This period [has been] bad for me - really filled with term papers, tests and projects. Coincidentally, it falls within the Lenten period when we're supposed to pray more and draw closer to God. Perhaps, it's a test from God for me. Or perhaps it's the devil trying to use this to pull me away from God. But whatever the case, retrospectively, I think I've fallen many times during this journey. I've abandoned my crosses, did not keep to my resolutions, and failed to examine myself fully and the purpose of Lent for me.
But for the past 5 weeks, I've certainly learnt 1 very valuable lesson from God: even if man may be unfaithful, God is always faithful! As I've journeyed and fallen many times in the 'desert' with Him, He was the one who picked me up and He was the one who fed me with manna. It was truly an Emmanuel experience for me. I know that God-is-with-us. Everything was really put in place for me this Lent. I cannot relate all these incidents. To do so would take days to write. But i just wanna share one particular incident.
2 Wednesdays ago, I was very un-motivated to do anything and just wanted to slack by watching television. When I switched on the tv, the movie "John Rambo" was just beginning. And I watched the whole movie. After the show, I thought to myself: "This is a real waste of time to me. Why did I even watch it? I could have made use of this time to start on my essay due the following Tuesday." I decided to push to the next day to start on my paper. On Thursday, I could have gone home early but somehow I decided to stay in school to start on my paper. As I was about to begin, I received a phone call from a friend who needed to talk to someone. So I just put down everything and went to talk to him.
While waiting for him, I was praying to God that He would use me as His instrument to reach out to this friend. And a scene from the movie just came back to my mind. During the movie, there was a part where a pastor was praying the Peace Prayer of St Francis. So I decided to pray this as an opening prayer with my friend. And it really touched him a lot. Then he started to pour out his struggles to me. Somehow, I can provide him with counsel using spiritual and intellectual guidance given to me during my regular meet-ups with my SD. I certainly find it very amazing because everything had been placed properly for me for a particular reason, even watching a crap show like John Rambo is useful to God!
But the most amazing part for me is that my SD has asked me to reflect on the passage of Jesus & The Rich Young Man. For weeks, I just cannot get anything out of it. However, on that day, I finally realised what it meant - to give up everything and follow Him and He will give me treasures in heaven. I put down my assignments and followed Christ to reach out to a broken man that night. A crazy thing that one can do judging that he has not started on an assignment due soon. But God is faithful. When I reached home that night, an email was sent by my lecturer to my class to state that the deadline for this particular assignment has been extended. I was truly amazed and awed for 2 reasons: 1) even when my prayer life [was bad] during this time, He was still faithful in helping me; 2) how He managed to use a wretched man like me as His instrument, with everything put in place for me.
Yap. So basically this is just a reflection cum testimony for me. Let's pray for one another that this upcoming Holy Week will be filled be grace and love.
- posted on behalf of Moses Loh
Saturday, April 4, 2009
A sharing after five weeks of Lent
After 5 week of Great Lent I can see that it is really very hard to be a True Christian. Some people may agree but there will be a hand full will not agree what I say but that’s not the case.
This year 2009 Lent I told myself to give up the things I really like to do. Eg using of laptop, smoking, sinful things and the list can go on and on. To look back for the past 5 weeks its make think that I have straggle to kick all those things of even with prayer but some times I failed and that’s makes me scandalized of myself.
But this reflection helps me realized that God was with me, accompanying with this Lenten Journey, in the mist of great temptation and etc Our Loving God never leaves his hand off me and that allows me to know that suffering can be a light thing ‘if you know what I mean’.
I can type beautiful writings and notes but it will not do me good if I don’t feel the Love of God. Just like what St Paul says in 1st Corinthians 13:2 & 3 it runs ‘If I am without love, I am nothing. Though I should give away to the poor all that I possess, and even give up my body to be burned - if I am without love, it will do me no good whatever.’
For oneself to know that God loves him/her the way he/she is that some times takes a short or a long time to realize. What do you think?
