Lets Be the True Christian..

‘If you wish to anoint me king over you in good faith,
come and take refuge in my shadow.
Otherwise, let fire come from the buck thorn and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
                                                                                                               -Judges 9:6-15

Jesus told his disciples this parable:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner
who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.
After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,
he sent them into his vineyard.
Going out about nine o’clock,
he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard,
and I will give you what is just.’
So they went off.
And he went out again around noon,
and around three o’clock, and did likewise.
Going out about five o’clock,
he found others standing around, and said to them,
‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’
When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman,
‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay,
beginning with the last and ending with the first.’
When those who had started about five o’clock came,
each received the usual daily wage.
So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more,
but each of them also got the usual wage.
And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying,
‘These last ones worked only one hour,
and you have made them equal to us,
who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’
He said to one of them in reply,
‘My friend, I am not cheating you.
Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
Take what is yours and go.
What if I wish to give this last one the same as you?
Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money?
Are you envious because I am generous?’
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”- Mathew 20:1-16

Our Lord is the king of our life and is reigning in our hearts. WHY HAVE WE MADE JESUS OUR KING? WHAT IS OUR BASIS AND AIM? Is it for some benefits or a status or to justify our actions or out of sincere Love?

If it is the pure and sincere love to our saviour that we follow Him,then there wont be questions in our life to others..but we will be only satisfied in His voice. There wont be episodes of justifications for our actions because we wont be able to compromise anything for His love.There wont be stubbornness or unsatisfactions or rushes to daily work or to stand for Him because we will be perfectly used by Him in His mission according to His plans. We become the change,transforming and living ,following Christ,who lives for accomplishing Gods will- the christian in heart full in grace hope and faith.

But if our basis is not love..we rarely will transform as Christian in heart..ending in so called practicing christian. We will work day long or life long for God,doing this and that to satisfy us that we are doing something for God. But left aimless or unsatisfied or complaining like the workers comparing others..because we fail to renew ourselves or change ourselves or submit for God to use us. As pope said"evangilisation is a consequence not a programme".

The change should start from within us. Feeding and nourishing on Gods words..every moment in awareness that God is our authority(prayer),talking to Him and doing everything in submission to His plan. Living in Christ-likeness. This is the fuel to blaze the fire in us forever if this fuel is not there at first the fire will be large but later the worlds pressure turns it to coal. It is this change that mold us to reflect in ourselves,our relations,society,works..

Lets reflect our inner minds. Find and nurture true love for God in us realizing the depth of His love for us..and do everything in His love for His glory in His will..empowering Lord as king with a sincere heart.

Prayer

Thank you Lord for your amazing love. Help us to realize the depths of Your love, grow and transform ourselves in your love; ever growing in your love by flowing it to others. We will be satisfied only when your love fills us and when we live for'thy will be done"

Amen.

God bless you abundantly to share abundantly in everything....

Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;his righteousness endures forever.” He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.-2 Corinthians-10

 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be.The Father will honor whoever serves me.”- John 12:24-26

 Blessed the man who fears the LORD,who greatly delights in his commands.His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.Well for the man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice;He shall never be moved; the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.An evil report he shall not fear;his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear till he looks down upon his foes. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need. - Psalms-9 

we are nourished each moment by our Lord with the Living word,love,care,sacrifice, patience...reflect in our day the daily providence of our Lord.. Lets give ,what we are nourished by God to the needy.....this giving can crush us pain us or get us into a disturbed state..that the flesh in us cannot tolerate...but the strength of God in us can..hence lets seek His strength which conquered all in this world..with Him all things are possible. But instead "Whoever loves his life loses it,".. Lets be ready to be like the grain.. "unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains just a grain of wheat;but if it dies, it produces much fruit."Lets do this with happiness and not by compulsion..we can tune our mind to be a generous unselfish giver by building trust in Our Lord.. "God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work"He bless us abundantly to share....give love to receive more love..share more to break the selfish mind..

 Prayer 

Thank you lord for giving us this beautiful message..we pray humbly by submitting ourselves unto You..mold us like You..our hate with your love,our pride with your humbleness.. replace our weaknesses with Your strength..so that we give happily to others and we give You in all that we give.. Amen 

Try to discover our weaknesses in each of our actions,submit in Holy Mass..as we receive His Body and Blood lets receive Lords Strength in each..slowly uniting with Our Lord each time..

