High Pinay

Today is Sunday, and I haven’t been to church yet… and sorry if I can’t explain to you why and I am feeling guilty to state my reason (actually I have no  sufficient grounds not to attend mass). As a Christian I strongly believe, it is very important for us to attend mass and most importantly the Sunday mass

Well, it is a personal struggle of mine to do just that… and I am praying for that. And hopefully someday… sooner I will be able to overcome my struggle. I just don’t want to repay every good things that our Creator have been giving me with wrong deeds.

And it is more shameful for me to take comfort in the thought that it is not only me who is experiencing this kind of struggle in life. Forgive me, but sometimes things are much easier to accept knowing that your not the only one …

Anyway… the  reflection question that I am pondering today is in connection with what I’ve read a while ago, it says that:

It is easy to reciprocate good for a good deed. And yet it is a far different reality to repay evil with good. Yet, this is what we are called to do as Christians.

But if indeed it is in our nature to reciprocate good things done to us by our fellow human…

then why are we always falling into the pithole of paying God’s kindness with wrong doings?

In as much as I would want to blog more about Pinay in this blogsite as well as things that highlights Pinay’s uniqueness and strength…

Let me start this portion where I could share with you things and thoughts where I as a Pinay drew strength from…
(di lang me I know many were also inspired by the works of Bo Sanchez and his friends..:-))

The Commandments and St. Barnabas

Today I’ve learned that it is the memorial of St. Barnabas and that he is also called Son of Encouragement because it is the meaning of his name. What struck me most about his character is that I’ve read that he is considered to be styled as an apostle in the Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them. How did this happen? Because during the first account of his work with Paul his name always precedes that of Paul but later on Paul quickly established himself as the leader of their mission.

But St. Barnabas never worried for his own position and yet he still continued to support Paul and helped lay the foundation for arguably the most influential of evangelizing ministries in the history of the Church. It is in their mission in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

St. Barnabas is a good example of what a good leader should be, I believe it is in him to recognize what would be good for other and not only for himself. 

There are still many accounts about the life of St. Banabas. Hope you could also read them.

….and also here’s an excerpt on the  reflection I’ve read from Arun Gogna that I  think is worth reflecting on…

Let’s take some of the commandments we memorized when we were growing up: Thou shall not commit adultery; Thou shall not steal; Thou shall not kill. Jesus came not only to fulfill these, but perfect them as well. He challenges us: ‘Yes, you do not commit adultery, but do you take care of your family? Yes, you do not steal, but are you generous? Indeed, you do not kill, but do you give life to those around you?’”
Do you want to be complete? Then follow what Jesus did.
Jesus makes you complete

Good Day Folks!