Daily Bible Reflections - October 4,2012

 

Feast of St. Francis of Assisi

A BAG FROM MOTHER MARY

 

I shall see God… Whom I myself shall see: my own eyes, not another’s, shall behold him. – Job 19:27

 

October is Holy Rosary Month, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. So I’d like to honor her with this sharing.

In thy guidance tranquilly reposing, Now I face my toils and cares anew: All through life, and at its awful closing, Mother, tell me, what am I to do?

That’s the last verse of the Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel, part of a song in the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. I sing it when I am in trouble — like during Christmas 2010, when I felt depressed as I then carried a heavy burden.

Then, I received a big box from my sister May. She knows I sell second-hand bags for my charities, so she sent me some. In one of the bags, I found a little frame with an image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. At once, I felt comforted and even thought of a way to solve my problem.

Like Job in today’s reading, I know I shall see God. Actually, I already see Him in many ways, and always in the manifestations of Mother Mary in my life. Cynthia Santiago (cusantiago@gmail.com)

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REFLECTION:

Can you see God even amid your problems?

                                                                                                                              

Lord, open my eyes that I might see You and cling to Your promise amid my troubles.

 

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us.