God Chooses the Ineligible

“when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”- Luke 5:8

Simon Peter was fed up with all the nights work as it turned unfruitful. After the rushes of his efforts, Simon Peter was washing the nets to set off. He might be having a heavy heart of complaints and concerns of an unsatisfied effort in the deep far sea. He might be reflecting upon the wastefulness of a night with a hope set to next night but without a guarantee in success.

This is when Jesus intervened. He asked Simon,

“Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.” - Luke 5:4-5

Simon Peter tried this chance because He was facing a failure and His unfruitful efforts reflected on Him

When he submitted to try as Jesus said,

“When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.”- Luke 5:6-8

The futility of human efforts was turned into a surplus catch when Jesus intervened. This made Simon realize his nothingness and ineligibility, he confessed;

“But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” Luke 5:8

Here appears the amazing plan of Our Lord, immersed in His mercy and love for His children,

“Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” -Luke 5:10

This touch of living word melts the hard crust of earth

“The Lord, God of hosts, he who touches the earth and it melts,”-Amos 9:5

Even though the catch of fish was beyond his imagination and could have brought him good fortune in world, he left all of them and followed Jesus. “When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him”- Luke 5:11

This is how Lord chooses us.

In the life of this world we wander in its rushes, we do many things that keeps us happy and content but still go for more because we are never satisfied. This is the coarse of the regular worldly life. A search for satisfaction. In this journey, we often come across a check point were we breakdown as a response from the world. This is when we look into us and reflect our past efforts. In the rushes we blast out but in silence our inner self reflects to us.

The self reflection brings out the unrighteous, impatient ways that we went through, the unfruitful efforts we made. The wound that it inflicted on us and the wounds that we inflicted on others, the selfish motives, proud approaches and painful separations. We realize, we are defeated by this world. This is when we realize Our Lord. All the time He was near us, but we were busy that we missed His presence. But when are lonely now, lost and depressed, we hear this silent call from our Lord. “I call you in your ineligibility”

He says, “I chose you because of your ineligibility. I am building you as My house, to shelter many. You -the house may loose its paint, or may get affected by fungus turning you black, you may be exposed to severe weather but DO NOT BE AFRAID, I am seeing You. Just expose your damages to Me, I shall repair you with my mercy and paint you with my Love. Your maintenance may cause you to suffer a bit, but it is for your good, to renew you and purify you again, so that you are built and maintained in perfection. But the thing you must do, is perfect submission by accepting Me as your master, never hide your patchworks, expose your damages to Me, so that I can refurbish you and use you for many. So that along with you I save many.”

When He say this to us, we feel the warm touch of love in our heart, no matter how we are God needs us, He loves us and wishes to envelope us with His love and purify us with His mercy. This melts us, our hard hearts, to flow like a stream and join the fathoms of love and mercy of Lord. Our submission not only saves us, but many through us. This is the perfect satisfaction and it is everlasting and ever increasing.

But If we fail to submit our self to Lord, our efforts will go in vain”.

“Unless the Lord builds the house,

those who build it labor in vain.” -Psalms 127:1

“(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later. Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.” -Hebrews 3:4-6

Let us submit all our efforts and past life to the caring hands of God, lets accept Him as our Lord and Master, Confess all our damages to Him as and when it appears, let Him envelope us with His mercy and love and thus we are built for Him and whom He gives us. Leave all our worldly surplus supplies and follow Him, let Him use us fruitfully.

For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. -1 Corinthians 1:25

Prayer

Thank you Lord for loving us unconditionally.

We cry out to You oh Lord, we are not worthy, we are ineligible. Even though we knew You, we fail in our submissions unto You. Cleanse us, we expose us to You, envelop us in Your unending Love and mercy. Build us as Your house in Your perfection for You mission. Thank You Lord for speaking to us today. Thank You for filling us with Your spirit and renewing us towards Your hope and strength.

Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Readings

Ephesians 1:3-14

1 John 4:10

Ephesians 2:19-22

Psalms 31

Trust in Gods Providence

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’...your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. - Mathew 6:30-33

"but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. “-1 Thessalonians 5:16-19

We will be sad and depressed because of our situations, or our habits or our unrighteousness. We may be thinking about the low situations we are, we may be feeling that we are lost beyond recovery. We may be troubled even now for the condition we are in….but God says,

“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness”- 2Corinthians 12:19

Let us praise God for the situation we are in...trust that it is for Gods glory to be manifested through us..There is an intention behind our weaknesses..you know what?

“I won’t say any more, because I don’t want people to think more of me than what they see me do or hear me say. But I must not be too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me. So a painful problem was given to me—an angel from Satan, sent to make me suffer, so that I would not think that I am better than anyone else.”- 2Corinthians 12:6-7

When we look around, the marvels of nature and the natural phenomenons, we realize that Gods creations are just amazing. Our manipulations reach no where. Lets admire the nature around us and understand How wonderfully He is nurturing all creations. Look at the birds, the animals, the flowers, even though they don't toil and run around the world like us, they are perfect in the way they are created. We feel to praise God by seeing the beauty of the nature. We are His prime ones- His Children, it is beyond our imagination, of the ways, how great He is able to care us..lets acknowledge God in all we have and is going to have. Let us seek Him first and put trust in Him and His power working in us. He knows what is good for us even better than us. Do not restrict God with our solutions by forgetting to realize his power of providence.

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us “-Ephesians 3:20

Be content in the way we are, because it is Gods plan that we should be so. May be we are weak, ineligible, or great and productive, God has called us to be so. In whatever situation we are, our aim is to glorify God in us, this is His will for us.

Let us remain humble under Gods hands. Take out all our anxieties about life, commit our ways unto Him and seek Our Lords face and His providence, He will raise us at the right time. Admire the Natures Marvels and Adore our Lord for a perfect trust and submission.

Prayer

Oh Lord Heavenly Father, thank you for showing us Your amazing power through the wonderful Nature around us. Help us to have a STOP in our rushing life and praise You through Nature so that Our trust in You increases and we learn to submit unto Your providence for the perfect satisfaction comes from You. Let us receive everything from Your hands. Thank You Lord.

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

Christ- Our Treasure

Others are boasting about their lives in the world. So I will boast too.-2 Corinthians 11:18

If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show I am weak. - 2 Corinthians 11:30

“Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy them. And thieves can break into your house and steal them. Instead, save your treasures in heaven .Your heart will be where your treasure is.- Mathew 6:19-21

Those who look to God will shine;
    their faces are never ashamed.On every side, the Lord’s messenger protects those who honor God; and he delivers them. 

-Psalm 34: 5,7

Most of our time,Our heart is upon our worldly deposits and we may boast upon what we have gained here.. Our Lord says to us, the worldly treasures are perishable and can be stolen. What about our hearts that we put on it? It will also shatter.

Don't save treasures here on earth, let it be saved in Heaven, so that our hearts are set above. We are raised in Christ and is a new creation. Being so we live in perfect submission to Gods will ,depositing in heaven.

'Therefore, if you were raised with Christ, look for the things that are above where Christ is sitting at God’s right side. Think about the things above and not things on earth. '(Colossians 3:1-2)

While on earth, let us boast about our weaknesses and not on our gains of world. Gains of world shows our satisfaction for this world, but through weaknesses Gods power is manifested. We do what we cannot.

He said to me, " My grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness. "So I'll gladly spend my time bragging about my weaknesses so that Christ's power can rest on me.

- 2 Corinthians 12:9

Let us turn our focus from the world to Christ and Lord ,from what is below to what is above, from dark to light. Let us turn our eyes to the source of light, so that we shine through Him and let others receive the light through us and shine in the ultimate Light together.

"The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how terrible that darkness will be! - Mathew 6:22-23

Those who look to God will shine;
    their faces are never ashamed.On every side, the Lord’s messenger protects those who honor God; and he delivers them. (Psalm 34:5,7)

God protects us and delivers those who have kept focus and trust on Him and their deposit is everlasting.Hence what is best, looking on world or looking to God ?

