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Senin 23 - 11 - 15

Dan 1 :1-20.      Luk 21:1 - 4

Shalom,
Nebukadnezar,raja Babel yg menguasai Yehuda, memerintahkan kepala istana untk mencari pemuda2 Yahudi yg gagah,pandai n bijak yg pantas untk melayani di istana.

Selama 3 th pemuda2 ini diajarkan bahasa n sastra bangsa Kasdim n untk mrk,raja menyediakan makanan n anggur untk membuat tubuh mrk smkn kuat n bugar.

Diantara pemuda2 pilihan itu ada 4 sekawan: Daniel, Hanaya,Misael n Azarya yg menolak untk mkn makanan2 n mnm anggur yg disediakan.
Mrk mau tetap melaksanakan ajaran agamanya untk hanya makan sayur2an n mnm air putih.
Ternyata setlh bbrp wkt, tubuh mrk lbh bugar n kepandaian mrk melampaui pemuda2 lainnya, shg akhirnya mrk ber 4 yg terpilih untk melayani diistana.

Daniel n teman2nya tetap setia kepd Yahwe mskpn dihadapan mrk dihidangkan mknan2 yg secara kasat mata,jauh lbh menarik n enak.
Allah berkenan akan kesetiaan mrk shg mrk dikaruniai kebugaran tubuh n kepandaian melebihi yg lain,yg dg mdh menyerah kepd situasi n kondisi untk mengikuti tawaran dunia.

Seorg janda miskin dtg ke Bait Allah. Dia mempersembahkan uang 2 peser yg merupakan slrh nafkahnya hari itu. Dia tdk hanya memberi 1 peser saja dr 2 yg dimilikinya,krn dia ingin benar2 bersyukur kepd Tuhan atas pemeliharaanNya shg dia msh dpt bertahan hdp.
Dia memberikan seluruh nafkahnya krn dia percaya Tuhan tetap akan memelihara hdpnya spt yg tlh dia alami selama ini.

Kristus meminta para rasul memperhatikan janda ini untk dpt meniru dia, krn sklpn dia hdp dlm sgl kekurangan, janda ini menunjukkan kesetiaan n kepercayaannya yg teguh kepd Allah.

Daniel n kawan2nya tetap setia ditengah 'godaan' keadaan untk menikmati makanan n minuman lezat yg disediakan,tp yg melawan ajaran agamanya.

Janda miskin itu tetap setia kepd Allah mskpn hdpnya sngt berkekurangan.

Dlm kehidupan se hari2 ada bnyk hal yg dpt  kita jadikan alasan untk tdk setia n mlhn mengabaikan Allah.

Ketika Allah memberi kesuksesan n kenikmatan2 hdp, kita justru srg melupakan n meninggalkan Dia krn bgt sibuk untk menikmatinya n menganggap bhw semuanya itu krn kehebatan diri sendiri.

Sngt bnyk contoh bgmn org2 kaya dg anak2nya yg sdh tdk mau peduli lg dg Tuhan krn menganggapnya hanya sesuatu yg merepotkan n sdh kuno.

Seblknya ketika mengalami situasi yg sulit, kita dg mdh marah kepd Tuhan n meninggalkan Dia krn menganggapNya tdk adil,mengecewakan n tdk ada gunanya .

Hari ini kita belajar bgmn Daniel n kawan2nya tetap setia kepd Tuhan didlm godaan kemewahan yg ada dihadapan mrk.

Kitapun mau belajar bgmn seorg janda miskin tetap setia, percaya n mau bersyukur kepd Tuhan didlm kesulitan hdpnya.

Smg dg mempelajari contoh2 ini, kitapun tetap mau setia, taat n percaya kepdNya dlm sgl situasi kehidupan.

Marilah kita ber sama2 berlatih, slg menguatkan n mengingatkan agar terus hdp  didlm kesetiaan kepd Allah, spy pd saat Kristus dtg kembali, Dia msh menemukan iman didlm diri kita.

Gbu all n hv a blessed Monday.

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St Clement I
Mon 23rd Nov.                 
Lk 21:1-4.

He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. And he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."

Today's Gospel brings to our consideration the virtue of generosity. It's easy to give away toys and clothes that we no longer use.
But Jesus was moved when He saw that poor lady giving out of her poverty all that she had.

We can have the same attitude with Our Lord: that of giving Him the remains of our time: to pray 'if I have time', to go to Mass 'if I have nothing else to do', to say the Rosary 'if I can fit it in on the train or on the bus'...

Consistency in your life of prayer, in your Holy Mass, in your time for God is the best proof of your generosity towards Him. Because if we are not constant and we only pray when we 'have time' or when we 'feel like praying', we can't become intimate friends with Him.

It is difficult to be consistent.
It is especially difficult if we don't see the changes that our dialogue with Jesus produce in us.
But even if we don't see the effects, God is acting in our souls when we spend time with Him.
It is like sunbathing.
If you are exposed to the sun's rays you get tanned. You may not notice it much, but when you meet your friends again they notice and ask you: –'Where have you been?'

A man published a letter in a newspaper announcing that he had decided to stop going to Sunday Mass.
He argued his position saying: 'During my life I have gone to Sunday Mass more than 1,800 times but can't remember one homily or see any effect in my life'.

The following day another man published a letter in the same newspaper stating that he had stopped eating.
He wrote: 'My wife has been feeding me three times a day for 35 years (38,325 meals) and I can't recall any particular meal or see where all those tons of food are now'.

Let's be consistent in giving our time to God and let's not worry if we don't see the results. God is changing our lives anyway.

Don't forget to pray for the Holy Souls today as well.