In this year’s Lent I got the opportunity to go 2 by 2 just like the disciples of Christ and evangelize to the people about God’s Love for them and how he has shown me his love in my life. Though not all the families welcome us to their house or even to share with them but there are some houses open up and allow us to share with them and pray with them. For me I see the faithfulness that God show to both the family, my brother in Christ who I was assigned with and myself.
Well as we walk towards Passion Sunday, Holy Week, Easter Triduum and lastly Easter Vigil itself may we always look at the Cross that you and I with Jesus carried, that one day he will make it a Glorious Cross for us. Knowing that only with that Glorious Cross we can take these sufferings with openness but rather we always complaining about it.
To give oneself in his name is to die and to die is to be with Him and that’s our density just like St Paul. ‘Take me to heaven, take me to heaven, O Lord. For me to die, would be better by far, would be better by far, to be with you, to be with you. Only one thing I seek from you, only this I as of you: never to doubt your love, never to doubt you, to be with you, to be with you.’
May all have a Holy & Blessed Easter ahead!
- posted on behalf of Alphonsus Soh
This year 2009 Lent I told myself to give up the things I really like to do. Eg using of laptop, smoking, sinful things and the list can go on and on. To look back for the past 5 weeks its make think that I have straggle to kick all those things of even with prayer but some times I failed and that’s makes me scandalized of myself.
But this reflection helps me realized that God was with me, accompanying with this Lenten Journey, in the mist of great temptation and etc Our Loving God never leaves his hand off me and that allows me to know that suffering can be a light thing ‘if you know what I mean’.
I can type beautiful writings and notes but it will not do me good if I don’t feel the Love of God. Just like what St Paul says in 1st Corinthians 13:2 & 3 it runs ‘If I am without love, I am nothing. Though I should give away to the poor all that I possess, and even give up my body to be burned - if I am without love, it will do me no good whatever.’
For oneself to know that God loves him/her the way he/she is that some times takes a short or a long time to realize. What do you think?
In this year’s Lent I got the opportunity to go 2 by 2 just like the disciples of Christ and evangelize to the people about God’s Love for them and how he has shown me his love in my life. Though not all the families welcome us to their house or even to share with them but there are some houses open up and allow us to share with them and pray with them. For me I see the faithfulness that God show to both the family, my brother in Christ who I was assigned with and myself.
Well as we walk towards Passion Sunday, Holy Week, Easter Triduum and lastly Easter Vigil itself may we always look at the Cross that you and I with Jesus carried, that one day he will make it a Glorious Cross for us. Knowing that only with that Glorious Cross we can take these sufferings with openness but rather we always complaining about it.
To give oneself in his name is to die and to die is to be with Him and that’s our density just like St Paul. ‘Take me to heaven, take me to heaven, O Lord. For me to die, would be better by far, would be better by far, to be with you, to be with you. Only one thing I seek from you, only this I as of you: never to doubt your love, never to doubt you, to be with you, to be with you.’
May all have a Holy & Blessed Easter ahead!
- posted on behalf of Alphonsus Soh
1st Last Word of Jesus - Father forgive them...
Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing
- Lk 23:34
The first Last Word that Jesus spoke was to ask for forgiveness on our behalf. Not only was he asking for our forgiveness, but he was giving us the reason/excuse that we should be forgiven - because we do not know what we are doing. Jesus could say that about the soldiers nailing him to the cross, because they did not know him as the Son of God. But how does this apply to us. Don't we know him as the Son of God, as our Saviour, the Way, the Truth and the Life. Thus when we sin, can we say we do not know what we are doing?
Yesterday we had the penitential service at CTK, and I found myself wondering whether the priest were hearing new terms for the sins being confessed. Such as:
- Being economical with the truth
- Deliberately misleading
- Withholding information
These were the words being used to describe the actions of Lewis Hamilton and the McLaren Team in the Formula One race in Melbourne last weekend. When asked if they instructed Hamilton to slow down for the Toyota car to pass him, they said that they did not, despite having done so.
The many fanciful terms being thrown around to describe an act which is basically lying is in fact one of the ways that we try to bluff ourselves that our actions were really not that bad. In the past few weeks, the topic of confessions and sin has occurred a few times at the retreats and conversations with various people. Some have mentioned that they have no sin, no big sin or always the same sins.
