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Friday, September 24, 2004

God's Time


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The series of readings for Mass this week is a very down-to-earth approach to life in the midst of the mundane and profane that we encounter daily. Yet, it points subtly to the need for us to practice the presence of God, and to practice this urgently!

As I was preparing my homily for today, I came across this line and was inspired to use it: "beauty replaces the beast when we let life happens in God's time, not ours." Indeed, humility is needed when we let go of our preferences and pride to allow the optimal window of opportunity for God to do his part. For many a moment of my life I have seen how things work out well despite my initial skeptical views on them. There were also graced moments where I realized that God with his hands brushed by leaving behind his will for me to pick up on: a woman wanting blessings for her in order to go through the vicissitudes of her life, cheering up a saddened friend, joining in with the youths in their dinner-cum-sharing on their recent Elijah's Mountain retreat, and yes, even 'wasting' my time with 'difficult' and 'exceptional' parishioners of Holy Family.

"... though he has permitted man to consider time in its wholeness, man cannot comprehend the work of God from beginning to end." (Eccle 3: 11)

All of these, in God's time.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jude gal... i gather u've got nothing better to do... no offence, but each time i log on to read Fr Aloy's blog, at least 90% of the comments are from you. And they are really not comments, you're creating your parasite blog within Fr Aloy's. His comments page has somewhat become your diary. Please spare a thought for everyone else, for not all of us are interested in the life of Jude gal. A suggestion, get your own blog, blog in it regularly and have your friends comment. Sorry once again, but i really felt I had to say this!

sousuke said...

Hey Mr/Ms Anoymous (person posting above me)

I totally agree with you. Its espically hard to read the long comments on a 240 x 320 screen.

It would be better if she used proper english and not "irc english" when posting.

To sum up, KISS!! KEEP IT SHORT STUPID!! :D

Anonymous said...

God bless.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

JudeGal

Anonymous said...

Anyway you get 2 blogs for the price of one...not a bad deal, yeah?

Z from SFX

 

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