Thoughts on prayer and on the Holy Spirit.
Have you noticed? We often come across the words such as: "His will be done" or "I am just an instrument in the hands of the Lord" or "Holy Spirit will find a way , so pray about it".
So here are few thoughts related to those statements. We are designed to comply with God's will but often times we rebel, hence we encounter a lot of bumps in the road of our life time, and we worry. Again and again we hear the words: "Pray, pray about it", yet we don't pray as much as we are enclosed in the shell of our Pride, a major deadly sin.
Whether we like it or not, the Holy Spirit will act, it is in our nature to interact with Him, we are made for that interaction and final union. It depends how we will engage our will , it really depends on us, whether we like it or not, how to respond to the Holy Spirit who is always there, unchangeable and present. So think about it, think of yourself or your family as a house by the shore of a river or a lake or an ocean. The "Guest" ( The Holy Spirit) is coming to your dwelling by a boat. If we put out the welcoming mat and clean the ramp for the Guest to enter in our home ( read: The Holy Spirit entering our hearts), then marvelous Graces (some times that Grace is in a form of trial too- so don't be discouraged), will come along with Him. In that case the Holy Spirit will enter where ever He wishes, the entrance and interaction will be smooth and pleasant. Now, if we remove the "welcome" mat, if we close the door and remove the ramp, then the Holy Spirit will walk on water and will still enter anyway, but of course there will be great waves and sand all over, all caused by the the lack of the welcoming ramp and the mat. Does it make sense?
Here is the question: Are you putting out the welcome mat and cleaning up the ramp for the Guest, or are you removing it all and wait for the wave to really splash you and perhaps the sand to hurt you? So that is the meaning of prayer, it is the welcoming mat and the walking ramp for the Holy Spirit to visit you and that you receive him willfully. I hope this explain what prayer is about from this angle.
M.M.
Jan 11, 2014
A thought on adoption as we celebrate on January 12, 2014 a special Feast
Here is a thought ...or best said here are some momentary thoughts....
This Sunday (Jan 12, 2014) the Church Universal celebrates the Baptism of the Lord (baptism of Jesus Christ by St.John the Baptist :) Now.....the teaching is that ...by baptism (immersion in the Waters) one dies to sin and through the raising (through the waters)one is brought into a new life, by the power of the Holy Spirit in that Sacrament(of Baptism). Being baptized means you are anew and are entering the big family of Christianity. You are becoming a new member, and an adopted child of God and then you live in that family.......After baptism a lot of things might go wrong...and that's okay.. Thought about this for a while .....and as a parallelism this could be helpful...Think of an orphan who is in his teens......who is finally adopted by a great family.....the orphan becomes a child with parents and is loved dearly.......the orphan, though, is not necessarily fully integrated in the family for some time.....he/she gets to know the family, receives love, yet is not able to give back similar love.... until later in life....when he "gets" it...but the fundamental change took place at adoption.... That child is part of that family for good and is legally part of that family. The same thing with those people who enter the Church through Baptism, it is the first step, but the most important one, towards being saved, through the Grace of God.... So how does this thought sounds....Do you want to get baptized :-)? Think about it! It is about God's unending love...!
Happy the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.
MM
This Sunday (Jan 12, 2014) the Church Universal celebrates the Baptism of the Lord (baptism of Jesus Christ by St.John the Baptist :) Now.....the teaching is that ...by baptism (immersion in the Waters) one dies to sin and through the raising (through the waters)one is brought into a new life, by the power of the Holy Spirit in that Sacrament(of Baptism). Being baptized means you are anew and are entering the big family of Christianity. You are becoming a new member, and an adopted child of God and then you live in that family.......After baptism a lot of things might go wrong...and that's okay.. Thought about this for a while .....and as a parallelism this could be helpful...Think of an orphan who is in his teens......who is finally adopted by a great family.....the orphan becomes a child with parents and is loved dearly.......the orphan, though, is not necessarily fully integrated in the family for some time.....he/she gets to know the family, receives love, yet is not able to give back similar love.... until later in life....when he "gets" it...but the fundamental change took place at adoption.... That child is part of that family for good and is legally part of that family. The same thing with those people who enter the Church through Baptism, it is the first step, but the most important one, towards being saved, through the Grace of God.... So how does this thought sounds....Do you want to get baptized :-)? Think about it! It is about God's unending love...!
Happy the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.
MM
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