Have Faith in God!

 

28th Week Saturday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Rom 4:13, 16-18

Meditation

Have Faith in God!

The inheritance of God is not given to descendants of Abraham but those who keep and live in faith. Abraham is the father of faith. We belong to a group and so one can enjoy the royalties; it is not the case with regard to God, one has to keep and live the faith. Abraham is known as the father of faith because he hoped against hope and believed in God that he would have son at the old age. The son he bore at the old age was asked offer as sacrifice he went to offer his as sacrifice. The Lord saves Isac and provides a ram in the bush to offer as sacrifice. It is the faith of Abraham that led him all through his life. God promised that his descendants will be like sands on the seashore and as numerous as stars of the sky, he believed in God. Today it is not enough one belong to the descendance of Abraham to be saved but one should have faith. Faith in Jesus will save us. Faith in God and faith in the goodness of God that he has bestowed on each one. Self-confidence is also very much needed for growth in Spirit and life.

Do we have faith on one’s descendance or faith in God and his ways?

Year Two

Eph 1:15-23

Happy about the Church!

St Paul was happy about the state of the community at Ephesus. He thought of them and thanked God for them. He prayed for them. He wished for their spiritual well-being. How nice to know the community was spiritually happy and healthy. Today, many Christian communities are materially well off, but they are behind in spiritual life.

Remember that Jesus is the head of every Christian community. Let us entrust ourselves to Jesus's saving action. The Father has entrusted the Church to Jesus's care and protection. The Church is the body of Christ, and he is the head of the Church. The Church belongs to him, and it was born from the pierced side of Jesus.

Do we entrust our Christian community to Jesus as its head?

Lk 12:8-12

Holy Spirit can Transform any Situation!

“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.  And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you will answer or what you are to say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.” (Lk 12:8-12)

What are the sins against the Holy Spirit? The presence of the Holy Spirit is in the World. The Holy Spirit is the promised one of God, to help us to come to the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is the one who inspires and guides us. The sin against the Holy Spirit is not to place our trust in the power, support, healing, building, guiding, inspiring and transforming action of the Holy Spirit. To think that the Holy Spirit has no power over us and not to submit ourselves to Him is human pride of destruction.

Do I believe that the Holy Spirit can transform every situation of life for good?

Fr Putti Anthaiah, sdb

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