Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Ab utero (Is. 49:1)



Dear brothers and sisters,

I want to reflect our meditation in three messages for us. 

First, remember God in any situation and look at all the events that occur in this life through God’s eyes. Life is a long journey and we experience many things. Every place and situation that we get through or every spot that we stop just for taking a breath, bring us to our experience of joyfulness or sorrow, hope or desperation, failure, or success. It reminds us on what Moses said to Israel when Israel starved in the wilderness, “Remember the long road by which Yahweh your God led you for forty years in the desert, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart -- whether you would keep his commandments or not,” (Deuteronomy 8:2). It seems to be grateful to God in every situation of our life. 

Second, entrust our lives to God because He has sacrificed Himself for us. Naturally, we are born to believe other people. We slowly learn to trust them through their sacrifices. For example, when we are babies, we believe our parents one hundred percent to nurture our life, teach us how to walk and how to speak. Another example, we eat every day for living because there are invisible hands that hold it. Rice and vegetables come from farmers. Fish are caught by fishermen. These items can arrive at home because the traders distribute it. After that parents or people will cook it and we believe that the food we consume is good. Our human trust directs us to believe something who creates and rules heaven and earth. As Christian, it is God the Father who gives Jesus Christ His son to sacrifice his body and blood for our salvation. 

Third, why do we believe in God? It is because we are fragile. However, before we believe in God, God has first believed in us even before we are born into the world, He has known us, He calls us since we are in the womb (Isaiah, 49:1). Our coming into the world has a purpose as God says to the Isaiah that is I shall make you be a light to the nations so that God’s salvation may stretch to the isolated parts of the earth. In God’s eye, we are valuable. Like a fragile thing must be kept, God takes care of us so we do not get damaged. Our fragility as a human being as well as Christians, need strength from God, the source of our life. 

 By Fr Aris Mada, SVD


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