Lenten Moments of Mercy: Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes   Jesus calls us to choose life—to live for God and for others.

Scripture “They are like trees             planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season.” Psalm 1:3   Reflection We are all impatient. Sometimes that impatience shows in feeling that we are getting stuck in life. For many younger people impatience is seen in being dissatisfied in whatever life has to offer, an inability to make long-term commitments, or looking always to see what is around the next corner. Relationships can be seen as a series of short-term happenings. One result of these short-term happenings over time is their lives “are like chaff that the wind drives away.” (Psalm 1:4) The first Scripture reading from Deuteronomy is a final instruction from Moses to the people as they are getting ready to enter the Promised Land. This is the end of a long, fractious journey of 40 years in which an impatient people complained about the food and the trials in the desert; they wished for a return to slavery where they could eat fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. (Numbers 11:5) The people had a choice. They could dwell in their impatient attitudes and return to the slavery of their individual desires, or they could choose life and hold fast to the teachings of God. Jesus also calls us to choose life. We can dwell in impatience, thinking that we are making free choices. But that will always draw us into the latest fad. On the other hand, if we take up the cross every day—meaning that we will live for God and others rather than just for ourselves—that will lead to the joy only God can give. In this joy we will flourish.

Pope Francis “Let us think about Jesus who goes before us, who guides us along the way. This is our joy and this is our fruitfulness: to travel with Jesus.” Morning Meditation, 6 March 2014   Lenten Action ► Participate in CRS Rice Bowl from Catholic Relief Services.  ► Watch a video on Almsgiving and Joy During Lent, featuring James Martin, SJ.   Prayer O Lord, give us the grace to lose our life in order that we might be saved.

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Lenten Moments of Mercy: Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday   As we enter Lent, let us open our hearts to respond to God’s grace.

Scripture “Create in me a clean heart, O God,      and put a new and right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10   Reflection “Self-help” books are very popular. They tell us how to improve ourselves. We turn to them for advice on how to have a more appealing personality, to become better business people, or to grow in personal relationships. In these books we find a set of disciplines which promise the reader success in life. All it takes is belief in yourself and commitment to the process. All too often when we approach the season of Lent, we might think of it as a period of self-improvement. We commit ourselves to the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We might make a list of what we can accomplish. Perhaps we will give special attention to daily prayer. Maybe we will place an alms box on the dining table to remind ourselves to give to the poor. Maybe we will give up chocolate. All of these actions are good in and of themselves, but we lessen their effect on our spiritual lives by believing that they are personal accomplishments. Psalm 51:10 helps us enter the season of Lent. It helps us recognize that the meaning of the season is to respond to the grace God offers. We begin Lent by petitioning the Lord to create in us a clean heart. Lent is the season when we take time to listen to God, to ask what he requires of us, and to respond to his grace. In this way, the disciplines we practice—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—will not be personal accomplishments, but ways in which we can open ourselves to becoming the person God wants us to be.

Pope Francis “We are invited to embark upon a journey on which, by defying routine, we strive to open our eyes and ears, but especially to open our hearts, in order to go beyond our own ‘backyard.’” Homily at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, 5 March 2014   Lenten Action ► Reflect on today’s Gospel with Arts & Faith: Lent for Ash Wednesday.  ► Explore Lenten resources from Loyola Press.   Prayer Have mercy on us, O God, and show us your steadfast love and abundant mercy.

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Reflection on my BD

Happy 2016

Sweet November

The sky started to clear, hazy day is almost over, raining season is coming, it is getting cooler, not winter but nice cooling weather.Many good things is going to happen, with God grace and His blessing, we will be happy.

flower at the choice retreat house

I am going for silent retreat at chiangmai from 30 Nov to 8 Dec 2015. Looking forward to this event. Retreat from 1 Dec to 5 Dec, will have few time for myself. I put my trust in you God, let your will be done on me.

God our father, you are so good, send my sister  back here, so that I can go for my retreat peacefully. 

Wisdom Quote-if you are 60 years old

古語云:
【物以類聚-人以羣分】
如果你六十幾歲了.....

1)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：在愛的世界裡，沒有誰對不起誰，只有誰不懂得珍惜誰。

2)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：事業有成時要珍惜自己的身體，事業無成時要讓自己更健康。


3)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：有個懂你的人，是最大的幸福，沒有懂你的人，就自己懂自己吧。

4)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：好朋友是應該相互欣賞的，而不是相互利用的。

5)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：飯應一口一口吃，事要一點一點做。沒有一蹴而就的事情，凡事都有個過程。不要整日疲於奔命，應該活得從容。

6)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：光從容還是不夠的，適當的時候還是要秀一下自己，讓平淡的日子亮起來。

7)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：任何事物都具有兩重性，有時候甚至沒有對錯。您以為錯的，在別人看來或許是對的。而您竭盡全力為之奮鬥的，卻很有可能正是別人擺脫和拋棄的。

8)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：生活品質的優劣，完全取決於自己的心態。珍饈美味、杯晃交錯間如果掩映的是爾虞我詐，則遠不如“三五知己坐，淡茶話家常。”

9)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：親情的疏離是切膚的傷痛。淡一些、諒 一些、忍一些，會使我們的心寬一 些、和一些、暖一些。

10)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：對待父母再不可做薄養厚葬的傻事了， 他們那一輩人受的磨礪太多了，善待他們就是善待我們的良心。其實大多的時候他們根本就不需要你的榮華，每天打1個電話或問他們一個年輕時的故事，然後耐心地聽他們講完，他們就很知足了。

11)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：地位和榮譽只不過是一個杯子，而您的修養和品性才是你杯中的東西。夜光杯中未必盛的就是葡萄美酒，也可能是一杯濁水。粗瓷盞裡未見得就是白開水，很可能悶的是一盞極品龍井。

12)如果你六十幾歲了，就該明白：您的生活應該是淡定、從容、健康而幸福！


照顧好自己的身子，對自己健康負責，世界上所有｜東西都不是你自己的、唯有身子才是你自己的。

Pete 70th Birthday

70 th Birthday

29 October 2015 is a special day for pete, he turns 70, a happy day, a day of blessing.. we had dinner at suntec, a simple and meaningful gathering. 

Thank our mighty God for this blessing and grace.