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A conversion experi- ence is very much like falling in love. It’s exhilarang at first, it’s new and excing, but aſter a me, the experience “gets old.” Like anything, the excitement wears off. And that’s very normal. Falling in love is not genuine love anyways. It’s actually a very self-centered experience. When I love something because it makes me feel good, or because I find it excing and exhilarang, what I really love is myself: I love it for what it does for me. There’s nothing wrong with loving certain foods for the pleasure they bring, but when we love another human person for what that person does for me, it’s myself that I love first and foremost. But when that good feeling and excitement begin to wear off, this is where we see what’s leſt of our love, what it’s really made of. Can I love this person when doing so is no longer excing and pleasant? If I cannot, I never really loved that person in the first place. But if I can and do love that person regardless of how he or she makes me feel, that alone is genuine love. Every married couple gets tested, and those tests get repeated all throughout one’s married life. But the spiritual life also gets tested. God puts us to the test. There comes a point when prayer, devoons, going to Mass, etc, sud- denly lose their appeal, they are no longer excing and exhilarang and full of the consolaon, warmth, and sweetness that were there at the beginning. What’s leſt? What’s God doing at this point? He’s inquiring of us, “Do you love me for what I do for you? Or do you love me for my sake, because I am worthy of all love and devoon?” At this point, many people fall away from the faith, just as many couples split up, or seek a new and excing relaonship. They think that married life is supposed to be about non-stop enjoyment and exhilaraon. That first test is “first waters.” But then there is “second waters” (washing aſter the meal), and this is what Mother Theresa was experiencing, hers went on for quite some me, however. But what this means for us is that for those of us who have passed through that first “dark night,” who have passed that first test and the smaller tests that are part of the spiritual life, there’s probably going to be another final darkness that is the prelude to our final transformaon into a new creature, into a glorified cizen of heaven. “God created wine to cheer the hearts of men”, says the psalms. Christ changed water used for purificaon into the finest wine, and this wine symbolizes the complete joy of the heav- enly banquet. It is a joy comparable to being drunk on the best wine. But before that can happen, we will all need to be purified. Because we eventually discover that we are not as selfless as we once thought we were. There’s a tremendous amount of self-love within us, a great deal of delusion we have about ourselves. It’s diffi- cult for us to taste our own nothingness, to experience ourselves as stone cold jars filthy from the impuries of the world. But it is so necessary to learn to delight in nothing other than the Lord. We cannot do that on our own, we need the Lord to bring us to that point, and so our last waters, so to speak, our final purificaon, will probably be darker than anything we will have experi- enced previously in our lives. And there’s nothing for us to do but to abandon ourselves to it, to learn to love the experience of our own nothingness. Whenever we expe- rience that darkness, we just need to obey, do whatever Christ tells us, taste the darkness and filth of our own soul and turn our gaze towards him, and if we cannot see him because he is be- hind the clouds, we just need to trust that he is there, the sun never disappears from the sky, it just hides behind the clouds that never lasts. T MASS & PRAYER TIMES DAY DESCRIPTION DM Chaplet Mass DM Chaplet followed by Mass (Tagalog) DM Chaplet BM Mass 8.30am 9.00am 12.