.
    Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
    and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
    Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
    and bring your hand and put it into my side,
    and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
    Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
    Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
    Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
    The Gospel of the Lord.

    Do you always lock the door of your room? Or house? Well, of course, we lock them and even use different kinds of locks. It is a common sight also today among big houses to install security measures from the simplest to the most sophisticated methods.

    There are houses that aside from the grills and fully locked doors, high walls are also built with barb wires on them and sometimes with eclectic current running on those wires for 24 hours. Cameras are also installed in every corner to monitor strange movements and strangers.

    We have these security measures to protect our properties from robbers and people who may have bad intentions. Yet, they also reveal our fears and insecurities despite our protective measures.

    Having defensive mechanism is a similar situation that may happen to a heart that is hurt and bruised. To experience pain in our relationships makes us more defensive the next time we relate with others. We become defensive and even withdrawn with others because we fear of being hurt again. Thus, we shield ourselves from any possible pain or hurt, because we are afraid of what others can do to us.

    This happened also to the disciples of Jesus. The disciples hid themselves in a room because of fear even though that they have already seen and met the Lord. They locked the door to make sure that no stranger could enter. It was their way of protecting themselves because they were afraid that what happened to Jesus might also happen to them.

    However, what was more interesting in the Gospel was on how Jesus appeared in their midst even when the doors were locked. Jesus appeared to them and brought peace to the hearts of these fearful disciples.

    IMG_0363

    Yet, we also find Thomas who was not there at that time of the first appearance of Jesus, still holding on to his fears and doubts. Despite the testimony of the other disciples, Thomas couldn’t accept that the Lord was raised. Because of that, his heart was more locked than the door. That is why, Thomas set a condition before he would believe that Jesus is alive. He said, “unless I will see and touch him, I will not believe.” Because of so much fear and doubts, Thomas insisted that condition in order to protect himself.

    Just as Jesus met the other disciples in their own hiding place and so he did it also to Thomas. Jesus appeared once again and asked Thomas to touch his wounds so that he may believe. Jesus submitted to the condition of Thomas.

    The Gospel tells us today – the Lord meets us wherever we are and he takes us seriously in all our fears, anxieties and doubts. When God meets us in our own hiding places and closed doors, He brings peace to our troubled hearts. This is an assurance that in God’s presence we find peace and without Him we will always be disturbed and insecure.

    The Lord has indeed the guts to be where we are at the moment especially when we decide to retreat to our own cocoons of self-centeredness, to our old bad habits and addictions, to our defensive mechanisms and withdrawal from other people, and into our angry and irritable response to people around us.

    It is when we recognize God in those moments that He will also invite us to touch his wounds just like Thomas. Being aware of the wounds and touching the wounds of Jesus means that Jesus feels our own pain and suffering, our fears and anxieties, questions and doubts. Hopefully, that experience will lead us to proclaim like Thomas, “My Lord and my God.”

    And so like Thomas, whose feast we celebrate today, we may also be able to touch the wounds of our brothers and sisters. That experience of touching wounds may hopefully make us one with those who are suffering. This experience too may also make us true Christians who are able to empathize with the wounded and will take the risk to become instruments of healing.

    Let us also recognize those attitudes, beliefs and experiences that continue to lock us away from others and from God. This will be possible once we allow also the Lord to touch our wounds.

    May this experience of touching wounds will make our locked and defensive hearts to open up, to be more accepting and risk taking in our relationships. Hinaut pa.

    Jom Baring, CSsR

  • Awareness of Jesus’ presence brings us peace and confidence

    Awareness of Jesus’ presence brings us peace and confidence

    July 2, 2019 – Tuesday 13th Week in OT       

    Gospel     –      MT 8:23-27                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
    Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea,
    so that the boat was being swamped by waves;
    but he was asleep.
    They came and woke him, saying,
    “Lord, save us!  We are perishing!”
    He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
    Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,
    and there was great calm.
    The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this,
    whom even the winds and the sea obey?”

