Today is the feast of St. Therese of Child Jesus, a saint who followed the spirituality of childness. It is, in short, be a child who is totally dependent on the power of the Father. The child is pretty sure that the loving father would provide him/her whatever he needs.
The word CHILD can be developed in to five words; such as
C-Care/careful
- We care child and we tell the child to take care or be careful. Let us care each other and be careful of the dangers that can destroy our spiritual growth.
H-Humility
- Child knows that with the parents it is nothing. So it accepts its limitations. Let us accept our limitations and human weakness so that we may be strong in Christ.
I-Innocence
- The child cannot act by keeping something else in mind. It is usually very easy to analyze whether the child is telling lie or not by looking at the face. Let us be innocent before God and human.
L-Love
- The child may quarrel with its siblings, but at the end of the day he/she forgets everything and once again loves them. Let us love others by forgiving and forgetting others mistakes.
D-Dependent
- Child depends on the parents for everything. This dependency reveals the power of the parents and the limitation of the child. Let us depend totally on our Heavenly Father, the all Powerful God.
Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is for those who are like a child. Let us imbibe the values in a child and acquire the Kingdom.
(Courtesy to Fr. James Thayil CMI)
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