Chairman

A four-year-old had been elected chairman of a neighborhood group of older boys. The father of a member asked his son why they had elected such a little fellow.

“Well, you see, Dad,” the boy explained, “he couldn’t be secretary ‘cause he can’t read. We couldn’t elect him treasurer ‘cause he can’t count. He’s too little to throw anyone out, so we couldn’t make him sergeant-at-arms and we knew he’d feel bad unless we elected him to something, so we made him the chairman.”

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By this small story I recall my memories when I was in Mailone; I was elected as a chairperson of the library in our parish. They made me chairman after being elected once as a treasurer. Unknowingly, I was really proud of myself. But when I reflected on this story I felt ashamed. I was nothing; I couldn’t make any improvements in the library as well as when I was a treasurer. Being a treasure I never counted income or used money. I participated meetings where the important matters are discussed. I never made any important decision for the library. They simply put me aside and made decisions but I was happy to be there with friends.

Perhaps they knew me well what I was… “Who says nothing is impossible, I’ve been doing nothing for years.” Yes, I have done nothing for the Creator of this Universe.

“Lord, help us to perform Your Will.”

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Love Unreturned

 There is a German poem about a China man who had a beautiful garden. He fell in love with the big water lilies on his fish pond, with one in particular, whom he named Catherine…

 But Catherine had eyes only for the gold fish named Wu… she loved to have him swim by and touch her leaves. But otherwise, the gold fish never returned Catherine’s love... because he was thrilled at the sight of a little chicken named Shooshoo.

But then, the little red chicken loved only one thing: the gardener named Ming.

And so it went: the gardener Ming loved the water lily Catherine; Catherine loved the gold fish Wu;

Wu liked the red chicken Shooshoo; and Shooshoo loved the gardener Ming… a complete circle of love except that no one loved in return.

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Blind conceit

A lion approached a rhinoceros and asked, “Who is the king of the jungle?”
“You are, O lion,” came the answer.
The lion went up to the hippopotamus and asked, “Who is the king of the jungle?” the hippo said, “You are, O lion.”
Where upon the lion went up to the elephant and asked the same question. The elephant seized the lion with his trunk, whiled him around, tossed him in the air, caught him on the way down, and slammed him into a tree.
Half-dazed, severely beaten, the lion shook himself and managed to mutter, “Just because you don’t know the right answer, you don’t have to get angry.”


No one can say that we are sure that we’ve not experienced like the lion. Many times in life we perceive the truth but we fail to accept as our personnel weakness, pride, foolishness. It’s just like we are deceiving ourselves. We are liars for ourselves.

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Drink

Drink

When Noah planted the vine, Satan notices it and with his usual curiosity approached him. “What are you planting “asked the prince of demons.
“A vine” answered Noah.
“What good will it be?” asked the tempter.
“The fruit of it,” said Noah, “it agreeable to the eye and delicious to the taste; and one gets from it a liquor that makes happy the heart of man.”
“In that case,” murmured Satan, “I will help you.”
So the devil procured a lamb, killed it, and poured its blood in the hole where the vine was planted. He did the same with a lion, a monkey and a pig. Thus did the vine receive the nourishment.
Since that time, whenever a man drinks a little wine, he becomes as sweet and pleasant as a lamb. If he increases the dose, he becomes as strong and rough as a lion. If he continues, he becomes as foolish as a monkey. And if, unfortunately, he does not stop, he ends up resembling a pig.

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Short story but it has meaning for us, especially for the young seminarians, as far as I observed. Many of us are too much attached to the alcoholic drinks. Mostly that leads to the disgraceful life of some seminarians. Some went out of seminary because the attachment to it; they couldn’t persevere in this challenging life. Christ said that we should be free because he’s freed us from the slavery of sins. Therefore I humbly ask of you your prayers for the seminarians, who will become the ministers of Christ. By your prayers they will be transformed and live a holy life, serving Jesus without reservation for himself.