    “Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?” Jesus asked his disciples when they woke him up because they were terrified by the storm sweeping their boat.

    The Gospel story today tells us about this fear of the disciples. They were afraid that their boat might be destroyed and they would be drowned and die. However, there was a very interesting part of this Gospel story.

    While the storm was sweeping the boat and the disciples were terrified by it, Jesus was fast asleep. Jesus was there in the boat with his disciples but sleeping. It seemed that Jesus was not so concerned with the storm. He was confident that they would arrive at their destination safe and sound.

    IMG_0359

    The Gospel today tells us of these two important lessons.

    First, the forgetfulness of the disciples that Jesus was with them brought them tremendous fear and anxiety. They forgot that Jesus was in the boat and that their Lord was with them on that journey. Consequently, they have actually taken for granted the very presence of Jesus in their life. This is an invitation for the disciples to always recognize the presence of Jesus.

    And to us as well today, this is an invitation to recognize Jesus in our journey. The Lord is not distant. He is to be found and He is journeying with us. Thus, unawareness of His presence in us will only bring us fear, anxiety and uncertainty. When we become fearful, anxious and uncertain, then, we will be paralyzed mentally and spiritually. It will be very difficult for us to move on and to find opportunities of growth because we will tend to focus on the storm rather on Jesus who is with us.

    Second, because of this terrifying situation of the disciples, it became an opportunity for Jesus to reveal Himself as Lord and Savior. At this revelation Jesus assured his disciples that his presence brings comfort and peace, calmness and confidence. At the same time, the Lord’s presence also is confronting. Jesus confronts the doubts and the little faith of his disciples. This is the reason why it was not only the wind and the sea that calmed down but also the terrified and anxious hearts of the disciples.

    This tells us now that the presence of Jesus brings assurance and confidence in us. The disciples calmed down and found peace because at last, they have recognized the presence of Jesus who was there in that boat.

    This invites us again to recognize the comforting and peaceful presence of Jesus in our life. Let us also allow Jesus to confront us especially our doubts and fears, and even our selfish, unkind and ungenerous actions and words. By being able to recognize Jesus and confront ourselves then we shall certainly find peace and calmness, confidence and assurance in Jesus. Hinaut pa.

    Jom Baring, CSsR

  • God searches us to find us; not us searching for Him to find Him

    God searches us to find us; not us searching for Him to find Him

    June 28, 2019 – Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

    Eze 34:11-16; 

    Thus says the Lord GOD:
    I myself will look after and tend my sheep.
    As a shepherd tends his flock
    when he finds himself among his scattered sheep,
    so will I tend my sheep.
    I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered
    when it was cloudy and dark.
    I will lead them out from among the peoples
    and gather them from the foreign lands;
    I will bring them back to their own country
    and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel
    in the land’s ravines and all its inhabited places.
    In good pastures will I pasture them,
    and on the mountain heights of Israel
    shall be their grazing ground.
    There they shall lie down on good grazing ground,
    and in rich pastures shall they be pastured
    on the mountains of Israel.
    I myself will pasture my sheep;
    I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD.
    The lost I will seek out,
    the strayed I will bring back,
    the injured I will bind up,
    the sick I will heal,
    but the sleek and the strong I will destroy,
    shepherding them rightly.

    PS 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6.

    R.(1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
    beside restful waters he leads me;
    he refreshes my soul.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    He guides me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.
    Even though I walk in the dark valley
    I fear no evil; for you are at my side
    with your rod and your staff
    that give me courage.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    You spread the table before me
    in the sight of my foes;
    you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    Only goodness and kindness follow me
    all the days of my life;
    and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
    for years to come.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

    Rom. 5:5b-11; 

    Brothers and sisters:
    The love of God has been poured out into our hearts
    through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
    For Christ, while we were still helpless,
    died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
    Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person,
    though perhaps for a good person
    one might even find courage to die.
    But God proves his love for us
    in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
    How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood,
    will we be saved through him from the wrath.
    Indeed, if, while we were enemies,
    we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son,
    how much more, once reconciled,
    will we be saved by his life.
    Not only that,
    but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
    through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    Lk 15:3-7

    Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes:
    “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
    would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
    and go after the lost one until he finds it?
    And when he does find it,
    he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
    and, upon his arrival home,
    he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
    ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
    I tell you, in just the same way
    there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
    than over ninety-nine righteous people
    who have no need of repentance.”

