Monday, March 28, 2005
"And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” "
-Matthew 3:17-
26th march is the day that i am presented to God Almighty as His child. Being His child, i have to accept the cross and to follow His Son, Jesus Christ.
This God that I've presented to is the true and living God who had saved the Israelites from slavary and had saved His people who accepted His Son Jesus Christ from the orignial sin.
The holy mother church had gave birth to thousands of new born infants and to be admitted to the family of the holy Catholic church on this day of Easter Vigil
This joy of being baptised was indescribable..... i'm sure that the rest of the ppl who were baptised had felt the joy that only God can offer in His Sacrament of Love
After taking my first communion .. i heard a voice saying that as i take Christ hidden in the bread, i have to be broken bread for others and to bring Jesus to the ppl around me.
God had prepared for me the eternal banquet in heaven.. and had freed me from the slavary of sins.
My journey in God had just started.. i will try to imitate Him and to do His holy will.
Praise and Glory to the Lord Forever and Ever ..... AMEN!
7:59 PM;
Sunday, March 20, 2005
"Hossanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord"
today officially marks the beginning of Holy Week and the last Sunday of Lent... known as Palm Sunday
about 2000 years ago, Jesus rode on a donkey as he arrived Jerusalem .. crowds holding palm leaves joyfully welcome Jesus.. their saviour and their king
however, on Friday of the same week, millions of ppl will reject Him and will lead Him death on the cross
look at the palm branches which symbolise the emblem.of joy and victory over death that Christ had won for us during His death on the cross.
3:49 PM;
"Only in God is my soul at rest
In Him comes my salvation"
i was really afraid as baptism draws near.. afraid of temptations. afraid that there will be obstacles that will refrain me from getting baptise
but.. after attending the triduum (3rd day) .. that novena church organised my fear was no longer that much.. i felt inner peace from God and i'm really felt that God is with me and His gentle voice to me... telling me not to be afraid of the Evil One
i guessed .. many ppl in the congregation that day, truly felt that peace that only God can offer to us.. the inner healing session was gd, as the Blessed Sacrament is presence throughout the healing session
realli thank God for choosing me to be His child in Christ.
3:27 PM;
Thursday, March 17, 2005
God initiated this Passover meal before the events took place that it was to commemorate.
Jesus initiated the Lord's Supper commemorating His death and looking forward to His resurrection before the events took place.
God told Moses for them to take a lamb four days before its slaughter. Christ entered Jerusalem on Sunday - four days before His crucifixion. Both took place on the 14th day of the month Abib.
Israelites were to sacrifice a male lamb one year old - in the prime of his life - when he was at his strongest. Jesus was about 33 years old - pinnacle of earthly strength and maturity.
Male lamb was to be without blemish. Jesus is our example of perfection and sinlessness - without blemish.
Lamb is patient, noiseless and submissive to death as was Christ.
Exodus 12:6 - whole assembly of the congregation of Israel were to kill their lambs. This was not done by a priest. Everyone was to witness and be responsible for the death of the lamb. Just as we are all responsible for the death of Christ on the cross. It was our sins that crucified Him.
The blood of the lamb was to be put on the two doorposts and lintel so that they might be passed over when death came to Egypt. It is the blood of Christ that keeps us from everlasting death.
Lamb was to be roasted whole - no broken bones. Christ was crucified and died with no broken bones - even though the soldiers were sent out to break His leg bones to hasten His death.
The meal was to be eaten with bitter herbs to remember the bitter slavery, suffering and hardships in Egypt.
During the Lord's Supper we are to remember Christ's hardships and suffering.
Eaten with unleaven bread. Leavening is a form of corruption, sin, impurity. Paul gives us the spiritual application in 1 Corinthians 5:7-8. We are to be unleavened - clean out malice and evil from us. Jesus alludes to this in
Matthew 16:6-12 when He says beware of the leaven of Pharisees and Sadducees.
The Israelites were to eat in haste with their shoes on, staff in their hand and ready to go, looking forward to their future as free men. We as Christians are to be ready to go - watching and waiting for Christ to come - looking forward to our future in heaven as men free from sin.
The Israelites put the blood on their doorposts several hours before midnight. The passing Egyptians must have thought that peculiar and ridiculous. It made them vulnerable to the spiteful Egyptians. But the blood of the lamb protected them from death.
We are to accept Christ as our Passover Lamb and let his blood protect us. We are perpetually being saved from the hand of the destroying angel when we have Christ's blood on our doorposts.
What does it mean to have Christ's blood on our doorposts?
It is the act of perpetually having a badge that can be seen, experienced, spit upon, and being made vulnerable like the Israelites were vulnerable with blood on their doorposts for the Egyptians to see and laugh, and revile.
It also means cleaning up our act, diligently searching for corruption and sin present in our lives - like the Jews meticulously cleaning their house of leaven with a candle and a feather.
It means doing everything that God commands us.
As we continue our study of Exodus, we shall observe many other things that are typical of Christ and the deliverance He has brought all men.
http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/wings/lbcexo11-12.htm
10:55 AM;
Monday, March 14, 2005
12 days to my baptism...i pray that i will be fully prepared for the sacrament of baptism & eucharist within these days
3:27 PM;
Monday, March 07, 2005
Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb, Little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece as white as snow
hmmm... dat's something significant about this nursery rhyme.. it reminds me of the Virgin Mary, having the Lamb of God, Son of Man, King of Kings... .. (ignoring the later part of this song//)
8:20 PM;
"What you adored looked beautiful to you
It became even brighter because you couldn't reach it"
akogareteta mono wa utsukushiku omoete te ga todokanai kara kagayaki o mashita no darou
8:11 PM;
Sunday, March 06, 2005
LAMB OF GOD
YOUR ONLY SON, NO SIN TO HIDE BUT YOU HAVE SENT HIM FROM YOUR SIDE TO WALK UPON THIS GUILTY SOD AND TO BECOME THE LAMB OF GOD YOUR GIFT OF LOVE THEY CRUCIFIED THEY LAUGHED AND SCORNED HIM AS HE DIED THE HUMBLE KING THEY NAMED A FRAUD AND SACRIFICED THE LAMB OF GOD O LAMB OF GOD SWEET LAMB OF GOD I LOVE THE HOLY LAMB OF GOD O WASH ME IN YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD MY JESUS CHRIST THE LAMB OF GOD I WAS SO LOST I SHOULD HAVE DIED BUT YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TOYOUR SIDE TO BE LEAD BY YOUR STAFF AND ROD AND TO BE CALLED A LAMB OF GODO LAMB OF GOD SWEET LAMB OF GOD I LOVE THE HOLY LAMB OF GOD O WASH ME IN YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD TILL I AM JUST A LAMB OF GOD
HOSEA
COME BACK TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART DON'T LET FEAR KEEP US APART TREES DO BEND THOUGH STRAIGHT AND TALL SO MUST WE TO OTHER'S CALL
LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR YOUR COMING HOME TO ME AND LIVING DEEPLY OUR NEW LIFE
THE WILDERNESS WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR HEART WHERE I WILL SPEAK INTEGRITY AND JUSTICE WITH TENDERNESS YOU SHALL KNOW
(chorus)
YOU SHALL SLEEP SECURE WITH PEACE FAITHFULNESS WILL BE YOUR JOY
(chorus)
2:05 PM;