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Concerns of animal life

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. Saint Augustine

God's love

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine

Beauty is the bait

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind. Socrates

Nonsense questions

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. C. S. Lewis

Seek to love, not to be loved

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. Francis of Assisi

Will

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. Saint Augustine

All things unholy

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. Francis of Assisi

Make me an instrument of thy peace

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi

Words of light

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. Mother Teresa

Our life of poverty

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them. Mother Teresa

The hunger for love

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Mother Teresa

Man lives as to make happiness impossibl…

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine

The end of life

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. Socrates

Have peace fully in your heart

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. Francis of Assisi

Spread love everywhere

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa

Death, a blessings

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates

It is in giving that we receive

For it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi

I willingly cure him for the love of God

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. Mother Teresa

Pride of a false knowledge

Don't be proud of a false knowledge that there is no God when you are not God.   Felix Dordaa Mahama

The desire is thy prayers

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. Saint Augustine

 

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

TODAY'S REFLECTION -TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER
St. Joseph the Worker ( May Day)
Genesis 1:26-2:3 or Colossians 3:14-15,23-24/ Psalm 89:12-14,16 / Matthew 13:54-58


HAVE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK
Beloved, pope Pius XII instituted the liturgical feast of St. Joseph the Worker and assigned it to the first day of May, when he granted audience to the Catholic Association of Italian workers on 1st May, 1955. In the story of creation, God teaches us the importance and dignity of work and rest. We are called upon to acknowledge God as the Creator of all. God is the source of strength and wisdom. Work is not a punishment, but dignity of life and a duty imposed by the Creator. Work is a means by which we share in the task of creation. Laziness is an enemy of work. A certain man tried to encourage his children to have a positive attitude towards work. He told them that, "work is very sweet". One of the sons retorted, "Daddy, if work is sweet, what about going for parties or other good places to celebrate?" Their father said, "Any one who works hard and uses the fruits of his or her labour to celebrate is sweeter than a lazy person going about aimlessly." We are to balance our work with being dedicated to God, our family and friends. We are to work with smiles and use friendly words and approach. Whatsoever else you do, do all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Friends, Jesus teaches us the importance and the need to visit our families or attend home coming. However, Jesus' own people interpreted his life and ministry differently. They saw him as the carpenter' s son. Familiarity breeds contempt, so to speak. The way Jesus' own people branded him teaches us or reminds us the challenges or the ups and downs of working among our own people and attitude of our peers or people who are very close to us. Let us pray for the grace to develop a positive attitude towards work. May God also bless the work of our hands. Let us commit the issue of unemployment into God's hands. BE BLESSED.

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