Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Dream 2011!





There is nothing valuable and precious than having the internal happiness in your life. No money can buy that for you and no one can achieve that for you and for my belief its a gift from God and everyday I believe and expect that one day I will also be able to live my life happily ever after with the grace of God. On this Christmas day that is one of the wishes have in my mind that I ask from the baby Jesus. When I look back and think of my life it is full of mysteries and miracles and also obstacles. Sometimes I felt the pain but later it was for the long lasting good. Therefore it is important for me to keep my faith on my friend Jesus.

Now I'm dreaming. A dream that I may live one day in future. I always have this dream and I write about it every year so that it is my most precious dream I want to live one day.

I will be decorating the Christmas tree just after the Thanksgiving day. I will be making the tree, putting on lights and ornaments. I won't be alone. There will be kids and the lady I love forever. She is watching us decorating the tree by a side and giving us ideas to make it look more nicer. I know, a woman's hand makes everything look nicer than a man's. It is the "magical touch". Hmm... :) kids of course make any family a better place filled with joy and happiness. They are running around the tree and everywhere making noise. A Christmas carol can be heard from the background.


On the Christmas eve, we will be busy with many schedules. Re-arranging some decorations, making cakes, enjoying the lights and decorations. She will be making delicious food and of course I will be helping. Kids are watching cartoons and enjoying the season's greetings and the feeling of Christmas. The smell of Christmas. Lights from the crib will light the entire room and our hearts too. I can see the baby Jesus smiling there and that smile multiplies our happiness in thousands folds and our unity and good will.

When the Christmas eve is dawned, I see how we live our lives. I am sleeping close to my lovely lady and I can't express the joy we have. I hold her tight and she likes it. We talk about how we are going to spend the Christmas eve and Christmas day and holidays. That includes whether we play outside with snow or not :) . If she falls asleep before me, I will watch her sleep and think how good the life is..... . I will make plans on what to do and share with them on the following morning..... :) I will do everything to make our family live happier than anybody and also ensure that we also experience the most important of all things first and that is the love of God. I will bring the Christmas joy and happiness to our and teach our kids the good values and who the Jesus is. We will pray every possible night together at least 5 minutes. I know every happiness begins from Him. From Jesus. So we should make him our best friend.

Snow will fall and we all will have a white Christmas. Snow flakes will bring us joy and happiness. A dream that I want to come true in future. A life that I can adore and convey the love of God to others and be an example. To make the kingdom of God among us and feel him with us. I am sure I will live this dream one day soon. I am pretty sure. I believe in the new born king and our baby Jesus and it will be the heaven on earth......

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Is Sri Lanka really a third (class) world country (not even second class)!?!


In the past few days there was a real scandal about one of the Mother Teresa's homes in Sri Lanka. There were many interpretations for the incident on how it happened and who forced the police to take action first. It may be the political influence in the highest or somebody else and I am not sure about this but I am sure on one thing. That is all this incident is a haux. As we may remember and seen in movies that Mother Teresa when she was alive faced more intense incidents than this when she began her service. It was much worse because she started to serve non-Catholics where those people thought she was going to convert them into Catholicism in return for her service for the poor. But that was not her intention.

Anyways, this incident of arrest of nuns for false accusation of baby trafficking had happened for no reason according to my knowledge and belief. I personally believe that those nuns would do no such thing on this earth. I am 100% about that. We should not be disturbed by this false accusations because these things are to be happened (when you do good for the God as written in the Holy Gospel). We should be surprised if these things do not happen. When I think of these services done by Catholic priests and nuns, I can not even think of doing anything like these. Dedicating your whole life for others would be a nightmare for me. May be it is not my call to serve the God. So at least we should appreciate what they do rather than accusing them with false evidence.

I accidentally read some internet news sources and blogs about this incident and how people comment on this. Most of them are negative ones and insulting Catholicism and false accusation of forcing Sri Lankan court system for its decision on this. But I do not think any forcing had happened and what happened is the truth came out and the justice had been served. All these negative comments reflect the hatred that Buddhist people have on Catholics. It forced me to think that we as Catholics have never accused any Buddhist for any wrong doing and we patiently awaited the justice all the times. One thing we believe as the whole Catholic Church is that we have no right to judge anyone. And we never fail to give credit where it should go. But all/most Buddhists on this incident blamed us for no reason and for some reason they are expressing how much they hate us. May be they hate us because we serve the needy without considering in what religion they belong to. We as Catholics (may be most of the time priests and nuns) try to help others as much as we could as Jesus Christ advised so which in return is doing for him.

And I also want to address the issue of the Buddhists saying that we Catholics are those who changed our religion for the money and well being when Portuguese invaded our country in 1500s. But do not forget this, some may have done so and other might have had a true conversion with the almighty God's grace. And the most important of all is that when Dutch and English invaded us next, there was no good time for Catholics. You must know that Dutch and English hate Catholics and they murdered Catholics if they kept to their religion. So I must say Catholics are the bravest and most humble people among all religions in Sri Lanka over Buddhists as well. I do not like to say this but have to because all you Buddhists have the wrong impression about us. If you want more details on this and how Catholics kept their faith when they were being persecuted you should read and know our "HISTORY" first. So please be aware of that and do your home work. But I do not think many Buddhists sacrificed their life for their religion as we did. Sacrificing our lives for our belief happens nowadays as well. You may be aware of that what is happening on Nigeria. Many Catholics are being persecuted and burned alive by Muslims. But we believe in our God to our death. That is something we experienced and not for any personal well being like money (you should distinguish Catholics from other Christians who give money to the poor to change their religion carefully). I urge all Sri Lankans that know your history and background and do not insult other religions. Know before you comment. If you do not know then please do not express your foolishness. Please do not make Sri Lanka a third class country where other people can't live. We should respect all religions and all kinds of people. God Bless You.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Christmas dreams during transit...!


Oh yeah, Its Christmas time. Time to write about my dreams of Christmas usual. Last year I had a white Christmas and a dream came true. I never though I would be able to have a white Christmas (not as a tourist). Now this time, it can be a brown Christmas since there will be no snow in Sri Lanka. But most of the time that is the type of Christmas I used (may be not the one dreamed though).

Here I am in Washigton DC (IAD) transit and thinking of writing something on the blog to pass some time and also I had very little sleep lat night. Anyways I will start on some fascinating thoughts to just get started ( I will write on my complete dream later as usual for this Christmas).

