Be Humble and Rise With God!

We must have total trust in the Lord!

Jesus reminds us that humility is central in our relationship with the Creator. Our Gospel Portion today comes from St. Luke 18:9-14, and let us meditate on it.

“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:14

In this story, Jesus compares two individuals. One is a Pharisee, and the other is a public sinner, a tax collector. The public sinner is justified, whereas the Pharisee was not. The difference between the two is humility and a lack thereof.

The Tax Collector knew his only hope was in the great mercy of Father God. He begged for God’s mercy. If we read the whole Portion, we would see that the Pharisee was not communicating with the Creator; instead, he was praising himself. There is no healing possible for this Pharisee; he made himself God and told God how good he is.

We have a choice to make. I hope that we follow the public sinner and receive God’s mercy and return to our lives as justified, in other words, right with God.

I have found that true humility has allowed me to undergo terrible things. True humility enables us to entrust whatever we are going through, even the most horrendous situations, to God and experience victory in Christ Jesus.

Please choose humility! It always matters to live the best life.

Pax. The Hermit of Peace.

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Year of Grace, 2022

Good Endings!

“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare.”
Luke 21:34

We are at the last moments of the last day of the Liturgical Year 2022 of the Roman Church, and it is time to let go of the old year, Scripturally speaking, and enter into our preparation for Christmas, Advent. Advent begins tomorrow.

The message for this day is to be alert!

There are so many things going on in our world that can deadened our hearts. There is so much death from natural causes, and human to human hate; this is our reality. We have a choice to make, to give up hope for a better day, or to be people of hope when all seems to be hopeless.

Choose hope!

Being alert means staying close to God knowing that we will have the Final Victory in God!

Pray that our hearts not been hardened, but rather supple in Divine Love!

Let us keep each other in prayer! It is our weapon against despair!

Pax.

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Prayer Is The Answer!

Prayer Changes Things!

And He told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. Luke 18:1

In all situations pray!

Prayer can be a life and death situation! We see that an entire nation was save by prayer. We have the example in the Torah, Exodus:

Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed… Exodus 17:11.

Moses holding his hand up in prayer meant victory, that is, survival for his people in battle! As Moses became tired, he needed prayer support! Aaron and Hur were needed to hold up, support, Moses in prayer by holding up his hands. That day the Hebrews won victory over Amalek.

The Victory over Amalek can say much about our lives!

There are many battles that we have to deal with in life. There even can be several battles in a given day that we need victory over. Our first, and most powerful tool is prayer!

Prayer Changes Things!

The first thing that must change is ourselves. Prayer changes us! It will keep us from giving up! It will change how we perceive things and give us strength for whatever battle we have to fight. Often that fight is with ourselves!

How do we love people who have been mean to us? Pray!

How do we keep our love ones together? Pray!

How do we get up in the morning and move forward when we feel life’s pressures? Pray!

Pray first and then act! Prayer helps us get our minds and hearts straight, and in doing so, our actions will more effectively lead us to victory!

Bringing ourselves to God in prayer is powerful indeed!

Pax.

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Be Available! Pray, pray and pray!

Bear Fruit!

“Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it, and fertilize it; it may best fruit in the future.”
Luke 13:9

What an important time Lent is, but we can make it wonderful! Our Lord will use this time to cultivate our lives. The goal is to bear fruits of love and peace. The world need us to bear fruit abundantly!

We are already at the third week of Lent, and we have this wonderful reminder of the Parable of the Fig Tree. However, if we do not heed the message the Lord is giving us, it is just a beautiful example of literature.

Be available to be cultivated!

In our prayer we allow ourselves be cultivated and fertilized with the Holy Spirit, and bear fruit to change our world. Jesus wants us to do this, He will always be available to do this, but we must do our part, pray!

Be fruitful!

Pax.

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