Thought of the week

High light:
(1) Can U get money,out fish mouth? Can U convert water into wine? Can
U get to know, what are the action of other person, in advance?
(2) Is Jesus actions,converting water into wine or producing coins,to
pay caesars tax or many other- goes above natural or Government law?
(3) What Jesus try to show from these actions?
(4)In order to own a gift, first You should receive it. How to own
God's gift in your life?
(5) When you don't know(a)100% out come for your action(b)what is
happening inside your body(c)how to read the other person's mind: how
to live happily?Do you need the God's gift to live in this society?
For that what you should do?
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Reflection for 29th January 2017, celebrating 4th Sunday mass of
ordinary season,of cycle 1, when you follow God's law, how you are
going to enjoy your life superseding both natural and Government law:
how you are going to own the gift of happiness from God? In order to
own a gift first you should receive it. how you are going to
experience impossible things are making possible?

When we analyze Jesus life, we face with following 2 questions:

(1) Can U get money,out fish mouth? Can U convert water into wine? Can
U get to know, what are the action of other person, in advance?
(2) Is Jesus actions,converting water into wine or producing coins,to
pay caesars tax or many other- goes above natural or Government law?

In Jesus life you will  see 3 major characters
(1) Certain impossible things has happened: have you ever heard
somebody is making wine out of water?. Scientifically this is not
possible. This shows that when you follow what God asked You to do,
you can see miracles, where science cannot give reasons
(2) Certain unpredictable things happened. You know certain
happenings, are virtually difficult to achieve, very low probability
to achieve. Such things are finding a donkey, for him to
travel/finding upper room for last super/etc. This shows the major
outcome of Christianity. For a required output amazingly you get
support to achieve. This kind of happenings you attribute to your
fortune, but as catholic you know it is God's work.
(3) Certain unlawful things happened: like getting coins from a fish.
Incident is having very low probability, and unlawful to produce
coins. This shows, for a need sometimes you might go deviating the
law.


When you are leading your life, you see how difficult to achieve the
required goal in your life. There are many unknown factors, with very
low probability to achieve, sometimes going above the government law,
yet you achieve. You have two options to attribute  such outputs (1)
you bypass God saying, it is to your luck, that it has happened Or
otherwise you say the God help you. What is most scientific answer?
Science should provide logical reasoning. God is the most scientific
answer for such kind of things.

Under such circumstances, how God says, that HE has created you to
lead a happy life?
How can you own the gift of happiness from God. First let us analyze,
what you mean by

owner ship:

is an elusive concept,as it implies a permanent state of possession.
Yet all things,even life itself,are only loaned to us. Jesus
demonstrated ownership in all things,whether was a donkey to carry
him,an or upper room to pray,or wine for wedding,or coins to pay
caesar's tax.

JESUS DIDNOT CONSIDER HIMSELF A BEGGAR KING.HE used HIS divine sense
of ownership to create goods HE needed. Many times what HE needed was
delivered thru' generosity& willingness of those who served. In the
garden of Eden God told Adam&Eve"I GIVE U ALL THIS,TAKE CARE OF
THIS"HE told ABRAHAM "ALL OF THIS LAND IS URS".Whole universe is
HIS&HE knew it. That is why people called HIM KING.JESUS knew that all
FATHER had was HIS.HE"owned it". Look at heavenly deeds written in
your name. In order to OWN A GIFT 1st U MUST RECEIVE IT. How can u
receive GOD's gift?easiest way is follow 7 Ethics:(follow 10
comms,avoid 7 vices, administer 7 sAcraments, practice 7 corporal and
merciful actions, practice love and always pardon others. then
supernatural things become natural to you.


But,

The modern world rewards for high achievers. You are success in life
if you gain high position in financial,political and business world.
You know who you are,and every one else does too. But do you really
know "who am I?" What is the meaning of life? These are basic
questions that everyone faces and has to try to answer at some time or
other. Our world reply" you are what you achieve?.life means the
satisfaction, the fulfillment, of all your hopes and ambitions.
Somehow or other, these answers do not seem to satisfy for long. Some
of the world unhappiest ,most dissatisfied people are those who were
the most successful according to accepted standards.
Try to find the meaning of life,what we accomplish is useless effort.
The only way to find the meaning of life and once own identity,is in
trying always to do the will of God. It is only in emptying the self
of self will that we really find out who we are. We are precise in
God's eye not because of what we accomplish,but because of who and
what we are,beloved by Lord to such degree,HE sent His son Jesus to
live and die for us.

Let's go through today's reading:

Today's reading:
Zephania says(ZP 2:3;3:12-13)"In Ur midst I will leave a humble and
lovely people"
PAul says to corinthians( 1 cor 1:26-31) says"God chose what is
foolish by human reckoning" Gospel MT(5:1-12) says"How happy are the
poor in spirit"

As catholic we should have different out look on our life. Gospel
provides a blue print for that outlook.  For example, Mathew gospel
has been written as a particular community or church in mind. In this
sense it is a community book. It provides the basis on which a
community a group would built its life and structure. It also allows
the members to develop an understanding of the relationship develop
between past, the present and the future.
Today it gives us a blue print for that out look. It gives us a set of
values from the mouth of Jesus HIMSElF. The Beatitudes describe the
process of conversion to that new outlook. A new catechism tells us
that the Beatitude do not represent 8 classes of people, but that they
all apply to one and the same group. They are not the summary of
virtues. They have in view people who have nothing to hope for from
this world but who look for God for every thing, who are wholly open
to God,full of expectations. In a word they are men and women who's
lives resemble the way of submssivenes and loving service for God.
The Beatitude may seem like an impossible dream to many people. Well,
they are a dream but not an impossible one, for they represent Jesus
dream for HIS followers, and HE invites us all to help HIM make the
dream come true- if not in our world , but atleast n our lives. We
begin by striving and praying for the spirit of submissive ness and
expectancy that characterized HIS and HIS Mothers Life, placing more
emphasis of being human than on having greAt possessions.


In conclusion:

(1)in your life,u get to know limitation of(a) science(you cannot
control climate)(B) Government law enforcement. (You cannot get 100%
correct decisions)(c)ability to read other person's mind(you don't
know what other person will do)
(2)when you trust God created you & all out comes of your actions,HE
knows,you will realize,following GOD'S WILL for you is the safest way
to lead a happy life
(3) this will lead to realize,limitation of(1.B) & you become God centered
(4)when you sin,with REPENTANCE+CONFESSION with priest,u hv to be with
Grace with God
(5)then you will understand the limitations&know how God support your happiness.
(6) before enjoying happiness,you should receive that gift from God
(7)then happiness with time, will be enjoyed by you.

Thank you!
God Bless you!

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