I've been there and done that, and thus I can't fault them. We like to forget the bad that we have done, or more likely, we are not even aware of the many sins that we have and are committing. Like I shared earlier on the parable of the wicked servant, I don't really know what my full debt/sin is.
Fulton Sheen calls it the ignorance of evil, and it is because of this ignorance that Jesus is asking the Father for our forgiveness. Often we are not aware of our sin, or we are deceived into thinking that we have not sinned, or we water it down by making it sound not as serious. There are other times that I'm not aware of the consequences of my sin, thus if I don't see the consequences, how can it be wrong? Jesus always criticised the Pharisees for exploiting the loopholes in the Law, and we too do that, by using our intellect and reason to worm our way out of our dirty deeds.
Talking about dirt, yesterday a priest shared a story of a wedding he attended, where the bride was eating Kueh Ko Swee, and as she bit into it, the brown sugar burst out onto her white gown. What a shock that might have been. Imagine if that had happen when you were wearing an old t-shirt that you use for painting the house. It wouldn't be much of a bother since the t-shirt would probably be dirty already. Fulton Sheen says that people living in dirt don't realise how dirty dirt is, similarly people living in sin don't recognise sin for what it is. It is only when we try to become clean, then the sin becomes more apparant. Like if I'm wearing a white shirt and eating laksa, I will definitely be more careful about not getting laksa sauce on my shirt. Just like after going for confession, there is the grace that makes me not want to sin and dirty myself. Thats why regular confession not only makes us reflect and aware of our sins, but helps us not to sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. - 1 John 1:8-10
The 2nd Word for tomorrow's reflection is "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Lk 23:43)
- posted on behalf of Br Terence Kesavan
Friday, April 3, 2009
Seven Last Words of Jesus
Dying Jesus, let us ponder
Your last seven words, and wonder
At the love of God made Man.
This is the verse that we always sing at the Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies on the Cross. As a young boy, as far as I can remember, I wondered what these Last Seven Words of Jesus were that we were supposed to ponder. One day when I saw in the reflection passage for the twelfth station the line that says.
Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying,
"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."
- Lk 23:46
So the Jesus' last seven words must have been "into your hands I commit my spirit" I was quite proud of myself for "figuring out" those last seven words. (of course that was in the days before the internet, and before I ever bothered to do any research on church stuff).
But I could never ponder and understand why those last seven words were so important. Until I saw the book The Seven Last Words by Fulton Sheen. Only then did I realise that the "Words" were actually "Sentences" said by Jesus. A person's lasts words are normally what he feels really important to tell others. Such as "I love you" or "please forgive me". You can imagine Jesus in his agony on the cross, must have really used up his strength to leave us with these seven "words" to ponder on. So my Lenten project starting from tomorrow, will be to reflect, ponder and hopefully blog on one "Word" per day up to Good Friday. I invite you to join me, and post your reflections on this blog too.
The 1st Word for tomorrow's reflection is: "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing" (Lk 23:34)
- posted on behalf of Br Terence Kesavan
Thursday, April 2, 2009
News in prayer
Please spend a moment to pray for Susilawati, the maid who was abused, for the family members who abused her. We also lift up all domestic helpers and their employers. One dacade would be nice.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
A lenten reflection
Good Friday is almost here, so how has it been for me?
Honestly I have not been following much but I would say it has been a different Lent for me from the passed few Lent. I am not able to go online everyday, so it has been difficult for me to keep track of what's going on or to pick a few guys and girls to pray for on a certain nights. Everyday's work has been quite a distraction for me to follow and concentrate on God.
In the past I was quite lost on what I can do during lent. Beside every Friday not eating meat, pray more and be more aware of your own behaviour by trying to be good, I really had no idea what else I can do. During lent I always hear people said what are they going to sacrifice. I have been wanting to do it too but I never really got down to think about it.
However now despite my busy schedule, I managed to pray more, fast and sacrifice from something that I like. I realised that when you are really focused on God, there will be a lot a lot of temptations around you.
