Sunday, March 1, 2015

2nd SUNDAY OF LENT

Journey to the Ultimate 
By Br. Rocky Niño Manire, OP 

Options are always present when making choices. It is as if options and choices are in a serious commitment that they cannot go without the presence of the other. We can say that we cannot make a choice if there are no options. The dilemma of making a choice lies on the presence of options. To know whether your choice is the right option lies on how you would deal with it through the rest of your life. 

There are people who became successful because they made the right choice through the help of their faith in God, but before they could say it, they suffer failures several times. Despite these failures they continue to live; they mustered courage and endured pains and sufferings until they mastered everything. These failures transformed them into great men and women who showed the ultimate example of what real courage is all about. Those who have this kind of thinking view life as something which has to be consumed until the very last drop, to its maximum. For them, life is a journey with a goal, a journey which will ultimately lead a person to that one ribbon to claim the prize of victory. 

Faith leads us to that ultimate choice, to that one ribbon which is God himself. But we can never be there if we ourselves lack the necessary things needed to be a faithful servant. To make a choice among the many options in life is not an easy task; but with faith, we will surely be guided by the Holy Spirit to make the right choice.

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