dimanche, novembre 26, 2006
8:23 PM
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because of my abscense, i owe you a lot. so let me give you a post worth reading. have fun. enjoy.
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Part of Life
by: DJ
We are men and women of schedules. We have schedules to follow and appointments to fulfill. Some schedules are quite loose and quite open. Even the jobless have schedules to follow. We wake up, brush our teeth, drink coffee, read newspaper and continue to do this everyday.
But there is something wrong when we allow our schedules to run our lives. There is something wrong when we allow the routine of everyday to become the supreme law of our life. It is no longer right when schedules rule our lives in such a way that we do not have any time anymore to enjoy each other. We are enslaved by our schedules when we lose freedom to choose. We become less human. We become like horses. All we need is a tap in the back and off we go.
Then you might say to me, "But that is a part of life." And I will answer, "Precisely! Definitely! Our schedules are only part of life. That is not the totality of life."
Our schedules are only part of life. The will of our Creator for us is not to be enslaved by our schedules of building, eating, drinking, buying, selling, and planting.
Life is more than just schedules. Life is more than duties to fulfill. While God is a God of order, God also is a God of rest. Let us not forget that the will of God for us is not fullness of schedules but fullness of life. Sometimes because of the demand of urban living, we forget the most important things.
At the sunset of life, it is not your tight schedule that will matter. At the sunset of life, it is how much love we put into our schedules that God will look for.
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Can a future shepherd of God's flock be faithful to his calling and yet be human enough to succumb wonderful feeling of love?
The answer: It depends on how one defines love. If we are speaking of that special exclusive bond one has with a lover, then I may say that seminarians cannot and should not engage in it. Choosing to tread the thorny part to priestly ministry in itself is already an acceptance and a preparation for an equally wonderful life of celibacy.
I say it is equally wonderful because the celibate priest can give himself fully and wholly to the service and love of God and his church. He learns a special kind of love that he then shares with his flock. Jesus is the supreme example of this kind of love when He instituted the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist-- when He gave Himself up on the cross. This kind of love that future laborers in the vineyard must cultivate.
But it is so easy to talk. It is another thing to apply the ideal principle, because we who are hoping to wear that white sotana also "fall in love."
More often than not, I find myself sinking in the quagmire of confusion. During these times, I wonder if Miss Right feels the same, and thinks that I also fit the descripition of her lifetime partner to the letter.
It is worse when you have to fen her off--it happens, modesty aside-- because you just can't find the right words to do it painlessly. You find that you are not making sense, and even that you are contradicting yourself. You even think, "Where id God when you need Him?"
But at last, even if I cant understand the reasons of the heart, at leat I relent to the reasonable fact that the two states are irreconcilable. So whether it is painful for me or not, and whether it is painful for her or not, I must pull away. It is only in choosing my vocation that I can truly be effective-- as a seminarian and as a lover and servant of all his flock.
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By the way, I passed the entrane exam in St Paul Seminary and I am in the middle of confusion since, I think, I am falling in love. A bit of help here dear friends!! :D
God bless!
so that's it.