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Praying with whole body

                 While liturgy is a community honoring of God, he can also be honored all day long. A person who is in constant contact with God can make prayer out of anything. A cigarette enjoyed can be a prayer.
           Lovers speak and communicate to one another without words. True love is wordless; it speaks through our action. Have there ever been two people in love who did not sight? Yes, every movement of the body can honor God.
Recall how refreshing the sensation of cool water flowing over a hot skin is in the summer time. In its way, the skin is thanking God for the wonderful sensation. To rejoice over being healthy is surely a way of parsing God, for he is interested in having us healthy and using our bodies for their purposes…
            St. Angela of Foligo narrates that once in a vision the lord told her, “I take pleasure in all you do, whether you are eating or drinking or sleeping. I rejoice when all your bodily organs are functioning well.”
In his book “the little flowers,” St. Francis tells us that Brother Mario’s wonderment of God consisted of his constantly saying just “uuuuu”. And Brother Bernard’s devotion to God consisted in running up and down the mountains and hills.
               Behind all these experiences stands the fact that God surrounds us like light and air, like water around the fish. Our problem is that we have lost our instinct for his presence; we never think about it. We have lost our instinct for God’s nearness; we have lost the antenna and have not tuned in on the right channel.
            Though God is actually near, he can be far off. And so contact with him is similar to two lovers want to hug one another, but can’t get close enough one another because of a window pane between them.
           The fault with us is that we are used to getting all our sensations form outside us… and God is within. If we turn inside ourselves, we will find him there. There we can hear him talking to us, especially when we are silent and quiet.

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Misfortune

              One day a child was playing, making a house of sand the 

seashore.   He has finished the outside walls, and bit by bit, the 

 building was beginning of to take shape. the bedrooms, the kitchen, 

the dinning room- everything in its proper place. nothing was 

missing; there was even a garage and chimney. 

          
             But while he was so m completely taken in his important  

project,he failed to notice that the late afternoon tides were 

beginning  to rise, coming close. 

              Soon one wave stronger than the rest swept beyond his and 

house and as it flowed back tot he sea,it destroyed the hole project 

in a single moment. 

         What was the child to do? full of disappointment, he ran as 

fast as his little legs could carry him, back to his mother's arms-she  

had been sitting a few feet away engrossed in her knitting. He threw 

himself in to her arms and wanted never to leave them.

       The wave made him rediscover the joy of his mother's embrace.

Had it not been for the destructive wave, the child would have had 

 to be coaxed to obey his mother and turn  away form his 

interesting pastime, that he would have gone back home

unwillingly. But the wave solved everything....
     


           Way back home to the heavenly father, who welcomes us..............
         Have a NICE Day with JESUS......

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Do you ever think of this facts............

Symbols of the Alter:


            Candles:  
                                   They stand in God's presence; burn out in His service.

                                   They, when beeswax, are the product 

                        of virginal worker bees, from the pollen,

                                    etc..,     collected for thousands of flowers.

                                    We start with a candle at the baptism....

                          and are asked to keep its flame

                                    burning -flame representing the new grace 

                       of baptism of our souls.

                                    The candle will be around our casket. 

                           We hold it at profession, and hand it

                                    over symbolically to the celebrant. 

                                 A candle gives light, warmth to all around it.

                                     It works silently... and no matter how

                              it is turned, it's flame always points upward.

          

          Flowers:
                                      Flowers are a symbol of consecrated virginity.

                                      A flower is the most beautiful part of a 

                            plant of tree or bush.

                                      Flowers are both male and female.

                                      A plucked flower surrenders its fertility,

                         its power of reproducing itself.

                                      It gives its life and reproductivity to God.

                                      It dies in God's service on the alter.

          Bread and Wine:
                                       From the time they start as a seed, bread and
                                    wine go through some 20

                                       different processes.

                                      They are products of the earth, reworked 

                                      by man ...

                                      So are we: products of nature but 

                              reworked by all our education and living          

                                       and environment... within us is the work 

                               of many people

                                       around us...just as many grains make 

                            one wafer of bread

                                       and many grapes make one cup of 

                              liquid wine.

             The Chalice:
                                    The chalice can represent the three vows:

                    Poverty:    even we thought it is usually the most 
                                expensive item o n the altar,

                                     and may even be jeweled...that is 

                                     no important.

                                      It must contain one characteristic to qualify:

                                it must be empty.

                                      It is filled in accordance with that capacity.

                    Chastity:    The curved cup keeps things out, and keeps
                                 things in.

                                     It is consecreated to God's service and 

                             is never allowed to be used for any

                                     secular purpose.

                    Obedience:  It is made of malleable metal, which 
                                      allows itself to be worked,

                                        to be engraved and embossed; it is not 

                                  hard steel, unbending.

                                        It also stays where it is placed on the altar;

                                 it does not move around...it surrenders its 

                                  liberty.....

               

        To Reader, I sincerely inform that these items are not from my own but from books which i am reading.
                 In this words, we need to deepened our thinking in line with Christ's teachings and are to reflect days and nights for the love of His and needed to thank him in most humble way in our daily life.
               Every One who follows Christ should bear Him always.
           May God be praised In the Highest forever and ever.
              Thank you for reading....

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