RenHar. 13 Desember 2016 *TIDAK PERCAYA KEPADANYA.

REALISASIKAN keyakinan anda
  ke dalam tindakan,
    jangan berbicara dengan lidah ganda.

*Ralph Waldo Emerson*

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*Mutiara Iman*
13 Desember 2016

*TIDAK PERCAYA KEPADANYA*


*_"Dan kamu melihatnya, tetapi kemudian kamu tidak menyesal dan kamu tidak juga percaya kepadanya" (Mat 21:32)_*

*Lectio:*
Zef 3:1-2.9-13; Mzm 34:2-3,6-7,17-18,19,23; Mat 21:28-32.

Indra berada di depan polisi dan orangtua serta adiknya Tirta karena tertangkap bermain judi bola. 

Lalu Indra berkata :
"Maafkan saya Ayah dan Ibu. 

Tirta, jangan sampai kau ikuti kesalahan kakakmu. Dekatlah selalu dengan Tuhan, bekerjalah yang baik dan dengan jalan yang benar." 

Setahun kemudian, kedua orangtuanya menjemput Indra yang keluar dari penjara, tetapi mereka kaget melihat Tirta juga sedang berada di sana. 

Melihat hal itu, ibunya menghampiri Tirta dan bertanya :
"Tirta mengapa hal ini terjadi denganmu? Tidakkah kamu melihat bagaimana hidup kakakmu? Mengapa kamu membiarkan dirimu memilih jalan yang salah?" 

Tirta tertunduk sambil menangis dan berkata :
"Maafkan saya Ibu. Saya tak bisa melihat pelajaran yang didapat Mas Indra."

Yesus berkata :
_"Dan kamu melihatnya, tetapi kemudian kamu tidak menyesal dan kamu tidak juga percaya kepadanya."_

Melihat, bertobat dan percaya adalah suatu perjalanan iman.

*Oratio:*
Ya Tuhan, tambahkanlah iman kami. Amin

*Missio:*
Marilah kita menerimakan sakramen Tobat sebagai bagian dari persiapan akan kedatangan Juru Selamat kita, Yesus Kristus.

_Have a Blessed Tuesday._

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*Fresh Juice*
*Selasa 13 Desember 2016*

Renungan Harian Audio Katolik

Mat. 21:28-32.
Tema : Siap dan Menjalankan !
Pembawa Renungan : RD. Antonius Haryanto
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_Salam Fresh Juice_

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Tuesday, 13th DECEMBER
St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr.

Matthew 21:28-32.

"What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' 

And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterwards he repented and went.

 And he went to the second and said the same; and he answered, 'I go, sir,' but did not go. 

Which of the two did the will of his father?" 

They said, "The first."

Both sons did something wrong. The first one wasn't ready to help at the beginning, but later he thought about his father, understood his duty and decided to do it.

 The second one was well disposed at the beginning. He knew he should help. He wanted to help. But when it was time to act... he just didn't. He wasn't a 'bad son', deciding not to obey; he did want to... but didn't do it. St Paul referred to this when he wrote: "I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate... For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do" (Ro 7:15,19). 

Laziness, for instance, has that effect. We want to do something but we start procrastinating and end up not doing it at all. We regret it, because we wanted to get it done but just didn't. 

How many people were determined to do something important in their lives and eventually couldn't bring themselves to do it!

One of the enemy's best strategies is not suggesting bad things for us to do, but persuading us to stop doing good things. They are called 'omissions'. We don't stop doing a good thing because we decide not to do it, but because we never decide to do it. When Our Lord talks about those who didn't enter Heaven, He explains that it wasn't because of what they did, but because of what they didn't do: "for I was hungry and you gave me no food... ".

People don't fail exams because they intend to fail, but because they just don't study. Most people don't stop praying because they decide to quit, but because it's more comfortable not to pray. 

"The world offers you comfort", said Pope Benedict XVI, "But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness".

Mary, Virgin Most Faithful, this child of yours was made for greatness, help me to reach the goal that your Son has for me. May I always do what He wants me to do, when He wants it done, as He expects it done... and done always for love of God.

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