I know and many convey the message that earthly things do not matter for the days of advent but for me those things are also need (may be not as important as spiritual values) to enjoy the life given by God. From my childhood I liked watching Hollywood movies during Christmas time with that theme. I liked to see Christmas decorations, business and excitement shown in those developed countries during Christmas time. Shopping, decorating trees and homes, singing in the malls, carols, etc. The environment and feeling during that season are the ones that I liked the most and now also.

I do not know what is that feeling we get during Christmas time. It may be the influence of marketing strategies together with the snow flakes of the season that makes a whole new world of dreams even in Asian countries where we see no snow at all. Actually if I think abit more, it wasn't the environment/climate where Jesus was born. But now when we hear about Christmas, we think of snow, decorations, shopping, food, etc. It is good that people enjoy life but we should not forget that the most important of all during the advent time is that we spend some time with God and find time to get closer to him and feel his love. That is the important of all.
And for me with that I want to feel my dreams coming true during Christmas time as well. To be continued.....
(need to catch the flight :) )

confusions in mass during these days


The Missal we use in Unites States has been changed recently and is currently being used during the masses. The reason for this change is to represent accurate/close to/the same meaning of latin words. Many people has many opinions on this whether it is a good idea to change a long used sentences. Anyways now we have to get used to that in masses.

Last Sunday during the mass, there were many confusions in replies. Even though we look at the booklet provided with the new translation, still unintentionally responded with previous replies. Such as when we had to say "and with your spirit" to "and also with you" but there were both responses heard. Some said the previous reply while other said the new one and everybody had a smile on their faces.

Sometimes I feel new translation is good and sometimes not that good. One criticism of the new translation is that we pray to God as if he is the King and we are like slaves or servants. Hence some argue that then the relationship we have with God will not be that friendly when we have a high class of responses. And honestly, I do not have much knowledge to comment more than this on this. Anyways, what is important is that having a good relationship with God.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

two contrasting thoughts!

Everybody is trying to find an instance to blame the developed countries for all misbehavior s thinking/pretending that all traditional countries have everything perfect. I am not going to make any arguments about that and everybody has their own idea/opinion on the topic. But I personally believe that wherever you are, your behavior or thinking behaves according to your family background most of the time (almost all times). Otherwise, there won't be any orphanages in any of those traditional countries or no prisons. So do not blame anyone since you have control over your life and the only thing is that in developed countries you have more freedom to do whatever you think correct. So it is important that you have the background from the very beginning to face these challenges. Here I thought of writing my recent two contrasting experiences.

Both incidents happened when I was going overnight shopping for the first time for Thanksgiving deals. When I was in the BestBuy shop, there was a family in the queue behind me. As I saw there were the father of the family, a daughter and may be her husband and two kids. Father had grabbed a X-Box 360 and boasting about how he found that lying on a different isle when all the others were gone in a flash. The point I wanted to make is that the son was talking to the father as "mother fu..... ..." in a normal conversation. hmm I am never used to talk to my parents or even to my friends like that. Those kind of behaviors explain their background.

Then I went to the Shoe Carnival shop in the morning and there was a raffle drawn in every 15 minutes giving away $100. So I was given a ticket and I was walking around to waste 15 minutes until the drawing taken place. Then there was a young couple trying shoes and after hearing the announcement to get a ticket if anyone didn't have one, the guy asked from the girl whether they have a ticket. Then the girl said yes, we have one. Then guy said we can take two tickets so that our chance of winning would be increased. But the girl said, "it is unfair, one ticket is enough for us....". This statement totally reflects her background and good values. I wasn't expecting to hear something like that from her. So it amazed me.

On the same day, I heard very contrasting statements depicting values of people. So before you make conclusions thinking all are the same, think twice since no body is perfect. Do not make negative statements because you weren't able to experience living abroad and you want to pretend/claim life there is miserable. I know personally since I have some good friends here and all depend on whom you associate and have. Hence its your call after all. Not others.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

a surprise on the way home!

yeah... today was a good day except I couldn't do exactly what I planned at the start of the day. All I did was to finish two assignments. But it was a good day started with going to the Gym and then a Halloween function at campus + free food, then food again at the church and some good time with friends and again the hardest class after all at 8 pm.

Then I was heading back home and it was drizzling a little and I was on the phone while walking. When I was passing the campus bus stop, one man came and asked "Sir, I am short of two dollars for the bus". That's it I had heard enough of these stories in my country I never ever give any money to these stories. So I just said to him "well, I am just a student and I do not have money". So I just walked few steps and it was the same old story until few minutes. I heard a baby crying. May be a child/kid. I saw that man was with a woman but I didn't see a kid earlier. I saw that he was not a beggar and he looked decent and not even like a drunkard. Suddenly something changed my mind and changed completely. I did what I had to do and what I feel is the right thing to do. I think I just realized the true story of that man. He's not a poor guy (but it was dark as I saw) and I know it is dangerous to get the wallet and give money because most often you will end up being robbed. But for some reason I knew that I was doing the right thing at the right time. This is not about the amount of money I had to give or the thing I did. It was doing the right and correct thing at the right moment and having the intuition of doing it at that moment. I felt so good. When I was walking back I felt like relaxed. Soo...... goooood... And I believe that I was the right person to pass at that moment and was able to help a genuine family (for the most part as I guess) and also believe that God made me realized at that very moment that you should help this family with what you have. That may be the reason that I heard that child crying. Oh god, thank you very much for making me feel good and giving me the chance to help in the very least way that I could but was a great deal for them ! :)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Became a waiter for the poor on Sunday evenings...! :)

Today afternoon, I was watching a movie at home and was feeling sleepy after watching the movie and thinking of sleeping for an hour or so. I switched off the computer and just went to bed before I received a sms. I was wondering what the heck I received sms that I told friends not to sms me cz it costs me. I rather asked them to call me. Anyway, it was from Shane asking what are my plans for the evening. "hmm...", I was thinking oh no... I can't go out today and I had to do an assignment due tomorrow. But I got a call to Shane and he asked whether I can come for "homeless people". I realized it is for some good cause and I didn't think twice. When God calls, I should deliver. It was just for 2 hours. I should be able to do that.

I asked when and where I need to come. He said be there are the university cafe by 10 to 5 pm. But it was already 4 30 pm. So I asked to pick me up by somebody and then Marissa came to pick me up. and I was still late while she was waiting outside :D. Then I got to know what are we going to do. It is a weekly thing happening in Dayton downtown. It is not by a catholic church but some christians. They give a good dinner to homeless people on every Sunday evening. And they need people to help them out to be waiters, cleaners, etc. So I became a waiter for a while for the poor.

