Look for the silver lining

I've started this blog a year ago. So much has happened ... I've realized that hope gets us through a lot, even the darkest days.
Here's wishing that we would always hold on to that Hope that will never delude us: Jesus.

Thank you, Lord

Today is a special call to thank God for everything. 2009 has been a very difficult year for me, and I cannot wait for it to be over. But somehow it was also the year when I have realized that without God I am nothing.
The message that continues to ring in my mind is: let go and cut the strings so that I can fly freely to God. It's not easy, so I take it one step at a time. Each day, each moment is a call to which God asks me to respond. When I realize that I have refused to say yes to God's invitation, I forgive myself. I am not perfect. I am basically a good and decent person, but there is always room for improvement and for forgiveness, especially from myself.

May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You

No lasting city

One of the lessons I've learned about life is that, it moves on. We try to live the best way we can TODAY, loving the people we are with and giving the best of ourselves, but always with the knowledge that here, we have no lasting city.

UN proclaims International Year of Youth in 2010

UN proclaims International Year of Youth in 2010

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Roots

As the years pass by, all the more I realize that it is only God who can completely respond to our deepest needs. Sometimes God seems silent or even absent. But then these moments of darkness are when we really grow deeper roots so that we can satiate our thirst from the Source of Living water.

Advent

For faith does not mean that all our doubts disappear. It does not imply that we are free from struggle or darkness. Like John, we will know the night and the haunting questions that arise from our exile. Advent is the church's way of giving us time to question, to wait, to cry out in the night, and to weep for the coming of the Lord. It is the season of exiles and sentinels; a time for prophets who struggle to understand and accept the implications of their lives.

(Fr. James Donelan SJ)