I have gastric problem so my mum does not allow me to skip a meal and moreover to fast. However I told myself since I cannot fast but I should just not eat other food besides the 3 meals, that includes on Friday too. Strangely that only on 1 or 2 Thursdays and Fridays ago I would crave for eating the packet of chips that has been all along in my bags for passed few days. One of the Thursdays, I was having a late breakfast outside with my mum and I decided to fast for lunch. My mum had no choice because she didn't cook and in the end she sort of fasted with me too. She didn't take lunch but only something small. In the late afternoon, I was getting hungry and I started to turn to God. I prayed the whole rosary offering up intentions. I felt better but afraid might have gastric so took one piece of biscuits.
When I was thinking what can I sacrifice, I started to think of the daily things that I like to have. Food definitely is a must to have. Sleep is a necessity for focusing at work. Other than that I hardly have time for anything else? Therefore I thought of cold drinks which most of the time I never failed to get. I started abstaining from buying drinks and chose to drink something plain like water? It helped me to save a lot of money. Definitely temptations are there everyday and honestly I seem to be looking forward to the days that I can have some cooling drinks and nice desserts. However I thought of Jesus suffering much more than me and I just concentrate on drinking my "uncool" water. I did give in to temptations once or twice by buying fruits and only realising that I gave in after I felt good eating it because it was cold too.
I have not been treating Jesus the best way too. It was the first time that I was not able to be nice to the people I don't know. I was just so frustrated with the staffs there when I went with my dad for his appointment. Perhaps I was pretty stress with the many appointments my dad had and just so frustrated when my time was wasted. When I was working, I just flared over the phone when I cannot get things done my way. It was just so difficult to be still and calm.
The journey with Christ is sometimes very lonely. There were times that He sent a lot of people to support you but as you and people moved on, things changed. There are times that we need to learn to be alone and just rely on God. I have been busy working and the people around me are not people who can exactly support me but more of showing them God's love. Therefore I find it tiring and difficult to walk on this journey. However I am trying to rely on God especially during this time of Lent when I relate how Jesus situation was like, lonely and full of temptation around Him.
- posted on behalf of Lynette Chen
Honestly I have not been following much but I would say it has been a different Lent for me from the passed few Lent. I am not able to go online everyday, so it has been difficult for me to keep track of what's going on or to pick a few guys and girls to pray for on a certain nights. Everyday's work has been quite a distraction for me to follow and concentrate on God.
In the past I was quite lost on what I can do during lent. Beside every Friday not eating meat, pray more and be more aware of your own behaviour by trying to be good, I really had no idea what else I can do. During lent I always hear people said what are they going to sacrifice. I have been wanting to do it too but I never really got down to think about it.
However now despite my busy schedule, I managed to pray more, fast and sacrifice from something that I like. I realised that when you are really focused on God, there will be a lot a lot of temptations around you.
I have gastric problem so my mum does not allow me to skip a meal and moreover to fast. However I told myself since I cannot fast but I should just not eat other food besides the 3 meals, that includes on Friday too. Strangely that only on 1 or 2 Thursdays and Fridays ago I would crave for eating the packet of chips that has been all along in my bags for passed few days. One of the Thursdays, I was having a late breakfast outside with my mum and I decided to fast for lunch. My mum had no choice because she didn't cook and in the end she sort of fasted with me too. She didn't take lunch but only something small. In the late afternoon, I was getting hungry and I started to turn to God. I prayed the whole rosary offering up intentions. I felt better but afraid might have gastric so took one piece of biscuits.
When I was thinking what can I sacrifice, I started to think of the daily things that I like to have. Food definitely is a must to have. Sleep is a necessity for focusing at work. Other than that I hardly have time for anything else? Therefore I thought of cold drinks which most of the time I never failed to get. I started abstaining from buying drinks and chose to drink something plain like water? It helped me to save a lot of money. Definitely temptations are there everyday and honestly I seem to be looking forward to the days that I can have some cooling drinks and nice desserts. However I thought of Jesus suffering much more than me and I just concentrate on drinking my "uncool" water. I did give in to temptations once or twice by buying fruits and only realising that I gave in after I felt good eating it because it was cold too.
