tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post6177409179950869668..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: Approaching newness with an old cautionFr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-81284646613222520692012-01-09T14:45:53.605+08:002012-01-09T14:45:53.605+08:00This article reminds me this note:
"God will...This article reminds me this note: <br />"God will turn mess into a message, <br />from trials into triumphs, <br />from victims become victors."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-82471452905337252112012-01-09T06:04:34.161+08:002012-01-09T06:04:34.161+08:00Dear Fr Luke,
Yes, you introduced me to psalm 139...Dear Fr Luke,<br /><br />Yes, you introduced me to psalm 139...<br /><br />We will approach 2012 with caution - the celebrant priest shared with us psalm 91...<br /><br />Thank you Fr Luke for all teachings...Mat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-29685919788324556292012-01-06T12:26:11.710+08:002012-01-06T12:26:11.710+08:00Like Tessa, my last confession for the year was &q...Like Tessa, my last confession for the year was "I missed it again". The dance towards holiness last year has been marred with so many 2 left feet movements, and worse, foot in the mouth moments.<br /><br />In the new year, I resolve to be more aware that Christ is the lead dancer and that he must be given the seat of honour in my life.<br /><br />Most importantly, I know it is going to be a Happy New Year for my family and me. I fully trust that our God is good, and in Him, are blessings in abundance!<br /><br />May you too be led by our great God in the new year, Fr Luke.Nearernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-49591092070034335532012-01-05T01:39:09.823+08:002012-01-05T01:39:09.823+08:00I took your “hamper’’ and threw into it the events...I took your “hamper’’ and threw into it the events, the happenings of the year – of joy and sadness, of sunshine and shadow, of weddings and funerals.............and tying it up with a big bow that reads 2011 – I experience a gamut of emotions. Gratitude and thanksgiving, wistfulness and longing, melancholy and nostalgia – definitely! But what seems to be surprising - is that feeling of an inconsolable frustration of ‘’having missed it yet again’’ – the resolution to be more aware of the Divine in my daily doings.<br /><br />I could be more prayerful or intense my prayer life but I believe this is not the answer for it has nothing to do with quantity. ....rather it is the approach to each new challenge. Sometimes in each new challenge, I am so tempted to send people away , not wanting to dig into my own resource because of the fear that my resource is not enough......... I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task.........of the incessant requests and appeals – yes- even for prayers.<br /><br />Then today, the Gospel of John challenges me to ......’’come and see’’ – what do I see? That in the prayers of petition and intercession – I’ve only been asking God ‘’to be Our God’’-( to be caring and loving ) but I have never really paid attention to that part that says, ‘’we be His people’’ To be that, one would have to allow Him not only just to dwell within but to let His attitudes and values govern and influence my life. And that probably is what it means to be really Christ-centred. So , yes I do agree with you that I should approach this New Year, this newness with an old caution!<br /><br />God bless you, Fr<br />tessaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-54493716836557913672012-01-02T08:57:01.251+08:002012-01-02T08:57:01.251+08:00Dear Fr. Luke,
A very happy and blessed new year!...Dear Fr. Luke,<br /><br />A very happy and blessed new year!<br /><br />How apt that you have chosen to have us reflect on Rom. 14:7; the reminder that we are responsible for each other and the acknowledgement that all that we are and have comes from the Lord, is a sober and important message as we start 2012. <br /><br />Over the Christmas season, there was a newspaper report of a taxi driver who was abused (a wine bottle was smashed on his head)by a passenger for taking the wrong route! Apparently, no one was willing to help him except for a couple who bravely stood up to the abuser and called for medical help (and the police). There are so many passages in the bible that tell of this similar tale! <br /><br />Thank you for shepherding us in the "straight and narrow path" and reminding us constantly (even from 9000 km away)that we have a greater responsiblity as a Christian community to be "light" for others. <br /><br />Keeping you always in thought and prayer.<br /><br />Warm regards,<br />GZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com