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Wednesday, 25 June 2008

World Refugee Day


Have you ever wondered while you are reading this blog in the comfort of your own home, being able to use a computer and to access the internet, there are people out there, who doesn't even know when will their next meal will be, or is waiting for the day that they will be able to go home.

Have you ever wondered why God has bless us with a good family, a school to go to, friends to be with, and that we do not need to worry when our next meal will be? And why then again, why are there people in the world who are suffering? Being homeless, rejected, displaced, abandoned, helpless, and having no one to love them? Is it that God is not blessing them? Is God rejecting them too?

If we say that we deserve what we are having now, does that mean that these people who are suffering deserves what they are suffering?

Today, we celebrate World Refugee Day. The Gospel reading speaks about the story about the Good Samaritan. The spirit of the Good Samaritan brings out the 2 most important virture of Christian Living, and that is, To Love God, and To Love our Neighbour.

Without loving God, we are unable to love our neighbour. And likewise, we are unable to love our neighbour if we do not love God. These 2 commanments are interconnected. It cannot be separated.

Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict commended that "If we want to walk alongside with God, we must love the poor".

God is in the poor. And to convince ourselves that God is in the poor requires us to have a lot of faith. And our faith will only deepen if we deepen our love for God.

Christ broke himself for us. Are we ready to break ourselves for others?


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XOXO , 10:59 pm