Prayer

Oh lord ,source of our light and perfect satisfaction, help us to set our focus unto you. Help us to realise and accept our weaknesses and use it to glorify You because in our weaknesses we see you acting for us. Let us be able to say in deep faith ,'my Lord is my treasure and life.'

'I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ' - Colossians 3:8

In the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

The Nature of Our Call

2 Corinthians 6:1-10

“We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Don’t let the grace that you received from God be for nothing. We are servants of God. We never give up, even though we face troubles, difficulties, and problems of every kind.”

Jesus say..”don’t fight back against someone who wants to do harm to you. If they hit you on the right cheek, let them hit the other cheek too.If anyone wants to sue you in court and take your shirt, let them have your coat too.If a soldier forces you to walk with him one mile, go with him two.Give to anyone who asks you for something. Don’t refuse to give to anyone who wants to borrow from you. -Mathew 5:38-42

We are all called for Gods mission like Jesus. “ the Holy Spirit will come on you and give you power. You will be my witnesses. You will tell people everywhere about me “-Acts 1:8

We receive the power to humbly submit us for this mission through the holy spirit that strengthened Jesus during all His trials. Jesus says ”I can assure you that whoever believes in me will do the same things I have done. And they will do even greater things than I have done, because I am going to the Father”- John14:12

If we believe we can see the glory of God. The nature of our call in our life is to follow the same as Jesus did. It is said”If we say we live in God, we must live the way Jesus lived. “- 1John 2:6 and in this mission “In your life together, think the way Christ Jesus thought.”- Philippians 2:6. Giving love for those who hate us and our enemies, sacrificing for those in need with what we have all in Gods love for his children and for His glory.

Hence He says”don’t fight back against someone who wants to do harm to you. If they hit you on the right cheek, let them hit the other cheek too. If anyone wants to sue you in court and take your shirt, let them have your coat too. If a soldier forces you to walk with him one mile, go with him two. Give to anyone who asks you for something. Don’t refuse to give to anyone who wants to borrow from you.”

Hence let us take up the mission that our Father have entrusted us, with the same attitude and feeling of mercy love and kindness, letting not the grace that we received from God go in vain. Let us humbly submit our life for God to act through us and use us. We do this by our perfect obedience to the inner voice of the Holy spirit gaining strength to all the trials we face in our way of life. Let us pray like Jesus did “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done. “Luke 22:42 and let us pray like our Mother Mary who pondered on the living word of god from the beginning till Calvary and even now, by interceding for us in our weaknesses, “And Mary said, "Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. “-Luke 1:38

God gives us strength for what we are called for...just we must believe in Him and submit in perfection unto Him.

"Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live a life devoted to God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus chose us by his glory and goodness, 4 through which he also gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With these gifts you can share in being like God. And so you will escape the ruin that comes to people in the world because of the evil things they want."2Peter1:3-4

Prayer

God loving Father thank you for giving us the right to called as your Children. Help us to submit ourselves unto you and fill us with strength of Holy Spirit so that we never give up in our mission of life, even though we face troubles, difficulties, and problems of every kind. Fill us with Your love.

In the name of the Father ,The son and The Holy Spirit. Amen

Reading

2 Peter 1:3-15

Psalm 25

Psalms 51

The Crosses of Life- " arm yourselves with Jesus attitude"

 As Jesus prayed in Gethsemane with great anguish and fear..he poured out his heart to Father Almighty. He raised His heart full of troubles and anxieties to heavens and cried to Lord ,“Father, if it’s your will, take this cup of suffering away from me. However, not my will but your will must be done.” A prayer out of helplessness and prayer of perfect submission. Abba Father Help me!!

This is when Father sent out His strength through angel, “Then a heavenly angel appeared to him and strengthened him”. Heavenly Father sent out His strength and filled Jesus heart with Spirit and love. God is love (1John 4:8) .What was the nature of this strength and love that Heavenly Father filled Jesus. Strength- the strngth of the spirit to endure the cross and offer himself as a living sacrifice. Love- Was this love for His only son Jesus? If so , this love would have saved Jesus from the sufferings...it did'nt. Hence the nature of the love was different- this love was the deep fathoms of love that our Father has for His children- this love filled in Jesus hearts that;

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us -Romans 5:8

Jesus prayer during the situation of suffering the cross for us, he raised his own heart to Heavenly Father, which filled him with Gods spirit of strength and love in his heart which changed the entire face of suffering and sacrifice. Jesus was filled with love of God to his children, Jesus was filled with spirit of courage to sacrifice himself for the sake of this love.

