8th Day Novena Mass-The Healing Mass @ St. Anne Port Klang.

The 11.00a.m. Healing Mass-Friday, 24^th July 2015 @ St. Anne Port Klang.-

 A Reflection.

It was an amazing Healing Mass with Rev. Father Simon Labrooy and the hosts of priests who came to celebrate the Healing Mass at St. Anne’s Feast Day, yesterday. Fr. Simon set the grounds, prepared and led the pilgrims towards receiving the Sacrament of Anointing.

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. 

God holds our Destiny.

The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry and the skilful are not necessarily wealthy and those educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time. Eccles:9:11

Some of the wisest bible readings are from the book of Ecclesiastes. At least that is what I think so. I have travelled a long while and have seen  many strange things. Some of the poorest and least educated men have risen up to the top of the ladder and have built mighty empires while those who have the finest education in the land are struggling for their survival, living the life of simple wage earners dependent on the generosity of their bosses, less educated or skilful than most. Some people have got it so easy and yet those who worked so hard, finds success and good life dodging them at every turn. And they are not bad either. Sometimes, they are wonderful people. What is the reason for this? I'm drawn to another Bible readings See and read it for yourselves and reach your own conclusion:-

1) Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the
guard stand watch in vain.(Psalm 127:1)



I understood this to mean that if our God- our Creator and Author did not write   good favour and fruitfulness into our life story, we would just labour and desire on in vain. Nothing comes fruitfully, unless He favours, unless, it is His will. Forget about what religion, you are a part of. The point is, there is a Supreme Being up there who creates us and he has decided what our life journey is all about. Many people have turned to prayers and could testify that prayers  do work to ease hardship and bring some light into the gloom of their lives. After journeying a long time and now in my autumn, I still find life baffling. There are so many things, I desired to do and have put my whole heart and soul into it.To me, it is like, one must fulfil one's purpose in life. I furthered my education late in life to improve on my skills, just so I could achieve my agendas-you know, being able to survive through your own efforts. I was so ill earlier but prayed hard for a recovery and now recovering. God has His own plans which will always remain a mystery until He uncovers it. I, for one do not believe in losing courage. Despite all the ups and downs,  I keep going. Though  the spirit is slightly tamed by time and the energy level have eroded, but I'm now less stressed..  Now I'm wiser. After doing my best, any failure has  to do with  the Will of God. I have achieved enough for me to begin  picking the fruits I so earnestly sowed but I'm taking it easy, allowing God to lead the way. Destiny and God's plans has a stronger say than my own wishes and plans.

Proverb 16:9 further strengthen this belief: A man's heart devises his way but the Lord directs his steps. People always say, destiny is in your own hands-get out there and transform your life. But how do you explain the times -that despite your utmost, you hit the brick wall time and again? The engine stalls. How do you explain the  sometimes  we get  lots of honey without even  working  for it but at other times ,  even though we put in so much energy, we end up bitter and frustrated? Life is pretty unpredictable. How do you explain sudden transformations along the way? Suddenly the good turns  negative without warning? Similarly , the negative just turn gloriously positive without explanation and over night  you rose up many notches?.God driving the engine? The effects of planetary movements? Remember, that too requires Higher Powers.

I'm not sure what plans God has got for me. I'm after all, already  walking into the rays of the evening sun and liking the serenity, but as  human are, anxieties always persist.. But I guess, I must continue to trust and believe. I have not stopped working hard. and certainly do not believe in coming to a full stop in the middle of a journey and sit waiting for manna to drop from the sky. I believe God does not want lazy bones for his children. Tomorrow could be glorious and mighty brilliant if He so decides. He could still surprise and delight me at this late hour. Let him take the lead. Let His Will direct the way. If He wants to lead me through pastures of relaxation, there must be a reason for it, so be it. He provides. I am, all of us are after all,  in a temporal zone. Our visas has an  expiry date. We're not in the ultimate driver's seat, so what is there to stress about when you are not even in control? Just do our part to the best of  our capability, pray and leave the rest to Him..  I believe, so long as there is a breathe, there is hope and a future and I must continue to walk in the green pastures of Faith. Time has proven that God does the impossible. Testimonies have attested that prayers could change destiny for the better.If you have His favour, you will have the faith that move mountains and everything will end well ultimately. .

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters..Psalm 23:1.