While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understandthis saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
REFLECTION
they were afraid to ask him
Understanding our purpose in God’s ultimate plan, we should be able to make sound decisions and align ourselves with God’s will. Easy, right?!
There are so many self help books. Reading the thoughts of others, what they think about their existence and their purpose, how they climbed up the business/social or even the ecclesiastical ladder does not appeal to me as I have gone down that rabbit hole and found myself still lost.
The telos of Christian life is ultimate union with God. We can see how others do it, what and how they pray, but ultimately our goal is to love God, and that is very personal. And how can you love if you have not mapped for yourself where you want your destination to be and whom you want to be with for eternity?
Staying with Jesus, participating in His life always brings us to the Eucharist, communion with Jesus and His Church.
When I needed to pray the most, but spinning my wheels because I did not have faith and trust, I resorted to buying books on prayer. Many books gave a list of “how to’s”. Spying on how others pray and imitating them, can help with a good prayer life. Unfortunately, I was mechanical in attempting to pray like others, it did not come naturally. But I saw how much love they had for God. One could see it in their social and spiritual morals, how they spoke and how excited they were when speaking of God. And how focused they were in their prayer life.
Finally, I stopped searching for answers to my prayers, for ways to pray and I stood still. Guess what, God caught me. And when I quit all the noise, I was able to talk with God, not afraid to talk with Him, ask Him questions, carry on a dialogue and develop a relationship based on love. I quit looking for “magic” prayers so as to have my pleas answered. I paid attention to what God was saying to me, became unafraid to trust and to yield to His will.
Do not be afraid to approach and ask the best teacher, the best physician, the one who gave His life for you: Our Creator.
With faith and trust we will have our own unique relationship with God and with others through the Body of Christ in Eternity in Him as our goal.
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