Friday, April 20, 2012

Are we really free!



There were many topics bubbling up in my mind. I thought of writing on different issues, different incidents or on my experiences. But then the words of my General, Fr. Adolf Nikolas have changed my plan.

Today he came to our community for his official visitation. The sermon he preached, during the Holy Mass was very touching. ‘Our interior freedom’ was one of the many topics he touched upon. He gave examples of how we are attached to certain things.

Interestingly it was just two weeks before I had an opportunity to listen to a sermon on freedom. The celebrant gave the examples of our attachments to certain things. But at the end he said one thing that we were free to love God as well as people around us. There is no one who can interfere us in this regard!

As I go to bed, I ask myself am I free? How many times I say, I, my, me…

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