The Teacher...

I really like teaching... especially teaching Scripture and Theology and mostly the feedback I get is positive,  but some days I wonder... am I giving my best? What is my best? This happens particularly when I don't think what[ever] I'm teaching isn't getting across to my 'audience'.  

My next question then is... Where's God in all this? God's supposed to make things good! Yet, why do I feel that my teaching's fallen flat in some way? Is is me? Am I losing my 'skill'?

Then... after some pondering [nothing close to our Blessed Mother's pondering, but] I remember what I am foundationally teaching!  What is that? It is my faith, my intrinsic relationship with God that comes from my deepest belief [most of the time], roots that tell me that God is in charge of all I do!! So I give of my best in preparation, as far as is humanly possible, and I believe that God takes over the actual teaching and mostly it all makes sense. Ultimately... God is THE TEACHER!

Thus, this is God teaching me again... I am a frail human who has a failing memory :)) and God reminds me that nothing is a failure in God's hands.  I fail myself when I forget that and just need to be reminded that it's God's work and God's teachings... I am merely an instrument, a mouth-piece and the end result is to give God all glory and that can take any form as long as I am focused and obedient to God's hand.

So, once again, am back on track and I thank God for this gentle reminder and continue on the journey with a grateful heart that continues to seek God in everyday life and in the people I meet and touch. I thank God for wonderful 'happenings' and for the love I experience daily, inspite and despite my frailty, God is ever faithful and loving. 

Thank you all Holy and Precious Trinity!

Bakhita !!!!

Today we celebrate with the Church the memory of a wonderful woman, child of God and a truly humble saint!

We, especially us, Canossians are blessed by her life and example... blessed and  humbled. It's not an easy path to imitate her but her love and humility which led her, like our Blessed Mother, to the foot of the Cross which is THE path for us... that is our Charism. So, we are grateful to God and the Church for giving us Bakhita as our special and precious saint. She is our model for us to walk the path of loving kindness and humility in the world that we live in ~ today, now and as a vision for the future.

As we celebrate this feast of St Josephine Bakhita with grateful hearts, we ask for prayers for the grace to live our Charism as she did. We who have been blessed and chosen to be Canossians, pray for the grace to walk in the path that God has gifted us with, to walk with faith, with hope and especially with forgiveness and humility as did Bakhita!