I am stuck. Does it get easier?
No... Yes, it gets easier.
Oh yeah? look at you.
Thanks.
The more you know who you are, then what you want, the less you let things upset you.
I just don't know what I am suppose to be.
Should I be a writer but I hate what I write.
I think of taking pictures, they are just mediocre.
You will figure that out. I am not worry about you. Keep writing.
(Lost In Translation)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
When death visits
You don't know when death will take you this day.
Yes, since you don't know, don't bother yourself with it.
(CSI Miami)
Yes, since you don't know, don't bother yourself with it.
(CSI Miami)
Prayer Made Perfect
Prayer is made perfect
when the timeless is discovered
The timeless is discovered
through clarity of perception
Perception is made clear
when it is disengaged
from perceptions and
from all considerations
of personal loss or gain.
Then the miraculous is seen, and the heart is filled with wonder.
Eccl 3:11
God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
when the timeless is discovered
The timeless is discovered
through clarity of perception
Perception is made clear
when it is disengaged
from perceptions and
from all considerations
of personal loss or gain.
Then the miraculous is seen, and the heart is filled with wonder.
Eccl 3:11
God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Spiritual Direction given to Magdalene of Canossa
A Spiritual Director has no right to determine his penitent's choice one way or the other. He may advice her for one rather than the other, but only according to the sentiments he detects in a heart that is moved by grace and by the Lord's Spirit.
Therefore, I say question your heart.
I suggest you put it to test by trying to desire to accept this match. Then listen carefully to what it has to say and where it inclines, where you experience peace.
Watch if it persists in a steady and generous refusal of that state, see what its motivations are, whether they spring from the senses or from a desire to serve according to God's providential plan.
What I wish though is that you listen to your heart, because I am quite sure that He is holding it in His hands.
That is why I can tell you to attach great importance to your inclination. Whether it be for one or the other state.
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Unable to see clearly in Magdalene's vocation, the priest is trying to bide his time. He is sure only of one thing, namely, that she is not called to strict cloister.
In his opinion, her insistence to become "the discalced of the Lord" is just a natural inclination, more a search of self-satisfaction than a desire to please God.
He was convinced that Magdalene's indulgence in such thoughts was in itself dangerous, since it would only serve to distract her from God's plan for her.
"Be careful lest this thought prevent you from making good use of your time, and divide your heart, making it unwillingly to spend itself wholly and always for God."
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O my daughter, the more the Lord gives Himself to you, the more you think you are divided from Him.
He is, however, by no means displeased with you, though, to be true, he has good reasons to somewhat hurt by your lack of trust and by your timidity.
If God grants you faith in my humble opinion, believe me wheh I assure you that you are making good progress, and that God dwells in you.
Courage, my daughter, your heart belongs wholly to Him.
Therefore, I say question your heart.
I suggest you put it to test by trying to desire to accept this match. Then listen carefully to what it has to say and where it inclines, where you experience peace.
Watch if it persists in a steady and generous refusal of that state, see what its motivations are, whether they spring from the senses or from a desire to serve according to God's providential plan.
What I wish though is that you listen to your heart, because I am quite sure that He is holding it in His hands.
That is why I can tell you to attach great importance to your inclination. Whether it be for one or the other state.
+++++
Unable to see clearly in Magdalene's vocation, the priest is trying to bide his time. He is sure only of one thing, namely, that she is not called to strict cloister.
In his opinion, her insistence to become "the discalced of the Lord" is just a natural inclination, more a search of self-satisfaction than a desire to please God.
He was convinced that Magdalene's indulgence in such thoughts was in itself dangerous, since it would only serve to distract her from God's plan for her.
"Be careful lest this thought prevent you from making good use of your time, and divide your heart, making it unwillingly to spend itself wholly and always for God."
++++
O my daughter, the more the Lord gives Himself to you, the more you think you are divided from Him.
He is, however, by no means displeased with you, though, to be true, he has good reasons to somewhat hurt by your lack of trust and by your timidity.
If God grants you faith in my humble opinion, believe me wheh I assure you that you are making good progress, and that God dwells in you.
Courage, my daughter, your heart belongs wholly to Him.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Prayer of Surrender
I surrender myself to you, Lord and ask:
Put an end to my restlessness.
I give you my will.
I don't not believe any longer that I can answer myself: what I am doing and what is happening through me. Lead me and show me your will.
I give you my thoughts.
I do not believe any longer that I am so intelligent that I can understand myself: my whole life or other people. Teach me to think your thoughts.
I give you my plans.
I do not believe any longer that my life finds meaning in what I reach through my plans. I entrust myself to your plan for you know me.
My anxiety about others I give to you. I do not believe any longer with my anxiety I can improve anything. That reminds with you. Why should I be anxious?
My anxiety about the power of others I give to you.
You were powerless before the mighty. The mighty have fallen, you live.
My fears of my own failures I give to you.
I don't have to be a successful person if I wish to be blessed according to your will.
All insoluble questions, all discontent within myself, all my cramped hope, I give to you.
I give up running into locked doors and wait for you. You will open them.
I give you myself. I belong to you Lord.
You love me. You have me in your hand.
I thank You.
Put an end to my restlessness.
I give you my will.
I don't not believe any longer that I can answer myself: what I am doing and what is happening through me. Lead me and show me your will.
I give you my thoughts.
I do not believe any longer that I am so intelligent that I can understand myself: my whole life or other people. Teach me to think your thoughts.
I give you my plans.
I do not believe any longer that my life finds meaning in what I reach through my plans. I entrust myself to your plan for you know me.
My anxiety about others I give to you. I do not believe any longer with my anxiety I can improve anything. That reminds with you. Why should I be anxious?
My anxiety about the power of others I give to you.
You were powerless before the mighty. The mighty have fallen, you live.
My fears of my own failures I give to you.
I don't have to be a successful person if I wish to be blessed according to your will.
All insoluble questions, all discontent within myself, all my cramped hope, I give to you.
I give up running into locked doors and wait for you. You will open them.
I give you myself. I belong to you Lord.
You love me. You have me in your hand.
I thank You.
I want to believe, help me overcome my unbelief
Jesus asked Peter "Why do you doubt?"
I assumed Peter himself did not know why he doubted at the moment, when the winds started to blow and the waves got stronger.
Many of us will echo what the father whose son was suffering from epilepsy was pleading "I want to believe, help me overcome my unbelief!"
Often, we can have faith on behalf of another person as it is distant, it is not us, we can apply the universal principle of faith of the God in the Bible we know.
I guess for Peter it is because his pant is on fire, he is the one standing on the water.
But when it is our backyard on fire, I guess we will share the plea of the man above.
I assumed Peter himself did not know why he doubted at the moment, when the winds started to blow and the waves got stronger.
Many of us will echo what the father whose son was suffering from epilepsy was pleading "I want to believe, help me overcome my unbelief!"
Often, we can have faith on behalf of another person as it is distant, it is not us, we can apply the universal principle of faith of the God in the Bible we know.
I guess for Peter it is because his pant is on fire, he is the one standing on the water.
But when it is our backyard on fire, I guess we will share the plea of the man above.
Assurance and Truth
John 8:45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!
We want assurance not truth.
But it is only in the truth we can find assurance.
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