“ He was pierced because of our rebellions
  and crushed because of our crimes.
  He bore the punishment that made us whole;
  by his wounds we are healed. -Isaiah 53:5

Jesus endured the cross with the Love and strength of Heavenly Father.

This is the perfect model for us to endure crosses in our life.“Therefore, since Christ suffered as a human, you should also arm yourselves with his way of thinking..so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God.”1 Peter 4:1-2

In every Holy Eucharist this is what we should do, just as Jesus prayed with perfect submission by raising His heart to Lord , as we enter the Holy Mass the priest says “lift up your hearts” Response: “We lift them up to you oh Lord”..Priest: let us give thanks and praises to Him...Response: “It is right and just”...We have to raise our heart with our cross humbly towards our Lord give thanks and praises to Him..no matter how troubled we are...pray more intensely as Jesus did..and do the perfect submission and out of helplessness--,“Father, if it’s your will, take this cup of suffering away from me. However, not my will but your will must be done.”

After submission of our offerings we enter the most important event – Jesus gives His own Body and Blood for us – it dissolve in us when we receive the Holy Eucharist – the spirit of Jesus,Holy Spirit fills in us – the spirit of Love and endurance, the spirit of the perfect sacrifice for the children of God. Once this fills in us, it is by this spirit that we are going to carry the crosses of troubles that we have. The entire outlook of our suffering or trouble transforms to a holy mission. 

In each Holy Eucharist, let us pour out our heart to Our lord. Let us cry out of helplessness raising our hearts unto Him, then he shall fill us with His spirit and life -the living God in us as body and blood- the living word. We are renewed in life each time we receive it. We get the power of Jesus who has already overcome the world and sufferings...'In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." - John 16:33

As we submit “He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power, with which he is able to rule everything.” Philippians 3:21

Let the spirit of Christ fill in us through our perfect submission of our life...the spirit with which Jesus suffered for us in love, so that we carry our cross in the same spirit.

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-- our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God”- 1John 5:4

Our crosses for the day might be our job, or kids, or partner or a friend or a stranger or a disease or a pain...whatever it is...let us face carry our crosses filling ourselves with love and sacrifice of our lord. Let us take cloth ourselves with the attitude of Our lord….It is by denying ourselves ,taking our cross and following Him..we near to Him - the perfect satisfaction of love. We cannot attain it by denying our problems or crosses but we are getting near to God  by carrying them filled with Gods love and sacrifice, by denying our "self" (our comforts and selfish intentions that satisfies us).

Prayer

Thank You for talking to us and helping us realize Your strength for enduring the Cross and giving us your strong loving and sacrificial spirit by receiving Your Body and Blood in the Holy Mass. Let us now carry the cross with Your attitude in your Holy Spirit...with love and sacrifice to all You give us. Let us from now experience your real presence in the Holy Eucharist. Purify us and transform us to You as new creation in Christ. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Readings

Isaiah 53

Philippians 2:5-11

John 17

1 John 4:7-21

Preparing for Pentecost

The Great day of Pentecost (May 24th) is nearing.Pentecost is a time of the gift of the Holy Spirit being "fanned into a flame ", "rekindled", "kept alive", so that we may bear witness to the Gospel with the strength that comes from God. It is He who saved us and calls us everyday to be his hands and voice in the home, neighborhood and world in which we live.

As Jesus said, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you don’t forgive them, they aren’t forgiven.”.John 20:21-23

He is sending us too..

