Sel Faustina Surabaya

Do you know that the statue of Liberty was supposed to be a lighthouse at Suez Canal instead of a lighthouse at the New York Harbor?

Auguste Bartholdi went from France to Egypt in 1856. During this trip, he met with another French visitor, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was there to sell an idea to cut a canal from Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea. That canal would save merchant ships from taking a long journey.

Taken by this concept, Auguste decided to design a lighthouse to this canal. He worked 10 years on the idea. He drew plans, made clay models and scrapped plan after plan. Then he had the perfect design.

One major problem arose. Nobody was interested and would pay for his design. Auguste went back to France, defeated and disappointed.

After his returning home, the French government sought his artistic services to design a gift to America. The colossal robed lady , holding the book of justice in one hand and a torch lifted high in the other hand to give light. One that was designed to light the Suez Canal.

This demonstrates that what happens in the midst of disappointments, can often be a prelude to good things beyond our imagination.

We can always have confident in God’s powerful hands, guaranteeing the outcome of every difficult and defeating situation.

Ref: Anchors in The Storm, by Joe Stowell

~ I know that You can do all things;

No plan of Yours can be thwarted (Job 42:2) ~

Tuhan, kasihanilah kami

Kristus, kasihanilah kami

Tuhan, kasihanilah kami

Kristus, dengarkanlah kami

Kristus, kabulkanlah doa kami

Allah Bapa di Surga, kasihanilah kami

Allah Putera, Penebus dunia, kasihanilah kami

Allah Roh Kudus, kasihanilah kami

Tritunggal Mahakudus, Tuhan yang Mahaesa, kasihanilah kami

Yesus, Raja Para Malaikat, kasihanilah kami

Santa Maria, Ratu Para Malaikat, doakanlah kami

St. Rafael, Malaikat Agung, doakanlah kami *

St. Rafael, yang namanya berarti: Penyembuhan Allah *

St. Rafael, yang tinggal bersama para malaikat yang baik dalam kerajaan Allah *

St. Rafael, satu dari ketujuh malaikat yang berada diHadirat yang Mahatinggi *

St. Rafael, yang melayani Allah di Surga *

St. Rafael, utusan mulia dan perkasa Allah *

St. Rafael, yang setia pada kehendak Allah *

St. Rafael, yang mengunjukkan doa-doa Tobit kepada Allah *

St. Rafael, teman seperjalanan Tobia *

St. Rafael, yang menjaga para sahabat dari bahaya *

St. Rafael, yang menemukan istri yang pantas bagi Tobia, *

St. Rafael, yang membebaskan Sara dari roh-roh jahat *

St. Rafael, yang menyembuhkan Tobit dari kebutaan *

St. Rafael, penuntun dan pelindung perjalanan kami dalam kehidupan *

St. Rafael, penolong yang kuat dalam kesusahan *

St. Rafael, penakluk iblis *

St. Rafael, penuntun dan penasehat orang muda *

St. Rafael, pelindung jiwa-jiwa yang murni *

St. Rafael, malaikat pelindung kaum muda *

St. Rafael, malaikat kegembiraan *

St. Rafael, malaikat perjumpaan-perjumpaan yang bahagia *

St. Rafael, malaikat percintaan suci *

St. Rafael, malaikat para pencari pasangan hidup *

St. Rafael, malaikat kehidupan keluarga *

St. Rafael, pelindung keluarga Kristen *

St. Rafael, pelindung orang-orang yang bepergian *

St. Rafael, malaikat kesehatan *

St. Rafael, dokter Surgawi *

St. Rafael, penolong orang buta *

St. Rafael, penolong orang sakit *

St. Rafael, pelindung para dokter *

St. Rafael, penghibur orang yang berduka *

St. Rafael, pertolongan di saat ajal *

St. Rafael, bentara Rahmat *

St. Rafael, pembela Gereja *

Anak Domba Allah, yang menghapus dosa dunia.

Selamatkanlah kami ya Tuhan

Anak Domba Allah, yang menghapus dosa dunia.

Kabulkanlah doa kami, ya Tuhan.

Anak Domba Allah, yang menghapus dosa dunia.

Kasihanilah kami

Kristus, dengarkanlah kami

Kristus, kabulkanlah doa kami

P: Doakanlah kami St.Rafael, Malaikat Agung yang mulia

U: Supaya kami layak menikmati janji-janji Kristus

Doa penutup:

Ya Allah, Engkau yang dengan murah hati mengutus Malaikat Agung St. Rafael sebagai teman seperjalanan Tobia, anugerahilah kami hamba-hambaMu, agar kami selalu menikmati perlindungannya dan dikuatkan oleh pertolongannya, dengan perantaraan Kristus Tuhan kami.

Amin

I remember when I was a child of 6 or 7 years old. My mother used to give both my brother and I some amount of money to be put into the church collection bags.

One day, both my brother and I, thought that the amount was too much, and we had other interest to spend the money for our own interests. So instead of putting them into the bags, we put the money into our own pockets.

Later, when my mother found out about this, she was angry. And in her disappointment, she uttered these words “Such a disgrace what you both just did. Didn’t I give you money for your own? Why still taking something that’s not belong to you? Why not giving it away as I’ve told you to?”

The money however, pictures the gifts God has equipped us with. They are freely came from God. We are not picking them from elsewhere, nor buy them on our own efforts. So not to take any pride of having them either. Nevertheless, we are obliged to use them to serve Him in appropriate time, place and situation. To glorify His name. However, the choice lays in our hands. Whether we’re going to use them for God’s glory, or to use them for our own goods, or to neglect them and bury them instead.

~ All came freely from God, All goes rightly to God~