He visit us at all times. Are we attentive to His visits
Deacon Nelson Correa, the program ‘ Sorrindo Pra Vida’ [Smiling at Life], reflects on the visits of God, who comes to us through prayer, and of pain, of crosses, the joys and others. Check out the message:
The word is in St. James 5:7 -9
“ Brothers, have patience until the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer: he waits with patience forthe precious fruit of the Earth, till the autumn or spring rain. Also, it is time for patience and strengthen your hearts because the coming of the Lord is near. Brothers, don’t you complain to each other, lest ye be judged.Behold, the judge is at the gates. “
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“1. Ability to tolerate setbacks, disappointment, misfortune. Patient: great patience “.
According to the dictionary, The first Portuguese language dictionary definition of the word “patience” means: the ability to tolerate the predicament. The Lord asks us to have patience, because life is not made only of “hallelujahs”, but it has its inconveniences.
The Lord tells us to “quiet the soul” and hope in God. If something hasn’t happened yet, it’s not the time.Have patience until the coming of the Lord, and as Monsignor Jonas Abib always says, the Lord will come, He will; in fact, He is en route and we have to be prepared for his return.
We know that our meeting with the Lord can be with our departure from this life. And how funny when we comment about someone who died: “damn, I spoke the other day with him!” or “these days, he walked right by me, seemed to be a Bachelor Party!”. We need to be ready, because we don’t know the day or the time it will come or we’re going to meet him.
In the writings of the Canção Nova Community, Monsignor Jonas says that the Lord will come and not notify you when He will come. When we go to Holy Mass, we are programmed for this, we know that we’re there to commune and to hear the word of God. But Christ, when He comes, won’t give us a road map, we won’t know the day nor the time.
He visits us in many ways. There are times when He visits us in person or in a group, and we have to be sensitive to these visits. Particularly, God visits by nature, and I always thank him: “thank you, Lord, for the rain, the flower, for animals”. This is the importance of understanding God’s visits! Be sensitive, have the wisdom to understand these visits. If we lose sleep? That is the call of the Lord to speak to us. So let us in prayer. In times of pain, disease and the cross, God visits us too.
The hard hours cannot be neglected, they are precious God visits. He’s talking to us in time of suffering. Is it possible to live a life without suffering? What God is speaking to us at this time?
How many say they bring children into the world, but we have brought forth children for God. Change our ways of thinking and talking. The word of father and mother has a very large weight on the lives of their children.
Wait until the coming of the Lord. The things we do are for today, because we don’t know when the Lord will come. Have patience with what we have be attentive to God’s visit.
God speaks to us not only in the Church or when we stopped to pray, but also during the day the Lord gives us the grace to live his word. We have will have patience for the troubles and setbacks.
Do charity. It is God’s visit to the other. In the winter, in the time of the cold, why don’t you do charity, by donating the clothes that you no longer use?
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus bless us and visit us today!
Deacon Nelsinho Corrêa
Canção Nova Community mission
Portuguese transcription and adaptation: Ariele Silva