It was a good first experience for me. I served table no. 18 and I got two old people and a family of 5 children and a mother. The kinds are small ones and they were good. But their surrounding is not normal. They do not have a home to live. They have a shelter provided for them. I felt sorry for them. It is America and not Sri Lanka but still I see the poverty. The difference is they eat burgers instead of rice! I saw many collected whatever left over to take with them so that they can have them later in the evening may be.

Here, I didn't provid them the dinner or sponsored anything. But I gave them my time and service which I could do. I enjoyed it. And it aligned with fr. Ed's today's harmony. That is living for others in a balanced life. And I want to mention one important fact here. We received final minute invitation (me, Justin, Josh, etc) because they wanted some manpower at the last moment. If we were unable to go, then they were short of service tonight and needed to take care two tables by on person. I know, when God plans something, it never comes short. It goes smoothly. That's what the lady at the place told us. It is not us who planned today but God. So he'll do it correctly at the end. He asked and we delivered. That is what happened and I am sure he is happy today that I gave some time unexpectedly for him when he asked for it. :)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

TOT at Origan Express

Steve announced in our first group meeting we had on last Monday that there is a Theology On Tap this Thursday at Origan District, Dayton. So... I asked Steve to pick me up so that we can go there together. So there starts my first TOT experience and a good speech indeed. TOT is a lecture series conducted in a bar or tavern related to religious concerns for young people in their 20s and 30s. So it is exciting.


Today's talk was very interesting and awakening and he did it very well as well. The speaker is Dr. Ashley Fernandes, who has a PhD in philosophy and then a medical degree and so he is a well educated catholic!. A catholic who preaches good values of church for youth in today's talk. The motivation of the talk is about youth sex life and teachings of using contraceptives. He pointed out many facts that why the teaching of catholic church stand firm in this perspective. I will mention some of his ideas here briefly for those of you are interested.

Actually using contraceptives is against the faith and belief of Catholics. The main reason is that we do not know when the life begins (fertile and implantation) and what is the exact definition. It defers from book to book where and when the life begins (between a day to 12 days). But there is definitely life even it is a single cell. A person is there. So destroying that single cell is also equal to destroying a person. And these pills change the natural behavior or cycle of a woman and hence is against the natural order. His idea and claim is that introduction of these things brought many abortions or in other words killings. The reason is that you are exposed to be in an accident all the time. That is you are expecting an accident all the time to happen. When many people expecting accidents to happen there are many instances that these pills are also go wrong. Then there are many instances of accidental pregnancy than earlier when we didn't have these pills. The simple idea is a small fraction of a large amount is a large amount. So it seems like it is better to live without these and these pills do no good after all. Another argument he made is that people think that catholic families who have 5, 6 children happened to be as a result of not accepting these modern procedures. But it shouldn't have been all accidents. There may be 1, 2 or may be 3 accidents but there can't be 6 accidents..... ha ha ha... The thing is children are not planned or restricted. They are gifts. So it is not right to control them using these new technologies. He also mentioned that expecting a child should not be postponed for a reason like to buy a mustang or camaro!

There were many interesting thoughts he presented today and really nourishing. I am glad that I was able to go there today and experienced TOT for the first time as well. Thank you Steve for your invitation. Finally there is one comment that he mentioned similar to my good friend Hasitha used to mention from ages ago. That is, it is not right to live as your own and be good and do nothing but it's our responsibility to do good which we may not do often!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

life experirnce of GOD !

Yesterday was a good day in many ways. One of them was that we formed a faith sharing youth group at CCM for young adults and also tasted an American style dinner after some time (thnx Joan for that). When everybody was introducing themselves, they pointed out that they were searching for this kind of thing for a long time where they can share their thought and express their belief and at the same time improve them. It seems like the group has many things to do and enjoy in coming months!

I met a student yesterday (who is from Toledo) and he is a medical student. I personally believe doctors, lawyers, rev. fathers get many inspiring stories than engineers who work for a closed community. He mentioned a story which is inspiring for many of us and I will mention that in brief. When he was visiting a patient at the hospital and there was a sick lady who was definitely going to die of some disease. It is a genetic disease and transfers from parents to child but her parents never had that disease. Unfortunately she was that one from millions and billions who gets random genetic mutation which caused the problem.

As he was telling, the lady was not interested in answering questions by doctors but was trying to say something. She was showing something from her necklace and asking whether anybody recognizes it. She was showing a picture of mother Mary and none of the doctors knew except my friend. He let her know that he knows and was talking to her. The rational of the story is that even though the disease she got was so terrible that it brings her death and got it by random gene mutation (in the worst case) she was still believing in GOD that whatever happens, she believes GOD is with her giving her courage and strength. She has made her best friends so that how can she forget him. There might have been life experience of GOD which made it part of her life to walk with GOD in any situation. I believe that is what our belief should be. It should be the experiencing of GOD and not just saying. If you ever get to experience, I believe you will never let it go. This story may be a proof for that.

A bookmark I got from Joan yesterday says this, "The only way to God is the prayer and if somebody shows you another, he/she is deceived. " - Mother Theresa.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

In every thing I do...

In my life it is about what I want to know and not about others thinking of what I should do. And this is one of my weaknesses still that I think many times before taking a decision. But it is alright.

What I think I should do is the mix of something as follows and not one thing. For example, if I want to watch a movie, I should see the reviews no doubt but my choice to watch the movie should not depend only on the reviews of others. They are their reviews and I do not need to agree with them totally but I can get some idea. So I do not want to decide solely on the others reviews but take some advices from them. Sometimes reviews may be really bad because it is a love story and do not have any action filled scenes. But still it can be the best movie for me.

So the idea is I should not decide on what others say. If we assume something like following, it would be more realistic. Some may say, oh man why you play cricket that you may know you will be losing or you didn't perform well? If you analyze them, they do not have a permanent place in the team or they have lost the will to play. Even they play for the team, they are not significant players or has key roles. What I should do is what I should be doing and what I enjoy doing and not about what others say. Even if I do not perform well, it doesn't matter what others say, I should continue playing because I enjoy doing it and not doing it for anything else.

