A faithful reminder, your body is fragile, this world is temporary. Soul is eternal, what you left behind is kept in the memory of those you touch. It can be good or bad.

What is your life about then?

I surely hope each of us lead a good life, an unselfish life, a life that is shared with others in good times and bad times. What a long road.

Labels: catholic, faith, reflection

Permalink - a0z0ra @ 12:16 PM  |   2 comments

"I, _______, take you, ________, for my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part."

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Permalink - a0z0ra @ 4:05 PM  |   3 comments

These things in life are temporary & given as talents from the Almighty

We cannot boast

We have to help each other with what we have

Not just keeping them to ourselves

Pride is only good if it inspires other people to do better
Prestige is meaningless until it is usable for other things

Until then,
if we use pride & prestige for our ego only
we are like the servant who bury his master's only talent in the ground
and give it back to Him, unused

it is the insecurity within us
that prevent the gifts from truly multiplying
we don't like competitors, we want to knock them down
because they are threats to our pride & prestige

But what are they, actually? What is pride? What is prestige?

The wise fear only the Lord

Labels: faith, religion

Permalink - a0z0ra @ 11:09 PM  |   0 comments

Indonesia's culture:
Semakin berisi padi kian menunduk

Translation:
The greater you are the more humble you're gonna be

Good people:
K. I know I'm a professor, so I'm gonna declare myself capable of teaching people. Not that I mean to show-off though, I want to help.

??? people:
I know I am good at music. But people are nasty, they are going to call me arrogant if I'm "showing off" my talents. That's why I'm gonna shut up about it. And pretend I'm stupid & joke about it.

a0z0ra's:
If you know you got something & you don't share it, shame on you. Shaamee... Your so-called-humility is actually feeding a fear; it is one of your image. You are afraid of being called arrogant. You don't trust people; you think people can't help but envy you & your talents.

About your talent; it is dying. You buried it in a deep grave.

What are you going to do when the Master come back? Can't hide.

Labels: faith, virtues

Permalink - a0z0ra @ 12:17 AM  |   1 comments

Sheeps will get lost O God, love your sheeps, namely me. Seek the freaking lost sheep. You're the good shepherd.

Labels: faith, personal

Permalink - a0z0ra @ 11:52 PM  |   3 comments

I want to love my faith as my family.

I don't want to fail as a family member. A family member need to be thankful for its good things. A family member also need to provide constructive criticism for his/her family.

I don't want to have blind fanaticism where I fail to recognize that my Church is, after all, have a human touch in it. A failure to recognize this will make me a dangerously proud & narcissistic person.

Enclose too tight in my comfort zone, I will become an intolerant person. I will only see the world in a very defined glasses without having my own special thoughts.

Stray too far, I will succumb to mediocrity. I will dissolve without having any special attributes which may benefit society.

After all, my Church is a dynamic one, a bahtera, a ship over the sea of life. We recognize that changes will come, and when they come we want to make sure it is not damaging the truth baton that we want to pass.

I want to love my faith as I would love my spouse. A living, breathing body of Christ in human form, with all its achievements & mistakes. I don't want to blindly adore him nor do I want to bombard him with criticism.

I want to learn how to love my faith from my elders. The glorified & the fallen ones. The famous & the notorious ones. Those priests that are faithful & those who have succumb to mortal desires. Humans at their most honest hearts, struggling in the marriage to their creators.

I want to learn the humility of the one who stands tall but walks with head down. The one with wisest mind but speak with soft voice. The one who have peace with their God, master of their emotions, savior for their people, yet invisible for those who don't recognize, like a pearl before swines, hidden from the world who celebrate greed & pride.

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Permalink - a0z0ra @ 12:51 AM  |   3 comments