Detachment

DETACHMENT

v  The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.

v  The state of being separate or detached.

  TEN THINGS MOST FILIPINO TEENAGERS CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT

v  Cellphone                                                  (Text and Call 24/7)

v  Ipod / Mp3 Player                          (Mabibingi ka to the max)

v  PC Computer                           ( Facebook and YM magdamag)

v  Television                                (ABS VS. GMA, who wins?)

v Chizmisan                                        (The Buzz vs. Startalk)

v  Gambling                                                  (Sugal: Tong-Its)

v  Basketball and Boxing                   (Lebron, Kobe at Pacquiao)

v  Boyfriend /Girlfriend                              (sunod sa uso)

v  Kikay Kit                                                    (For GIRLS only)

v  DOTA                              (National Sport of the Philippines)

We, Filipino teenagers have been always a victim of this unlikely phenomenon, a fast-growing trend that many of us are guilty of doing so. Like those things above, we find them difficult to detach, that’s why my brothers, detachment from the material things we love is probably one of the most laudable, or perhaps the most heroic sacrifice we can do as the Lenten season approaches. We must always bear in mind that our greatest possessions cannot be with us in heaven and in the Kingdom of God. This is also why our Lord Jesus Christ reminded his apostles in their journey to only bring the things they only need, for such insignificant belongings of them isn’t too relevant at all.

“ Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.”

- St. John of the Cross

(a best-seller GOSPEL REFLECTION from Mk. 6:7-13)