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Thanks be to God that He manage to make place for my heart and time schedule to attend this very very meaningful retreat. If it's weren't because of Him, I wouldn't even be here to share or get to know the meaning behind The Passion of Christ. At first I am feeling so doubtful that this kind of retreat is gonna be useful for me anyway. I had tried to rebuilt my faith from time to time but it seems so heavy a load to carry. But now I see that that's the point of it all. Carrying our own cross and follow Jesus in our daily lives. Moment by moment, step by step. This world is so cruel. Time won't wait even a second for us. it just keep on running like never ending. Thus, we tend to keep ourselves too busy to have a quiet time with God.
Through this retreat, I got to know the bond and love between Mother Mary and Jesus himself. The movie 'Passion of the Christ' started with Jesus's agony in Gethsemane, praying and sorrowful for sins of the humankind before, present and future.
Satan: Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?
Jesus: Shelter Me, O, Lord. I trust in you. In you I take refuge.
Satan: No one man can carry this burden, I tell you. It is far too heavy. Saving their souls is too costly. No-one. Ever. No. Never.
Jesus: Father, Y-you can do all things. If it is possible, let this chalice pass from me... But let your will be done, not mine.
Satan: Who is your father? Who are you?
The devil, with soft and convincing voice tempted Jesus, to pull him away from His mission and to place doubt in His heart towards God, the Father in Heaven. But Jesus did not even look at the devil. There's also a scene where Jesus stood up looking Heavenward and abruptly struct the serpent from the devil.
This clearly shows that we could have power over temptation as Jesus does too. Keep our eyes on God and do not look down where the devil is thirsting to get us tempted and away from God. As a student, temptation is everywhere! Not trying to deny that I fall short for the glory of God every single day. So, I feel that I really need this Lenten retreat especially for this Lenten season.
I invited Beverly to come along in school. "Yea" was her response. I admit I am quite shock with her decision as she almost always complains that he had so much work undone. To make things clear, the retreat is to be held in just 1 and a half day, which means compact schedule and time to rest is very shallow. Registration and the opening movie watching 'The Passion of Christ' was held on Friday evening. 7.30 p.m on the dot. As for the 2nd day, the reflections and sharing including sunset mass is like from 8 a.m to 10.30 p.m. I know this is nothing of our own decision. I strongly believed that God had drawed her heart to come and see. Not only that! She also invited her cousin Rio who, to my suprise accepted the invitation. Praise the Lord! I'm not imagining things right? Through this, I understand that to get to 100 000 000 steps, you've got to take the 1st step right? Even though most of my friends in school did not make it to the retreat, I am grateful because God chosen just the right people at the right time! To believe that I am one of them is the most beautiful thing in my heart. The call was exciting and I simply can't resist it considering my prayer to rebuild my relationship with God.
Through this retreat, I got to know the bond and love between Mother Mary and Jesus himself. The movie 'Passion of the Christ' started with Jesus's agony in Gethsemane, praying and sorrowful for sins of the humankind before, present and future.
Satan: Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?
Jesus: Shelter Me, O, Lord. I trust in you. In you I take refuge.
Satan: No one man can carry this burden, I tell you. It is far too heavy. Saving their souls is too costly. No-one. Ever. No. Never.
Jesus: Father, Y-you can do all things. If it is possible, let this chalice pass from me... But let your will be done, not mine.
Satan: Who is your father? Who are you?
The devil, with soft and convincing voice tempted Jesus, to pull him away from His mission and to place doubt in His heart towards God, the Father in Heaven. But Jesus did not even look at the devil. There's also a scene where Jesus stood up looking Heavenward and abruptly struct the serpent from the devil.
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.(Genesis 3:15)
This clearly shows that we could have power over temptation as Jesus does too. Keep our eyes on God and do not look down where the devil is thirsting to get us tempted and away from God. As a student, temptation is everywhere! Not trying to deny that I fall short for the glory of God every single day. So, I feel that I really need this Lenten retreat especially for this Lenten season.
I invited Beverly to come along in school. "Yea" was her response. I admit I am quite shock with her decision as she almost always complains that he had so much work undone. To make things clear, the retreat is to be held in just 1 and a half day, which means compact schedule and time to rest is very shallow. Registration and the opening movie watching 'The Passion of Christ' was held on Friday evening. 7.30 p.m on the dot. As for the 2nd day, the reflections and sharing including sunset mass is like from 8 a.m to 10.30 p.m. I know this is nothing of our own decision. I strongly believed that God had drawed her heart to come and see. Not only that! She also invited her cousin Rio who, to my suprise accepted the invitation. Praise the Lord! I'm not imagining things right? Through this, I understand that to get to 100 000 000 steps, you've got to take the 1st step right? Even though most of my friends in school did not make it to the retreat, I am grateful because God chosen just the right people at the right time! To believe that I am one of them is the most beautiful thing in my heart. The call was exciting and I simply can't resist it considering my prayer to rebuild my relationship with God.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." would be the most inspiring words for me recently and hopefully forever.
'Coincidence' is definitely not the suitable word to put in everything that happens in our life. I got so much to tell about my life but somehow a part of me wanted to keep them private from this world. From blog publicity at least. hahaha..But I'll think about it, because this blog is the only place where I could keep memories and thoughts of mine in any form, words or 'pic-speaks', even videos in order. Looking back at my posts would be fun, even just to wonder.
Practically I am restraining my eyes from shutting. I sense dysfunctional in my brain somewhere coming soon. To sum up, I am very grateful to God because I could see that He is making His 1st in a long time step to help my regain my balance on the right path of life in communion with Him. First a little Christian Society movement in school then a little shaping with the the Lenten retreat! God is so full of suprises and everlasting LOVE.
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