Tiga RenHar. 4 Januari 2016. Mutiara Iman. BERTOBATLAH. +The Love of God for us. +SabdaNya.

Mutiara Iman

BERTOBATLAH.
4 Januari 2016.

"Bertobatlah, sebab Kerajaan Sorga sudah dekat" (Mat 4:17)

Lectio:
1 Yoh 3:22-4-6; Mzm 2:7-8,10-11; Mat 4:12-17,23-25

Paula adalah seorang nenek yang berjualan minuman di perempatan jalan.
Hampir setiap malam, banyak orang mabuk datang untuk bersantai di warungnya, termasuk Andre.

Ketika memesan jahe hangat suatu malam sepulang dari kelab malam, Andre berkata: 
"Nek, ini tempatnya enak banget, ada lagu gereja yang tenang. Tadi saya merasa seperti di neraka!" 

Keesokan harinya Andre datang lagi, dan mengatakan hal yang sama.
Paula lalu berkata: 
"Kalau kamu tahu tempat yang damai dan sukacita, mengapa kamu mencari tempat yang penuh kesepian?" 

Keesokan harinya ketika hari masih sore, Andre datang lagi dan berkata: 
"Nenek, saya sudah berhenti minum! Setelah kuliah, saya bantu nenek ya di sini!" 

Lalu Paula berkata: 
"Puji Tuhan, 1 jiwa sudah bertobat! Iya, nanti nenek ajarkan Kitab Suci ya!"

Yesus berkata: 
"Bertobatlah, sebab Kerajaan Sorga sudah dekat"

Bertobat adalah cara agar Allah meraja di kehidupan kita.

Oratio:
Ya Tuhan, kasihanilah aku orang berdosa ini. Amin

Missio:
Marilah kita melakukan karya kerahiman dengan mengajak 1 jiwa untuk bertobat.

Have a Blessed Monday.

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St Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mon 4th Jan.
Mt 4:12-17, 23-25.

Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those a icted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

This is a synopsis of the public life of Our Lord. "He went about all Galilee". He went. He didn't wait for them to come. And He did it in a rather 'radical' way: He went about all Galilee teaching and healing every disease and every in rmity; His fame spread throughout all Syria; they brought Him all the sick... Nothing low-key, no half- measures... We could say that He took it seriously.

Christmas has reminded us that Jesus came to the world to fulfil that mission. His love for everyone was total. He wanted to reach all who had lost everything through sin, so as to give them back everything. Jesus can't act in a half-hearted way because He has given us His entire Heart. He loves each one of us so much!

There is a classic novel of a romance between a young couple. The wealthy parents of the boy are opposed to their relationship and eventually convince the girl to leave the boy alone.

They tell her that if she really loves him... she should leave. She goes away and her life becomes miserable. She is destitute, homeless, alone, ill-treated all the time.

Finally, after 5 years, she is very sick in bed. But the boy had never given up. His love was serious! After spending his fortune looking for her, he finds her in that state.

In the final chapter she is deeply embarrassed when she sees him entering her room: –'You shouldn't be here!' she says in  oods of tears.

But the boy lifts her in his arms and replies: –'No, my love. YOU shouldn't be here.'

The love of God for souls is as serious as that.

One day, when Bl Angela of Foligno was meditating on the Passion of Jesus, she heard His voice saying: 'I did not love you as a joke.'
No. There is no love more serious than the Love of God for us.

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SabdaNya.
Senin 04 - 01 - 16.

1 Yoh 3 :22 - 4;6.   
Mat 4:12-17,23-25

Shalom,
Ketika mendengar Yohanes Pembaptis ditangkap Herodes, Kristus meninggalkan Nazaret yg di provinsi Yudea untk kembali ke Galilea.
Dia tinggal di Kapernaum. Kmdn mulai mewartakan Injil diseluruh provinsi Galilea.

Dia mengajarkan apa yg hrs kita lakukan untk memperoleh kebahagiaan n meneguhkan ajaran2Nya dg melakukan bnyk mujizat penyembuhan n pengusiran kuasa gelap.
Krn Dia mengajar dg pnh kharisma n mujizat2 yg dilakukanNya bgt memukau, bnyk org ber bondong2 mengikuti Dia.

Mujizat penyembuhan, dr dulu sampai se lama2nya sll menarik perhatian bnyk org.

Akan ttp perlu disadari bhw org dpt melakukan hal itu bkn hanya dg kuasa dr Allah.
Dg kuasa gelap, org jg dpt dimampukan melakukan itu, krn kuasa iblis jg luar biasa n iblis plg pandai untk menarik perhatian kita spy  tdk lg berjalan di jalan Allah. 

Yohanes rasul mengingatkan kita akan hal ini spy kita tdk sampai terkecoh.
Krn itu jangan mdh percaya kepd org yg dpt menunjukkan perbuatan2 ajaib bhw dia pasti  utusan Allah.

Yg menjadi dasar patokan adlh apkh ajaran2 yg disampaikan 'hamba Allah' itu sungguh membuat kita smkn percaya kepd Kristus (bkn kepd pribadi org tsb) n smkn terdorong untk melakukan perbuatan kasih dg tulus (bkn 'kasih pura2' untk memanfaatkan kekurangan org lain untk kepentingan diri sendiri).

Krn itulah perintah utama Kristus   (1 Yoh 3:22).
Dmkn jg dg diri kita sendiri, kita perlu terus menguji diri spy tdk tersesat.

Apkh sgl kelebihan2 yg dianugerahkan Allah kepd kita, membuat kita smkn dekat n percaya kepd Kristus shg terdorong untk melakukan lbh bnyk lg perbuatan kasih kepd sesama, atau sebaliknya, sgl kelebihan2 itu membuat kita menjadi sombong, terlalu percaya diri n hanyut dlm kenikmatan duniawi yg tdk mau peduli dg keadaan org lain.

Ketika mendengar Yohanes Pembaptis ditangkap, Kristus tahu bhw saatnya sdh tiba bg Dia untk mulai mewartakan Injil. Dg dmkn pewartaan Injil akan dpt terus terlaksana.

Dmkn jg kl kita sadar bhw kita adlh murid2 Kristus, kita perlu meneruskan pekerjaan Kristus untuk memulihkan harapan org yg berputus asa, mengembalikan kebahagiaan n kedamaian dimanapun kita berada n menyampaikan ajaran2 Kristus yg membuat sebnyk mgkn org tahu apa tujuan n makna hdp didunia ini sesungguhnya.

Allah tlh menganugerahkan talenta n karunia2 Roh yg membuat setiap org memp kelebihan2 tertentu.

Mari gunakan kelebihan2 itu untk menunjukkan kasih n kuasa Allah n bkn untuk berbangga diri n mencuri kemuliaan Allah.

Gbu all n hv a blessed Monday.

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