Grief doesn’t come

or a sustained illness,nothing in life can prepareus for the death of a loved one.It always catches us unawareswhen we are not really prepared.Death is so deeply personaland stunningly final.Nothing can emotionallyprepare us for its arrival.With every death,there is a loss.With every loss,there will be griefthat pierce us deeply.

to the Lord bya simple act ofloving faith allher doubts,the pain of notfeeling the Lord’spresence or love,even the fear thatGod had rejectedher and wasangry with her.Even though shefelt this way,she chose notto believe it,not to live out ofthese feelings,but to live byfaith in the Lord alone.She believed theLord knew whatshe needed,that He wouldnot allow her…

is the need of a seeker.Come what may,it is a decisionmade by the seekerafter the prescienceand desire for eternalhappiness with the Almighty.

forbidden fruitalthough that’s animportant detail to know.It is also more thanour first parentsmerely wanting to be‘like gods.’Saints, after all,are called ‘saints’because they are like God.In fact, Lent, Triduum,and the Easter seasonwork to make us morelike God than our finite,myopic vision couldever understand

his eternal powerand divine nature,have been clearlyperceived, eversince the creationof the world,in the things thathave been made.For what can beknown about Godis plain to all humans,because God hasshown it to them.

to bring infantsand little childrento a rabbi or elder,and have himpronounce ablessing ontheir offspring.Some childrenwere broughtto the Lord Jesusby their parents,so that He wouldput His hands onthem and prayfor them andbless them.

enduring the darknight of the soulthey couldreceive andexperiencethe gift ofGod’s love,enabling them togenerate all thevirtues and allthe uniqueGod-givenqualities thatsimply amazedand dazzled theancient pagan world.

modernity is thatof reproducingthe very separations,dualisms, and gapswe need to overcometo transcendnihilism byremainingin prevailingphilosophicalpresuppositions,in particular,the nihilisticview that the world isobjectively valueless.

A spiritual personis a good listenerof silent voicesand a sharp observerof the Invisible.Published on October 06,2010 in Poetfreak under the name Genovamaaa. Genova is my mother and I published earlier in her name.

a few simple examples.He teaches fundamental truths.Learning takes place through discoverywhen you figure it out for yourself.A good teacher makes only suggestions,directs the students and Points out problems.Above all ask questions and more questions.Thus a teacher encourages discovery.Only through personal initiativeand constant and incessant work,one student achieves greatness.This is the joy of a true teacher.

and immortal person,the true ‘I’ who answersto a new and secretname known only to himselfand to God, doesnot have anything.This ‘I’ is not the kindof subject that canamass experience,reflect on them,reflect on himself,for this ‘I‘ is notthe superficial andempirical selfthat we knowin our everday life.

came into the worldto bring life that was‘the light of men.’Because he walkedamong us, he knowsthe depth of every struggle,and every experience ofbrokenness or loss.In his love for us,he overcame deathand darkness so thatI not only can see lightBut i shouldbelight for others.I long to reflect thatlight into the livesof others, as othershave done for…