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Saturday, April 18, 2020


Kapel Biara Xaverian (SX), Padang-Indonesia


Terima kasih Yesus
Kau mengunjungiku
Lewat Maria Magdala
Lewat Dua Murid ke Emmaus
Lewat Petrus dan kawan-kawan

Terima kasih Yesus
Kau mengunjungiku
Meski mereka sulit percaya
Hati mereka tertutup
Untuk mendengarmu

Terima kasih Yesus
Kau mengunjungiku
Meski kami tak percaya
Jika belum melihat sendiri
Bentuk wajah-Mu

Terima kasih Yesus
Kau mengunjungiku
Meski kami tak mengerti
Untuk apa kau datang
Berbicara berkali-kali

Terima kasih Yesus
Kau mengunjungiku
Membuka mata dan hati para rasul
Mengetuk hati kami yang tertutup
Untuk mendengar dan melihat sendiri

Bahwa Engkau telah bangkit
Bahwa mereka mestinya percaya
Setelah Engkau menampakkan diri berulang kali
Bahwa kami juga mestinya percaya
Meski tak melihat

Bahwa dengan iman
Dan hanya dengan iman
Kami bisa paham dan percaya
Akan misteri kebangkitan-Mu
Terima kasih Yesus yang bangkit

Mecit 18/04/20
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Saturday, April 18, 2020


Sacred Heart Convent, Bangkok-Thailand

Three times already, Jesus appears to the disciples. Since the meeting with Maria of Magdala, then with two disciples of Emmaus, and today with all the eleven disciples. Even these three times of meeting, they still don't understand the Jesus' messages. Maria of Magdala needs another sign to believe in Jesus. Jesus called her by name. The two disciples of Emmaus through the breaking of bread they believe in Jesus. Both Maria and the disciples of Emmaus shared their experience with others. But, the others still remain as unbeliever in what they heard. Finally, Jesus comes to all of them. In yesterday's Gospel we read the experience of Peter and friends. There is the same thing there; they need the signs to understand Jesus' messages.

This journey of faith of the disciples is like ours as well. We need time and sign to understand and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. But even we receive this sign and meet people who help us, sometimes still we don't believe. Probably because we still close our heart to the Jesus' messages. Today, Jesus invites us to open our heart and listen to His voice. Maybe we need more than three or four experiences to understand Him. No problem. We have a little faith in our heart that Jesus gave when we receive the baptism. Our task now is to keep this little faith and try to grow it up in our daily life. That is our candle of faith. Like the ordinary candle, we need the glass cover to protect it from the blast of wind.

Thank you, Jesus because You continue to visit us in our daily life. Thanks for teaching us to understand your messages and to believe in You. Jesus, make us able to keep and to grow up our candle of faith. Thank you, Jesus, for showing us how to live out the gospel.


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Thursday, April 16, 2020


Jesus' lovers

I like to call, not the Jesus’ follower but the Jesus’ lover. Following Jesus sometimes doesn’t mean loving Jesus. Just follow Him and finish there. The Jesus’ follower means those who really love Him. (Even we need to remember that Jesus loved all of us first). So, we don’t love Him, He already loved all of us.

I call the two disciples of Emmaus as the Jesus’ lover. Why? Because even they can not recognize Jesus at the beginning, finally through the breaking of the bread, they recognize Him. After that, they are really very happy to share their experience with others disciples in Jerusalem. They are very happy again when Jesus comes in the middle of their meeting. Really, this is a joyful experience. Only those who have love can share and enjoy this experience.

Do we still have love in our heart. I invite you to reflect on this experience of the disciples. Not only of two disciples of Emmaus, but also from the other who gather in Jerusalem. As a Jesus’ follower, we need to share our joyful experience. We receive love from Jesus so we need to joyfully share it with the others. Our Emmaus is our daily life, and our Jerusalem is our gathering place.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020


dining room in Villa Paganini, Parma-Italy


Today’s Gospel reminds me about Philippines. There, I always had breakfast when I went to celebrate the morning Mass in the convent. During the breakfast, we shared many things. About the daily life, community life, the social situation, politic and culture. Having breakfast together is a good chance to know each other.

