My Blog/jyojyo

There is a moment in our life when it is needed that we refine our purpose of living knowing well that we are intently created to serve the Lord. We must not look on the mistakes of others. Likewise, we need to continue loving each other. If we could be honest, we are enlightened that it is desired that we avoid criticizing others especially those who had been part of our growth. Instead, we need to examine our day-to-day dispositions accepting our very own mistakes, and the need to correct these.

We must not be blind unable to change ourselves especially our ineffective dispositions and old tactics that do not already help us. We can divert our thoughts and be inclined to affirm others. Whatever were their misery in the past, we need not divulge their shameful experiences for they too crave to obtain the desired peace of mind and the only way for this to be achieved is to forgive whoever is their offender and forget totally what incident that ruined their life before. After all, no one is perfect and not one is a god to him, we being humans. Why not instead study again the Bible? We can even be productive with our new insights. Likewise, we need to repent ourselves and pray regularly. Even with the trials we endure, we must be awakened to the truth that we alleviate realities, and conquer temptations with God’s help. Aside from this, it is a reality that almost all of us get help from our fellow Christians.

After some analysis, we found ourselves awake and are addict to worship for God. In our salad days of growing, we must accept that we likely fall to some pits. Yet to their delight, some rejoice over other’s misery even they too does not know the answer to their questions. As they were just forced to criticize given the occurrence, which they have no choice to prevent likewise, I understand them, they being just human. It is by my conception too that I find them just in their action to protect their beliefs from those who had already differed from their faith.

I know it was I in my desire to spread the truth that have forced myself to intrude in their area of worship in my craving to take them as part of me and love humanity. They were not selfish unlike my presumption of them before. I enjoyed their company for a season and I still long to love them brotherly forgetting what pain they have caused my mind and emotion. Likewise, if I were on their side I would opt for a different strategy. I would comfort them, console them, and try to explain in the subtlest way, that it is not of my desire that we differ in our faith explanations. In this way, I can present to them clearly my side with all the enlightenment coming from the Holy Spirit without being carried by an uprising of emotion avoiding grounds, which would likely hurt both of us.

I know, they don’t intend to demoralize me, they being faithful to what they believe to be true. After all they are still my friends though the Bible teaches that we should not be equally yoked with them. I don’t care anymore if they consider their church a ‘private property’ barring my entrance to what they call a ‘danger zone’. They have all the right to the choice of their own opinions contradicting mine. I know, it is no longer time for war but for understanding each other to meet halfway not spoiled by differences in doctrines. I don’t care anymore if they blab with my personal life and neither would I think that their tongues are sinful, and our doctrine superior than theirs. After all, I was into being conceited too before and I find it hard to subdue my emotion given the prevailing circumstances in my life that contribute to my illness.

I would never think anymore that I am more swift in pace in proclaiming the gospel for they too had been anointed by God and not one can touch God’s anointed without being punished, even if they were just favored for a season. I would instead approach them again and again to resolve misunderstanding even if they think that I was dirt and a devil, after all these were their opinions that need to be respected. They all have the right to it. Maybe I was really a demon to them that forced them to inflict me to subdue my boastfulness. Maybe, I was tied to my intelligence and had been forcing an entry to explain Catholic doctrines, which they think, are doctrines of the Devil. Even with these enlightenments, I would still save our friendship. I would still try my best given the occasion to withstand their form of preaching even to my knowledge, I would find them stoning lambs.

I too have sinned and had been forgiven. It is my duty to grant the same forgiveness and not be blinded by remorse and heartaches. It was I who had been a glutton to my own opinions that have prevented me from being a special creation. My insights were darkened as I force my own outlook to theirs. I don’t find them anymore as vampires sucking power. Instead, I find them men of honest report, they being faithful to what they believe to be right. This is not the time for religious war but of helping one another disseminate the truth, and explain it in a clearer way. They have the right too to the post whereby they are designated. It is wrong to think they defend it just to get money. They are mature enough to have the right to do what they want to do even break hearts to humble a person.

Unlike before that I lose my respect to them, I thank them for molding my person even if they have drove me crazy. It is not important that I for a season have lost everything. What is important is that I had been changed by the word of God, and by the generosity of others for granting me forgiveness that I may also learn to forgive. Somehow, though until now I do not consider myself perfect being still weak and sensitive upon hearing unfavorable comments, I can still close my eyes and be tearful after hearing them, and even as I have secluded away. Yes, tearfully I would hide away and comfort my self like David, Joshua, and Jacob. Afterwards, I would be glad to find myself a new and purified Jyojyo.