And I think I sometimes boast abit. But one thing is true. I always boast about what I can do or what I have done. I know for fact that I can do many things at first than many others. In life, I have done many things and experienced many things. Giving Blood is one such thing. So I do not hesitate to boast abit or be proud about what I have done. I could say here that I was manly enough or brave enough to do such thing. Or I may be thinking of saving one other life than mine by doing so while others may be thinking only about themselves even they issue thousands of talks about saving the world. Oh.. these things may be somewhat boasting about what I have done but its me after all.... :)

And I know for sure that I do not do one thing. That is I do not laugh at one's shortcomings. I really do not want to do that. If I have done something like that , no I do not think I have done something like that ever. At least I try not to do so. And I do not hesitate to tell what I do well. For example, one may struggle to drive even a automatic car while I may driving a manual car with ease and perform a clutch balance on a steep hill in the line for traffic lights. So You get what I am trying to convey here right? I do not laugh at others faults and If I do so, I have millions of things to laugh at but I boast abit about what I do. May be it is not boasting but talking about that!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Thank you

Thank you Lord for letting me know that I am important to others more than I thought and they concerned about me that I never thought of. I know you always walk with me as I always stand up for you! Its amazing how you show your concern to your loved ones... :)

Friday, August 19, 2011

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I believe that the decisions I take are correct and will be for the good of the future. I pray to Lord for that I take the right decision and I know for fact that money is not everything. That is it. Money can not buy everything and money will not buy me. I will buy money if I want.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Today.


Today is the feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and I was able to go to mass today at the CCM. For some reason I was looking forward to go to mass today. I actually do not know why. It may be because I need more guidance from Jesus. In fact today from mother Mary. So that I may be an example to others and most importantly to keep faith in GOD so that I have him by my side.

and by the way this picture is the first one taken from my new DSLR camera. :)

Friday, August 5, 2011

keeping self clear and clean


Just thought of writing something which stayed in my mind for some time. It is about the well know fact that being good and doing good is far more difficult than being a rubbish. I remember there is a parable in Holy Bible about this "building a house with a strong foundation and it will never be shaken when strong winds blow and if you build it on sand even a slow moving wind may flatten it". Therefore if I think further it all starts with everyone's childhood and family life. If a child is used to hear good habits, associate good friends and listen to calming thoughts, it will build a strong foundation for the rest of the life. It applies to the faith as well.

So what has happened to western countries??? we see this in western countries because word travels fast in developed countries and these are visible in developing countries as well. When parents become too busy with their hectic life style, they forget to nurture their children with good habits. Then who else is there for them to teach the correct way? So most of them will go astray. That is one observation I have made.

Here I get to the point that what happens if I do that and that etc. We only have one life and what is wrong about experiencing the different thing. Who cares, I'll do this just for now and for fun. These are some of the wordings I have heard and sometimes I have made. But the foundation I am built upon always keep saying that you should only do the right thing not for fun. Those fun things that we do will only bring repentance and shame in some later period of our lives. So it is so hard to the right thing instead of fun things. Is there anything in the holy Bible or Jesus taught that it is alright to do "these fun" things if you have a good heart and only for once? No right? He always said just don' do it. Sometimes you may feel discomforted by friends, left behind but the persons who do the right thing have a strong heart and courage. They are the real men. Real women. Understanding this truth is the hardest thing for you in your young ages.

With my own experience of some of my friends, I see this truth. I have good friends who didn't do these fun things and now enjoy a good life with God's grace. That may be the reward you get for your sacrifices. Some friends (some are not catholics) did things and fun things which are not acceptable. But they were good persons in the society since they were not always like that. You know its just for fun they did those things. And suddenly you get married, and all of a sudden you pretend to be a matured person. you preach to others with great wisdom you have just because you now have to be responsible person. Why you couldn't be so respectful earlier? A simple question. You always have to get married to throw away bad habits and become a good person? I emphasis the word "pretend" here. They are hypocrites (person who pretend to have good virtues, preaches, etc.). So then how can you teach your children good virtues after you doing all the things on this earth? Will they listen to you if they find out? It is simple semantics, they wont.

So it is important from the start that you do the right things. For every bad you do, it will come back with repentance at some point. My parents were never like those people so I always have to continue that to the next generation.So bear the hardship of doing the right thing which will yield fruitful results every time which may not bring the instant satisfaction. "don't let a single cow dung drop into a bucket of milk"

Sunday, July 17, 2011

an Old Story.

Today I came home a bit late after a dinner and just turned on TV to see something for half an hour. Accidentally I came to watch the story of Moses which is one of the greatest stories of the old testament of the holy Bible. I remember I first read this story when preparing for a bible contest when I was in grade 6. It was very nice true story and a very good movie to watch. In fact it nourishes your faith in God in somewhat. For those of you who do not know the story, I will briefly tell you the story.

Moses is a Hebrew but grew in the Paroa's family in Egypt. after a fight with some soldiers he flew to the desert and there GOD had spoken to him and chosen him to get people out of empire's slavery. There Moses did many astonishing work to get his people out without even having a single soldier. God had done miserable things to Paroa's people and eventually he had to let them go. But finally he chose the fleeing people but Moses with the power of GOD took people making a path on the red sea. When they crosses the red sea, soldiers chasing them were in the middle of the red sea following them. Then Moses lowered his stick and then the waters came down and all of them died. Then God had lead them to the promised land after 40 years of hard life in the desert to teach them how to build a new nation without having slavery orders. - the story in very brief.

When I was watching the movie, it reminded me the power of God and how lucky I am to follow him. Time to time I get to forget how powerful he is and he is the Lord for the whole universe. The question I always get arises here as well. Do I realy believe in God and does my belief has a real value. I am afraid that it has nothing at all compared all these great people. I have to have trust in him. I have to trust him for everything I do. For the studies I do. I have to trust him that he will give me courage, strength and lead me in a successful path in my academic life. That is the difference I should seek compared to others. I should be able to praise him for whatever success I get. I can't question his will because I owe him. I have to remember that the slave is no greater than the master as Jesus once said. In fact I have to keep that in my mind.

If I think carefully, all these earthly bindings and classes doesn't matter to him. The Lord treats Mr. Obama and a normal citizen in the same way. Obama does not get high priority because he is the president and I am not. Its strange. isn't it? yes it is. Everybody has to kneel before him. Whether you are a follower of Christ or not, you will do it eventually. Because every good leads to him and him only.

It is important that we watch these inspiring movies, go to every sunday mass and hear to God's message, love one another and build brotherhood among us and remind ourselves that God had done marvelous things in the past and he is doing them now and will do tomorrow.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

It has been a year.

