RenHar. Jum'at 16-12-16 . Jadilah Lilin yang menebarkan cahaya. Doa Novena Natal .

DI malam yang penuh penderitaan dan kegelapan,
  jadilah sebuah lilin
    yang menebarkan cahaya sampai fajar tiba.

*Rumi*

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SabdaNya.

 Jum'at 16-12-16

Yes 56: 1-3,6-8          

Yoh 5:33-36.

Shalom,
'Aku tdk memerlukan kesaksian dr manusia namun Aku mengatakan hal ini spy kamu diselamatkan' (Yoh 5: 34).

Kristus sebenarnya tdk memerlukan pengakuan dr kita. Apakah kita mau mendengar dan percaya kepadaNya atau tdk, sama sekali tdk menambah atau mengurangi KeagunganNya. 

Tetapi  Dia ingin kita mengukutiNya krn Dia mencintai kita dan ingin kita memperoleh kebahagiaan dan kedamaian sejati.

Demikian juga seharusnya sikap kita sebagai murid2Nya  Segala perbuatan2 dan perkataan kita seharusnya bukan untuk suatu pen citra an, bukan agar dikagumi dan dipuji banyak orang ttp karena sadar bhw kita telah menerima kasih Allah yg luar biasa dan karena itu kita tergerak untuk membagikan limpahan kasih itu kepada semua orang tanpa kecuali.

Kristus memberi kesaksian bahwa Dia adalah utusan Bapa dg melakukan apa yg dikehendaki Bapa untuk dilakukanNya. 

Demikian juga kita dpt memberi kesaksian bahwa kita sungguh2 murid Kristus kalau kita melakukan apa yg dikehendakiNya.

Dg mencontoh apa yg telah diperbuat Kristus kepada banyak orang, termasuk kepada orang2 yg membenciNya, kita telah melakukan kehendak Allah karena semua yg dilakukan Kristus adalah sesuai dg kehendak Bapa.

Yesaya menyampaikan pesan Tuhan kepadanya ttg apa yg harus kita lakukan : 'Taatilah hukum dan tegakkanlah keadilan sebab sebentar lagi akan datang keselamatan yg dari padaKu dan keadilanKu akan dinyatakan. Berbahagialah org yg melakukannya' (Yes 56: 1-2a).

Kita perlu mentaati perintah Allah bukan karena takut dihukum atau kawatir tdk diberi kesehatan, rejeki dlsb ttp supaya kita menemukan dan mengalami sendiri kebahagiaan dalam kehidupan saat ini maupun dialam baka.

Kristus meminta kita sebagai murid2 Nya untuk melakukan segala kebaikan yg telah diajarkanNya, bukan untuk dipuja dan dipuji ttp krn sadar bahwa memang itulah yg dikehendaki Bapa.

Upah kita bukanlah pada pengakuan banyak orang ttp pada kebahagiaan disaat mampu melakukannya.
Marilah kita saling mengingatkan dan saling mendukung untuk mau dan mampu melakukan ini.

Gbu all n hv a blessed Friday.

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Friday, 16th DECEMBER.
John 5:33-36.

"You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved ... But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me."

'Works' bear witness to the 'words'. 

Or in other words: 'Actions speak louder'. 

That was what happened with Our Lord. St John the Baptist pointed Him out and many of his disciples went to follow Jesus. 

But after a while, they were not following Jesus because of John's testimony, but because of Jesus' works. 

The same happened in the Samaritan village. A woman came to tell her neighbours about Jesus, and "many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony" (Jn 4:39). 

However, after meeting Jesus personally, some villagers said to the woman "It is no longer because of your words that we believe"... 'we don't need your testimony anymore', they could add, 'for we have met Him ourselves!'

Holiness is like this. The works of the saints bear witness to their holiness. They don't need to have a "Fan Club" that praises them. Their behaviour speaks for them. 

During the Civil War, Blessed Alvaro del Portillo had to join the engineering academy for non-career military officers. Right after signing up, he asked the colonel for permission to go to Mass each morning to the nearby monastery of Miraflores. The colonel gave his permission only unofficially. If, he said, the military police ever questioned him, 'he wouldn't know anything about it'. 

Nothing stopped him from attending Mass every morning. Besides the considerable distance he had to walk, Bl Alvaro also had to wake up very early and contend with the rigors of the Burgos winter, for he returned shortly before reveille sounded. But his good example did not go unnoticed nor fail to bear fruit. 

A few weeks later, when the course ended, he was not going to Mass by himself... about thirty other fellows were going with him! They followed him, not because he convinced them with wise words, but because he walked in front of them.

Mary, Virgin Most Venerable, may my actions speak louder than my words; may I bring people to God not with wise words... but with holy example.

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*Doa Novena Natal*
( didoakan setiap hari dari tgl 16 s/d 24 Des )

Salam, dan terbekatilah saat Putra Allah dilahirkan dari Perawan tersuci di sebuah kandang di Betlehem di tengah malam yang dingin mencekam.
Demi saat anugerah agung mulia itu, aku memohon dengan sangat kepadaMu, ya Allah, sudilah mendengarkan doaku dan kabulkanlah permohonanku ( khususnya....., sebutkan permohonan anda )
Dengan pengantaraan Yesus Kristus dan Bunda Nya yang tersuci.
Amin

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