06/11/2022
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND?
In Exodus 14, as the Israelis were in a catch 22 situation, God asked Moses "Why do you cry to me, stretch out the staff in your hand and strike the sea". A mild admonition since Moses aught to know what to do in that particular moment.
At the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, the Virgin Mary asked the three children to pray for Russia so that Russia won't spread her "errors" to the rest of the world. And I still remember the prayer for Russia we recited in Block Rosary Crusades when I was a kid. Conveniently, it took the heightened diplomacy of the entire West to eliminate the threat posed by the Soviet Union.
In both cases, human effort were vital to success. Miracles do occur but dynamism is the hallmark of human dignity.
So, what do you have in your hand?