It has been a year since I landed in USA. I can't believe that time passes so quickly and it is like yesterday. Coming here made major changes in my life in many ways. I'm getting used to live alone, searching for new beginning of life, new way of thinking and whole different higher education, many new friends, sometimes loving American culture and fun times etc. So there are many changes that I can mention.

In other words, I have seen the full four weather season transformation for the first time in my life. In first few months after coming here, I was feeling lonely. Didn't know people at all. I started going to play cricket with some Sri Lankans and made many good friends. If I had been staying home and did nothing, none of these friends would have been met at all. Therefore, the initial step really made a huge impact.

Then I was able to make some American friends too. They are really good whom I met at campus church. So often I get to have weekend fun too.

As far as I consider all these facts, life seems to be going well and getting better. I wish it will continue to be good too.... :)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

It's a special day for them..


Yes, it is a special day for them. For my mom and dad. it has been 30 years for their married life together. So first of all I wish them a very happy and blessed anniversary.

When I see the past, it has been a mixed experience for them and for me. Happy and sorrow at sometimes. But most of the time, GOD had blessed all of us and that is why we seem to be successful in the way we think. May be not as GOD thinks. I see one prominent characteristic in their life together with me and my sister as children as well. The leading and motivating factor is my dad. That is he never ran money or reputation. Hence we were never rich but somehow managed our lives. In fact when I mature in my life, I also see the truth he has seen so far and that is money is nothing compared to internal happiness. The eternal happiness that comes from GOD. If you run after money, most probably you might never get that.

And also because of their guidance and good will, we grown up having good heart and became or trying to become closer to GOD. So I pray to GOD to bless them abundantly and keep them safe in his safe hands and give courage to work for him even more and experience more. Which will be the nicest gift that they can get.... :)

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

is it the end of the world?


Recently, there was much talk going on the world is going to end. The most recent one was saying it is last May 21st. I do not know much about that person but he said what he inferred from the Holy Bible. But one thing I should say that I know is that there isn't any place that you can find that the Holy Bible says the world will end this exact date. What it says is to b ready for it to be any day.

This week, one of my friends sent me a link regarding this may 21st issue. Many who does not know the holy Bible, haven't read enough or think they know say Catholics said that the world was going to end last May 21st. Jesus said that you need to be ready for that judgment day because GOD only knows when it is and it could be next minute, next day or in many years and so on. So how one can claim that the world ends on this exact date if GOD only knows that? I had common sense and basic understanding about this and I even didn't bothered about what people say about the end of the world.

It is another issue that I am not living exactly what I want to and be good as I imagine. In fact I personally believe I wasn't ready if it was last May 21st. Anyways, know the holy Bible, read it enough so that you will know what these people or false prophets claim is not that true. I just wrote this blog post to express my thoughts on this and let my friends know that the time is really unknown....

Friday, May 13, 2011

Spring retreat part II

I will start where I ended last time. I got a good bed and a room which is in high standards compared to my previous retreat experiences (obvious that I am in a developed country). I was able to get up around 7 am (as usual for the second or third alarm). Almost every time I forgot that I am with some foreigners. I was wondering and thinking like I was with them for a long time. The bond I have with my CSM members back home made me feel the same here no matter the difference of the environment.

I always got welcoming wishes from everybody and I kept getting closer to the set of strangers. in fact I felt they are no more strangers. After having the breakfast, it was the time to choose one of your prayer choices and follow that for the morning session. The choices were rosary, way of the cross, painting or drawing in prayers sketching your thoughts in free mind or do the brethren. I chose brethren since I never heard of that. It is a curved path that you follow remembering your life journey, difficulties or any thing that you wish to share with God (that is the idea I got this time and it may be different). It was actually good experience. The weather was quite cold compared to yesterday though. I spent some quiet time there and then we headed towards the room.

then before the lunch it wa the time to one-on-one discussions along walkways for an hour or so. I was paired with Nick Jobe and it was very nice. We talked about various things and I think I spoke too much there :). We exchanged thoughts about our thoughts and he liked my sharing and I was happy that in developed countries you can find faithful people to God. Most importantly I am happy to be friendly with these wonderful people. Then we had lunch. After quite some time I had all american food for all meals for a weekend. Then it was the play time all evening.

Guys went outside to play frisbee and it was windy in front so we played for some time in the back yard. One by one came and joined and it was the time to play the Ultimate Frisbee game. I haven't played that game before and the rules are abit like rugby but you play it with the frisbee. We went to a bigger playing area in front and I was in the Jedidiah's team. The game is played between two teams. Each team has to pass the frisbee from one side to the other and if you miss it and hits the ground, its time for the other team to carry it towards your goal post. Once you catch the frisbee you can't run, you have to pass that. You have to catch the frisbee between the goal posts to get a point. Its an awesome game :). fun. We played for few hours until we felt it was enough. At the same time there was a Prom night photo shoot at the venue. I have never seen a Prom other than in movies. It was a good experience as well.

Then after the game we were chatting and hanging out in the building. Jedidiah played the Piano in the lobby and I was enjoying it very much. Christian, Aaron and two girls played cards. I was having good time..... Then in the evening we had reconciliation program and a service. After that we had a bon fire. Its a fire made outside and people gather around that and roast some marsh mellows and eat, chat and etc. Brandon tried hard to make the fire bright but it was difficult since the wood was somewhat wet. But we had a good fire. hmm good time again. After some time some went inside again to lay some games. We played mafia again. Now I was getting to know the game well. Suddenly Jessie came and said fire is going down and Brandon ran to fire it up again. But he was too late and we all came inside since it seemed like fire had died so far. Some were talking about various things and I said I could show them some videos of Sri Lanka which I had in my lap top. They were amazed and happy that it is a beautiful country :).

It was around 2 am in the morning then. We some went outside again. Hanging out near the island and Christian brought hit fighting swords and they played with them for some time. Then someone brought out a strange idea of driving out for a coffee. Brandon at once second it and we set off. Brandon, Aaron, Jessi ad Marissa in Brandon's car, Christian, Jedidiah and me in Christian's car. Brandon headed the way saying he will show the way. Actually he drove for 30 mins and it was eventually abit far :). what to do? Some drank coffee listening to Brandon's talks :). When we came back it was around 4 am in the morning. Some were already asleep in the car. ha ha ha. nice outing. That was it for all saturday and what a day I had. good friends ad good days.

