How inspiring today’s readings are! Having confidence in God, or simply – faith, makes a lot of things happen.
We have this confidence in God,
that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask,
we know that what we have asked him for is ours.
that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask,
we know that what we have asked him for is ours.
The reading reminds me that God hears when we ask things that are according to his will. He will give it to us, as long as it’s for our good, and as long as it is aligned with God’s plans for us! We should have confidence that God indeed will give it to us, no matter how big or small it is. God wants only the best for us, and his plans for us is definitely better than the plans we have for ourselves. That’s why if what we’re asking will build towards that plan, God will give it to us, so we should have faith.
Mama Mary, in the gospel today, is an example of this. She had faith in God, complete faith. Kahit sinabi ni Jesus na hindi muna, she told the servants to do what Jesus says. Ganun kalakas yung faith nya, that no matter what she may hear, she knows Jesus will do it. I believe ganun din si God minsan. Parang feeling natin na ayaw nya, but when He sees our faith, he gives us what we want.. of course again, as long as it is according to his will.
May we strive to be like Mama Mary, who had such great faith in Jesus, in God. May we work to build our prayer life, spiritual life, that would lead to increasing our faith and knowing Jesus more. As we know him more, we would be able to discern more easily what God’s plans are, and have faith in Him, knowing that nothing is really impossible for him.
To end, I’d like to share a story told about Mother Theresa. How powerful her faith is! May we all be blessed!
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HOW MOTHER TERESA LIVED
by Fr. Joseph Langford, MC - Mexico City, Mexico co-founder of the Missionary of Charity Priests
This following story was told to me (Sr. Patricia) by Fr. Langford, the co-founder of the Missionary of Charity priests in a radio interview I was doing with him for my program, "Faith, Hope and Action." I was so moved by his story that I asked him for permission to include it in this book and he graciously agreed. This story is the transcription from that interview:
One day in the mother house in Calcutta there were about three hundred novices and they were all out for the morning. One of the novices working in the kitchen came up to Mother Teresa and said, "We've planned poorly; we have no flour to back these chipaties for lunch." Chipaties are little flour and water pancakes. The situation looked bleak—three hundred plus mouths are coming to be fed in about an hour and a half and there's nothing to cook with. There's no food.
"What I would expect Mother Teresa to do," Fr. Langford explained to me, "was that Mother would pick up the telephone and call some of her benefactors and mobilize them to find some way to feed her daughters. Instead, her reaction—her spontaneous reaction—was to say to this little one, `Sister, you're in charge of the kitchen this week? Well then, go into the chapel and tell Jesus we have no food. That's settled. Now let's move on. What's next?'"
Lo and behold, ten minutes later there was a ring at the door and Mother Teresa was called downstairs. A man she had never seen before was standing there with a clipboard. He addressed her saying "Mother Teresa, we were just informed that the teachers at the city schools are going on strike. Classes have been dismissed and we have 7,000 lunches we don't know what to do with. Can you help us use them?"
God provided for the needs of his children.
Mother Teresa's sanctity was built on a very simple foundation of deep faith and trust in God.
Mother Teresa turned to Him in prayer, not only in need, but also to rest in the arms of the Father—body and spirit.
That is how Mother Teresa lived each day of her life.
May we live as Mother Teresa lived with true faith in God the Father who provides for all our needs who makes all things possible! Amen!
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