Useful Feature on Technology
Useful post, Rocky. Do’s and Don’ts are the most important points of this article. WhatsApp is very useful tool for quick communication without any cost. Fake Messages are roaming around us, we need to check the authenticity of the message before sharing it with someone because they can do more harm than good.
WhatsApp was found to be infected by a bug, which could be a danger to user privacy as it allows hackers to get access to your WhatsApp chats. This bug was pointed out by Google’s Project Zero team; they also revealed that iOS users are under threat after they click on any compromised website that has been circulating in messages.
To stay away from the radar of this WhatsApp security bug, iOS users are advised not to visit any unauthorized website.
Your TecHuMan subject is very good; keep posting useful info about latest technologies.
Mr Irshad,
3Media Design Inc.
New Delhi
Spiritual Direction: A Couple’s Experience
Many Catholics, as can be seen in Crystal Sullivan’s experience when she began meeting a spiritual director, show lack of clear understanding about what it is, and how to go about it. The Church needs to teach its importance and ways of doing it well.
As Crystal’s experience shows, a good spiritual director must be competent, understanding, non-judgemental, not harsh to the directee, must not have an agenda, must not be moody, etc. Such qualities will definitely rub off, positively, on the directee’s personal relationship with God, which will ultimately engender spiritual growth. And this can exactly be seen in Crystal’s spiritual growth, after sessions with Father Matt.
It is gratifying to know that her spiritual growth influenced her husband Kevin We see his zeal for finding worthwhile spiritual direction, to strike a better personal relationship with Christ. That is what ALL Christians should seek.
OKWUDILI KEVIN EYA
(Nigeria; +2349059347500).
A Real Treasure!
The September 2019 issue of MAGNET magazine is a real treasure. The articles are power- packed capsules worth reading. The one that I like the most is “RE-EMERGENCE OF INTIMACY NEEDS” by Rev Dr Jose Parappully. I myself am a priest living through my mid-life. I found it very useful. What I realize is that the urge to live a legacy in one form or the other is very strong at this phase. At this rough patch of life, it is very important to be rooted in the one who has called us.
In religious life the formator plays a very important role. A balanced and sexually integrated formator can accompany the formees to sail smoothly through their teenage crisis. Though this does not happen very often, the formee almost represses sexuality without integrating it in pursuit of perfection and holiness. The repressed sexuality resurfaces at a later stage, as the author brings out. And at this stage if one were not to have the support of a good spiritual director, he or she is almost lost. For want of a good spiritual director the precious gift of vocation can be lost.
Brushing sexuality and genital feelings aside will not work. It amounts to running away, only to find sexuality waiting to welcome you. For a priest or a nun, just because he or she prays and engages in ministry, the sexual urge, an integral part of human nature, will not go away. It is there to stay. We will have to learn to integrate it. One way is to find a spiritual director who has learned to integrate sexuality with spirituality. Sexuality and call both are gifts of a single Giver. Learning to integrate and produce a rich harvest is the best gift we can return to the Giver. A learned and experienced spiritual guide can help us with it.
Fr Joy Francis OCD
Nagpur 440001
Inspired, In-depth and Comprehensive
This is my first perusal of MAGNET. What a Christ-inspired, in-depth presentation of a relevant, current, comprehensive range of topics!
As a lay-person, time and again, I have mulled over issues pertaining to the clergy and the religious, such as sex, sexuality, even the mid-life crisis. I wondered whether their emotions, feelings, experiences, often deeply disturbing, are always kept under wraps. They aren’t, thanks to MAGNET.
The magazine is multi-faceted, covering and profoundly dwelling on various issues—Canon Law, Legal Matters, Citizenship Issues, Finance. Kudos!
The Couplespeak column gives ear to the standpoint of the laity, which a religious should hearken to.
I like the simple, frank, positive tone of “What I Like Best about being a Religious.” The Dalai Lama is highlighted, in a world of the Dark. The writer has done a magnificent job.
Anbu Aasiriyai is a rare pearl of a teacher who loved her mother-tongue, Tamil, and instilled a love for it in her pupils. At the same time, she personified loving-kindness.
Equally absorbing are the many-splendoured activities of religious congregations.
Oh! Yes! The shift from the serious to the light-hearted is Fun and More and Movie Reviews. Very nice!
Special Days are also given a niche. Charity Day? Ozone Layer Day? You have it.
The Cover Story is the crux of MAGNET: Spiritual Direction. This is a really an urgent need. The paths suggested should reach every priest, Sister and Brother, and every teacher and lay counsellor. We need healing. We need to heal.
The tailpiece of MAGNET is the Why of it. That’s novel! Umpteen books or magazines are printed or released, but the ’reason’ for their publication is not given. The Why of MAGNET is cryptic and tells it all: “Look deep, Love much. Live fully.” That’s Wisdom.
MAGNET is an excellent manifestation of God’s Word and Truth, and Mother Mary’s benign influence.
Rhona Nunes,
Sydney, Australia
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