Sunday morning, we had breakfast and then after a short discussion we had the mass and the program came to an end. All left taking the lunch and man it was a good weekend. It helped me to get many new friends and get abit closer to God as well. I was happy that I made the decision to go on the retreat. It made a good environment for me be in the rest of my stay here. I now have more opportunity to work closely with the church and with people. I am happy.....

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Spring Retreat - part 1

A month before Easter week, I got to know there is a retreat organized by the Catholic Campus Ministry of Wright State. I had no idea what this retreat was and wondering whether to go on this. In fact when I was an undergrad in Sri Lanka, we used to organize retreats once a year. I only had 4 years as an undergrad and when I remember those years they were unforgettable solely because of the time I had in Catholic Students' Movement activities. I shall also say that our unit was the best among other universities. No doubt about that. Others always wait to see what is coming out of us. We always introduced new things and activities. Printing a t-shirt annually is one such thing. Talking about my CSM memories can be set aside for now. I will talk about it later. This is about my new experience....

Sometimes I feel lonely, sometimes I feel enthusiasm. All because I am in a new country and living alone. I have been living in my home country for a very long and suddenly I had to come to a totally strange environment. The only consolation I have is God and trying to get closer to him. Sunday mass is one such thing. So the retreat also has very little cost compares to living expenses and rest is covered by some funds. Since it had some charge, I was thinking whether to go on this or not. Furthermore these people are not that familiar to me as well. Then one day I talked to Brandan about this and asked what is the schedule and what is going on. It seemed like the same thing we did earlier. So one positive thing. I do not know how it happened and I decided to participate.

On the same week when the retreat is organized we were having mid term exam for a core course. So I was really busy and wasn't thinking about the retreat but studying and doing many other work. Exam was on Thursday and just as it was over I was thinking about the retreat. I was abit scared and also more happier. It might be of thinking like going on a trip. I was scared because I am a stranger here. My color is not matching as well. All those thoughts were going on. Above all, I was happy that I was going on that on Friday. I packed the bag and waited until Friday evening. Christian phoned me and said he's ready to go and I left the lab to meet them at the church. I had mixed feeling at that time. happy and scared.

I told Theresa that I need car pooling since I do not have a vehicle. So Me, Christian, Eva and Jedadiah set off by Christian's car. I talked with them on the way and they were really nice. I met Jeradiah on wednesdays at Bible study but I haven't talked with Christian and his sister even though we occasionally meet at Sunday mass. We had to get dinner on the way and we stopped at the restaurant and I have never been to there. We ordered breakfast menu. I had no idea on that menu and I asked Christian to order what ever he orders. I got pan-cakes and it was delicious. I really enjoyed them. At the end Christan paid the bill for all of us. Such a nice guy.

Even though Christian had a GPS he never turned that on and we missed the road on the way and had to find the way back using the GPS. that was fun though. When we reached the place, Maria Stein, it was around 7 45 pm. Most of them know each other and I am the stranger. There was the welcome talk and then we had some play time. They played Ninja. I didn't because I have played that before. While there were playing, I got a piece of paper and drew a sketch of their play. And I got some good comments from girls. That was a positive sign and a move.

So then they started playing Mafia. It seemed like a cool game and I decided to play even though I didn't have any clue. Gino helped me with all the information and I played the game until almost the end. They didn't kill me because they might not know me well or gave me a chance :) . It was a really cool game. very interesting and thrilling. One of the most exiting group games I have ever played. It was fun.

Then we had a walk in the outside late night. I am so grateful that they all welcomed me really well and I felt no discomfort. But once in a while I got reminded by my self that I am with foreigners. That is because I have slight skin color difference :) . But they didn't care as I guess and I neither. We walked around until 1 am. Some stayed outside and others went inside. I also stayed for some time outside hanging around for sometime ( near the lake shown here). I didn't wear shoes and felt cold. So I went inside. Some played inside, others waited outside. I was reading a book in the lobby found in that area and it was about some faith experience article. Many passed by stopped and spent some time with me. It was really nice for me. I was getting the feeling that it is the same. Very same things that we did when I was a undergrad when we went on retreats. I remember, CJ, Hasitha, Derrik, Susantha, Anton, Mahesh and many other friends (love u guys for those days). I am getting back those days again and I am thankful to GOD.

Then after sometime around 2 am, I went to sleep and wanting to get up early around 7 30 am and get ready for breakfast around 8 am. This is how my first retreat experience started on the first day and I was welcome really well and I am thankful to everyone for that. I got to know many here and made many friends. Good friends with great faith. The rest of the story to follow (next two days) .....

Monday, April 25, 2011

need to rise....


It was Easter Sunday yesterday and was a joyful one for most of us. Because, it symbolizes resurrection of Jesus and ultimately we all wish to be risen with him. He gave all of us a new hope and new way of thinking and making Lord our best friend and not some distance away and just worship. Easter also reminds the passover of the old testament and in the new testament, with Jesus we start a new journey. Journey that should be ended victoriously.

I thank God for giving me the strength for doing the intended things I imagined during the lenten period. And also towards the end giving me an opportunity to connect with him which might have been cracked or I do not know. He always invite us to come unto him and experience the unending joy and comfort he gives. So I wish I will be shown the way towards that....

Thursday, April 21, 2011

I miss the holy week at home.... but

It can be considered as one of our family traditions for lent. From the time I can remember as a kid and even before I was able to grasp what is happening around me, I was there for the holy week. I get to know them by looking at analogue photographs and some are already fading out since they are more than two decades old. As I heard, even before I was born and and when my mom was a kid, they went there. When there was no vehicle at that period of time, they used bullock carts. Hence I see this as a family tradition. But I miss that this time. I am unable to go there. Now it has been declared as a national shrine(Thalawila, Sri Lanka). I wish all of them to find time to get closer to Lord.

Sometimes I wish I have the belief of my father. It is not a shame for me to admit that I am not that strong. To believe in Almighty's providence. I know we did not have any savings. But we were never short of anything. It is true that even though there were plenty of opportunities to get every possible luxurious comforts given the background. Sometimes I was frustrated. What the hell I can not be such rich or something. But when I look back and see on this Holy Thursday, my dad is right. I heard when I was small the saying.. "seek ye first his righteousness and then all these things shall be added unto to you..." . It is no shame to admit that sometimes I was hoping that from the righteousness of my father, Lord will grant me this and that. I also wasn't a lost one though. But I was not thinking enough and spending enough time with Lord to call him my best friend. I always wanted to say that but never tried hard enough. I may have thinking of taking that for granted.

