“A
sacrifice to be real, must cost, must hurt and must empty ourselves. The fruit
of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love,
and fruit of love is service and fruit of service peace.” These words of
Blessed Mother Teresa are true in the lives of many saints in the Catholic
Church. Saints are not dropped from above but they were born, bread and
nurtured here amongst the people. As we celebrate ‘All Saints’, let us thank
God for the saints of God who have helped the Church with their unceasing love
and service. Having said that, we also witness people in our lives that live a
saintly life, a life full of service and love for others. As a priest, I am
given a mission to be at the Service of the people of the parish, especially to
care for the pastoral needs of the faithful. What is your mission?
“All
Souls Feast” is celebrated in the Church on the 2 November. The theological
basis for the feast is the
doctrine that the souls which, on
departing from the body, are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or have
not fully atoned for past transgressions are debarred from the Beatific Vision
and that the faithful on
earth can help them by prayers, almsgiving and
especially by the Sacrifice of the Mass. It is our duty to pray for the dead
but most importantly, we also need to pray for ourselves in order to be
cleansed by the Lord. Every often world pose us with challenge and temptations
come hence, we might slide into iniquity. Cleansing must be done here and now.
What do I like to be cleansed from?
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