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm SUN 20 Jan 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Is 62: 1-5 1 Cor 12: 4-11 Jn 2: 1-11 No Mass DM Chaplet MON 21 Jan St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr 3.00pm Lauds Mass DM Chaplet 6.20am 6.45am 3.00pm TUE 22 Jan St Vincent, Deacon & Martyr WED 23 Jan Lauds Mass DM Chaplet 6.20am 6.45am 3.00pm Lauds Mass DM Chaplet 6.20am 6.45am 3.00pm THU 24 Jan St Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor Lunch Hour Mass DM Chaplet 12.30pm 3.00pm FRI 25 Jan Conversion of St Paul, Apostle Lauds Mass Novena to OMPH Mass 6.20am 6.45am* 5.15pm 5.30pm SAT 26 Jan Ss Timothy & Titus, Bishops DM Chaplet Mass DM Chaplet Mass 8.30am 9.00am 5.30pm 6.00pm SUN 27 Jan 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Neh 8: 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Cor 12: 12-30 Lk 1: 1-4 — 4: 14-21 FROM THE PARISH OFFICE 2019 THEME - BAPTISED AND SENT JANUARY THEME: BAPTISM—UNITES US IN CHRIST PARISH PRIEST SPEAKS ….. CHURCH OF DIVINE MERCY PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Marn Arlando Address: 117, Jalan Kenari, Sungai Ara, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang Tel: 04-646 6881 |Fax : 04-646 6885 |Email: [email protected] Website: www.cdm.my | Facebook: Church of Divine Mercy Sg Ara Parish Bullen 20 January 2019 Kevin Jayson Thomson & Feona Ann Murray Wedding Mass at Church of Divine Mercy, Sg Ara on 2 February 2019 (3.00pm) “If anyone knows of any canonical impediments to the proposals of marriage stated above, please contact the parish priest.” Mass Collecons (Week Ended 13 Jan) 1st Collecon: RM 4,495.75 2nd Collecon: RM4058.35 Publicaon (Herald): RM52.00 ~ God Bless Your Generosity~ CDM E-Bullen Subscripon Email to: [email protected] FORMED.org Access Code abb755 Daily Reflecon on Word of God (Leco Divina) Downloadable copy available from the website at hp://cdm.my/bec-reflecon/ STOP & PRAY @ 8.05pm everyday wherever you are. POST & PRAY for all intenons on the Wall of Prayer. READ & SHARE the Word of God daily CDM compound is a Non Smoking Zone PARISH ACTIVITIES PARISH ACTIVITIES PONGAL GREETINGS DIOCESE/OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES WEDDING BANNS *Breakfast fellowship aſter Mass Parish Office Opening Hours: Close on Mondays. Tue - Fri (9am - 5pm); Sat (9am - 12.30pm); Sun (9am - 12.30pm, 4.30pm - 7pm) PARISH EVENTS Catechism 20, 27 Jan @ 10.45am Free Math Tuion 20 & 27 Jan, Sun 1.00pm—2.30pm (1st floor classroom) Intercessory Prayer 23 Jan, Wed @ 8.30pm Chrisan Meditaon 23 Jan, Wed @ 8.30pm 26 Jan, Sat @ 4.15pm Occupaonal Therapy 27 Jan, Sun Infant Bapsm 3 Feb, Sun @ 11.00am Sale of Mandarin Oranges & Bakwa The Chinese Apostolate will be taking orders starng this weekend at the church entrance aſter weekend Masses. Bank Account Details Those who wish contribute through bank or online transfer, the detail as follows: Bank:- Maybank Account No: 507394101643 (Church of Divine Mercy). Please pass / email the copy of the bank-in slip to the parish office for receipt issuance. ~ UPDATE ON FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES ~ Opening balance (6/1/2019): RM 1,123, 243.00* Acvies of the week (including pledges): N/A Closing balance (13/1/18): RM 1,123, 243.00.00* * all numbers rounded up to nearest RM Parish Liturgical Team 22 Jan, Tue @ 8.30pm Companions For Life Recovery 25 Jan, Fri @ 8pm Maintenance Team 26 Jan, Sat @ 11am Parish Pastoral Council 27 Jan, Sun @ 11am Family Visits & Blessings Fr Marn will be vising families from BEC J1 & J2 on 23 & 24 Jan respecvely. Companions for Life Recovery An invitaon to anyone with compassion & perseverance to be a companion for the sick; especially those who have experienced serious illness & able to communicate with sick children. Living Our Bapsmal Call Inving you to use your God- given talents & giſts to volunteer for the Free Learning Centre. Help needed to facilitate classe/skill lessons, etc. Training is being arranged. Please give your contact de- tails to parish office. Pongal marks joy & cheer, bringing along everything that’s best. Pray that this fesval may be the start of brighter days filled with happiness and prosperity, as God’s peace & blessings enter your home; on you and your family always. Wishing you and your family a very happy Pongal. “Pongal thirunaalam...Thaipongal thirunaalam...Pongivarum Pongal polae...Engum Ponga- tum Maigilzhi...Yen Iniya Pongal Valthikal. ~ from FMA & CDM Staff Lenten Campaign Formaon 2019 Movang Catholics to be more aware & parcipate in touching the lives of the marginalized with the love of Christ. Theme: “Anywhere with Jesus”. Date/Time: 26 Jan, Sat @ 2pm-6pm. Venue: Penang Diocese Centre, Jln Macal- ister. To register, contact POHD office (04-2292742)
Transcript of CHURCH OF DIVINE MERCY · (Tagalog) happy Pongal. Jn 2: 1 DM haplet M Mass 8.30am 9.00am 12.00pm 1...
