Monday, April 19, 2010

Does Scorpio Like Red Dress On Women

Letter No. 79 Letter from Malawi

At, April 19, 2010

Mwana wa Munthu ayeneux kudzapachikidwa, kuti ndi moyo aliyense wokhulupirira Akhal wosatha mwa Iye. ( must the Son of Man be lifted up, and then whosoever believeth in him shall have eternal life. John 3:14)

I wonder every time and it upsets me, when it is written in the Gospel that Jesus had suffer and die. It is already a feat to believe in God. It is harder still to understand the need for Jesus to suffer horribly for us to offer a greater good of eternal salvation.

- Mulungu aloleranji zowawa? (Why does God allow suffering?)
How to answer this question?
- Alola zowawa kuti Mulungu tilimbike, ndipo amatithandiza kupezamo zokoma . (God allows suffering for us, "strengthen" or we "encouraged" by helping us to achieve something better). My colleague John suggests to me rather; ... kuti tilimbe mtime ndipo muzowawa mutuluka zokoma (for us to brave the pain of knowing that something good comes out.)

The plane crash that killed the President and Poles 95 other people is a terrible tragedy. Especially since it was the commemoration of the assassination of 20,000 Polish officers by Stalin in 1940 in Katyn.

Surprisingly, observe Agnès Gruda in La Presse on Monday, April 22, the tragedy of the crash of the presidential plane may signal a reversal of history by helping to close a painful chapter in Polish-Russian relations. The Russian government has taken all necessary measures to promptly investigate, offer help and condolences to declare a national mourning while telecasting the film Katyn Polish director Andrzej Wajda. Losing their lives in the disaster, wrote Angels Gruda, President Lech Kaczynski may have made the ultimate service his country. " It will change the course of history to provide for the Consul General of Poland in Montreal, Tadeusz Zylinska because today, everybody talks about Katyn. What a turnaround!

did God permit the crash of the presidential plane?
did God permit the killing of 20,000 Polish officers?
did God permit the death of approximately 70 million people during WWII?
God allow these days so many violations, injustice, misery, misery, suffering?
It seems to me that we must address these issues from another angle. It is not God's desire that humanity suffers in order to get something better.

RATHER, IN JESUS, GOD "HE CAN" TO SUFFER AND DIE.
IN JESUS, THE SPIRIT OF GOD bears the burden of all our suffering.

Jesus was suffer for God to change the course of history and so close a painful chapter of human-divine relationship. By dying on the cross, Jesus makes a final service to humanity by providing a path of reconciliation. What a turnaround Situation! And that's why we keep talking about it.

Death has no power over Jesus. He is the author of all the ups and downs since we take a look of faith and hope in a God who is vulnerable and shares our suffering.

" While he was a Son, Jesus learned obedience through suffering. And now ... it provides the definitive salvation to those who obey him. "(Hebrews 5.8 to 9)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

What Color Of Wallgoes With Red



At, April 4, 2010 Easter Party
Yesu anagonjetsa IMFA (Jesus has conquered death)


central message of the Christian faith, Jesus is alive!
Our Holy Week began with shouts of joy from the procession of Palm Sunday . Moment of joy before the betrayal, arrest, conviction and murder of Jesus.

Our Christians paved the way to crosses on Good Friday with the participation of adult catechumens. The procession starts at the top of the hill nearby. The crowd is already gathered and waiting for the starting signal.
- Where is the cross? - Oh! The cross! - Yes! The cross. Are we not ready for the start of the procession? - is that ...! We have forgotten. I can not believe my ears. This one is good. We lack the cross. - We just sent a young man for her. We told him of course st We forgot the cross, "he said. Is not that extraordinary? How can we forget the cross? Indeed, there is nothing extraordinary to forget the cross of Jesus and his passion. It bothers us both.
Cross of Jesus
Symbol of suffering
sign intolerable
subject of controversy
Anticipation of our own death

How can we believe that a crucified can change the world? Evil wins again. What good is believing, since faith is useless? Is this true?

The heart became deaf. Fierce criticism raining down on the Church. Rage, as the storm does not just scold, she falls violently. Scandal pedophile priests defile the messengers of the Gospel. Is it the wrath of God?

Yet marvel at the joy of Easter this year more than ever. Our Easter vigil yesterday evening, lit by simple candles, welcomed 73 new baptized. The fire ignited at the entrance of the church illuminated the celebration for three hours, reading the Scriptures, profession of faith, baptism and confirmation, praise songs, sharing the Eucharist. We are far from the tumult of scandals. We focus our attention on the glorious Christ.
- Ought not Christ to have suffered things and enter into his glory? - What do you mean? - In his wounds we are healed.

BY HIS DEATH, JESUS KILLED DEATH.

I remember some ten years ago, somewhere in a funeral home in Quebec, a girl staring at a man making the sign of the cross before a coffin exclaimed
- Ah! So this is the sign of the cross.

Cross of Jesus that one picks up public places
Symbol of suffering in the process of "exculturation"
sign intolerable to hide to avoid offending
Subject of controversy following the example of many other religious symbols
Anticipation of our death q eu we try to forget.