Hello Everyone and Happy Happy EasterBuono Pasqua!
Before I start this blog; I just want to welcome all new members of our Catholic faith. Welcome home and for those who are celebrating the birthday in the church this Easter Happy birthday to you.
40 days has been passed and today is the day where our Brother has risen from His tomb. 40 days for contemplation; 40 days of fasting and 40 days of thinking and revisiting our mission here on earth. It's such amazing how this season made us ponder on his life. It is amazing because of His love for us He sacrificed his own life for us. Remembering Fr. Mike's Schmitz video "Fr. Mike's Autobiography"; It's really struck me the part where he said "Every time we saw the cross, that's our autobiography. In every lashing, spitting, shaming, and lastly receiving that wood. We did that and He accepted it because He loves us." (See video <===)
Honestly for me; my journey this Lenten Season was fruitful, life-renewing, and loads of self-realization. I cannot imagine that went into a deep anxiety where I almost let me eaten by this anxiety. During this unwanted pain, suffering and even death for myself; I found resurrection and look forward again to a new life of salvation. I thank the good lord that he send me people who will help me to heal; to get up and break that darkness that I had experience. Not just only that He also send me an event where he totally spoke to me deep within my heart tell me "My daughter let go of that pain, I got your back. Forgive that person who hurt you and used that experience as a lesson of Patience." It made me start to forgive myself that I became bitter to myself because of that happening. It made me start to forgive that person who hurt me. Honestly, I am still in the process of forgiving myself; but on contrary, I have forgiven that person who hurt me and those people who hurt me a long time ago. Funny thing; I thank that person who hurt me for teaching me a lesson. I have no idea why I have done that gesture but I am thankful that person taught me that lesson.
This made me free, a lot of new doors open, and He made me see things that I haven't seen for in the past years that I am serving him. Blessing poured so much that I cannot contain in one container that I have. Dying is not all about physical death; it's all about spiritual death too. Death from sins will make you far away from your sins but deciding to pick up yourself and to return from His mercy and compassion that's the resurrection that we can claim for. You don't have to experience this kind of event you can experience resurrection by thinking other people that surround you, for example, giving up your sit with an elder or pregnant woman. It's like a simple gesture will make a difference. I just remember a part of my proclaim on our Edge program where I shared a quote of St. John Paul the Great and on the quote ===>
We are the Easter people where we are to speak life, mercy, and compassion to other people. Dying from our worldly lures and sins; will gain consolation towards a place in heaven.
May you have a blessed and amazing Easter and may the resurrected Christ be the centre of the new Journey that you are walking to.
