Thursday, 19 March 2015

Golden Opportunity

Every new day brings you a golden opportunity that is 'Present or Now' to begin anew.
You alone can to decide what type of person you want to be.
If you hear your inner voice calling you to change, follow it. Let every new experience make you stronger and push you towards your inner fulfilment of life.

Monday, 16 March 2015

For what purpose are we here on earth?


 For what purpose are we here on earth?

     One of the most frequently asked questions is the purpose of our life on earth. The Catechism of the Catholic church points towards God, the Creator, as the ultimate answer and meaning of our life.

For what purpose are we here on earth?
Help me to understand the meaning of my Life

     We are here on earth in order to know and to love God, to do good according to his will, and to go someday to heaven.

     To be a human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents. We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth is at home, and we are expected in his everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our Creator is near; often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin, delivers us from all evil, and leads us unerringly into true life. He is “the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6).

source:Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Who is the centre of my life?



                                          Who is the centre of my life?
As a student, have you ever experienced moments of boredom, restlessness, disturbance and loneliness? In these situations one may wonder, ‘what is happening to me?’ Some people may try to venture out many things to attain inner joy. Just to focus in one aspect namely: spiritual life. Here, one might be trying hard to experience peace and meaning in life, but all the efforts may go in vain, why? What is actually the problem here? Experiences of decline and negativity make one to focus on self. So, self centeredness is the reason why one is not able to enjoy peace and serenity in prayer. 

     One has to take a U-Turn in relating with God, which means God becomes the centre of my life. Some good resolutions like: I have to pray regularly, I have to meditate, I have to say many prayers, and I have to read Holy Scriptures etc. I I I I I and only I sentences. And when one fails to carry them out one becomes more miserable than before. The U-Turn attitude of spiritual life helps us to see that God loves us first and all that we do is to respond to that love. We find in the scripture where we find God taking the first step in reaching out to us with love: Jn. 15
·         I abide in you
·         I have loved you
·         I have called you friends
·         I chose you
·         I appointed you……..

     In all these phrases, we see the first approach of God, so we can be assured of God’s love. We don’t need to do anything to receive God’s love; it is already there with us. Convinced of the love of God, we respond to His love day by day in loving one another.

You are God’s love
Just respond to that love and all sadness and loneliness will disappear gradually.