This morning while participating in the Holy Mass I had a very very 'holy' distraction. It was bang during the elevation!! Gosh!!
When do I really get surprised or shocked? Only when I am not ready for what appears before me or something happens that I did not expect at all. Why then does God continue to surprise us always? Perhaps He really surpasses all our expectations and plans. Or ...
is it that we do pray to Him, prepare for Him but really, really don't expect Him to really-really appear amidst us!
It is like the old story I heard long long time ago. A lady attending the specially convoked parish prayer session for rain in her drought stricken village, came with an umbrella... the only one! When asked why did she get an umbrella when there wasn't even a cloud in the sky, she asked, "Isn't it for rain that we are praying? Then why go home drenched?"
When do I really get surprised or shocked? Only when I am not ready for what appears before me or something happens that I did not expect at all. Why then does God continue to surprise us always? Perhaps He really surpasses all our expectations and plans. Or ...
is it that we do pray to Him, prepare for Him but really, really don't expect Him to really-really appear amidst us!
It is like the old story I heard long long time ago. A lady attending the specially convoked parish prayer session for rain in her drought stricken village, came with an umbrella... the only one! When asked why did she get an umbrella when there wasn't even a cloud in the sky, she asked, "Isn't it for rain that we are praying? Then why go home drenched?"
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