I have not been treating Jesus the best way too. It was the first time that I was not able to be nice to the people I don't know. I was just so frustrated with the staffs there when I went with my dad for his appointment. Perhaps I was pretty stress with the many appointments my dad had and just so frustrated when my time was wasted. When I was working, I just flared over the phone when I cannot get things done my way. It was just so difficult to be still and calm.
The journey with Christ is sometimes very lonely. There were times that He sent a lot of people to support you but as you and people moved on, things changed. There are times that we need to learn to be alone and just rely on God. I have been busy working and the people around me are not people who can exactly support me but more of showing them God's love. Therefore I find it tiring and difficult to walk on this journey. However I am trying to rely on God especially during this time of Lent when I relate how Jesus situation was like, lonely and full of temptation around Him.
- posted on behalf of Lynette Chen
Prayer Intentions (30 Mar - 5 Apr)
Please mention these people by name (you may simply read off the list if you wish) when you do your Lenten prayer each day this coming week):
Lord, we love you only because we’ve seen how much you’ve loved us, yet you have loved us with an everlasting love. May we learn to place our trust in you, and leave our desires in your hands.
Download and print a copy.
- For all Quadragesima sojourners, that we may all find comfort in knowing that we have a group of friends who are on this Lenten journey with each other;
- For friends of Clare Hui in her secular school who do not believe in the values Jesus gave us;
- For the health and well-being of Ezekiel, Josh and their parents Reginald and Nilam;
- For the speedy recovery of Bernice;
- For the well-being of Thaddeus Bang.
Lord, we love you only because we’ve seen how much you’ve loved us, yet you have loved us with an everlasting love. May we learn to place our trust in you, and leave our desires in your hands.
Download and print a copy.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
True Story
One day, a man went to visit a church.
He got there early, parked his car, and got out.
Another car pulled up and the driver got out and said,
'I always park there! You took my place!'
The visitor went inside for Sunday School,
found an empty seat and sat down.
A young lady from the church
approached him and stated,
'That's my seat! You took my place!'
The visitor was somewhat distressed
by this rude welcome, but said nothing.
After Sunday School, the visitor went
into the sanctuary and sat down.
Another member walked up to him and said,
'That's where I always sit! You took my place!'
The visitor was even more troubled by this
treatment, but still He said nothing.
Later as the congregation was praying
for Christ to dwell among them,
the visitor stood up, and his appearance began to change.
Horrible scars became visible on
his hands and on his sandaled feet.
Someone from the congregation
noticed him and called out, 'What happened to you?'
The visitor replied, as his hat
became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from his eye,
'I took your place.'
He got there early, parked his car, and got out.
Another car pulled up and the driver got out and said,
'I always park there! You took my place!'
The visitor went inside for Sunday School,
found an empty seat and sat down.
A young lady from the church
approached him and stated,
'That's my seat! You took my place!'
The visitor was somewhat distressed
by this rude welcome, but said nothing.
After Sunday School, the visitor went
into the sanctuary and sat down.
Another member walked up to him and said,
'That's where I always sit! You took my place!'
The visitor was even more troubled by this
treatment, but still He said nothing.
Later as the congregation was praying
for Christ to dwell among them,
the visitor stood up, and his appearance began to change.
Horrible scars became visible on
his hands and on his sandaled feet.
Someone from the congregation
noticed him and called out, 'What happened to you?'
The visitor replied, as his hat
became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from his eye,
'I took your place.'
- posted on behalf of Br Terence Kesavan
Powered by prayer (28 Mar 09)
So it happened! We did pray together last Saturday during Earth Hour at Holy Spirit Church! Although it was a really small number, we had no reason to be disappointed! Thank you to Jane, Audrey, Veronica, Joann and Rachel for joining me in prayer! (Particular thanks to Jo and Rachel who very willingly offered to help run the session)! I'm glad that to you, the number did not matter! :)
Op top of the six of us, Jane and Audrey brought two other friends, and we were joined by some 20 teens from Christ The King's 2009 confirmation batch, and Fr Kenny Tan. The teens were an inspiring bunch: some came from CCA, one came straight from the airport upon landing in Singapore. It must have been quite a challenge but they stuck through it, determined to spend the hour with the Lord.
