We need to act now otherwise there will be more abortions. Let us save the soul of our nation and defend our unborn siblings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g
Aug 20, 2009
The extraordinary became ordinary & vice-versa; the big & little ways

(Picture: St. John Bosco (1888) hearing confessions.)
I don’t have any miracles to report, only “coincidences” that I’ve blogged about earlier. My model, Bo, has a lot more and he has published them at http://bosanchez.ph/category/blogs/ It appears that miracles happened because he followed God’s leadings - no matter how impractical e.g. he felt that God wanted him to buy this woman a ticket. He was ready to do it at the cost of being stranded in Israel. And the stories go on.
In the video, Bo talks about just that – inviting everyone to stop being indifferent and to dedicate oneself to service.
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFpHfhjGs2A )
(Video: Bo Sanchez on a talk about overcoming indifference.)
I have friends like Ed Tiong who organizes a Filipino Ministry in VA and Ed Deausen leads a prayer group of couples and calls every one once a week to encourage them in the faith. Then there are my former companions in the Salesian Congregation who dedicated themselves with vows to educate and evangelize the young. I think they’re making miracles too – not just as awe-inspiring. For me, I am down to driving my kids to Catechism and bringing them to Mass on Sundays and confessions every now and then. I lead the prayers and teach them the ways of God. But between that and putting bread on the table, I have a few hours keeping in touch with friends over the internet. Somehow, I feel that to be acceptable too.
I remember on the last day of my Novitiate, my novice master suggested that we make 3 resolutions. I made 2 and asked him to suggest a third. He said, “Be extra-ordinarily ordinary.” It does not mean to be mediocre or so-so; rather, it means to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. I guess that’s the “little way” of St. Therese of the Child Jesus; it’s not as awesome and earth shaking as St. Francis or St. Peter.
So if the extra-ordinary became ordinary for St. John Bosco, we can make the ordinary extra-ordinary.
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