November 2008
Monthly Archive
foodforthesoul PRAYER POEMS12 Nov 2008 07:01 am
Prayer06 PREPARE THE PATH FOR ME the meaning of prayer
ANNOUNCEMENT
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THE MEANING OF PRAYER
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in the bible, Jesus said ‘pray to the Lord of Harvest’
but why did He say that
when He Himself is the Lord of Harvest?
after much reflection, this was my insight
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Jesus needs workers in His vineyard to do the harvest
we are these workers and the Lord needs us
without us, He cannot get His harvest
He acts through our free will to merge with His Divine will
without this merging the Lord is helpless
because this is the principle of free will
the Lord cannot impose on us
we have to agree with Him, only then can He act
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if there is no human petition, no prayer
the Lord cannot heal
so our prayers for others are so important
this is my message to the prayer warriors
your role in the healing ministry is so important
without you, many will suffer and not be healed
align your will to the Lord’s
surrender your will in prayer to the Healer
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Jesus also said
‘prepare the path on which I will walk’
the preparation of the path
is our free will surrendered to His will
then can He walk the path
towards us and the people we pray for
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this is the essence of the intercession of saints
they prepare the path and intercede for us
our lady, the bridge and mediatrix to Jesus
is the most powerful path maker of all
because she is the mother of Jesus
whom He cannot refuse
a short hail mary for a cancer patient
somewhere in california you have not met
goes a long way towards healing
of the one prayed for and also the one praying
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the active participation of human and divine will
is the requirement for prayers to be answered
together they are the most powerful force on earth
our will is the pathway for divine will to act
we can solve global warming and global financial crisis
so easily more than the puny human interventions
of creative scientists and ingenious economists
who are not aware that aligning their will to God
is the key to a solution, not just their ingenious solutions
human intervention without God’s intervention will not work
God can solve global warming in the blink of an eye
but He needs us to pray for it, to prepare the path
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the theme of the entire old testament
of sin and punishment, of repentance and forgiveness
the single most important message of the entire bible
revolves around this merging of Divine and human will
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God’s greatest gift to us is human freedom
and our greatest gift to Him is simply
to surrender it back to Him
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God allows satan to roam the earth
so we can have a choice
to test our human will to choose good or evil
the greatest battle now raging on earth
resides in each and every will
to seek the Lord or fall to satan’s enticements
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the surrender of our will
is the surrender of our soul and spirit
it is the greatest act of adoration
it is the most powerful prayer
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sister raquel
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it is easier to prove God exists
to the hearts of simple children
than to the minds
of suspicious philosophers
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sister raquel
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in the spring of my childhood
i wandered in awe at everything
in the summer of my youth
i squandered time in frenzy
in the autumn
i squandered the empire i built so hard
now in the winter of my life
i have a choice
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i can stare at the emptiness
in despair and desolation
or i can go back to spring
to the preoccupation of my childhood
sunsets, blue skies, cookies
flowers, friends, books
moments of frenzy and awe
in between moments of silence and prayer
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eastwind
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foodforthesoul MEDITATION POSTER12 Nov 2008 07:00 am
poster06 – THE LIGHT GLOWED IN THE DARKNESS
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Marawi, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines 1984 bernie lopez
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poster05 – WHAT YOU HAVE HIDDEN FROM THE WISE
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Quezon City, Metro-Manila, Philippines 1979 bernie lopez
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foodforthesoul PRAYER POEMS04 Nov 2008 07:01 am
prayer05 – KAPIT SA DIYOS WAG SA PATALIM
ANNOUNCEMENT
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i do not mean to berate our medical sciences but i have to be frank to all of you for your own sake chemotherapy merely delays cancer growth not to mention eating up the family finance resources chemotherapy is a poison that kills good and bad cells paradoxically, it weakens your immunity system, your natural internal system to fight cancer it weakens cancer now only to make it stronger later i speak not as a doctor but as a healer and evangelist my intent is to bring you closer to the Lord the greatest Doctor of all -
many cancer patients who came to the healing center and were healed, stopped chemotherapy BEFORE THEY WERE HEALED because they had the faith that the Lord would heal them some did not even get a new medical test to confirm they were really healed because all symptoms and pain vanished and because they did not have the money -
so my advice to all terminal cancer patients kapit sa Diyos huwag sa patalim turn to the Lord, not to chemotherapy the Lord has healed so many He can heal you if you ask Him and if you have faith -
sister raquel
hail mary full of grace the Lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus -
eastwind
how many times do we do the same we cannot avoid an ‘important’ meeting we would rather lose a daughter in crisis we cannot avoid to cheat to keep the empire we built we would rather lose our soul -
eastwind
eastwind
_________________________________________ MESSAGE FROM SISTER RAQUEL
_________________________________________ KAPIT SA DIYOS WAG SA PATALIM
from my experience in the healing ministry most cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy worsen their condition and succumb faster than those who take other options such as organic medication -
i do not mean to berate our medical sciences but i have to be frank to all of you for your own sake chemotherapy merely delays cancer growth not to mention eating up the family finance resources chemotherapy is a poison that kills good and bad cells paradoxically, it weakens your immunity system, your natural internal system to fight cancer it weakens cancer now only to make it stronger later i speak not as a doctor but as a healer and evangelist my intent is to bring you closer to the Lord the greatest Doctor of all -
many cancer patients who came to the healing center and were healed, stopped chemotherapy BEFORE THEY WERE HEALED because they had the faith that the Lord would heal them some did not even get a new medical test to confirm they were really healed because all symptoms and pain vanished and because they did not have the money -
so my advice to all terminal cancer patients kapit sa Diyos huwag sa patalim turn to the Lord, not to chemotherapy the Lord has healed so many He can heal you if you ask Him and if you have faith -
sister raquel
_________________________________________ ‘be it done to me according to Your Word’ this was the total surrender of mother mary’s free will she could have refused in fear of the burden of such a task as having the Creator in her womb ‘my heart magnifies the greatness of the Lord’ mother mary knew her free will was but a reflection of the Lord’s Divine will, it was hard for her to refuse mother mary’s womb was the path prepared by her for the Word to become flesh and dwell among us for salvation to be realized ‘for He has looked with grace on me His lowly servant’ in total humility mother mary accepted her role as the bridge to the salvation of humankind -
hail mary full of grace the Lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus -
eastwind
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we are sometimes like the monkey
with a hand inside a trap
by letting go of the fruit inside
he could remove his hand and go free
but the fruit is too precious to lose
he would rather be trapped
-how many times do we do the same we cannot avoid an ‘important’ meeting we would rather lose a daughter in crisis we cannot avoid to cheat to keep the empire we built we would rather lose our soul -
eastwind
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ugliness is sometimes
better than beauty
because it is a protest
against material attachment
and a chance to be humble
a reminder that all that we desire
shall pass away
-eastwind
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