Cette méditation est proposée en anglais par le père Valentin SHUKURU, missionnaire xavérien, congolais travaillant en Indonésie. Problème de langue? Utilisez Google translate !
The entire history of salvation reveals that God is rich in mercy. Even when his people, you and I, broke the covenant, added infidelity to infidelity; mocked his messengers, despised his warnings, and scoffed at his prophets; God did not abandon them (2Chr 36: 14-23).
He never ceases to call us to a new and more abundant life. He is the God of love and mercy, he is always ready to forgive; he invites those were dead in their transgressions to trust in his mercy and walk in the light.
God patience in dealing with his stubborn sons and daughters whom we are is a good example of how we have to deal with one another.
He so loved the world that sent his only Son so that we may not perish but have eternal life (Jn 3: 14-21). The apostle Paul invites us to recognize the gratuitousness of the gifts that we have received in this Son in whom God binds himself even more closely to the human family (Eph 2: 4-10).
Dear friends, life is not a fairy tale; it’s real. We do face serious issues, we do walk in darkness; we suffer sickness. We do face difficult relationships in family and at work; we go through moral and financial crises, we experience deceptions and disappointment; failure to raise our children, unemployment, wars, loneliness, death…
Yes, we do face all these and sometimes the only thing we can do is to sit and weep like the Israelites by the streams of Babylon (Ps 137). And yet let us never forget this: we are not alone nor do we have a God who does not care or does not understand what we are going through; he understands our troubles. He is willing to experience life with us and thereby it's up to us to seek God out and find the source of strength we need.
So, with renewed confidence let us walk in the light; always thankful for what we are and have. Christ, lifted up on the cross, is the salvation for all those who look to him in faith. Perhaps Lent is a good time to just do that.
