Kamis 11 Februari 2016

Sesudah Rabu Abu
PF S.P. Maria di Lourdes
Hari Doa untuk Orang Sakit Sedunia
UL 30:15-20; Mzm 1:1-2.3.4.6; Luk 9:22-25

“Via caritas - Jalan cintakasih.”

Itulah salah satu semangat iman hari ini, dimana Musa memberikan “via caritas” dg "3M", MengasihiNya-Mendengarkan suaraNya dan Mempautkan hati padaNya.

Adapun Yesus juga memberikan “via caritas” dengan metode “3 M” yang lebih militan seperti yang saya tulis dalam buku "TANDA" (RJK, Kanisius), al:

1. Menyangkal diri: 
Dengan bermatiraga dan menganggap diri sendiri tak ada, membiarkan diri “terlupakan” demi namaNya, tidak mengindahkan/tidak lagi memikirkan kepentingan sendiri. Kita berani berkata tidak untuk "hal tertentu" yang dulunya tidak dapat kita tolak, padahal situasi itu sangat kita sukai. Dkl: Ia ajak kita untuk menomorsatukan kehendak Allah.

2. Memikul salib: 
Dengan berdaya tahan dan mempersiapkan diri untuk tegar hadapi semua kemungkinan seperti yang dialami Yesus - para martir dan orang kudus karena kesetiaan imannya pada kehendak Allah, siap untuk menanggung hal terburuk yang mungkin ditimpakan oleh orang lain pada kita karena kita percaya pada Yesus. Bukankah salib juga adalah ciri khas kekatolikan? Ada tanda salib-kayu salib-jalan salib-perang salib dll. Bukankah dengan salib, hidup kita semakin indah: "Saat Aku Lemah Ingatlah Bapa?"

3. Mengikut Aku: 
Dengan bersabar dan menjalani hidup sebagai muridNya. Adapun "mengikuti" dalam bahasa Yunani berarti ”apisw” (di belakang). Kita ada di belakang Yesus, menjadi pengikut-Nya/meneladani hidupNya, pergi bersamaNya dan siap untuk ikut menghadapi apa yang dihadapi Yesus.

"Tanam padi di lahan kota - Mari mengabdi Tuhan dengan penuh cinta".

Salam HIKers,
Tuhan memberkati & Bunda merestui
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NB:

1."Optio fundamentalis - Pilihan mendasar!"

Yesus mengajak kita untuk menjadi murid yang total dengan pilihan yang mendasar yakni menjadi orang beriman dengan pola "sangkuli", SANGkal diri - piKUL salib - Ikuti Tuhan.

Meskipun de facto banyak pilihan yang real kita hadapi: kehidupan/kematian, keberuntungan/kecelakaan, berkat/kutuk, Tuhan selalu menghendaki agar kita memilih kehidupan-keberuntungan dan berkat dengan tiga pilihan dasar yang bisa kita buat, antara lain:

A."Mengasihi Tuhan": 
Yesus mengajak kita untuk "total", berani mendahulukan Tuhan di atas segala sesuatu. Dalam bahasa Yesus: "Barangsiapa mau menyelamatkan nyawanya, ia akan kehilangan nyawanya tapi barangsiapa kehilangan nyawanya karena Aku ia akan menyelamatkannya!"

B."Mendengarkan suara Tuhan": 
Kita diajak untuk"terbuka" akan sapaan dan jamahanNya, terbuka pikirannya (headset), karya/kerjanya (hand set) dan hatinya (heart set) akan segala nilai kasih kebaikan yang ditawarkan Tuhan dalam pelbagai kesibukan harian kita.

C."Melaksanakan kehendak Tuhan": Kita diajak untuk hidup "taat", kata dan tindakannya selalu menurut jalan serta kehendakNya, setia ada di belakangnya dan berjalan dalam berkatNya. Sebuah pesan Yesus: "Apa gunanya seorang memperoleh seluruh dunia tetapi ia membinasakan atau merugikan dirinya sendiri", patutlah kita renungkan.

"Cari baju untuk rapat senatus - Mari maju bersama Kristus".

Tuhan memberkati + Bunda merestui.
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2."Alter Christi - Kristus yang lain."

Inilah salah satu panggilan iman kita untuk menghadirkan Kristus secara nyata lewat hidup harian kita.

Adapun 3 syarat dasar yang diberikanNya, antara lain:

A.Menyangkal diri:
Sikap yang tidak mengindahkan/tidak lagi memikirkan kepentingannya sendiri. Kita berani berkata tidak untuk "perbuatan tertentu" yang dulunya kita tidak dapat menolaknya, padahal situasi itu kita sangat bisa dan sukai. Dengan kata lain: Yesus mengajak kita selalu menomorsatukan kehendak Allah dan bukan kesenangan diri sendiri. Kita bisa coba menyangkal diri dengan mengurangi hobi pribadi dan menyediakan waktu lebih banyak untuk ber-"PDA", Puasa- Doa & Amal.

