LENT

A bird asked a bee, “you make very good honey but human beings steal it all, don’t you get discouraged? The bee smiled and said, “They may steal all my honey, but never my art of making honey that is in me”.

As we continue with the lent season, we remind ourselves that we may face many temptations but none should discourage us because none is greater than our faith in Jesus who is a celebrated warrior of all temptations.

We need to realize that we are all CEO’s of our own happiness, and if most of the times you are happy, then know you are a great CEO, vice versa is also true.

Like Jesus, let us accept to carry our crosses. The word of God in Hebrew 12 says that suffering helps control our ego and our bad habits. Lets us not ask God to make mountains smaller, but make climbing easy, and not for a lighter load, but a stronger back, and never lower our goals to the level of our abilities, instead raise our abilities to the height of our goals.

My dear people of God, what defines our Christianity, are our response to situations that require us to demonstrate love. They will know we are Christians by our love. At this point in time, let us refrain from statements or opinions that may erase our humanity. We are all equal before the eyes of the Lord.

The fact that Jesus emerged a victor after the temptation by the devil and also his resurrection from the dead, gives us hope of living. It is that hope that we always remember to set our alarms before we sleep even when we are not sure of being alive the next day. But if anyone thinks your alarm woke you up in the morning, try placing it next to a corpse and see if it will wake up to life.

Despite what we go through, let us remain focused to the ultimate goal by taking good care of ourselves, never to defile our bodies because it is the only place our soul can live in. I know everybody wants to go to heaven but not now, but when that time comes, we will all rejoice to see ourselves with fellow Christians, angels and saints and above all Jesus Christ the King of kings.

Charles Joseph – Liturgical Task Force