clouds.

I was reading my prayer journal a while ago, and I am surprised to see some of my entries. I never thought that I would be writing such kind of entries. It seems that it was not I who wrote it. Maybe I was in a trance of some sort.

One particular entry I wrote was about the clouds. It is just a short entry of less than 10 sentences, but the message was something I did not expect. It was written during the second day of our five-day silent retreat at the Mirador Jesuit Villa in Baguio.

Here’s the entry:

I am looking at the clouds. When I was young, I thought that we can walk on clouds and angels go around and play on them. Of course, I also thought that Jesus was there. But when I went to school, it suddenly dawned on me that clouds are just product of condensation. The image of Jesus on the clouds vanished into thin air. Interestingly, here in Mirador, I suddenly realized that Jesus is over the clouds, the clouds inside my heart, inside my being. He is on them. He is over them because he is more powerful than them.

You see, when you are praying, you tend to feel a lot of emotions all at the same time. Try writing after or even during your prayer. Who knows? You might be the next Teresa of Avila or Therese of Lisieux.

At the same time, I really want to watch 500 Days of Summer. Just a random thought.

~ by deejay on November 3, 2009.