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Friday, September 07, 2018
Sep 7, 2018
FASTING AS A PREPARATION
Luke 5: 33-39

My Italian friends talk to me that, the best wine is the old wine. But, I never distinguish between the old and new wine. For me, I just only enjoy the wine putting on the table. I can say which is good and not but I never complain about it. They talk more about the preparation to get the old wine and I talk more about my preparation to enjoy that wine.

In today’s Gospel, we listen to Jesus who talks to the Scribe and Pharisees. Jesus stresses more about interior spiritual than exterior spiritual. What we look in daily life is more exterior than interior. The Pharisees and Scribe are the same as us who like to see the exterior spiritual.

When they see something that out of the religious law, they like to judge it. They look at Jesus’ disciples who don't fast like the disciples of John the Baptist. For them, this is out of the ordinary life. Jesus asks them to see the interior spirituality and not only the exterior.

Jesus in today’s Gospel is really a reformer who bring the new idea. Fasting for Him is a preparation for welcoming God. Like for us practice fasting before Easter and Christmas. The main purpose of this spiritual fasting is to prepare ourselves to receive our Lord Jesus Christ.

So, if we are with Jesus we don't need to fast. When are we with God? When we pray, when we talk to Him personally, when we meditate His Word, when we serve the others. Many occasion could be the time with God. So, at that time we don’t need to fast. We fast before these activities. On the other word, fasting is our personal preparation.

Fasting in this sense means not only don’t eat some kinds of food or reduce some habits but really is an interior preparation. We can consider the time before attending the mass as a spiritual fasting.

Let us prepare ourselves to welcome God in our interior life.




Gordi SX
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Thursday, September 06, 2018
Sept 6, 2018
TOUCHED BY JESUS
Luke 5: 1-11

One of my friends in Philippine always talks to me about the Jeepney. He said that he likes to use Jeepney because he wants to be touched by the other people, especially by the girl. He was joking to me but I think it is true. As a man, he surely wants to touch and to be touched by the girl.

In the Gospel, we see how Peter touched by Jesus. He was almost not in hoping to get fish. One night they got nothing. But in that morning, Jesus asked him to low the net. For sure that by the obedience he put the net. What will happen? Peter was very happy. Finally, they get a lot of fish. Abundance in quantity.

Peter is not only touched but also changed by Jesus. His mentality is really changed. From the despair to the hope. From sadness to joy. Peter is able to let himself guide by Jesus. Jesus, in fact, able to transform us in His way. That is what Peter did.

So, touched by Jesus means not only physically touching but also affect on the mentality. Peter was happy getting a lot of fish but he will get a lot of joyful moment with Jesus.

When am I touched spiritually by Jesus?
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Wednesday, September 05, 2018
Sept 5, 2018
KNOWN BY DEMON
Luke 4: 38-44


If we do the best, even the bad man will know us. All the people want to know who is the actor of this good things. On the contrary, if we do the horrible thing, many people will ridicule us.

In the Gospel who demon knows Jesus. "You are the Son of God," said Demon. The Demon said this after seeing Jesus heal the sick people. Jesus had dawned the good thing so that even the Demon knew it very well.

Imagine when we do good things, many people come to give us support.

The mission of Jesus in the world is to bring good news to all people. One of this good news is healing the sick people. Here, sick means both physic and spiritual. Jesus today heal both sides of the sick people.

This mission comes from His Father. That’s why Jesus doesn’t stop in one place but continue to bring good news to the other places. Of course, many people to do it again and again but Jesus cannot do it. He must go to the others and important also to go to the desert place where He can pray.

The healing needs the new spirit from the Father. This spirit can come from the spiritual experience for example in the prayer. That’s why Jesus after healing go to pray.

Do we want to heal by Jesus?
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