We began with a quick introduction or one another, and then a sharing of where we were on our Lenten journey. 8.30pm came and we prayed without the use of lights and electricity (in conjunction with the WWF effort to switch off for the hour). We focused on the sins in our lives that have brought about darkness, and reminded ourselves that Christ is the Light of the World. We ended off adoring the Lord in the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
All in all, it was a good gathering of Christian friends coming together to give an hour to the Lord. Hopefully all of us left the church rejuvenated and readier than ever to dedicate this Lenten season to God, the One who loves us so much.
For those who are in this community, but are overseas, perhaps you could gather your friends and pray together too. In the mean time, please continue praying together as we finish off the last two weeks of Lent.
God bless!
ps: Shouts out also to Jarvis Tan, who helped tie up loose ends for the use of the Holy Spirit Church grounds, to Fr Andrew, who so willingly trusted me with the place and the keys to the Chapel, and also to Fr Kenny, who did not hesitate to bring Christ to our midst!
Op top of the six of us, Jane and Audrey brought two other friends, and we were joined by some 20 teens from Christ The King's 2009 confirmation batch, and Fr Kenny Tan. The teens were an inspiring bunch: some came from CCA, one came straight from the airport upon landing in Singapore. It must have been quite a challenge but they stuck through it, determined to spend the hour with the Lord.
We began with a quick introduction or one another, and then a sharing of where we were on our Lenten journey. 8.30pm came and we prayed without the use of lights and electricity (in conjunction with the WWF effort to switch off for the hour). We focused on the sins in our lives that have brought about darkness, and reminded ourselves that Christ is the Light of the World. We ended off adoring the Lord in the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
All in all, it was a good gathering of Christian friends coming together to give an hour to the Lord. Hopefully all of us left the church rejuvenated and readier than ever to dedicate this Lenten season to God, the One who loves us so much.
For those who are in this community, but are overseas, perhaps you could gather your friends and pray together too. In the mean time, please continue praying together as we finish off the last two weeks of Lent.
God bless!
ps: Shouts out also to Jarvis Tan, who helped tie up loose ends for the use of the Holy Spirit Church grounds, to Fr Andrew, who so willingly trusted me with the place and the keys to the Chapel, and also to Fr Kenny, who did not hesitate to bring Christ to our midst!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Oh yes, the truth hurts.
Nobody likes a righteous man. Nobody likes hearing a truth that hurts. Mostly, we just like basking in our sinfulness and being contented to be left alone. I for one, don't like to be told that I'm wrong. Whenever someone tries to do that, my defences go up and I think of a million reasons why I could be right. But I forget that for every valid reason I have for being right, there is an equally valid reason for the other party to be right.
I was deeply disturbed when I saw this piece of news. Indeed, righteousness is being overpowered by the voice of secularism. We ought to pray harder in these times, and also bear in mind that the next time someone tries to correct us for our wrongdoings, we should take a moment to ponder on it before springing up in arms immediately.
Humility. Yes, that cliche, overrated word. But when put into the context of Jesus and how men's stubbornness led to His death, it suddenly made perfect sense to me.
- Posted on behalf of Joann Natalie Chia
I was deeply disturbed when I saw this piece of news. Indeed, righteousness is being overpowered by the voice of secularism. We ought to pray harder in these times, and also bear in mind that the next time someone tries to correct us for our wrongdoings, we should take a moment to ponder on it before springing up in arms immediately.
Humility. Yes, that cliche, overrated word. But when put into the context of Jesus and how men's stubbornness led to His death, it suddenly made perfect sense to me.
For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, "Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end, and no one has been known to return from Hades.
"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
"He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts; the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
"Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; for if the righteous man is God's son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected."
Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hope for the wages of holiness, nor discern the prize for blameless souls. - Wisdom 2:1,12-22
- Posted on behalf of Joann Natalie Chia
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