Sunday, September 6, 2009

Confession

I have confession to make! After so many Sundays that we did not go to church, we finally made it today. Our daughter asked us if we can go this time. I know, Bad ME! After my brother died, I skipped going to church but I thanked God for reminding me of my faith through my daughter. The theme for today's service is the Healing Activity of our Lord. This helped me out to rekindle my faith and relationship to HIM. To fully explained the theme, I copied the context through the leaflet that I took from church.
A healthy person, who seldom or never needs a physician, finds difficulty in understanding the anguish, frustration, and never-to-be fulfilled desires of the physically handicapped. In primitive societies and prescientific times, the condition of the handicapped is even worse than it is today. There were no rehabilitation programs for them, no wheelchairs or any equipment that gave them at least some relief. Since religious belief regarded their mesiry as related to sin and moral
guilt, they were often outcast for whom nobody cared.
We find it although natural, therefore, that the writers of the Bible used the wrenched situation of the lame, the blind , and the deaf, the epileptics, and the lepers (all of whom they believed to be in the power of the demons) as a figure to describe humankind's alination from Godand the healing of these people as a signof God's powerful and caring presence. Ethically speaking, we could be like some of those handicapped. Pray that the Lord may open your ears to listen to his message. "Ephphta!' - that is, Be Opened!"

11 comments:

  1. I also have a confession to make--I'm not really a religious one at minsan talaga,I don't pray at all.Pero ewan ko lang last Friday,I passed a small chapel through Wakaba's school and it was opened,I directly walked inside the chapel,prayed and give thanks for all the blessings.Ewan ko ba,palagi ko naman dinadaan ang chapel na yun,parang ngayon ko lang napansin...

    Sorry nga pala of the inconvenience,ginagawa pa lang kasi ni Grace yung layout ko eh.
    Have a blissful Sunday to you and your family,Ate Rose!

    btw,meron na bang specific date kung kelan ang alis balik nyo papuntang US?

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  2. I confess too manang...hehehhee....matagal na din kaming d nakapunta sa church....almost 1 month na ata....am sure God knows that I always pray every single day....

    thanks for inspiring us on this post....:)

    musta ang weekend nyo jan sis? kami we did some errands and went grocery shopping....kakatapos lang namin mag dindin.....:)

    san kau naglibot after church? am sure nag unwind naman kau somewhere...:)

    a quick visit here sis...miss you a lot...ingat lagi ha...mwah! kisses sa mga bata....:)

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  3. blessed sunday to you too! thanks for sharing..

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  4. hi..thanks for visiting my blog :) came to visit your too..
    also your other 2 more blogs.. :)

    hmmmn.. damo din ah.

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  5. madalang na din akong makapunta sa church lalo nat nasa lupang buhangin ako...malayo ang church dito.

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  6. that's nice. we should never fail to recognize HIS role in our life. this is a great reminder to many.

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  7. patay ako sis...matagal na rin akong di naka apak ng simbahan. ka irres ko naman sa anak ko o... simba na nga ako next week or next month heheh...

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  8. Same here, I have a confession to make. Its been more than a year since the last time I go to church and hear the mass bakla. I was glad that when I was at the hospital giving birth, a priest came to my room and gave me a confession and communion too.

    I know that praying on our own isnt enough to tell the Lord how blessed we are and thank HIM for everything. But thats the only thing I can do for now because church here are 5 mins drive and besides I have two rugrats to take care of. I know my excuses are so lame but Ill make it up when everything is back to normal busyness. Thanks for sharing this sundays gospel bakla atleast it reminded us all to pray and listen to his message. I love the the message of this footprints in the sand. Amen!

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  9. Thank you so much Kuya Mel for your prayers. Thank you also for all of you who shared your thoughts.

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  10. I GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. I LIKE MY SONS TO GO WITH ME BUT THEY SELDOM GO WITH ME. LAST SUNDAY, MY ELDER WENT WITH ME. HE HAD FEVER THAT TIME. I ALWAYS PRAY THAT I AND MY MY TWO SONS WILL BE TOGETHER IN CHURCH ALWAYS AS IT IS HARD TO RAISE BOYS, U KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I WANT THEM TO BE CLOSER TO GOD. THANKS GOD ROSE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. GOD IS GOOD INDEED. HAPI MONDAY ROSE.

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  11. Me too Rose.I admit since I married my husband I CAN count on my fingers when was the last time I visit the Churh & hear mass,'though I always pray in my own way,before I go to sleep,even when I woke up in the morning,before I go to my office & do my driving,when I gets home & even before I eat,breakfast ,lunch,& supper.Hindi ko yata nakakalimutang mag give praise to our Lord God.I haven't got any chance to go to church,I wasn't allow too,it's always be in their temple kaya naman I made a lil altar near beside our bedroom to pray & give thanks & prase Him at all the time buti na lang hindi na nila pinagkait pa sa akin yon.lol:D
    Kaya wag ka ng maguilty ha.kung meron mang dapat,I guess it's me.;D God Bless!

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