last sunday we were reminded about fasting. fasting is not starving. In Fasting you remove toxin in your body, where starving lead to death. Identify the 7 vices, find out which area you have to develop fasting.
Today, it talks the importance of regulating your will!. Unless you are trained to regulate your will it will be difficult for you to fast, with a happy face.
To achieve,fasting,as well as regulating your will, you should be clear and convinced that God created you to lead a happy life, even in this world. In fasting you remove toxins in your body without killing yourself. To do that you should develop Will power. Christianity is how to develop your will power, and surrender that Will power to God. Today we focused the main characteristic of christianity-meaning of Transfiguration
Of Jesus!
B.Preamble today's reading:
B.1 how Catholicism originated?
Christianity came from Judaisms. Judaism does not believe Christ as the savior. Path to Catholicism, is up to christ, 2000years before, how God has planned and prepared the human, to lead their life happily, with a new concept. This concept is having 3 basic steps
(1) God planing thru' prophets(Elija)(history)
(2) Under God's direct supervision, human was given a law for their behavior with eye to eye principal(Moses)(old law)(history)
(3) God became indirect, with jesus message with same law 10 commandments, and now changed to turn your other cheek principle
(New law- today for you to practice)
Under the new concept, the most vital organ your body become Your WILL, where even God doesn't interfere.
New concept request you to lead your life according to the God's Will.
In a society, where there is no direct instruction from God, how we know what God thinks and expect from us, to obtain our own happiness!. This is Catholicism!
B.2 Importance of your Will under new theory!
After Jesus resurrection there are no direct messages from God. When there are no direct messengers,angels,dreams, stars to tell you about God's will for you, how to identify His Will for you. This is an individual instruction!.
Abram got the message, to sacrifice his son, God tested his will, he was successful!. Even now we get similar situations!.
B.3. FUNCTION OF WILL
The strength of the Soul comprises the faculties,passions, and appetites. All this strength is ruled by the Will. When the Will direct these faculties, passions and appetites towards God, turning away from all that is not God, the soul preserve its strength for God, and comes to love him with all its might(ascent III,16,ii)
The Will is the final arbiter and governor of the whole human person. Our actions, in as much as they are fully human actions, differ from those of the animals precisely because they are the acts of the WILL. The work of the WILL consist of governing the passions and holding in check the natural appetites through the light of the memory and intellect.
The term "WILL" can refer to the distinct aspect of human person. There is the' WILL AS ACT', which refers to desiring, resolving,determining,
The Will always tends towards good. It takes in and reacts to the information supplied by the intellect. The Will inclined towards an object when the object is good and recedes when it perceives the object dangerous. It is an effective attraction or repulsion. The will is the constituent of the human personality, for it represent the seat of an intelligent commitment to, or rejection of some value, or the attraction towards or repulsion from some object. It implies a distinctive kind of rapport with the object than that of intellect, such as loving,intending,desiring, consenting,enjoying or suffering.
The whole human functions under the direction of the Will. Stimuli from objects are transmitted to the intellect through the external senses, for rational evaluation; the Will depend upon the evaluation before it can act further. Hence the soul's arbiter, the Will, directs appetites,passions,and affections, and the whole attitude and activity of the total human person.
The object of the Will is the good and it is the good that moves the Will. SINCE GOD ALONE IS THE UNIVERSAL GOOD, HE ALONE CAN FILL THE WILL'S CAPACITY AND ELICIT THE LOVE WITH WHICH IT LOVES NECESSARILY. But this only occurs when God is seen by the intellect as HE is in himself. It is the nature of the Will tends towards good and to Will it. All the objects presented to it in this life are limited goods so that its infinite amplitude cannot be filled but BY GOD!.
B.4 examples set by Mary and Jesus:
Mary's last recorded word in scripture is abandoned to the Will of God. "DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU" (jh 2:5). The last word of Jesus on the cross was the free surrender of His life to His father's Will:"Father, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit" Mary surrenders to Jesus, and Jesus to His Father. To do God's Will until death, that is the inner heart of all Holiness. Here Jesus teaches us how to die, for if he would have his Mother with Him in the hour of His great surrender, then how shall we dare to miss saying daily " Pray for us sinners, now, and at the our death. Amen"?
The heart of Jesus and the heart of Mary were made one on Calvary, in their obedience to the Father's Will. Everyone in the world has a cross, but no two Crosses are identical. Our Will is the only thing that is absolutely our own. Hence it is a perfect offering we can make to God.
B.4 God's Will
Christianity,is to follow the will of God. The order of God's law requires that we should brought to him thru Mary.
In the Bible,Mary is quoted:
1) When Adam & Eve disobeyed God, HE said to Satan that "you cheated a woman and one day a woman will crush your head"
2)During the Annunciation
3)Visiting Elizabeth
4)Birth of Jesus in Bethlem
5)Presenting Our Lord in the Temple
6)Mary escaping to Egypt with Joseph & Baby Jesus
(7) Jesus lost in the Temple at12years
(8)1st miracle- wedding in Cana
(9)when Jesus declared who is my mother..etc
(10)On the Cross,Jesus words to Mary & john.
11) Jesus dead body on lap of Mary
(12) On the Pentercost Day.
From (8)-(12) God's direction to treat Mary as our own mother!
B.5 Relevance of Elijah and Moses in christianity!
Moses(1526-1406 B.C) and Elijah (875-848B.C) adoring Jesus,has shown to his favorite disciples PETER, JAMES and JOHN (in32AD)at mount TABORE. Jesus face shown like Sun & His garment became white as snow. Voice of God once again declared Jesus as His only Son!.
Moses on Sinai,has received OLD COVENANT,while JESUS received NEW!. Elijah too have received many special signs of intimate confidence of God!.
These 2 prophets,similar to Jesus has ended their earthly life,without their bones in the world.
There was a strong resemblance between miracles of Jesus to Elijah, people thought that Jesus is Elijah himself returning to earth. Jews believed that Jesus called on Elijah for assistance at the cross!.
LAW & PROPHETS were represented by these 2 prophets.
C. Today's reading:
Genesis( 22:1-2. 9-13. 15-18) says" God put Abraham to the test...your only child..offer him..angel ..called to him..'Don't harm him,for I now know you fear God..I will shower blessings on you.."
St paul says(Rm 8:31-34)" With God on our side who can be against us. God..son.. gave him up to benefit all.. After such a gift.. He will not refuse anything he can give.. He rose from the dead.
Mk(9:2-10);"Jesus..
Reminds in gaining the knowledge of Jesus message.
Abraham, handed over his fear and sorrow to the hands of God, followed faithfully God's Will. But God tested his faithfulness!. In life you may get such fears to understand God's will. At the end you will see such fears being removed by God!.leading your life happily according to the jesus message
C. Conclusions:
Jesus' main message for us, is to develop our own Will and train to surrender into God's Will.
Elijah &Moses represent era of God's direct intervention with people and can be summerised as follows:
(1)fore telling Jesus coming
(2)previous behaviour of 10commd:with 'eye-eye. With Jesus,God has become indirect,making your' Will independent& behevior- same law with pardoning
What Jesus did?
(3)following God's Will,thru' regulating your' own will!(ability to resist short term temptations in order to meet long term Goals)
In brief during lent season last sunday we were reminded about fasting. fasting is not starving. Fasting you remove toxin in your body, where starving lead to death. Identify the 7 vices, find out which are you have to develop fasting.
Today, it talks the importance of regulating your will!. Unless you are trained to regulate your will it will be difficult for you to fast.
To achieve,fasting,as well as regulating your will, you should be clear and convinced that God created you to lead a happy life, even in this world
GBU
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