Michael Nguyen SVD
Dear,
The refugee boats were determined to flee Vietnam in spite of being fully aware of the awaiting difficulties; to name a few, getting caught by the police on the way, facing rough storms at sea, encountering merciless and wicked Thai fishermen who physically and sexually abused the boat people, and experiencing hostile receptions from the governments of neighbouring countries. In reality, many boats that departed Vietnam never reached shore. The Pacific Ocean became the grave site of these unfortunate fishing boats and boat people, who fled their homeland with a determined mind and a passionate heart. The rest of the boats, due to God’s mercy, finally reached shore (even though they encountered nightmares on the journey). Without divine mercy, the fishing boats and the boat people would never have had a chance to reach any destination.
In a similar way, all the successes of the overseas Vietnamese communities in Australia, the US and in the rest of the world are also due to divine mercy. If God did not grant the refugees abundant health and even the blessed remedies to cure diseases (of body and soul), the crowded shopping malls of Vietnam and the houses of the Vietnamese people standing tall on the hills would never have been built.
Dear friend,
Every life is a journey! Some journeys have become successful due to a determined mind, a passionate heart, but above all due to Divine Mercy!
With Divine Mercy, everything will become reality!
16th Sunday: Oh! Divine Mercy
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