Jesus invites Peter and friends to have breakfast with Him. I will be very happy if I am there with Peter. There will be a special breakfast. The Jesus’ presence is important for them. He brings the new hope when they are hopeless. One night without gaining what they want to have. Following the Jesus’ order, they got many fish. This is not only a miracle but also the God grace.

We are all invited to have breakfast with Jesus. It also reminds us to open our heart and go out from our comfort zone. Jesus will share many things with us so only if we want to listen to Him, we can get something from Him. If not, that breakfast reminds only as ordinary gathering. Have a nice day.

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Saturday, April 04, 2020
Some of them, staying together, that is love


One day before the Palm Sunday. Not like the other year, this year not so busy. Corona Virus Decease saying covid-19 cancelled many activities. Palm Sunday is one of these important activities that was cancelled since last month. Supposed to be a very grateful celebration. But the fact is different.

Today, I joint the students and the teachers in preparing the palm for this coming celebration. I learn how to make that simple palm leaf become more beautiful. Many friends offered me the styles that should I follow. I choose one that very easy for me. I follow one time the example they give. Then, make three times. After that, I make it very easy and fast.

I think that time was very preciously. Nothing to lose. It was the best time to love others. I am sure that LOVE IS STAY TOGETHER. Not all of us is good to make up that leaf. But we learn from the others. We spend time together. That is love. Love in daily life. Love in a simple thing. I love all of you, friends. Thanks for your time in teaching me, make up the palm with a new style.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
update covid-19
Ada satu hal yang menakutkan pekan ini. Yakni soal wabah Covid-19. Tingkat ketakutannya pun bermacam-macam. Ada yang takut sekali. Ada yang aman-aman saja. Seperti Covid-19 yang kadang memberi tanda-tanda: demam, batuk, atau sesak napas. Tapi juga tanpa tanda apa-apa dan tiba-tiba jantung berhenti berdetak. Itulah sebabnya, pagi tadi saya membalas pesan seorang teman: di sini, kami aman-aman saja. Tapi aman-aman yang menakutkan.

Di kota kecil Maesot ini memang aktivitas warga seperti biasa. Hanya saja lebih banyak yang beraktivitas dari rumah. Anak sekolah berlibur di rumah. Kota perbatasan Thailand-Myanmar ini pun punya wajah baru. Yakni tanpa mobil berplat Myanmar. Biasanya pagi dan sore diramaikan oleh mobil dari warga sebelah. Saat ini volumenya berkurang. Pemerintah Thailand menutup pintu perbatasan. Pemerintah Provinsi Tak juga menutup pintu perbatasan lainnya. Bahkan, bandara dan pintu masuk untuk angkatan darat juga sudah ditutup. Teman saya berkomentar, kita masih bisa berkeliaran. Tapi hanya di dalam provinsi saja. Pintu masuk maupun keluar sudah ditutup.

Mari mencintai sesama kita dengan tidak menularkan virus Covid-19 ini. Kalau Anda mau keluar rumah, ingatlah bahwa Anda bisa terjangkit. Lalu bisa menjangkitkan yang lain juga. Maka, berhati-hatilah. Ingatlah selalu untuk cuci tangan dan memakai masker. Sekian update Covid dari Thailand.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

update Covid-19

Ada obat penahan rasa sedih. Yakni berusaha untuk tersenyum. Terkait wabah Covid-19, hari ini saya bicara dengan dua Suster di Italia. Saya ingin mengetahui situasi terkini dari sana. Kesan awal yang saya tangkap adalah mereka bahagia. Tetap tersenyum saat saya menelepon via videocall. Mereka tahu bahwa Italia sedang bersedih. Bahkan beberapa Suster dari Indonesia juga ada yang positif Covid-19. Mereka tentu ikut sedih tetapi di satu sisi tetap berusaha tegar. Berbagi senyum.  

