On the 3rd Sunday of Easter, I attended and sang for 10am and noon Masses. I just want to reflect on some of the things Fr. Francis talked about.
"God never imposes on our free will."
God gives us free will to make our own decisions, but through prayers for guidance, we may be able to make the right decisions. We must pray for the wisdom to be able to distinguish between the decisions we make for our own sake, and for the sake of following God's plans. How do we know which decisions are right? We look deep into our hearts. If these decisions transform our hearts, I would imagine it to be guided by God.
"Transformation of the soul...taking all risks."
Taking risks means going the distance. It means not being safe. It means doing something that we are afraid of. It's through taking risks that we may be able to transform our soul. When we fear loss, loneliness, pain, we hang on and we convince ourselves that this is better. We become prisoners to our own false hopes. It's in letting go of all these that we may be able to allow God to transform our heart and soul.
"When you're young, you think you can control your life..."
Fr. Francis said something after this that was really awesome but I couldn't catch it because I got distracted by a friend of mine. I guess when we're young, we think that somehow we wear this cloak of invincibility; we avoid situations that we feel might hurt us. When we grow older, we begin to gain a better understanding of who we are and what we want and need. We start to think back to the times when we thought we were in control of our lives only to find that we'd missed so many opportunities to be transformed by these experiences we were so afraid of.
Fr. Francis ended his homily with three words.
Courage. Love. Transformation.
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