A VOICE FOR THE AUTHNTIC CHIRTIAN WAY OF LIFE

Jesus’ fasting and praying for forty days in the wilderness was a kind of preparation of himself to the mission that he was going to undertake. Through his living and teachings, he brought forth the ideal meaning of how to be a real Christian in the world. So the time he spent in prayer and in fasting helped him to be firm and ardent to follows god’s word. So this time of lent is also a kind of preparation of ourselves in order that we may ponder deeply the true values of Christ to live an authentically Christian life effectively.


Dear friends, as we are on the second week of lent, let us recall our conscience once again to see how we ourselves are now? How effective was the first week of lent for us? Were they the days went as usual bringing nothing new in us? How has been my life since the first week of lent. Is there any transformation-taking place in our selves? Finally are we responding properly to the effective grace of God?
The second of week of lent, as we know starts with the transfiguration of Jesus. If we wish to be transfigured by the grace of god then it is our need to leave our old self to be transfigured to live a new Christian life. In order to live a new Christian life, he gives certain tasks and principles. He tells us in the gospel to be compassionate, we god’s compassion concretized in the person of Christ, so the compassion brought by Jesus gets its fulfillment only when it is shared to others, in order to share we should have a heart like Christ that Compassion should come not out of our pockets but out of our heart. So far we may have the attitude of judging and condemn others, but in contrary to that attitude let us first judge ourselves, our deeds and words, and let us condemn our own wrong doings and closed ness to be open to the grace of god. Let us the leave the judgment to god alone. If we desire our words and deeds to be good and for good then the things will happen to us also be good. In this week, let us try to be compassionate, generous and merciful towards one another so that the words of Christ will become alive in us and so it may enable us to have a newness of Christian life in the days ahead.
WRITTEN
BY
VIMALA THIYAGARAJAN SCJ
FIRST YEAR THEOLOGY STUDNET
ELURU.