30th Day
of Lent:
April 3, 2014:
“stiff-necked people”
(Acts 7:51)
A lot of times people have short memories and fall back into the
same old habits that are destructive and troublesome.
The Israelites forget so conveniently
that they have been fed with manna in the desert, water from the rocks,
miraculously saved at Red Sea, the God of generosity and promises.
From a
living God who accompanied them all through their life, they reduce themselves
to worshiping a molten calf. Even then their defense attorney Moses fights for
them with God saying other nations will laugh at us if you now punish your
people for their iniquities. So God relents.
So we hear that God can be
influenced with a powerful intercessor. When our going becomes tough and rough,
when people criticize, mock and reduce you to nothingness, it is so easy to
give up on our faith in the Lord.
But we must know times like these our God is
closer to us than ever before. God knows we have a difficult time. So God is
eager to reach out to us and help us to carry the burdens of our life.
“Faith can never be simply an intellectual assent to truths revealed by God,
although it certainly includes that, it always demands a profound personal gift
of ourselves to Jesus, a passionate commitment of our minds and hearts to him.”
That’s real discipleship.
In tough times remember the glories of the Lord, the
blessings, and graces God has showered upon you and that memory will keep us
from staying afloat.
God Bless you always!
Sincerely Yours,
Rev. Fr. Cyriac Chandy Mattathilanickal, MS
Rev. Fr. Cyriac Chandy Mattathilanickal, MS
Wishing you and yours A Holy Lent!
Rev. Fr. Tom Puthusseril, M.S.
Shrine Director
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