    A friend of mine once posted of his Facebook account his thoughts, he said, “I am so tired of searching for God.” From his post, I thought that God seemed not to be found. He was searching for God as he said he felt empty within, he felt that he could not find joy. And God seemed to have lost his way!

    How could that be possible? That was what I thought when he said that God seemed not to be found! I heard this many times not just to that friend of mine. We have this belief that it is us who are searching for God, it is us who has been looking for Him, yet, at the end, we surrender because we have never found God in our life.

    The difficulty lies in the fact that we have been looking and searching for something or someone that has never been lost. And it is very true with God. God has never lost his way. God stays with us and is always with us. Yet, a point in our life we claim that we were looking for him and did not find him.

    Yes, we naturally look and search for something or someone that we have lost. But how could we find something if it is not lost after all? In fact, our search for God is useless because we tend to search God outside instead of recognizing Him in our very life.

    However, our first reading from the Book of Ezekiel and the Gospel of Luke present to us an image of God that Jesus wants to show to us today. Ezekiel affirms that it is God who will search and lead back the strays. In the parable, Jesus also tells us of the Shepherd who seeks the lost and rejoices when he finds the lost sheep.

    IMG_0357

    This image of God tells us of a God who searches for the lost. Thus, God never lost His way. In fact, it is us who will be lost. We are the sheep in the stories who are driven by our selfish desires.

    Is it not that we tend to be unmindful and unconscious of many things in life except for our personal desires and wants, except with those that will give us comfort and pleasure?

    We might be full of ourselves, of what others can give us and of what is only beneficial to us without minding the needs of others. Like the sheep, we might also wander to the other side thinking that there is more security in addictions and vices, in depression and loneliness. So, we stray away from the comfort of our brothers and sisters, and from the presence of God.

    These attitudes of ours are basically refusal to God’s invitation. And our reasons? We have other priorities. Thus, this reminds us of our passive and complacent attitudes towards the many invitations of God.

    Nevertheless, God never tires to invites again and again. God invites us to be with Him, to join with Him and enjoy His abiding presence in our sacraments, in our liturgy and in our daily prayers, and in our community.

    Jesus is teaching us of a God who invites us and searches for us not just once but in every opportunity of our life.

    And this is the truth; it is God who has been searching and inviting us. He has been looking for us and he patiently waits for us to allow him to find us. And God takes the risk of being rejected. But though he has been rejected many times he never lost his confidence to invite us again and again. God always searches for the human heart and once he has found us he invites us to come to him.

    And this is the message of this feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – this God who loves us so much cannot and will not give up on us, no matter what because we are always so dear to Him. Indeed, love is the language of Sacred Heart of Jesus expressed in God’s desire to search and find us so that we will be given the fullness of life.

    Thus, we don’t search for God because it is Him who has been searching for us. So, let us allow God to search for us and to allow him to find us. It is in this attitude that we will be able to listen to his many invitations and will inspire us to say YES to him. To say Yes and to affirm his invitation to recognize his presence in our life and with others. And when we are able to recognize him, then we will truly be joyful; our hearts will be filled with love of God, as St. Paul says to us. Hinaut pa.