It is absolutely wondrous how Jesus works through my life, our lives. I remember when I was there at Thalawila for the holy week last year, I desperately asked from Jesus one thing. I know or I might know asking and getting is not the relationship we want to have with Jesus. I asked him, Lord please let me be somewhere next year studying for my dreams I had from many years and that I may not be here for the next year. And I believe now he has listened to my prayers and I am not there this year. How I came here after all is also a miracle like thing. I do not want to talk about it now. Yet I was not having a good relationship with him for a while.

Suddenly for the last couple of weeks, I was hopeless for some reasons. And I said to Fr. also that I want to have a good relationship with Jesus and I think it was not happening. I was forgetting that whatever happens, he is there for me. But I was not searching for him. I was thinking, oh he is there and it is alright. I do not know how this happened, and I was thinking about him for the past couple of days. May be I was missing the holy week back at home but most importantly I am getting into the right way.

Accidentally it happened to me to watch Passion of the Christ these days. It reminded me how Jesus is there for me. And I was wondering how great his personality is. I do not know how to explain. I wish this will not be instant feeling. As I look back, I had these periodic changes in my life. When I was somewhat distant from Jesus, somehow he brings me in. Am I that worthy Lord??? I do not know. When you are close to him, there is a feeling yes, he is with me. A different kind of joy. The challenge is to keep it going and continue. He gives us enormous opportunities to make use of them to come to him. But I am busy with other work. But at least, I should try. How wonderful it will be when you have a true friend by your side who really cares about you. When you feel I have nothing to worry, he will take care of me. Whether it is good or bad, it is alright. I think my dad has this feeling. But I do not. But I want to. I want to Lord......


(this article may not be well written as I did not attempt to do so. I just wrote what came into my mind after coming home today from the church (Holy Thursday) )

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Its hard to believe in people.....


"An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times." - Proverbs 17:10




When I heard "the news", I somehow randomly looked at the Holy Bible and this quote showed up. Actually it matches for what I was thinking. It is hard to Believe in People these days. We never know who are they and what are they? Because I cannot expect all the others to be the same as me. Yea, it is the fact. There isn't many people around us who learns from mistakes and be vise. Hence there are more fools around.

My mom told me this week, one day that one person we know has committed suicide. Oh.. it was full of surprise. He has been married to a really nice lady. Sometimes may be too nice. May be not compatible with the society. But that does not have anything to do with what has happened. And I asked mom, what has happened??? In fact, he has wasted millions of property and finally committed suicide. He seemed to have illegal marriages around the country. And eventually it came out that one day (actually on his wedding day as I remember what was told) one of his married ladies saw him with the woman related to us whom I am talking about. It seemed like he has given some money to keep her mouth shut in front of others to hide the fact that he has many women. I also heard that her father passed away of a heart attack after some time when this incident happened. I couldn't imagine how you feel when you have been betrayed. In fact I may understand.

Finally he ended his life by himself. Which in any case I not recommend. Because my life does not belong to me. At the funeral, there were some country men seen and one asked "hey where are you from and what are you doing here?" because it seemed odd to have that kind of people in the midst of other relatives. Then they have said that they are his cousins. They are construction workers. And the person of this funeral is said to be a "lawyer". What has happened is he has acted well in his own drama. He has named him self as a lawyer even though he himself is a construction worker. The village people from where he is from also believed he is a lawyer as he used to leave for work in the evening with a brief case and attire of a lawyer. Even the lady's party couldn't figured out until this moment that he in fact is not a lawyer. This is the closest incident to my surroundings that has happened something like this. How on earth I am going to believe this?

This leaves me with the conclusion that I will never understand people and never. The best I can do is to have an idea. In some cases even that is not possible. I now understand why my Dad used to say that the marriage or love is a sacrifice than any other thing. ....... .... ... .

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ash Wednesday........

Today is the starting day of the season of lent. We call it Ash Wednesday. This will be the first Easter I will be having out of Sri Lanka for the first time in my life. The context is changed but not the intentions or willingness to go to mass. Since it has been now over 9 months I am getting used to live here. For me, Ash Wednesday is a starting period of time which will give me some time to think about the way I live and my relationship with GOD. Even though I do not take advantage of the season as much as I would have imagined still it is good for a change in my life. As Father ed. mentioned during the sermon today, Jesus asked us to fast without letting others know and also not to show off. But today, we come out from the church saying that we are Christians by having a cross marked on out forehead. Why do we do this? May be just to symbolize that we were made from dust and we indeed turn into dust and to live our life remembering that. Not to b the center of the universe (a quote Fr. Ed always say :) ).

And again I feel strange. Some people do not want to be close to GOD or whatever they believe. Some have loads of stuff to do. But luckily I did not have much of a work today. But I am sure that even if I had heap of work, still I will go to church today. That indeed is one of many good things I learned from my parents. One may think going to church does not work but I say it helps. One can be at home and do all the good things, be good and everything. But again we need to connect with the GOD. So we have this opportunity in the mass. If I am not doing well in life then there should be a place for me to keep reminding me the good values. At least that opportunity is there if I go to church. I alone can not be the GOD but I can be with him.

Ash Wednesday actually brings hope. The hope of eternal life and hope with GOD. It is because why the hell I want to live this life if I am definitely going to be turned into dust at the end. But with the dust there is something more. The hope of rising again. And with the hope, may this be a peaceful and meaningful season of lent......

Monday, March 7, 2011

lonely


Oh Lord, why do I feel so lonely sometimes. Season of Lent is around the corner. It feels like good time to have a close relationship with you. Help me Lord in my day to day life and hold me tight.

Friday, February 18, 2011


It has been almost a year now since I came here (around 9 months) and I should thank GOD for giving me what I have asked for. When I think, I lived over 2 decades in Sri Lanka and it felt home. I haven't stayed outside even when I was going to University and I used to travel everyday which was extremely tiresome when considering the conditions we had in Sri Lanka compared to USA. It is like a dream now. Whereas here everything is standardized and easy. I remember I also traveled everyday for work for over a year and when I reach the place I was half done for the day. I was used to that. I remember when the day is to end, I was thinking when I will be going home, in which train, if it gets late to leave the office how am I going to go home, etc all because I used to travel home everyday having to spend 1 1/2 hours one way in a train or bus. But I did not want to stay out of home even given those circumstances.

