May 27, 2013

First Reading – Sirach 17:  19-24

The Lord waits for us to change, but his wait is not going to be forever.  God’s mercy is great.  We keep on asking for His forgiveness and we are always given a clean slate.  The more we wanted to follow God’s path, the more difficult it seems to live.  This may seem so, because we become aware of our errors.  If before, it has become a norm to sin, now that we have decided to follow the right path, we are more mindful of our mistakes.  What we’ve gotten used to as a way to live, now become a conscious decision to do away with it.  It’s never really easy, but with God’s help, it is possible.

I read years ago, that the problem with us is that we pray to God not to lead us into temptation when temptation is not yet evident, but we never really pray the said prayer when temptation is staring at us in the face.

We all struggle at one time or another, so it will be good to remind ourselves to pray during our times of distress.

The real test of character is not during the times when everything is going the way we wanted.  Most successes in life, if not all is tested through adversity.

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Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32: 1-2, 5, 6, 7

Let the just exult and rejoice in the Lord

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Gospel: Mark 10:17-27

think…a good life is a life lived with a good purpose and goal.

Reflection…”All things are possible for God.”

Just this morning, I wrote that I’m conflicted.  Now, it has come clear that if what I want to do does not coincide with my purpose why I’m doing it, it is not worth doing at all.  I want to earn for my kids that is why I’m training to be a VA.  I have this difficulty of studying because having multiple kids is taking too much of my time.

I know that God does not place a desire in your heart if it is not supposed to be there, with the exceptions of some ungodly desires of course.  My children are the reason why I want to earn, but it will defeat my purpose of doing things for them if I can’t be with them when they needed me.  I learned a long time ago that being physically with your kids does not mean really being with them.  You can be with them, but totally disengage yourself with their interest.  I don’t want to go on living angry, stress, and mad just because I can’t do what I want.  I have to remind myself every day that whatever I do, I will do it with love.

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God our Father, every single day is like a race.  It seems like I need more than 24 hours to do everything.  Please help me discern that not all good things that I desire to do are according to your will.  You gave us 24 hours in a day and it should be used in Your own definition of productiveness.