May 20, 2013
Patience is a Virtue
I just had a conversation with my
eldest who is 5 years old at nine o’ clock in the morning. He kept on bugging me if he could already
play the IPAD to which I replied he must wait. Call it persistence as he still
kept on asking. Then I told him, “My son, you must learn how to wait if you
want something. Patience is a virtue.”
Then he looked at me as if he understood, or most probably he just wanted to
get back to the show he was watching at that time.
A few moments later, my patience
was being tested. I’ve asked my household staff to do a certain chore to which
I hoped she would have done more carefully. I tried to correct her as nicely as
I could but I knew she could sense my irritability and I felt that my remarks
had a little sarcasm of which I immediately felt bad about.
My morning had just started and it
was a struggle to just be happy. Again, in my desire to seek perfection in the
things I do, I tend to be uptight. Today, I’ve been reminded that patience is
truly a virtue, which I must continually seek. ,To me, being patient is waiting
for something I desire to be fulfilled in God’s time and being compassionate
and understanding while waiting for things to naturally unfold in my life.
As I end this post, I am drawn to watch EWTN and the Mass is about to start. Talk about God's perfect timing! His Word for today talks about PATIENCE, and that it is a VIRTUE. It comes from a root word meaning "to suffer". In our world where we want things to happen, when and how for these to happen, we are being reminded that we must TRUST and HOPE in the Lord. He knows the desires of our hearts and in own His perfect time, He will fulfill these. However, we must prepare to suffer for the journey to acquiring virtue is no easy feat.
(Sirach 2:1-11)
(Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40)
(St. mark 9:30-37)
(Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40)
(St. mark 9:30-37)
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