- Jose Constante I. Nartatez 

A person who believes in God is
a Theistic person, while one who does not believe in God is an Atheist. A
person who believes in one God is a ‘monotheist’ while a person who believes in
many gods is a ‘polytheist’. Christians and Muslims both believe in one God. In
Greek mythology, there are both male and female gods. The God of the Hindu is
Brahman, even a god with ten thousand hands. Brahman is closely associated with
his two friends Vishnu and Shiva. Greeks have considered mythology and has
regarded as goddess one whom they named Venus. Likewise, there are many other
beliefs.

Christianity, Jewish and Islam religion both believe in one God.
Others believe in impersonal god or a god who is not a person, while Catholics
and some other Christian religions believe in a personal God or a God who is a
person. Extreme consciousness is called ‘nirvana’. The Jews called their God, Yahweh, while
Muslims call him Allah.

God is personal because he can be felt and continue to
influence us in our daily lives and continue to create great things even
through miracles. He is personal because he revealed himself and continually
communicates to us. He creates all things. Our God did create air. He uses water
to create which has a Latin word ‘Agua’ or in chemistry ‘H2O’. You have to drink
water to experience water. That’s why we need to drink God, and having done so
we have tasted God who exist in everything and in everyone, and who is the God
of the Catholic Christians. If we believe in one God, we should believe in the
blessed Trinity, which is the three (3) assertions, or one God in three
persons. You don’t have to criticize other religions, your belief should be as
clear as water, and pure.

We should have a belief that is of the child’s likeness, like of
the gaiety of the Infant Jesus of Prague or the Sto. Niño. We should have a
taste of the Sto Niño so we could be helped to considerably obtain in our own
little way as a Christian the great knowledge of God as revealed by his spirit
which is the Holy Spirit. I have tasted God being a religious or belonging to
the religious congregation called Franciscan Conventuals or the Order Friars
Minor Conventual. Being a religious, priests there don’t have a salary; each
one’s money is the money of all. We don’t hide any amount, but all goes to the
religious congregation. If you have acquired something, it is given to the
congregation.

Being in the religious congregation, Fr. Glenn Paul Gomez
testifies of going to

Rome

and witnessing the
canonization of saints and the great miracles in year 2003, and have gone to

Dubai

,

Germany

and

Poland

,
and even meet Pope John Paul II and have audience with him. He learned the word
‘grati’ or ‘thank you’. He stayed a week in

France

,
where Mama Mary appeared in

Lourdes

.

We should derive inspiration from God, like that which we obtain
from the healing Eucharist, which is a fruit of love. ABS-CBN has the coverage
of the Healing Eucharist where there are 23 persons in-charge, like the audio
man, cameramen, and director. The God as the one Catholics serve is genuine.
“This is our God, springing from the fruit of our prayers”, says Fr. Glenn.

He asserts that there is
enlightenment in prayer with God as you learn from God. With this, everybody
understands you, like for example we have Chito Tagle of Imus,

Cavite

, a Summa Cum Laude, and an
international Theologian. All can understand you if your explanations are
clear, which is a product of prayers and meditations, and your resurrection
from illness and desert life.

The Holy Spirit in our life created everything. God gave
everything for free. He even created man or put man to flesh. This is what we
called incarnation or made manifest in flesh. Jesus is the God that was
manifested in flesh. So this answers our question in our book title. God
was made visible by manifesting in flesh through the Infant Jesus of Prague or
the Sto. Niño, and manifesting as God the Holy Spirit through the Pentecost.

The Holy Spirit did communicate as the Third Person of the
Trinity. ‘

Para

’ means ‘alone’, while
‘Paraclete’ means ‘Advocate God’. ‘Advocare’ means ‘he created for us’. The
original word for spirit is ‘pneuma’. If you have the spirit, it means you are
alive. That’s why there is spirit in the community meaning the community is
alive. On the Pentecost, the Apostles and disciples spoke different languages
and understood one another. The community did have understanding of each other.
The real Spirit is in the community like the Sto. Niño Catholic Charismatic
Renewal and Revival Community found in Kalibo, Aklan.

All of us serve God. Our edge from others is serving God. Our
vision of vocation widens with serving God. You develop the feeling of love
through serving God, no matter who you are or what you are. You don’t need to
complain, even if you become a bachelor for your entire life. Prayer on the
other hand is conversation. You need to communicate with God, and to
consciously connect yourself with your God. Like when you switch on the light,
the room becomes flooded with light. You’ve got to have a thorough prayer.

If you are connected with God, you don’t feel weary in anything
you do. Your prayer should be this: OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART LORD. Then, you
will understand the mystery of God in a flood of insights and enlightenment,
even pouring out freely from the container. You’ve got to have faith, and faith
in God merits all. It can give you all the simple things you can desire in a
simplified belief.

- Jose Constante I. Nartatez