A conversion experi-ence is very much
like falling in love. It’s exhilarating at first, it’s new and exciting, but after a time, the experience “gets old.” Like anything, the excitement wears off. And that’s very normal. Falling in love is not genuine love anyways. It’s actually a very self-centered experience. When I love something because it makes me feel good, or because I find it exciting and exhilarating, what I really love is myself: I love it for what it does for me. There’s nothing wrong with loving certain foods for the pleasure they bring, but when we love another human person for what that person does for me, it’s myself that I love first and foremost. But when that good feeling and excitement begin to wear off, this is where we see what’s left of our love, what it’s really made of. Can I love this person when doing so is no longer exciting and pleasant? If I cannot, I never really loved that person in the first place. But if I can and do love that person regardless of how he or she makes me feel, that alone is genuine love. Every married couple gets tested, and those tests get repeated all throughout one’s married life. But the spiritual life also gets tested. God puts us to the test. There comes a point when prayer, devotions, going to Mass, etc, sud-denly lose their appeal, they are no longer exciting and exhilarating and full of the consolation, warmth, and sweetness that were there at the beginning. What’s left? What’s God doing at this point? He’s inquiring of us, “Do you love me for what I do for you? Or do you love me for my sake, because I am worthy of all love and devotion?” At this point, many people fall away from the faith, just as many couples split up, or seek a new and exciting relationship. They think that married life is supposed to be about non-stop enjoyment and exhilaration. That first test is “first waters.” But then there is “second waters” (washing after the meal), and this is what Mother Theresa was experiencing, hers went on for quite some time, however. But what this means for us is that for those of us who have passed through that first “dark night,” who have passed that first test and the smaller tests that are part of the spiritual life, there’s probably going to be another final darkness that is the prelude to our final transformation into a new creature, into a glorified citizen of heaven. “God created wine to cheer the hearts of men”, says the psalms. Christ changed water used for purification into the finest wine,
and this wine symbolizes the complete joy of the heav-enly banquet. It is a joy comparable to being drunk on the best wine. But before that can happen, we will all need to be purified. Because we eventually discover that we are not as selfless as we once thought we were. There’s a tremendous amount of self-love within us, a great deal of delusion we have about ourselves. It’s diffi-cult for us to taste our own nothingness, to experience ourselves as stone cold jars filthy from the impurities of the world. But it is so necessary to learn to delight in nothing other than the Lord. We cannot do that on our own, we need the Lord to bring us to that point, and so our last waters, so to speak, our final purification, will probably be darker than anything we will have experi-enced previously in our lives. And there’s nothing for us to do but to abandon ourselves to it, to learn to love the experience of our own nothingness. Whenever we expe-rience that darkness, we just need to obey, do whatever Christ tells us, taste the darkness and filth of our own soul and turn our gaze towards him, and if we cannot see
him because he is be-hind the clouds, we just need to trust that he is there, the sun never disappears from the sky, it just hides behind the clouds that never lasts.
T MASS & PRAYER TIMES DAY DESCRIPTION
DM Chaplet
Mass
DM Chaplet
followed by Mass
(Tagalog)
DM Chaplet
BM Mass
8.30am
9.00am
12.00pm
5.30pm
6.00pm
SUN 20 Jan
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Is 62: 1-5 1 Cor 12: 4-11 Jn 2: 1-11
No Mass DM Chaplet
MON 21 Jan
St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr
3.00pm
Lauds Mass
DM Chaplet
6.20am 6.45am
3.00pm
TUE 22 Jan
St Vincent,
Deacon & Martyr
WED 23 Jan
Lauds Mass
DM Chaplet
6.20am 6.45am
3.00pm
Lauds Mass
DM Chaplet
6.20am 6.45am
3.00pm
THU 24 Jan
St Francis de Sales,
Bishop & Doctor
Lunch Hour Mass
DM Chaplet
12.30pm
3.00pm
FRI 25 Jan
Conversion of
St Paul, Apostle
Lauds Mass
Novena to OMPH Mass
6.20am 6.45am*
5.15pm 5.30pm
SAT 26 Jan
Ss Timothy & Titus,
Bishops
DM Chaplet
Mass
DM Chaplet
Mass
8.30am
9.00am
5.30pm
6.00pm
SUN 27 Jan
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Neh 8: 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Cor 12: 12-30 Lk 1: 1-4 — 4: 14-21
FROM THE PARISH OFFICE
2019 THEME - BAPTISED AND SENT JANUARY THEME: BAPTISM—UNITES US IN CHRIST
PARISH PRIEST SPEAKS …..