I have the changed the location I live now. Living far away from home. I feel everything is changing now. Getting used to conditions here. The city I live in now feels like "local" and Sri Lanka "foreign". Its strange. very strange. It doesn't mean that I do not want to go to Sri Lanka. The way I feel the environment is changing. Sometimes its scary. It all depend on your personality and desires and what do you want to do in your life. But I am not good at taking decisions about life. I hesitate.

Changes like this in life needs some guidance steer life into good directions. Decisions I take will either do good in future or the other way. Anyway it will definitely change the present and future. In which way it yet to find out.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

hard to believe how he works through us


Last month about 7 young people at the campus church began following footsteps of Jesus. as Fr. Ed said, it is hard to believe that these days people start to believe in Jesus where it seems like people lost faith and hope in him. Some are shy to believe and accept him, some have many other work than doing these things, some do not mind and some think they know and do not want to believe, etc. In fact in a country like USA, its very hard to believe that the number is still growing. It never matters how many follow him in numbers but he keeps on adding many closer to him. They may have different reasons to come along this way but in the end GOD has worked through their lives. It somewhat amazes me...

My life has been going through many different paths and when I look back I never understand how, why and what happened. I do not feel lonely when I think he is guiding me. But I do not know whether I am doing alright. But I believe that I am doing alright in him. And I want to....

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Chicken Wings!


Last Monday I had a chance to have a dinner out. It was a chicken wings night! It seemed like that shop has discounts (half price) on Mondays for chicken wings. Even though I had some work and scheduled event, I went on to taste so called delicious chicken wings. And they were tasty..!

While we were enjoying the stuff, there was a discussion on "Is there a GOD really or its just some kind of power source?". One side was debating that there cannot be GOD and its just people's imaginations and they realized some events happened in past related to GOD. The other side counter-argued that it cannot be and there is GOD. One of the dangerous and humorous arguments about this is that one said even Jesus could have been not dead but in a Coma and then rose some time back. Some facts related to magicians that he (person who told) has seen. About GOD, it could be just the power source. If there is GOD why there is Satan? Why cannot he defeat him and let there be only good on this earth or universe. Some wanted everything to be scientifically proven...!

Hmmmm.... I cannot answer all these. But I believe there is THE GOD. Not every other God but almighty God that I believe. For me its all about believing. Going to prove all things scientifically is absolute MADNESS. What do we know after all to prove anything? Do we know everything? When some get to learn and quite educated, they try to prove everything to believe. But for me there are things you cannot prove. As for a simple question when you think alone, can you explain why you are on this earth and what is the purpose of living and what is the meaning of living? When think alone like this there are things that we cannot explain or imagine.

I also have doubts about some things and its natural for humans. But it is very disastrous to think or insult GOD and especially the Holy Spirit and it is written "every other sin may be forgiven but not against the Holy Spirit". My religion is my belief. Its my experience. I experience GOD everyday. I feel like he's with me. And if I don't feel it that means I am not that strong. I want to feel like he is with me. I cannot explain or argue about my experience to be the same for others. I have to experience GOD and I cannot argue about that.!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Blindness


Oh GOD, I was totally went emotional while lunch break. When I was done with my lunch, I saw a person coming along with a girl ( the girl was leading him by hand and she was one of the cashiers at the counter ). Then suddenly I realized he must be blind. And also since my university is facilitating handicapped people and famous for that, there are many people walk by me most of the time.

This guy, he looks innocent and good looking too. And I felt so sad for him that he couldn't see and I was thinking how on earth he is going to eat??? At the very moment I thought for my self will I be able to have my lunch when my eyes are closed? And when it feels all dark and I do not know where my food on the table. How they look like. How can I get appetite without looking delicious food? And also I though, if he is blind, he cannot use fork and spoon. I was totally lost with hundreds of thoughts and imaginations.

I saw he was asking something from the girl before she left. I pulled out my chair just to see how he is going to eat. He calmly touched the food and took the chips to his side from the tray. He touched the top of them and took one piece and ate it. Oh.. my GOD I do not know why I felt like that but I felt so sad, sorry and it encouraged me to thing that I do not appreciate the site I have. This is not that one of those lectures of something but its my own feelings. I questioned, why GOD he is like that. But this is really invalid in this context. I do not have answers for these. may be he is feeling different to these and about us.

I just came to the lab and wanted to note my feelings today in my blog before I forget about it. It was emotional....

Thursday, January 20, 2011

thoughts on unity of all churches...

This week we had a dinner with some other churches around and a prayer week for the unity of the churches. As I heard it started about some hundred years ago and comes annually. In fact it is a good thing to have and after having dinner we had a discussion and Fr. Ed mentioned that after all it doesn't matter for what kind of a Christian you are but what matters is that who do you follow. In the end we should all be followers of Jesus. Hence we all seek one path. That is very true.

I was having some trouble these days and recently my faith and belief have come up with some surface cracks..... I didn't think of Providence and I did not care since I had all I wanted in the past. Even before I could have asked. But when I was directed in some strange paths in my life, I began to hesitate, scared and lonely. And I am afraid that it is a consequence of having lack of Faith in GOD. If you have faith, there is nothing to worry. And I am afraid that it seems like im loosing something.

This happened when I was questioning my faith and feeling bit mis placed in life. and there came some wordings written on the wall of that place saying " Be Still and know that I am GOD ". In fact this is what I was forgetting. And it struck and reminded me that I need to think and pay attention to this...........

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Bible Study @Wright State

Yesterday, amidst of heavy snow fall, I managed to go to the first Bible Study of Campus Ministry @Wright State for this quarter. I was wondering why am I going there...??? And of course, I met a friend on my way and he asked where am I going. When I mentioned the reason, it seemed like odd. And in fact odd for most of us. And in this new year, one of my promises to myself was that I will do whatever right that looks to me without being dependent on others. So yesterday, I could have easily gone home and slept or watched tv in the coldest nights I ever had in my life. But I liked going there.

I also like to be with students who are catholics, who are different to others in thinking and doing, who are bold enough to give very little time of their life to GOD. Even going to Sunday masses seems like a big thing for most of us. What I think of that is, if we have 7 x 24 hours per week, isn't it possible to give 1 hour of those hours to GOD? That's my way of thinking and its completely my own idea and it may not be yours.

And yesterday, I met some new friends and met some of my old friends there for the first time in this year. We had some soup and biscuits :). Hmm..... it brings me memories I had back in University of Colombo. Keeping up with the church will help me always to encourage what I believe in. I just thought of putting in my thoughts about yesterday and this is it. :)