HAVE MERCY!

கடவுளே, கருணை வை!

கொஞ்சம் கண்ணீரைக் கேட்கிறேன்.

கனத்த இதயத்துக்குள்

கல்லறையாகும் உணர்வுகளுக்காய்

கன நேரம் நான் அழவேண்டும்.

உணர்வுகள் ஊமையாகிப் போவதில்லை

உள்ளத்தை ஊனமாக்கிப் போகின்றன.

புரிதலைத் தேடி, மனம் புண்ணாகி வீழ்கின்றது.

வெளியேற்ற வழியின்றி வீங்கிப் போகின்றது.

அன்பிருன்தென்ன!

அன்பர்கள் இருந்தென்ன!

அமைதியில்லை, ஆறுதலில்லை!

தொலைதூரத்தில் தொலைந்து போகின்றேன்.

அவர்கள் இருக்கின்றார்கள் 

என்று இவர்கள் இருக்க;

இவர்கள் இருக்கின்றார்கள் 

என்று அவர்கள் இருக்க;

இறுதியில் எனக்கு

எவருமில்லை என்பது

உனக்கு மட்டுமாவது தெரியுமா?

உன்னை மறந்து விட்டு

என்னை ஏன் மறந்தாய் என்று

நான் வாதிடுவது வாடிக்கைதான்!

அருகிருக்கும் கரம் கேட்கவில்லை

அரவணைக்கும் மனம் கேட்கிறேன்.

உடனிருக்கும் வரம் கேட்கவில்லை

உணர்த்துகின்ற உளம் கேட்கின்றேன்.

கிடைக்காததை கேட்பது கேலிக்குரியது - ஆனால்

நடக்காததை நினைப்பது நடக்கின்றதே!

கானல் நீராய் நான்

கனவுலகில் சஞ்சரிக்க விரும்பவில்லை.

கன நேரம் வாழ்ந்தாலும்

உன் கண்களுக்குள் வாழவேண்டும்.

எனவே,

நீ மட்டும் என்னை மறந்துவிடாதே,

பிறகு எல்லாமே மடிந்துபோயிருக்கும்.

THINGS TO THINK!

  1.  Give God what is right... 
        not what is left.
  2.  Man's way leads to hopeless,
       God's way leads to an endless hope.
  3.  A lot of kneeling 
       will keep you in good standing.
  4.  He who kneels before God 
       can stand before anyone.
  5.  In the Sentence of life, the devil may be a comma, 
       but never let him be the period (full stop).
  6.  Don't put a question mark 
       where God puts a period (full stop).
  7.  Are you wrinkled with burden? 
       Come to the Church for a face-lift.
  8.  When praying, don't give God instructions, 
       just report the duty.
  9.  Don't wait for six strong men to take you to the Church.
10.  We don't change God's message, 
       His message changes us.
11.  The Church is Prayer-Conditioned.
12.  When God ordains, He sustains.
13.  WARNING: Exposure to the SON may prevent burning.
14.  Plan ahead, It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
15.  Most people want to serve God, 
       but only in an advisory position.
16.  Suffering from truth decay? 
        Brush up on your Bible.
17.  Exercise daily, 
       Walk with the Lord.
18.  Never give the devil a ride, 
        he will always want to drive.
19.  Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.
20.  Compassion is difficult to give away 
        because it keeps coming back.
21.  He who angers you, controls you.
22.  Worry is the dark room in which negatives can develop.
23.  Give Satan an inch and he will be a ruler.
24.  You be fishers of men, 
        you catch them and He will clean them.
25.  God does not call the qualified, 
        He qualifies the called.

THIS IS THE TIME! LET US TURN BACK TO GOD!!

PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with Infinite Love; broken by my ingratitude and pierced by my sins; yet loving me still; accept the consecration I make to You of all that I am and all that I have.

Take every faculty of my soul and body, only day by day draw me nearer and nearer to Your Sacred Heart; and there as I shall hear the lesson, teach me Your Holy Way.

REJECTED IN SPITE OF DOING GOOD???

Every one of us, in one way or the other, in one stage or the another has come across the feeling of rejection, humiliation or left without appreciation or consideration even in times of doing good to others.  These moments are very painful in our lives.  Most of the time we don't receive the reward we expect, at least minimum a small appreciation for what we have done.  During these moments we feel as though we are forgotten.  When I feel the same way these days just God inspired me to think of the nature, it never expects anything from anyone, just they continue to do what they have created for - to be beneficial to others - to be fruitful. That's what St. Paul reflects in his letter to the Ephesians 2:10, "We are God's work of art, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has already designated to make up our way of life".  And that tells me the purpose of my creation.  As the creation of God just fulfills its purpose of creation so must I.  Then I think of the sign post or the stepney spare tire, which is thought of only in need then its presence is forgotten.

As I was reflecting about this during these days, today's (April 3, 2011) First Reading game me another inspiration.  The reading is taken from 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7, 10-13, which speaks about the anointing of shepherd boy David as king of Israel.  Prophet Samuel reaches the house of Jesse and asks to bring his sons to him for God has chosen the king of Israel from his sons.  Jesse brings his sons prophet Samuel judges them through outward appearance and God rejects.  Here what I am inspired to reflect is, when Prophet Samuel asked Jesse to present all his sons he should have done so.  He presented all his sons except one.  The younger one, the least of all, the shepherd boy David.  Why? I think he was not considered in anything. May be because of young or I think he was forgotten.  But God as He always searching for the last one, which the world considers as nothing, choses him.  In the same way, many a time, though we do good things to others, helpful to others, inspite of doing all these things if you are forgotten, rejected, not considered or valued, do not be worried.  God has chosen you to do good works, for it is he who designated you to be like this.  So, only look to him for your reward.  When David was chosen no one know for real about the anointing of David except Prophet Samuel.  Only later they came to know that God was with David.  Let us wait in the Lord. Always let us never forget this word of God, ""I have labored in vain," I thought and spent my strength for nothing." Yet what is due me was in the hand of Yahweh, and my reward was with my God. I am important in the sight of Yahweh, and my God is my strength." (Isaiah 49:4)