tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post512793822878155672..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: Cutting off arms and tearing out eyesFr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-22033271483816939332011-08-08T17:56:40.715+08:002011-08-08T17:56:40.715+08:00We are not discouraged. God alone gives growth. Yo...We are not discouraged. God alone gives growth. Your latest musing makes me think of the moso bamboo that remains underground, quite unseen, but its roots are reaching far and wide for about five years. After that it begins to shoot upwards and shows how beautiful and strong a plant it is. I would think it is the same for the earnest Catholic who listens and hopefully acts on the word. Meanwhile, God is watching and giving growth. So, Fr Luke, keep it up! You are touching lives and hearts are being changed. Praise be to God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-8368727812254491882011-08-06T08:43:55.530+08:002011-08-06T08:43:55.530+08:00Hi Fr. Luke,
On the subject of a relationship with...Hi Fr. Luke,<br />On the subject of a relationship with Jesus: probably the first thing we realise upon coming to know Jesus is just how sinful we are. As St. Peter exclaimed, "Depart from me Lord, for I am a sinful man" as soon as he recognised just who Jesus is. <br />With Our Lord as a referece point (and the great saints as well) we come to understand how painfully short we all are of true holiness.<br /><br />I wish you well in your studies to come and will continue to pray for you (and all Catholic priests as well). <br /><br />Peace and Joy,Robbie Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-42604571803171809862011-08-02T15:05:18.932+08:002011-08-02T15:05:18.932+08:00“One of the best ways to work around the pain is t...“One of the best ways to work around the pain is to realize that all of us need to have a real loving and living relationship with Jesus,.....” – if I had read this when I was much younger in age and faith experience, I would have dismissed this outright since a loving and living relationship with God seems to be cut out for only those in Holy Orders or the religious ! Now – however, I recognise this as a simple but significant truth , for all who search for the answer or the something /somebody to fill the ‘achy neediness’ prevalent in every human heart. It is the desire for authentic God experience – and that means a real , loving and living relationship with Him.<br /><br />Fr Paul Coutinho SJ in his book about the freedom to experience the divine, said, “.....to experience the Divine is to rest fully in God’s love while we have an experience of the cross – an experience of freedom and liberation at all times of life, even in suffering, sickness and death...’’ Based on this, what you said about having this relationship with Christ first - before one goes about ‘radically loping off one’s trouble-making limbs or gouging the eyes that are sin-prone ’- is sound rationale. It seems to be a celebration of total trust / faith in His unconditional love.<br />Thank you and God bless you.<br /><br />tessaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com