The 11.00a.m. Healing Mass-Friday, 24th July 2015
@ St. Anne Port Klang.-
A Reflection.
If you want to be healed, you have to face the truth he
said. Just who and what are you? Remove the mask you have put on. They are not
pretty. Take them off so that you could be yourselves free of the falsities. . Others could see you
clearly. Knowing yourself and coming to terms with the truth about yourself in
many ways, bring about the miracle of healing.
Hidden behind the mask, most of us without conscience act
the hypocrites. Sometimes, we could be
rather callous too. The aftermath is the stress, the guilt and of course the
numerous illnesses that plagued. John 14:6, Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light..., so truth is
important. It is clarity. If we have truths about ourselves, we see the Way and
the Light as well. Often, we think nobody know us, when we do mean things. Our
identity is hidden behind this hideous
mask , which has become a part of our facial skin.. Take it off , Fr. Simon
calls out to the congregation. I take that to mean that by removing that mask conscience
may live and we become more genuine beings. Fr. Lawrence calls this facing up
to the truth of self as the core of the subject matter.
Taking the example of
a couple of young children fighting over a toy, Fr. Simon illustrated the covertness
in people. When we are given something, we declined but the moment, another
takes an interest in it, we find ourselves craving after it and fighting to
possess it. Peace is shattered! So many truths were shared!
After getting us to take a closer look at the darker side of
us, that we need to change for the better ,Fr. Simon did a splendid thing. He
turned the whole healing mass into a very Spirit centred thing. Consecrated
into the power of the Holy Spirit. Come Holy spirit, we need you....Come Holy Spirit I
need you..All
of a sudden it became a very Spirit charged healing session. Wonderfully powerful. Who more powerful
than the spirit of God to heal us? That the Lord Jesus be present to heal each and every ailment? It now makes perfect sense to Know yourself,
acknowledge your true self, the sinner in you that your eyes may be opened to your own failings that you receive the healing and be
transformed.
The Spirit filled hymns were pretty powerful. They proclaim
the power, the love and mercy of God , they act to break down the stonewall
encasing the hearts, exposing them to faith and belief so that healing happens. At the end of the mass when the Sacrament of Anointing was carried
out, we were all in readied and faith
filled minds to trust, believe and thus able to receive the healing fruitfully.
I for one found it immensely powerful. The realisation was, I had clung onto things I wanted and not allowing God's will to
be done. Part of what is happening to me is certainly trying to be my own creator. The
Healing Mass has brought home the wisdom of letting go and allowing God to take
charge. Let his Will be done and everything will fall into place. I’m going to do just that.
I went, as I always do for the Healing Mass. II saw the many faces of healing and I experience
awakening. Healing can take many forms. Many powerful prayers for healing were recited.
They unselfishly went beyond our own families and communities, reaching out to our Nation.
Good Health is vital for the good peace of survival. Being compassionate to one
another brings in healing of good relations to one and all. The Living space becomes more harmonious. The Healing Mass certainly live up
to its theme Compassion is the heartbeat of the family. We live as a family in
a common nation, society and community. It is great that we are healed but it is also important to reach out to others that they too experience healing – for the harmony and well being that a Nation needs to
co-exist as one big united family.
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