Seven Days of Service: Question & Answer
So as it would be God continues to reveal his power and beauty to me day, after day. Last night my Chinese roommate randomly came to my room and politely asked me if he could talk to me about God and more specifically the Catholic faith. He went on to ask the common apologetic questions like why saints? Faith vs Works? and the history of the Church. The grace-filled question and answers session was just what I was looking for; I could spend hours helping people to better understand the complexity of the Church’s history and Traditions. He went on to ask me ‘Why did Jesus came to earth to white/Jewish people and not to people in China’.. where he pointed out that Christianity is still very much unspoken and underground. He told me that he now sees that white people are God’s people and that he feels judged and unworthy as a Chinese Christian. He told me that white people have better opportunities in life and that he could see from living in American, that God truly favors the white race over the Chinese. The look in his eyes was so sincere and I could truly feel how broken his heart was and the tears in his eyes as he asked me why.
-My answer was simple, Our Lady of Guadalupe. The power that is bestowed in the image of Our Lady is so mysterious and powerful, that its ways are beyond the understanding of humans and science. Since the beginning of the image, connected to Juan Diego, 90% of the Mexican nation has converted from a strict Aztec beliefs to Christianity (specifically Catholicism) -something missionaries had struggled to do for over twenty years. God came to the poor of spirit, and he will come to all in due time. Faith
Seven Days of Service:
Oh how will you speak to me today. After a long day of studying and a hectic day at work, my desire to let lose and have fun got the best of me. I was invited to a friends house for a small get together featuring your favorite adult beverages and all the amounts of college hormones packed into one small, music banging, house party. As I pampered myself and cranked the car stereo I went through my mental prep list of tonight’s plans featuring is she going to be there? Do I have may cash and ID? and the unspoken dark horse, how much am I drinking tonight? As I pondered away I wondered how my 7 Days of Service was going to some how fit in? I concluded that unless I find myself in a round table discussion with a group of college drunks telling conversion stories and sharing The Gospel according to Matthew, it just wasn’t happening here tonight. Well, I had a good run.
One hour in, and I’m about to call it a night and start texting people I shouldn’t be. I go outside to catch a relief and as I look to my left there stood a 3 foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on a random porch outside. I was witnessing the Universal Church and the depth an beauty she exudes. Baffled and confound I just stopped and starred. And so I said .. ‘Hail Holy Queen Mother of Mercy …’
God became so humble as to have a human mother.
KDH
