This morning i was giving a talk to our student friars who will receive the ministries of Acolyte and Lector...i spoke about the reasons and causes of many young seminarians and priests abandon their vocations. There are many reasons given but the most important is the loss or lack of Faith in God is the biggest reason that is cited.....when we as priests and religious have no faith then everything else has no sense or significance in human and spiritual life.
The life of prayer and contemplation has taken a back seat and this is having a big toll on the young seminarians....many of them give spiritual exercises and contemplation, priority is given for work and ministry and there is no time to sit in silence before the Lord....to be alone with the Lord who speaks and builds up our communion with Him...when we are alone with Him...he fills us with new strength and energy, leads us on a right path....when we are alone with Him....he gives us courage to fight loneliness and helps us to face various challenges.
Alone in the presences of the Lord teaches us to appreciate the need of our space, silence and prayer, dialogue and constant communication with Him....he gives us light to go through the darkness that we face sometimes due to consumerism and secularism.....
Alone with the Lord teaches us open up ourselves to the signs of the times...He teaches us to love Him deeply by totally surrendering ourselves.....Alone with the Lord sustains our faith and trust in Him....He allows us to dialogue and communicate with Him like a small child....
Alone with Him in communion will never lead us to boredom and loneliness....He increases our cravings and desires to have Him always alongside us....when we have to take decisions it is He who inspires us...encourages us to lead a spiritual life....
Time with the Lord is never enough...because we experience a love that we don't experience in the presence of our beloved ones....His love is pure which transforms and changes us....His love is never vanishes...this love that we experience in His presence makes us to grow internally and externally...
When i am alone with the Lord...i am not frightened of the modern challenges....the crisis that other face will not scare us because we are connected with the Lord.....
Communion that is build up in His presence will not be distorted or destroyed by any evil designs...this communion is long lasting because He is at the centre of it....
When i am alone he teaches me the ways and paths that lead to happy and peaceful life....allows us to take control of our fragmented lives....he helps us re-arrange and re-build it....
Let us be alone with Him...at least for sometimes in the day....it could be anywhere....He speaks to us in silence....let us be alone to listen to Him so that we may listen to others.....speak to him so that we may have a constructive communication with others....
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