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Friday, August 13, 2010

The Holy Trinity and Human Vocation

From the beginning every work that God with human partnership has done bears fruits in the new life in Christ, a life that the Father has planned and executed in accordance with the Holy Spirit. From the beginning everything that God produced is a loving work of the Holy Trinity consummated for each other and humankind enjoyment!Resources.

Some World Religions, for example Catholics, affirm that Life in the Holy Spirit fulfills the vocation of every man and women. But still there are people who feel that they have not accomplished their goals or vocation yet. These people are waiting to achieve their purposes in life, purposes that should be made up of divine charity and human concurrence. This is the life in the Spirit.


The Holy Spirit reaches people in different ways. One way as a substantial source of God's support is provided through signs called Sacraments that churches administer to their parishioners. Sacraments, or rites performed by believers, make possible for the faithful to interact and be united to Jesus, the Son of God. Jesus Himself taught the community to perform these rites during His years on the planet. On these days, Sacraments come to the church through religious services imitating and joining Christ liturgical acts in Glory.


The Holy Spirit also unites the Transcendence with individuals and communities through love, Baptism, which is a sacrament of initiation into the community of believers, Communions, Prayers, Spiritual Retreats and Charity. These channels of Grace or spiritual supports to His people are the main resource of the Holy Spirit to confer the righteousness of God upon communities.


If individuals let the Spirit to collaborate with their personal development and recreation of their being, the Holy Ghost as an inseparable partner of Christ work configures them to Christ’s thoughts, attitudes, behavior, suffering, dead and resurgence in glory. When this endeavor is achieved in tune with this Model of spiritual and human growth, the Spirit makes believers sharers of Christ life in eternity; the life that He has with the Father and Jesus Christ, the ones that fulfills men and women deepest purposes.

Resources
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm

Monday, August 9, 2010

A Good Way to Enjoy Jesus Familiarity

Picture: La Rioja - Argentina. My hometown, a place where I heard for the first time about God.

When you think of Christ, do thoughts come to mind as a command or from the heart? This is important to know in order to see if you have the attitude that will make you feel absolutely comfortable with God.

The best disposition counts throughout the spiritual journey as a popular Biblical passage affirms: “He who humbles himself will be exalted”. This virtue is called humility and is the foundation and beginning to unveiling for you Jesus’ Face.

Only when a person humbly acknowledges that he/she needs a little time and preparation to succeed in the transcendent world of God, then he/she is ready to receive as a gift insight about spiritual matters.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Wisdom as a Mean to Get in Contact with God

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This time I chose as a platform to reach you The Proverbs of Solomon, Son of David and King of Israel, (OT) Old Testament.

I like this book because Proverbs (Pr) is an insightful text that deals with matters of religious morality, that is, a wise way of behaving in conformity with God’s essence and consistent with common sense and good manners. It also comes out with the enlightened ancient teachers on what a wise person will do in certain situations such as in family relations and others business dealings as social relationships and the need for self-control.
You will find in (Pr) appreciative comments on humility, patience, respect for the poor, and loyalty to friends. The book collects proverbs that will help you to perceive de excellence of wisdom as sapience on spiritual matters, especially to admit that God deserves all human respect and appreciation. (Pr) will give you insight and understanding of sayings with deep significance.

As an example let me share with you the beginning of chapter 2 that I certainly enjoy. It says:
The advantages of wisdom
2:1. My son, if thou will receive my words, and will hide my commandments with thee,
2:2. That thy ear may give attention to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.
2:3. For if thou shall call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
2:4. If thou shall seek her as silver and shall dig for her as for a treasure

In this way along with biblical authors, ancient teachers remarked that the advancement is for the person given to spiritual reading (SR). But I am going to show you an antique discipline, the Lectio Divina, a kind of (SR) but which differs from habitual spiritual reading.
Hence, to gain access to its benefits, (SR) can have as its end the acquisition of knowledge, the establishment of convictions or the inspiration and promotion for generous acts. Conversely, the aim of Lectio Divina is union with God, dialogue, attention and reflection; self-gift through self-response, communion. This technique is considered one of the most appropiate for reading any of the dozens books that form the Old and New Testment and paricularly Proverbs. If you allow yourself to be grabbed by and enjoy His Word, you will hear even his silence. A siliende that will bring you to God’s clossenes.

Resources

http://www.tldm.org/bible/old%20testament/proverbs.htm
http://www.Lectio Divina 101 What Are the Steps - ForMinistry.mht

...............  talk with you soon!
Marta