LOVE, Kloudiia

Do you agree? I totally do.

Sister Mel from the Cenacle Sisters Singapore is very kind to agree to lead us in our seven weeks of Mystagogia, our last lap of journey in our RCIA after our baptism.

Last Friday was the second session. As she recounted this story to us, I was astounded by that simple yet so powerful message delivered.

There is this family who will always bring them canned food and groceries on their pay day. Nothing much to you, you may think. But, to this family who aren’t well-off, it can be quite a lot. Knowing this fact, Sister Mel kindly said no and asked them not to buy them anymore food next time. This was what this family said to her:

“Take this Sister Mel. Nobody is too poor to give”

Sister Mel graciously accepted their kindness and generosity, because for all who know about the Cenacle Sisters’ mission, we also knew that they lived solely on donations from the public.

Nobody is too poor to give.

Yet we are always telling ourselves we don’t have money to donate that $2 to someone who may need it more than us, which we’ll probably buy another packet of french fries and munch away, not because we’re hungry, but because we just feel like eating.

We are always short of time to give. We are always short of patience to listen. We are always short of love to put someone else in front of us.

Are we really so poor? Or are we just reluctant to self-sacrifice a little bit to make someone’s day better, happier and more meaningful?

We ended the session with a closing prayer which the leader will say a prayer, and all of us will follow with a sentence. This sentence, is my gift for all of you today.

I hope you will take the meaning with you, not from a religious context, but from a general humanity view – out of love, out of compassion.

We say this

Dear Loving God, make us nurturing bread for our hungry nation

Can we all be nurturing bread to a hungry nation? Can we be the bread to feed their souls which are hungry for attention and love? Can we be the bread to feed their body which are hungry for affection and intimacy? Can we be the bread to feed their hearts which are hungry for time and some nice, warm loving words of care and concern?

They could be our loved ones, family, friends, colleagues, class mates, or even strangers, who can be hungry for a smile on that day to lift their spirits up.

You can do this, can’t you?

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