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Sincere

24 Sunday Jan 2016

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Sincerity Melts
Today’s Reading: Psalm 19:12
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Being sincere is not easy. Being sincere requires discipline, honesty in the correct judgment of all things. Sincerity begins in the relationship we have with ourselves, we cannot exaggerate when we judge the best or the worst that constitutes our personality.

We need to be honest with the people around us; we cannot say one thing in front of a person, and behind quite another.

As far as God is concerned, sincerity must be in the way we worship and the prayer we address to Him.

To live as Christians, we can never get rid of sincerity. Sincerity can melt the hardest heart.

Our relationship with God can be a mixture of holiness and hypocrisy. It is necessary to review our faith daily, because there may be a hidden facet of our feelings. The best therapy to cure us of insincerity is to ask God: Lord, may there be in me a sincere willingness towards you and my neighbor. As for my mistakes, “Deliver me from hidden faults.”

Ildefonso Torres

Confess!

17 Thursday Dec 2015

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Confess to Each Other
Today’s Reading: James 5:14-16 Version NIV
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A friend is one to whom we open our hearts, who analyzes its content with wisdom and gentleness, and keeps what is of worth and, with a breath of kindness, erases the rest.

We all have heard and many have experienced that confession is good for the soul. And it is true. When someone has a disease, he needs to identify it to find the cure. The same applies to those suffering for sin. There are, however, those who laugh at the idea of ​​confessing one’s sins to one another; they claim that this is a thing of the past. However, these are the same people who spend a fortune consulting psychologists confessing them the darkest details of their past, in an attempt to bring peace to their souls today.

Confession implies a full and frank admission of our guilt. When we confess, we need to say: “I did it!” We cannot say: “It was his fault”, or “my parents are to blame, because they raised me like that”. We need to confess with honesty and truth.

Let us remember that the first step to our healing is admitting we are sick. Without this, not even God, the great physician of souls, can do anything for us. Let us ask God for the humility to recognize our mistakes and the courage to confess them. Only then we will be healed.

Ildefonso Torres

Buy, Buy, Buy

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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Consumerism

Today’s Reading Romans 12:2
A materialistic and consumer mentality is dominating our world. You treasure what you have and become driven to buy and spend more and more.

If you want to preserve your values, your beliefs and your lifestyle; you will be condemn and crushed by the forces of this consumer society where everything is disposable and instantaneous. Similarly, the concepts of morality, justice and love have been affected by this consumer mentality.

Radio, television and newspapers are used in a way that the interior virtues like faith, purity, integrity, humility and honesty, lose their strength and courage.

This new way of life leads people to believe that happiness is found in consumer goods. There is excitement in consumer goods, there is an exaltation of pleasure, and the values ​​that regulate human beings are regarded as repressive.

These new lifestyle constitute a threat to our faith and oppose the existence of the principles and virtues that bring much joy to the heart of God.

We need to learn with Paul: “Be not conformed to this world …” It is necessary to feel the greatness of the Christian faith to understand that no possessions can exceed the pleasure of God’s faithfulness.

Ildefonso Torres

Happy Are The Humble

10 Monday Aug 2015

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Today’s Reading: Matthew 11:29
What is humility? Well, humility is not lack of effort to progress. It’s not shyness. Humility is not poverty. It’s quite possible that we meet timid or poor people that are extremely proud. It is also possible to meet a rich man who is humble.

Today, when people are concerned with things like power, prestige and status; humility is ridiculed.

Jesus not only taught humility, but also lived it: being God and Lord, never demanded places of honor, nor sought popular applause or made use of its prerogatives to avoid any kind of aggression, offense or distress. To all and everyone he responded with love and kindness. He even came to wash the feet of his disciples.

Humility is the way that relieves our heavy loads. Humility eliminates our so called self-control, our sense of superiority and self-sufficiency, leading to the feet of Christ to accept his invitation. “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Ildefonso Torres

Patriotism

04 Tuesday Aug 2015

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Patriotism
Today’s Reading: Hebrews 11:13-16

Christianity is like a refugee. He lives in the world as a pilgrim. His life is based on faith, because he walks in one direction to a final destination towards a safe home, a superior homeland. In this he believes. It is not a mirage in the midst of difficulties, sufferings and anxieties of life, but a certainty. The certainty that God prepared a city. Naturally, a country with no borders or distinctions of language, race, color or nationality. Christ is the only Lord, without any human government.

Heavenly Homeland is not a fantasy of the Christian, nor prevents him to participate actively and constructively in the care of an earthly homeland. On the contrary, the principles of the New Nation are already reflected in their behavior and character. Christ is already his Lord and Christ principles are his law. So, Christian, following the principles of the Gospel, will be distinguished by their moral attitude, honest demeanor, fulfillment of duties, loyalty to others, their defense of law and justice and this is just patriotism.

May our lives be constructive and beneficial, and with God’s help we can convey to others the hope of a heavenly homeland.

Ildefonso Torres