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life" - John 6:63.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.  For,

“All people are like grass,

    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;

the grass withers and the flowers fall,

 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

And this is the word that was preached to you.(1 Peter 1:23-25)

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”-Mathew 28:19-20

“when God our savior’s kindness and love appeared,  he saved us because of his mercy, not because of righteous things we had done. He did it through the washing of new birth and the renewing by the Holy Spirit, which God poured out upon us generously through Jesus Christ our savior.  So, since we have been made righteous by his grace, we can inherit the hope for eternal life.”-Titus 3:5-7

You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith.This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.  Instead, we are God’s accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives. -Ephesians 2:8-10

Christ is building you into a place where God lives through the Spirit.(-Ephesians 2:22), as living stones, being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ(1 Peter 2:5).your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. (1 Corinthians 6:19)

Let us renew the Holy Spirit and realize its fruits, as we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves (2 Corinthians 4:7).you are our father.We are the clay, and you are our potter.All of us are the work of your hand.( Isaiah 64:8)

Don’t neglect the spiritual gift in you that was given through prophecy when the elders laid hands on you.  Practice these things, and live by them so that your progress will be visible to all.  Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you.

-1Timothy 4:14

 Lets seek god with all our heart, all our strength and all our life."You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.I will be found by you"-'Jeremiah 29:13-14

 He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.(-Phillippians 1:6). For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life." (Phillippians 2:13-16)

The Novena of Holy Spirit begins on Friday the 15th of May. The Novena can be downloaded from the Jesus youth sites below.

http://jesusyouth.org/sites/default/files/Holy%20Spirit%20Novena%20(English).pdf

http://jesusyouth.org/sites/default/files/Holy%20Spirit%20Novena%20(Malayalam)_0.pdf

Let us renew the Holy Spirit in Pentecost.

Prayer

God, create a pure heart in me,

    and make my spirit strong again.

Don’t push me away

    or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Your help made me so happy.

    Give me that joy again.

    Make my spirit strong and ready to obey you.

 I will teach the guilty how you want them to live,

    and the sinners will come back to you.

-Psalms 51:10-13

Amen

Novena of Holy Spirit

http://uk.jesusyouth.org/events/novena-holy-spirit

In God- To the Real Call.

“Just like a deer that craves streams of water,

my whole being craves you, God

My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God.

When will I come and see God's face?

My tears have been my food day and night”- Psalms 42:1-3

We basically are with habit of searching..searching for something that is missing in our life..the perfect satisfaction. In each incidents or wishes that buds out for us and from us is pointing for this satisfaction...Do we gain this perfect ultimate satisfaction in all we encounter? With this life, each of this events, give us just 'OK'. Again this search continues one after another….until we reach the perfect satisfaction….of our thirst- 'the Living God'

My soul thirst, just like a deer craves of stream of water, for the living God. The thirst of God in our life will lead to the opening of the door of knowing Him more. The more we begin to know Him it reveals,

“Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite”

                                                                                         - Psalms 147:5

The knowledge of Our Lord reveals to us a vastness of His love and mercy showered upon us. The experience of His love towards us makes us think over our life. Even being so ineligible God loves us, He sacrificed for us. He saved us by pouring out Jesus blood and breaking His body for us so that we are living in His spirit.

“While we were still weak, at the right moment, Christ died for ungodly people. It isn’t often that someone will die for a righteous person, though maybe someone might dare to die for a good person. But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us “

                                                                                     -Romans 5:6-7

The marvelous fathoms of Gods love and mercy builds faith in us. The more we thirst...the more and more we know, the more love of God flows to us….the more faith we build up. The faith in our Lord leads to our obedience in Him. This sincere obedience out of our love has a great reward from our Lord- The Holy Spirit.

“We are witnesses of such things, as is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. “- Acts 5:32

The Holy spirit teaches us to pray..Prompting us to explore the living word in its fullness.

“Stay alert and pray so that you won’t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak.” -Mathew 26:41

I ask that he will strengthen you in your inner selves from the riches of his glory through the Spirit. I ask that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. As a result of having strong roots in love, ask that you’ll have the power to grasp love’s width and length, height and depth, together with all believers “- Ephesians 3:16-18

In the same way, the Spirit comes to help our weakness. We don’t know what we should pray, but the Spirit himself pleads our case with unexpressed groans. The one who searches hearts knows how the Spirit thinks, because he pleads for the saints, consistent with God’s will. -Romans 8:26-27

The Holy Spirit- the power given to us to obey God in all circumstances of our life- lead us for the fullness in submission of ourselves to our Lord. Just as Jesus did, in all incidents we come through we dare to say “Father, if it’s your will, take this cup of suffering away from me. However, not my will but your will must be done.” 

