God’s Plan to Prepare His Servants
January 13, 2009 by Ann Marie Lee
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“My son, if you aspire to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for an ordeal” (Sir. 2:1)
When one is first called by the Lord into the seminary, convent or into Church ministry as a layperson we experience a great joy and euphoria. Jesus has called me! This is such an honor and the community joyfully celebrates with you this special vocation. But, as one knows, whatever goes up must also come down. The apostles had to return to the valley after climbing the mountain of Tabor and seeing the glory of Jesus. Soon they would experience many trials and perplexing teachings that would all lead to the rejection of Jesus and his death on another mountain—Golgotha. By the time Jesus rose from the dead, the apostles were utterly cleansed of their past live and were ready for Jesus to use them.
Lessons from the strange race between the Tortoise & the Hare
October 12, 2008 by Melody Laila
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One of the fables I’ve learned from childhood and has always stuck to me is that of the Tortoise & the Hare.
All of us who’ve read it knows it’s a fable about the two animals, very different in their natural make up, racing each other. It’s a strange race to say the least. On one hand is a fast-on-his-feet Hare & the other, a slow-by-nature Tortoise. There’s seemingly no doubt who will win. However, The over-confident Hare after a excellent start, stops to nap & is thus overtaken by the Tortoise, who ends up beating him in the race.
I think sometimes our spiritual walks can be compared to the race of the Tortoise & the Hare.
