I’m coming from an amazing weekend (RYC “Believe” & Assembly at St. Wilfred’s). I was in charge of Liturgy with the Rodriguez’s & Elizabeth Adeseha. I was blessed to serve with my whole campus based core in Liturgy. We were in charge of Mass & Confessions. I would say it is the the best RYC I have ever served and participated in. The reason why is because the Lord answered my prayers directly and indirectly. Directly in the sense that I was able to serve with my whole core in one committee. I was able to see the growth of my old household and see how the Lord was blessing me and my current household. Indirectly in the sense that He conquered the doubts that I have been holding unto and healed the wounds that I’ve tried to hide from Him in the past year or so. He did two things for me at RYC. He met me where I was, in my struggles and in my weakness. He showed me that He was greater and that I was loved abundantly. He then called me to share that feeling through my service in liturgy. Praise God for God!
Through some weird chain of events I know that the prayers of those around me where also answered directly. Directly in the sense that one of our mission parishes St. Wilfred’s needed assistance for their assembly. Prior to the day off, we couldn’t provide assistance for them because of prior commitment and exhaustion from RYC the previous day. On the day off I went to work with Martin Angeles who is currently heading up the parish mission with Tasha Fernandez. He was initially unable to go because of work, but during work an unfortunate incident happened with his face and a door. LOL his glasses broke which allowed him to get off work early. His prayers were answered, maybe not the way he expected but answered nonetheless haha. I also initially had prior commitments but it didn’t end up going through which gave me an opportunity to give the session for the assembly. Which Godincidently was about confession(ReCoFoPeCo). Praise God for God!
All I can really say is that God always answers prayers. Directly or indirectly. The way we expect or completely the opposite. He answers them in the right time, His timing is perfect. God loves us, we only need to let Him.
Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will.”
Matthew 21:22 “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
John 14:13 “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Lord I believe, help my unbelief. Lord I have faith, increase my faith. Lord I love, purify my love.