The Wise Road ” in 2014

Featured Jan 5, 2014 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-11

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

“It’s time to STOP!”– Pope Francis

Hehe, we have just started the year, “STOP” agad?

As in, “agad-agad?”

But WAIT, today’s Gospel is telling us that THIS IS “actually” the best way to START THINGS RIGHT in 2014 J.

Inspired by a letter from a man who lamented on the “so many tragedies and wars in the world”  Pope Francis emphasized these exact lines in VATICAN CITY (AP),  St. Peter’s Square, January 1, 2014 when he layed out his hopes for the “just-begun year”. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com]:

"What is happening in the heart of man? What is happening in the heart of humanity?"

"It's time to stop!"

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"We are all children of one heavenly father,

we belong to the same human family and we share a common destiny."

"This brings a responsibility for each to work

so that the world becomes a community of brothers

who respect each other, accept each other in one's diversity, and takes care of one another."

"I, too, believe that it will be good for us to stop ourselves

in this path of violence and search for peace."

"The gospel of brotherhood speak to every conscience and knock down the walls

that impede enemies from recognizing that they are brothers."

True as it always is, OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK!

The guiltier we are, the harder our “stone heart” becomes.

Kung ano ang mas madali, ‘yon na lang ang mas pinipiling gawin;

Iwas-iwas to the max sa mga bagay na mahirap nang baguhin.

There is no easy way to the Road Less Travelled!

But once we set our goal to FIND THAT STAR as the Three Magis did, we would surely no longer want to go back to our old ways – the old road which lead us off track.   

It is most difficult to STOP if we wouldn’t identify which button to press!

It would best help if we will humbly attempt to “Reflect on the Heart of God”: “Dum in Cor Dei” [Latin translation] now and again – for God’s deep message is always in Silence.    

Friend, however our 2013 has been, God must been preparing us for better things this 2014.

The best point to START is to strive for our “epiphany” – when we eventually realize that we’ve got to reconcile with God’s heart so that we could “carry out” our responsibility both to ourselves & to our “brothers” despite some discrepancies. J 

Novus Annus everyone, God will be with us year through! #sunset

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Dum in “Cor Dei”: Reflecting on The Heart of God, Strive for Reconciliations in 2014