Communicate Love

What an awesome time at mass today. There was a group of physically and intellectually challenged people in the congregation today and there I was so inspired by their strength and tenacity.



It was a healing time for me as the words of the song Power of your Love was sang at communion. I felt that God was renewing my whole being and teaching me to communicate love to those around me, especially those close to my heart. Father shared that in the gospel today, the sinner came uninvited to the house of the pharisee who had Jesus over for a meal. She cleaned His feet with water, kissed His feet and poured expensive perfume on His feet. She communicated love through her actions. Unlike the pharisee who did not offer Jesus a drink when He came, no water to wash his hands and feet, and face, and certainly no oilment to refresh and cure the aches from His journey. Apparently, in the middle east, when a guest visits, it is a custom to offer a drink for your guest, as a sign of acceptance. It is also customary to provide water for your guest to clean up after the journey to your place as well as oilment to soothe any aches and cover any stench from the journey. "Interesting..."


I reflected on my week and I felt that I have been too focused on tasks I had to do and failed to communicate with people, especially with my dearie Angie. It's more the unspoken language rather than the words, something which I had a taste of myself in Ikea just yesterday. I was enquiring about stuff at the customer service counter and the lady behind the counter was actually replying me with her eyes glued to the computer screen apparently working on something and at the same time attending to me. I think I now know how it feels when I sometimes reply Angie without looking at her while I am working on something...


Teach me Lord the importance of human relationship and the need to communicate love through unspoken language instead of the common language of words.