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Man can only obtain true happiness in this lfe through obedience to
God's merciful plan & to coopereate with the grace by which he unites
himself & does not resist this divine call.
Most great people have found thier individual vocation in God's plan
eg.mother Theresa.
Experience of God.
In any event initally we see it as a happening But with the experience
through time uppon further reflection will lead to a lasting impact
leading to our transformation.
Prayer by Fr.Ignatius
Prayer is =
Listening to relationship.
A. Adoration to identity.
C.Confession to humility.
T.thanksgiving to gratiude.
O.Offering to generosity.
R.Resolution to ?
S.Supplication to compassion..
Redemptive suffering.
Don't waste your suffering offer it for good causes.
Many people expect physical healing but sometimes the miracle is in
the spiritual healing hence the person may not recover.
Eucharist.
In John 15 where Christ speak of the vine & branches. we are all
individual branches ,with our own individuality yet we are all joined
to the vine of Christ.Christ gives us life but does not replace us.
The first day he basically talk of crisis ,he says sooner or later we
will lose our loved ones,our job,our dreams & our health.It is better
to anticipate the crisis as when we are able to anticipate it the pain
of loss will be less.
He used the book "who moved my cheese " where there are some
characters move on quickly when the source of gratification is gone.
While others who procastinate & keep insisting their right to the
cheese(our source of gratification) & refuse to move on.There are some
who did eventually moved on & found that by moving on they did find
their cheese & enjoyed the adventure that went along with it.
He also talked about one's lfe coordinate which everyone should have.
1.identity.(priest,single,married,occupation)
2.relationship.(father,mother ,son etc.)
3.mission.
He encourage to read Henri Nouwen's work for identity & mission &
Joyce Rupp's work for letting go.
He also used the movie Fly away home to illustrate a little girl who
lost her mum & have to reclaim her identiy & finally with the help of
her father developed a sense of mission i.e. to help the geese to fly
to find fulfillment.
denial
anger
bargaining
depression(self anger)
acceptance
forgiveness(christian dimension)
Last Sunday's Homily was about the sower & the seeds Fr.Ignatius
divided the scenarios as 1.harden hearts,2.shallow hearts,3.crowded
hearts,4.fruitful hearts .
How to forgive.
Tell Jesus how really you feel,then surender it to Christ.Then relax &
gaze at Jeus & return to the scene of the hurt.Try to see the past
with Christ's viewpoint & turning the anger to see if there is any
good that has come from the hurt.
All of us view certain people & scenarios either too optimiscally or
too pessimistically ..We must view a situation of the objective
reality as accurately as possble without tinted glasses.