BE OPTIMISTIC

BE OPTIMISTIC - 

Hymn: I am your child Abba father….

Leader: our theme for today is is optimistic. Who is an optimistic person?

          The optimistic person is the most sensible person in the world. He does his best and hopes for the best. He takes the present day calmly and thinks of the future with confidence. He is not a victim of morbid thoughts, despondency or excitement. Bad luck has no power to shatter him. He is the tonic for the ills that can’t be reached with liver pills, he helps to make the desert bloom, he plants the grouches in the tomb; he is here to dissipate the gloom of life’s disasters.

          Jesus was born two thousand years ago but he is still with us. Though he is born everywhere and everyday, every time and every hour. Have you seen him? He is close to us, he is besides us. Did I recognize him? He was the optimistic person. He saw well in everyone. He healed the poor/sick, forgave sins, raised the dead. As we prepare ourselves to step into new life let us ask God for pardon and mercy for all our wrong doings.

Penitential rite:

- Dear God, how many times you have come to visit me at my place, through different people.    But sometimes I am annoyed with their presence and drove them out due to my cold welcome. Lord has mercy…

-          Lord you came knocking to my door through different people, asking something to quench your hunger, but I just turned you away without realizing that you were coming to give me inner joy. Lord has mercy…

Let us offer some gifts and ask him to make us an optimistic person.

Empty plate: Lord the empty plate stands for the millions of hungry children in the world. Help us not to waste food and to make little sacrifices to share with the poor.

Green leaf: Lord this green leaf symbolizes the peace you brought into this world. Help us to be peace-bearers and peace-carriers.

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