CHILD’S NOISE IS GOD’S VOICE

Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year C Mark 10:13-16 “Let the children come to me for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Some parents never bring their children to the church because of the following reasons: First, they think it’s a disturbance; children can be noisy in church. Second, they cannot contribute to the financial burden of the church. Finally, they need special attention. But amidst of all these reasons, Jesus in todays gospel is telling us: “Do not stop them.” My dear friends, children is a blessing not a problem. Friends, if we prevent the children to come to Jesus we lose the big chance of entering the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it." If you don’t teach your children not to follow Christ, the world will teach them not to. As a priest, it gives me great joy to see more children in my parish church. It gives me joy if my parish church is filled with noisy children because it conveys a message that my church is alive. Child’s noise in the church is better than the voice of the choir. The noise of the children is the best and desirable Sunday preaching you should listen to. Why? Because it tells me that the church has a wonderful future. The child’s noise brings a message that the church is not dead. The child’s noise is God’s voice. Make it your practice to bring your children into the house of God. Blessings Fr. Jhack

MARRIAGE IS FOREVER

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year C Mark 10:1-12 “What God has joined together, let no one separate.” To all the husbands, your wife is your forever. To all the wives, your husband is your eternity. Sometimes your marriage will be tested by different waves and forms of struggles but separation or divorce is not the best solution. If there is a failure in your relationship, start again fix it and give each other a chance to be better. Make a resolve to work together in good times and in bad. There is no perfect marriage and when storms attack your married life learn to dance and bend in humility and give your marriage a music to succeed. Friends, divorce is like an amputation. You survive but there is a less of you. To all the couples, our gospel is reminding you guys that that best gift you can give to your kids is a happy marriage. God created us to relate not to separate. “What God has joined together, let no one separate.”Friends, marriage is a divine institution and no human power can dissolve it. Divorce is as painful as death because it is a death without a burial. Today and for eternity dont forget to tell your spouse that you love him/her everyday. If in case you forgot, let me refresh you of this: “I, ___ do you take you as my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold, to this day onward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?” Blessings Fr. Jhack