Melihat mereka tersenyum, saya pun yakin, covid ini akan berlalu, dan akan ada harapan baru. Mereka menyinggung soal situasi baru di Italia pasca Covid. Katanya kota jadi bersih. Polusi berkurang. Makin banyak orang yang rajin mencuci tangan. Kebiasaan untuk berkumpul pun berkurang. Saat Covid berlalu, harapan memang mesti ada. Kalau tidak, hidup hanya akan berjalan di tempat. Dan, harapan ini diungkapkan dengan baik oleh seorang penyanyi dalam video yang saya terima. Dia menggunakan kata RINASCERE. Artinya LAHIR KEMBALI. Renasceró-demikian liriknya-yang artinya, saya akan lahir kembali. Dan Rinascerai yang artinya kamu akan lahir kembali.

Semoga kelak, Italia akan lahir kembali. Dengan semangat baru. Harapan baru. Dan kebiasaan baru. Terima kasih Suster sudah berbagi. Hai Covid, cepatlah berlalu.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
November 15, 2018
WAITING FOR THE KINGDOM
Luke 17: 20-25


After this mass, I will go to school, take the MRT and BTS. I make this way every day. I stop in the station, waiting for BTS and MRT. When I was meditating this Gospel, I remembered this experience. I said that if I can know the coming of the Kingdom of God, as I know when the BTS comes, I will be very happy. I will make a good preparation. But, in today's Gospel we listen, no one knows the coming of the Kingdom. I and you know the coming of BTS
(around 3 or 5 minutes) but I and you can not know the coming of the Kingdom of God.

I think that His coming is like in the Christmas that we will celebrate in next month. Jesus comes in the silent night. Many people don’t recognise his presence. So, I think that we don’t need to know when He will come. Because the Gospel says: the Kingdom of God is among you. We need only to realize his presence. What will we prepare is about ourselves. Let us ask the help of God so that we can enter in silence so that we realize the presence of the Kingdom of God.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018
USELESS SERVANT
Luke 17: 7-10


Many friends ask me about our missionary service here in Bangkok. Most of them ask about to whom we serve? The answer is to the Buddhist people. Why? Because the majority of Thai people are Buddhists. Our missionary charism also is about bringing Jesus to those who don’t know Him yet. They are in this category. 

Today’s Gospel tells about the servant. All the Christians are the servants of God. Jesus says that we are no more as a slave but as a servant. As Jesus says, servant intends to serve and not to be served. In our daily life in Bangkok, we are the servants. More details are useless servants because we serve the non-Christians people. But, are we really the useless servants? Yes, I think. It means that event we serve the non-Christians, actually not we who serve them but our Lord Jesus Christ. When we serve the Buddhist people we serve God. So, we try to see God in our missionary service.

How about you? Are you a servant also? To whom you serve? Let us ask the Lord to give us his Spirit to go on in our daily life as a useless servant of God.
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Sunday, November 11, 2018
November 12, 2018
A GREAT DUTY
Luke 17: 1-6

The experience of forgiveness is always a difficult problem. I can explain very well about this topic but in practice, I fail. It is easy to say "I forgive you". But, it is hard to say "I am sorry". Many times I respond to my friends "I forgive you", but I have still an anger in my heart.

Today’s gospel informs us about forgiveness. If we can forgive our friends, it will be a good experience. Jesus invites us to forgive the others. We know that sometimes it is very difficult, but we must try. With His help, we can try it. Jesus invites us to put it in practice. We can answer it with our faith. Similar to the disciples, we can ask Jesus to strengthen our faith in order to able to forgive the others.

I invite you to read this words of Matthew Henry, “The giving of offences is a great sin,” “the forgiving of offences is a great duty.”

Have a nice day. 
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