Sunday, April 29, 2012

Good Shepherd Sunday




Sheeps are interesting creatures, they have excellent peripheral vision or side vision, which is good for detecting motion outside of the usual direct line of vision, and are even  able to see behind themselves without turning their heads, that is why most sheeps do not have hair on its faces, but for some breeds that  have facial hair,  this causes "wool blindness". Sheep have poor depth perception which is often mistaken for poor eyesight or blindness , shadows and dips in land may cause them to stop.. or miscalculate steps causing injuries. It also has this natural inclination to follow a leader to new pastures and become stressed when separated from the flock.  They have a tendency to move out of the dark and into well lit areas and prefer to move uphill when disturbed. What sight problems they may is greatly compensated by their good hearing and are very sensitive to noise when handled. Sheep have little ability to defend themselves compared with other livestock, that even if they survive an attack, they may die from injuries or simply from panic. They can also recognize human and ovine specie even after so many years. Interesting to note that although a sheep and a goat are closely related they are separate specie and cannot hybrid nor reproduce.  

hmmm.... like sheeps we all have a characteristic blindness one way or the other, and have 
poor depth perception but the difference with sheep? they stop, while we humans, most times in our world today do not anymore recognize pitfalls, shadows, cliffs,  causing us to walk and walk and do things our way, only stopping  when we feel lost, we get hurt, or we experience suffering.

We should be like sheep easily led to goodness, have that natural inclination to follow Jesus, to realize we are in the dark and move out and go to well lit areas, for like sheep we are prone to all predators of this earth, corrupting the good in us and when we are far away from God we cannot survive attacks, all of us have injured souls, no one is exempt. But like the Shepherd that knows His sheep and flock inside out, we sheep should not fail to recognize and go back to our Shepherd, only there in His shoulders, only with Him and close to His chest are we safe. And like the difference between the sheep the goats, we cannot ever follow Jesus while holding hands with the devil. 

Lord remove the blinders from my eyes, because like stubborn sheep I will definitely lose my way without You, and Lord when at times my eyes cannot perceive you anymore or refuse to see You around me, behind me, in front of me, and when even my heart is mummified,

 like your lost sheep ... please do not forsake me and let me atleast.. hear YOU. 











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FORGIVENESS CORNER

FORGIVENESS CORNER
this corner is for those who we want to forgive and those for whom we pray for forgiveness, let us ask Jesus to help us and open our hearts to forgiveness and forgiving. Look at the Cross and tell Jesus, Lord i want to forgive, im finding it hard to do so, help me. I chose to forgive and leave everything in Your loving hands.

THE ARCHANGELS


ST. MICHAEL -
(Archangel of those born on a Sunday) Prince of the Heavenly Hosts, the Commander in Chief of all the hierarchies of the Heavenly Hosts, the Angel who defeated Luciferadn His followers in the first rebellion or creatures against God. By his battlecry: MI-Ca-EL " Who is like unto God?.. the first defender of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Mystery of the Incarnation ( Dan 10:12 12:1 Apoc.12:7)

ST GABRIEL
- ( ARCHANGEL of those born on a Monday ) Special messenger of God, bearer or Gods secret messages to His chosen ones.( luke 1:19) (Daniel 8:19 9:21)

ST. RAPHAEL - ( ARCHANGEL of those born on aTuesday) Healer & Guide for the Christian pilgrim, patron also of Singles wanting to find their partner in marriage.He also gives the light to discern correctly Gods ways and protects us from dangers that befall us on our way to our heavenly home.

ST. URIEL - ( ARCHANGEL of those born on a Wednesday) Archangel of Justice, reminds us of Divine Justice, to whatever we do good or bad, reminds us of the terrible justice of God upon the world for the human pride and Godlessness with which human affairs are conducted.

St. SEALTIEL - ( ARCHANGEL of those born on a Thursday) Archangel of Worship & Contemplation, stands before God with incenser in hand, his angelic purity transforms the love and worship we mortals give to God.

ST. JHUDIEL - (ARCHANGEL of those born on a Friday) Archangel of Divine Mercy. Gods mercy comes to us in every moment of our lives.Without it we would die.Mercy is gracefor bodily and spiritual needs. Mercy is God Himself through the m,erits of Jesus Christ bringin us back to our Heavenly home

ST. BARACHIEL - (ARCHANGEL of those born on a Saturday) Archangel of Divine Providence. the one who was assigned by God to keep watch over His adopted Children taking care that He and the Choirs of Angels assigned to the task guard these transformed souls in all their way, bearing them up ( Psalm 91, 12)

check the Perpetual Calendar in this blog fill it with your birthdate and know which archangel is in charge of you... God bless!