                                                                                        -Luke 22:42

Submission to our Fathers will will lead us to seek His wish. This is the wisdom from heaven. Seeking Gods will in every moment of our life channels to the flow of wisdom. The wisdom to understand the Living Word.

“You have Wisdom with you. She knows all your works. She was present with you when you were making the world. She knows what pleases you. She knows what someone needs to do to follow your commandments. Send her out to me from your holy heavens. Send her from your glorious throne so that she may labor with me here and that I may learn what is pleasing to you. She knows and understands everything. She’ll guide me wisely in all that I do. Her great honor will guard me. Then my works will be acceptable” - Wisdom 9:9-11

The revelation of the Living Word through wisdom urges us to live our life as the Living Word, to pray to get Gospel in our tongue when we open our mouth to speak. (Ephesians 6:19)

Through the revelation of our Lords love and mercy towards us He pour out His peace to our mind. This peace increases and increases in our faith and submission towards our Lord .

“The peace of Christ must control your hearts—a peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful people. The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him.”- Colossians 3: 15-17

Our Lord is molding us , assigning us to be the stakeholder of the treasures that He deposits in us.

“serve each other according to the gift each person has received, as good managers of God’s diverse gifts. Whoever speaks should do so as those who speak God’s word. Whoever serves should do so from the strength that God furnishes. Do this so that in everything God may be honored through Jesus Christ “- 1 Peter 4:10-11

“But we have this treasure in clay pots so that the awesome power belongs to God and doesn’t come from us” - 2 Corinthians 4:7

God molds us to the great eternal mission,

Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.”Then he breathed on them and said,“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you don’t forgive them, they aren’t forgiven.”- John 20:21-23

He said to them, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn’t believe will be condemned.”

-Mark 16:15

Prayer

Let us pray with by comprehending the fullness of our Lords prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy Name,thy kingdom come
,thy will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

Dear Lord guide our thirst in our life unto You- the ultimate satisfaction. Give us the perfection in You- the ultimate sacrifice. Give us your marvelous heart of love and mercy. Above all, bless us with You tender virtue of humbleness and simplicity. Let Christ be revealed to us inorder to reduce us for Him and reflect Him for all You give to us. For it is in You we find the fathoms of hope and eternity.

Let us hold on to Mother Mary, who showed us the way of submission and pondering to the living word till the Cross and still under cross to raise up our head and see the face of Our dear Jesus to enter through His body and blood for eternity.

Hail Mary, full of grace.

Our Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

The Cross of Life

"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."-John 12:32


"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; "by his wounds you have been healed."- 1 Peter 2:24


For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God- 1 Corinthians 1:18

Through the cross Jesus defeated our enemies - death and Satan and won pardon for our sins. His cross is the door to heaven and the key to paradise. The way to glory is through the cross. When the disciples saw the risen Lord they disbelieved for joy! How can death lead to life, the cross to victory? Jesus shows us the way and he gives us the power to overcome sin and despair, and everything else that would stand in the way of his love and truth. Just as the first disciples were commissioned to bring the good news of salvation to all the nations, so, we, too, are called to be witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to all who live on the face of the earth. Do you witness the joy of the Gospel to those around you?

"Lord Jesus, open our minds to understand the Scriptures that we may fully comprehend the truth of your word. Anoint us with your power and give us joy and boldness to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed."
Praise Jesus, risen from the dead! "Death is swallowed up in victory" (1 Cor 15:54). Alleluia forever!

As we say in the Eleventh Station of Cross, "My despised Jesus, nail my heart, mind, and soul to the cross. May I always be there to love You and never leave You again."

"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me"- Galatians 2:20

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. - Galatians 6:14

Prayer

Praise and thanks to You oh Lord Jesus for the amazing love and mercy that You envelope us with. Mary Mother of God , Our dear Mother, lead us through our journey of life to Jesus through Your intercessions and help. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.


Reading
Acts 3:11-26
Romans 5:12-21
Psalms 34