    Jom Baring, CSsR

     

  • If we have Jesus in our life as our foundation, we will surely be fine

    If we have Jesus in our life as our foundation, we will surely be fine

    June 27, 2019 – Thursday 12th Week in OT    

    GN 16:1-12, 15-16

    Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children.
    She had, however, an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
    Sarai said to Abram:  “The LORD has kept me from bearing children.
    Have intercourse, then, with my maid; perhaps I shall have sons through her.”
    Abram heeded Sarai’s request.
    Thus, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, his wife Sarai took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his concubine.
    He had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
    When she became aware of her pregnancy, she looked on her mistress with disdain.
    So Sarai said to Abram: “You are responsible for this outrage against me.
    I myself gave my maid to your embrace; but ever since she became aware of her pregnancy, she has been looking on me with disdain.
    May the LORD decide between you and me!” Abram told Sarai:  “Your maid is in your power. Do to her whatever you please.”
    Sarai then abused her so much that Hagar ran away from her.The LORD’s messenger found her by a spring in the wilderness,
    the spring on the road to Shur, and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”
    She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
    But the LORD’s messenger told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her abusive treatment. I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the LORD’s messenger,
    “that they will be too many to count. Besides,” the LORD’s messenger said to her:

    “You are now pregnant and shall bear a son; you shall name him Ishmael,
    For the LORD has heard you, God has answered you.

    This one shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; In opposition to all his kin shall he encamp.”

    Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.
    Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

    The Word of the Lord.

    MT 7:21-29

    Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
    will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
    Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
    Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
    “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
    will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
    The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
    But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
    And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
    When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
    for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
    The Gospel of the Lord.

    Have you been treated badly by others because of your failures? Or have you been unkind to others because of your frustrations? There would be times that we become resentful and unkind to people around us especially when we experience frustrations and failures in life. As a way of expressing our frustrations, we extend such negative feelings towards people under us. We will tend to be cranky and strict, unkind and ungenerous with others because we are basically angry with ourselves.

    This was what happened to Hagar and her son, Ishmael, who became the object of frustrations of Sarai and complacency and irresponsibility of Abram. Hagar was in big trouble, not of her own doing but of her masters. It was because of Sarai’s insecurity that Hagar and Ishmael suffered such unkind treatment. Sarai grew old and childless. She was supposed to produce children for Abram yet, it seemed that she could not.

    Abram was promised by God to have children as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the shore. Yet, not one child was given. Thus, Sarai felt pressured by their local custom to allow a maid-servant to become the bearer of Abram’s children.

    Indeed, it was out of her insecurity and frustration that she offered Hagar to Abram. However, later on, when Hagar became pregnant, Sarai became more resentful and despised Hagar. Sarai treated Hagar badly as an expression of Sarai’s frustration of herself and of her failures.

    IMG_0353

    This will surely happen to us when we are not founded solidly. Jesus speaks of having a good foundation like building a house on rock rather than on sand. What does it mean? Building a house on rock means making myself founded on Jesus. Jesus is the rock, the very foundation of our person and of our faith. Jesus will also be our foundation once we are also ready to accept him and allow him to transform our life.

    How do we do it? It is by listening to his words and holding on to his promises that we become solid. By listening to God’s words and wisdom then, the more we also become aware of God’s desire for us. This will always assure us because God’s desire for us is always good and will always give life to us.

    However, if we decide to build our life on mere human understanding, mere human desires and wants, then, we are like building our house on sand. To settle on these weak foundations, means putting trust on our human inclinations to sin. We know that we are weak and we can easily be driven by our selfish desires and wants.

    This was what led Sarai and even Abram to be so selfish. They trusted their impulses to decide things, which had long-term consequences. They never even made God as part of that decision. Sarai made the decision out of frustration and insecurity while Abram also went with that decision in mere complacency and even without taking responsibility over Hagar and Ishmael.

    The Lord invites us today to claim Him as the foundation of our whole life. This means that Jesus wants us to make him part of our every decision and action. And surely, we are assured that as the storms of failures, losses, death, illness, pain, injury, worries and doubts in life will come, then, we have Jesus to hold on and to lean on. If we have Jesus in our life, we will surely be fine. Hinaut pa.

    Jom Baring, CSsR