Living with Terrorism

(Here i republish an article from lorantalk.blogspot.com)

Terrorism has no heart, no feelings but humankind has to live with but we need to make corrections in our way of life.

Every citizen should wake up to patriotic feelings shed away differences of religion, caste, region and vote to bring impartial candidates. Support the law keepers to allow stringent security at any point, inform about suspicious characters and activities, allow a feeling of unity rejecting acts of divisive politics. Any body breaking the law starting from basic traffic crimes should be dealt with severely as to bring about the discipline of a law abiding nation. Even with any sort of security if traitors within our country help these perpetrators we will still end up in such similar sieges.

Have any country been able to stop the sea piracy that still goes even with availability of the latest gadgets onboard? But the enemy also tends to have the advantage of these new found technologies with the type of funding received from such supporting bodies. Hence only with sensible citizen assistances can we eliminate such barbaric activities. Yes, money is an element which could buy cowards who would rob our country of a peaceful state and all our NRI's should remember not to criticize our country but help to build a nation which has 110 crores of peoples of all diversity rather than compare it other nations developed over a longer period with a limited controllable population. In our humble way we need to start addressing problems of enmity, shed differences in communities, win friendship with our show of compassion and love rather with threats of war to endanger more lives with terror sown into young minds.

If we could induce discipline into our society it will in a period of time improve sensible thinking into the public to elect better candidate rather be fooled by false election promises. If Indians own and manage many great MNC's in the world with international standards, an indicator that we possess the best people who can manage our country in good sensible manner provided the public be able to impartially sort the good ones.

At this hour of crisis we must adopt practical thinking with the limited resources within our system. Without wasting time the present existing laws must be enforced in total faith, book all those politicians who think above the law inciting communal feeling. All such fundamental groups inciting/terrorising such passion also should be banned to start putting our house in order. End result the job of the security officers would become easier with freedom to concentrate on security management.

This the People of India should stand up together to make our Land free from such hate crimes.

Donald DCruz, Mundakkal West, Kollam -691001.
 

India, an Exporter of Priests, May Keep Them

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30priest.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1230605531-eKJNDT2jxZ197Bew8PK8Kg&pagewanted=all

Le verbe s'est fait chair

Le temps de Noël set le temps où nous tenons dans nos bras le petit enfant Jésus que Marie nous a confié. Aujourd'hui, saint Jean l'évangéliste vient s'asseoir à côté de nous et nous raconte QUI est vraiment Jésus. Et il le fait délicatement, en plusieurs étapes, comme pour nous aider à entrer dans ce mystère.

Tout d'abord, nous dit-il, Jésus, c'est le Christ, qu'on appelle aussi le Verbe, La parole du Père.

Puis, saint Jean nous raconte le rôle du fils de Dieu dans la création du monde. La Père a tout créé par le fils et dans l'Esprit.

En d'autres termes, on pourrait dire que le Verbe est la parole créatrice, sortie de la bouche du père, dans un même Esprit d'amour.

Et saitn Jean termine son enseignement en nous parlant de la Joie que nous partageons avec Marie et Joseph dans la crèche: la joie de saisir que Le verbe s'est fait chair.

Le verbe s'est fait chair: une révélation si difficile à intégrer dans la tête et si facile à saisir par le cœur, qu'un petit enfant le comprend parfois mieux que nos esprits d'adultes compliqués .

Alors retrouvons notre cœur d'enfants, laissons-nous émerveiller devant une telle preuve vivante de l'amour de Dieu, pour chacun d'entre nous.... AMEN.
 

La Prophétesse Anne

Est-ce Que L'espérance produit le message de l'évangile s'adresse au monde entier?

La réponse est Oui
Même, si la message est donné à quelque personne en particulier, il s'adresse au monde entier.
Ce fait vérifié ,sur tout ,dans le nouveau Testament est un élément formidable de la parole de Dieu.

La prophétesse Anne, tout comme Syméon, a une relation intime avec Dieu.
Elle a, comme Syméon, le privilège de reconnaître le Messie.
Elle aussi a, louer le Seigneur, même si son cantique n'est pas rapporté dans l'évangile. Peu de personnes ont su, comme Syméon et Anne, que cet enfant présenté au temple, était le Messie attendu.

Syméon et Anne étaient des personnes qui cultivaient une relation intime avec Dieu.

C'étaient des gens ordinaires comme vous et moi.
Dieu s'est fait connaître à tous qui desirent le connaître et le faire connaître intimement.
Syméon et Anne sont de ceux-là. 
Ils sont deux privilégies à qui le saint Esprit, à révélé la véritable identité du petit enfant.


Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il se fera connaître à vous.
Approchez-vous de Dieu en lisent et en méditant sa parole, tout en lui demandent de vous éclairer,

car notre Dieu est un Dieu de lumière.

Image:  icones.priere.free.fr/ presentation.htm

God’s Extraordinary Plan: The genealogy of Jesus

God’s Extraordinary Plan

The genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17).

By: Steven Roe

While the inclusion of Jesus’ genealogy may seem tedious to us today, it establishes Jesus’ place within the Jewish tradition and his continuity with great Old Testament figures.

 It also highlights the Father’s deliberate preparation for the sending of the Son. God carefully unfolded his plan by using his people across the generations—some admirable and some not.

Bible scholars have long commented on the “irregularities” found in Matthew’s genealogy, especially its inclusion of women, an unusual occurrence in Jewish genealogies of that time. St. Jerome said that Matthew chose sinful women for his list, such as Rahab, but this doesn’t accurately explain Ruth’s inclusion. Others have said that Matthew chose foreign women, which is true of Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth. Still others have commented that their “irregularity” is the very thing the women in Matthew have in common. Yet each also played an extraordinary part in the history of Israel. They thus prepared the way for the unique and extraordinary role of Mary, the virgin mother of Jesus.

God worked in all of these unique individuals to prepare for the coming of his Son. We can find encouragement in this fact. Whether we are high and mighty or lowly and limited, God invites us and uses us to bring Jesus to others, just as Mary brought him to us. However “irregular” we may consider ourselves, the Father lets nothing stand in the way of his love, not even ourselves. What joyful hope this instills in us, that God uses us in an extraordinary way to bring his Son to others! In this sense, we participate in the ongoing genealogy of Christ.


1. Which names do you recognize from Matthew’s list? Whose story are you most familiar with, and how does that story add to your understanding of Jesus?

2. If you could create your own Christian genealogy, who would you include in your list? What individuals or groups have most significantly influenced your own walk with Christ?

3. Do you know anyone who feels alienated from the church because of events in his or her past? What could you do to show them that God loves them and welcomes them back?

Article Taken From: Matthew: A Catholic Guide For Personal Study And Faith Sharing. General Editor Stephen Roe.
http://wau.org/resources/article/gods_extraordinary_plan/