SUFFERING; THE ALLOTTED PORTION OF LOVERS

 

SUFFERING; THE ALLOTTED PORTION OF LOVERS

An elderly priest was once asked what would happen if a priest falls in love, he kept quiet for sometime and replied saying, "he will suffer, that is the portion of lovers". Can we say that this statement has some elements of truth in it. Even though love is a sweet thing, everyone wants to love and to be loved, we always seek to be cared for and in fact, we desire to care too for those we love because seeing our loved ones happy gives us its own special kind joy. Nevertheless, experience has taught us that to love is to suffer. The afflictions of our loved ones pains us, the worries that troubles them troubles us. In fact, even in our own pains and worries, sometimes we feel pained knowing the pains our loved ones will undergo when they discover our afflictions. 

Can a blind man lead a blind man?

 

23rd Friday in Ordinary Time.  ( Luke 6:39-42) 

Can a blind man lead a blind man?

Christ was aggrieved at the fact that we humans are easily disposed at condemning others without evaluating our own life. We don’t condemn publicly what we do privately but we even go as far as condemning people who are better than we are for the slight mistakes or misdeeds they commit.

The Long Awaited

 8th of September 

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" ( Matt 1:1-16, 18-23).

 “That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit”.

“The Long Awaited.”

 After The fall of the first man Adam, of which the first woman Eve was instrumental (according to creation story) by Her sharing the forbidden fruit she plucked from the tree of knowledge of life and death (Gen:2:15)  as deceived by  the serpent (Gen 3: 1-4) with Adam, which  dammed humanity to  death, God planned in the Fullness of  time to restore all things in “Christ the new Adam" necessarily on  a forbidden tree “the cross". Forbidden because it brought damnation and shameful death to whoever it was conferred on as a result of a grievous atrocity. 

When the bride groom is taken from them, they will fast.

 

22nd Friday in ordinary time. Luke 5: 33-39.

“When the bride groom is taken from them, they will fast.”

Are you kidding me, Did Christ who always prayed and taught His disciples to do so just defend them for not offering prayers and fasting like the disciples of the Pharisees? Of course not. Rather He’s bringing our attention to the importance of being sensitive to the demands of the present time we find ourselves in.

I know who you are, the Holy one of God

 

22^nd Tuesday in ordinary time: Luke 4:31-37.

“I know who you are, the Holy one of God"... 

    This was an exclamation from a demon. Well why? Maybe because though it was manipulating a human body, the demon is a spirit, that moves in spirit and can perceive a spirit.  And Christ as God is a spirit though he was made incarnate in human form. As a human now, if my mother and another lady were discussing in another room, I’ll be able to differentiate which voice is my mother’s because I have lived and communicated so often with her that I don’t just know her voice but can understand the message in her silent gaze. I could spot her out by her steps even if there are many women coming from a distance that I can’t see their faces, and even certify her reported spoken words if it contained her preferred clichés for example if she likes putting ‘am telling you’ or ‘nawa oh' in-between her words. Same applies to other members of my family and close friends.