The Lenten season is a moment of grace that God a given to us through his Church. It is a sober moment that calls for a pause and a reflection on what is the essence of life. It is a period to know life is nothing with God.
The leprosy of sin is more contagious than physical leprosy as a disease. This is because like leprosy, sin separate and ostracize us from God and the Christian community. Good enough, though leprosy has no remedy. For sin, there is repentance and the infinite mercy of God.
In life, someone argues, there is meaning only in the service of others. This is because there is an absurdity that comes with life. When this sense of absurdness engulfs us with a sense of uncertainty and insecurity life becomes meaningless.
Today, we celebrate the feast of Christ light of the world, and the glory of Israel. Indeed, Christ is our light. We celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord forty days after we celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas.
Jesus´ authority and power are one to heal the broken humanity and to cast out evil in all its form of existence either as demonic possessions, satanic influences, powers, and principalities in the low and high places.
A Christendom without reformation or renewal is doomed. This conversion is a radical renewal of faith, lifestyle and commitment to God. Our vocation to know, to love and to serve God begins with a call to authentic or genuine conversion.
Life is a vocation! A vocation to know God and serve Him in our fellow brothers and sisters. Every state of our life is a calling from God. We are called to live when we were born. We do not exist by accident.
Baptism is a sacrament of grace! It is a sacrament which cleanses from original sin and actual sin (if baptized as an adolescent or adult), make us children of God and members of the Church.
God manifestation of Himself to us is in so many ways. This is called “theophany”, the greatest of which at the fullness of time was the revelation of his son Jesus Christ.
There is no time more appropriate to consecrate ourselves to the patronage of Mary more than the beginning of a new start of the year.