It's a rather cold morning today! Slip in my jacket and headed to church for mass and it felt great because there's another take home message. As I went through the procession, I suddenly thought to myself, this is how mass should feel like!
Fr Bill Heng's sermon was thought provoking and he started off with this story: 10 men went overseas for a meeting. As soon as the meeting ended, these 10 men rushed off to the airport because they wanted to catch the plane and meet their wives. Along the way, they accidentally knocked over a table of apples. So 7 men decided to stay back while the other 3 continued to rush off. Then one of the 7 told the 3 to tell their wives that they'll be boarding the next plane instead. While the 7 were picking up the apples, they found some of the apples dented and bruised. So they put these apples aside and took out some cash. One of the 7 then consolidated the amount and gave it to the blind girl saying," Would this amount be able to compensate for the apples?" And the blind girl replied,"Are you Jesus?"
The people of the world are like the blind girl and sometimes we need to be Jesus to them. Mercy and compassion is what we should exhibit so that others who see this may be able to say that we are Jesus to them.
One more thing, at meeting yesterday, Mandy suddenly came up to me and asked this question,"So who's going to feed you from now on?" Off hand I just couldn't give an answer because I have never thought of it before. But now I've found the answer; the Lord will feed me.
Fr Bill Heng's sermon was thought provoking and he started off with this story: 10 men went overseas for a meeting. As soon as the meeting ended, these 10 men rushed off to the airport because they wanted to catch the plane and meet their wives. Along the way, they accidentally knocked over a table of apples. So 7 men decided to stay back while the other 3 continued to rush off. Then one of the 7 told the 3 to tell their wives that they'll be boarding the next plane instead. While the 7 were picking up the apples, they found some of the apples dented and bruised. So they put these apples aside and took out some cash. One of the 7 then consolidated the amount and gave it to the blind girl saying," Would this amount be able to compensate for the apples?" And the blind girl replied,"Are you Jesus?"
The people of the world are like the blind girl and sometimes we need to be Jesus to them. Mercy and compassion is what we should exhibit so that others who see this may be able to say that we are Jesus to them.
One more thing, at meeting yesterday, Mandy suddenly came up to me and asked this question,"So who's going to feed you from now on?" Off hand I just couldn't give an answer because I have never thought of it before. But now I've found the answer; the Lord will feed me.
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