B.Memikul salib:
Inilah sikap tangguh yang selalu siap untuk menghadapi semua kemungkinan, seperti dialami oleh Yesus dan para martir karena kesetiaan hidup pada kehendak Allah dan kebaikan sesama.
Dengan kata lain: Memikul salib berarti siap untuk menanggung hal terburuk yang mungkin ditimpakan oleh orang lain pada kita karena kita mengimani Yesus dan mewartakan kebaikan bagi sesama.

C.Mengikut Aku:
Dalam bahasa Yunani, kata “Mengikut Aku” berarti ”apisw"/di belakang (Mat 10 :38). Dengan kata lain: Kita diajak untuk "menjadi murid", "menjadi pengikutNya" atau "pergi bersamaNya dan mengikuti semua jalanNya." Siapkah kita untuk berjuang?

"Naik delman di Kalimantan -
Jadilah orang beriman yang militan."

Salam HIKers,
Tuhan memberkati & Bunda merestui
Fiat Lux!@RmJostKokoh

3.SKI - Sekolah Kerahiman Ilahi
@ Aula SD St Theresia Jakarta
Sabtu 13 Febr 2016, 09.00 - 12.00.

4."MOSA" - "Misa Orang Sakit dan Adorasi" 
@ Gereja Robertus Cililitan Jkt
Sabtu, 13 Febr 2016, 18.00 - selesai

5.Thursday, 11 February 
"Take up your cross daily and follow Christ"

Gospel Reading: Luke 9:22-25

"The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." And he said to all, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Old Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20

"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you this day, that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; for that means life to you and length of days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Meditation

Do you know the healing, transforming power of the cross? When Jesus predicted his passion his disciples were dismayed. Rejection and crucifixion meant defeat and condemnation, not victory and freedom. How could Jesus' self-denial, suffering and death lead to victory and life? Through his obedience to his Father's will, Jesus reversed the curse of Adam's disobedience. His death on the cross won pardon for the guilty, freedom for the oppressed, healing for the afflicted, and new life for those condemned to death. His death makes possible our freedom to live as sons and daughters of God. There's a certain paradox in God's economy. We lose what we gain, and we gain what we lose. When we try run our life our own way, we end up losing it to futility. Only God can free us from our ignorance and sinful ways. When we surrender our lives to God, he gives us new life in his Spirit and the pledge of eternal life. God wants us to be spiritually fit to serve him at all times. When the body is very weak or ill, we make every effort to nurse it back to health. How much more effort and attention should we give to the spiritual health of our hearts and minds!

What will you give to God in exchange for freedom and eternal life? Are you ready to part with anything that might keep you from following him and his perfect plan for your life? Jesus poses these questions to challenge our assumptions about what is most profitable and worthwhile in life. In every decision of life we are making ourselves a certain kind of person. It is possible that some can gain all the things they set their heart on, only to wake up suddenly and discover that they missed the most important things of all. A true disciple is ready to give up all that he or she has in exchange for happiness and life with God. The life which God offers is abundant, everlasting life. And the joy which God places in our hearts no sadness or loss can diminish.

The cross of Jesus Christ leads to freedom and victory over sin and death. What is the cross which Christ commands me to take up each day as his disciple? When my will crosses with his will, then his will must be done. The way of the cross involves sacrifice, the sacrifice of laying down my life each and every day for Jesus' sake. What makes such sacrifice possible and "sweet" is the love of God poured out for us in the blood of Jesus Christ. Paul the Apostle reminds us that "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit" (Romans 5:5). We can never outgive God. He always gives us more than we can expect or imagine. Are you ready to lose all for Christ in order to gain all with Christ?

"Lord Jesus, I give you my hands to do your work. I give you my feet to go your way. I give you my eyes to see as you do. I give you my tongue to speak your words. I give you my mind that you may think in me. I give you my spirit that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me, your Father, and all mankind. I give you my whole self that you may grow in me, so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me." (Prayer from The Grail)

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel 
of the wicked, nor stands in the way of 
sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on 
his law he meditates day and night. 
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that 
yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does 
not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. 
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which 
the wind drives away. 
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the 
judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of 
the righteous; 
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but 
the way of the wicked will perish.

Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers

"God calls us to correct ourselves and invites us to do penance. He calls us through the wonderful gifts of his creation, and he calls us by granting time for life. He calls us through the reader and through the preacher. He calls us with the innermost force of our thoughts. He calls us with the scourge of punishment, and he calls us with the mercy of his consolation."

(Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D., excerpt from Commentary on Psalm 102, 16)