CHURCH OF DIVINE MERCY
PARISH PRIEST:
Rev. Fr. Martin Arlando
Address: 117, Jalan Kenari, Sungai Ara, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang
Tel: 04-646 6881 |Fax : 04-646 6885 |Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cdm.my | Facebook: Church of Divine Mercy Sg Ara
Parish Bulletin 20 January 2019
Kevin Jayson Thomson & Feona Ann Murray Wedding Mass at Church of Divine Mercy, Sg Ara
on 2 February 2019 (3.00pm)
“If anyone knows of any canonical impediments to the proposals of marriage stated above, please contact the
parish priest.”
Mass Collections (Week Ended 13 Jan) 1st Collection: RM 4,495.75 2nd Collection: RM4058.35
Publication (Herald): RM52.00 ~ God Bless Your Generosity~
CDM E-Bulletin Subscription Email to: [email protected]
FORMED.org Access Code abb755
Daily Reflection on Word of God (Lectio Divina) Downloadable copy available from the website at http://cdm.my/bec-reflection/
STOP & PRAY @ 8.05pm everyday wherever you are.
POST & PRAY for all intentions on the Wall of Prayer.
READ & SHARE the Word of God daily CDM compound is a Non Smoking Zone
PARISH ACTIVITIES
PARISH ACTIVITIES
PONGAL GREETINGS
DIOCESE/OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES
WEDDING BANNS
*Breakfast fellowship after Mass
Parish Office Opening Hours: Close on Mondays. Tue - Fri (9am - 5pm); Sat (9am - 12.30pm); Sun (9am - 12.30pm, 4.30pm - 7pm)
PARISH EVENTS
Catechism 20, 27 Jan @ 10.45am
Free Math Tuition 20 & 27 Jan, Sun
1.00pm—2.30pm (1st floor classroom)
Intercessory Prayer 23 Jan, Wed @ 8.30pm
Christian Meditation 23 Jan, Wed @ 8.30pm
26 Jan, Sat @ 4.15pm
Occupational Therapy 27 Jan, Sun
Infant Baptism 3 Feb, Sun @ 11.00am
Sale of Mandarin Oranges & Bakwa The Chinese
Apostolate will be taking orders starting this weekend
at the church entrance after weekend Masses.
Bank Account Details Those who wish contribute
through bank or online transfer, the detail as follows:
Bank:- Maybank
Account No: 507394101643 (Church of Divine Mercy).
Please pass / email the copy of the bank-in slip to the
parish office for receipt issuance.
~ UPDATE ON FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES ~ Opening balance (6/1/2019): RM 1,123, 243.00*
Activities of the week (including pledges): N/A
Closing balance (13/1/18): RM 1,123, 243.00.00*
* all numbers rounded up to nearest RM
Parish Liturgical Team 22 Jan, Tue @ 8.30pm
Companions For Life Recovery 25 Jan, Fri @ 8pm
Maintenance Team 26 Jan, Sat @ 11am
Parish Pastoral Council 27 Jan, Sun @ 11am
Family Visits & Blessings Fr Martin will be visiting families from BEC J1 & J2 on 23 & 24 Jan respectively.
Companions for Life Recovery An invitation to anyone with compassion & perseverance to be a companion for the sick; especially those who have experienced serious illness & able to communicate with sick children.
Living Our Baptismal Call Inviting you to use your God-given talents & gifts to volunteer for the Free Learning Centre. Help needed to facilitate classe/skill lessons, etc. Training is being arranged. Please give your contact de-tails to parish office.
Pongal marks joy & cheer, bringing along everything that’s best. Pray that this festival may be the start of brighter days filled with happiness and prosperity, as God’s peace & blessings enter your home; on you and your family always. Wishing you and your family a very happy Pongal. “Pongal thirunaalam...Thaipongal thirunaalam...Pongivarum Pongal polae...Engum Ponga-tum Maigilzhi...Yen Iniya Pongal Valthikal.
~ from FMA & CDM Staff
Lenten Campaign Formation 2019 Motivating Catholics
to be more aware & participate in touching the lives of
the marginalized with the love of Christ.
Theme: “Anywhere with Jesus”. Date/Time: 26 Jan, Sat
@ 2pm-6pm. Venue: Penang Diocese Centre, Jln Macal-
ister. To register, contact POHD office (04-2292742)
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