Treasuring God in the Present Time - Brides of Christ celebrate 60 years: Sr Angelina Fong

March 20, 2025 00:02:14
Treasuring God in the Present Time - Brides of Christ celebrate 60 years: Sr Angelina Fong
Archdiocese of Brisbane
Treasuring God in the Present Time - Brides of Christ celebrate 60 years: Sr Angelina Fong

Mar 20 2025 | 00:02:14

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Sr Angelina Fong celebrates 60 years of faithful service in her religious vocation with Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Australia, a journey that she feels as if it began only yesterday. As she reflects on this remarkable milestone, Sr Angelina shares that she has treasured every part of her life with God. May we be inspired to by her love and devotion to live out our vocational callings and treasure every moment of our journey with the Lord.

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1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,747 Hi, Good Morning, I'm Sister Angelina. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,609 What part I treasure most. 3 00:00:08,888 --> 00:00:12,759 For me, it's something, 4 00:00:12,759 --> 00:00:14,154 the whole person. 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,793 So God is 6 00:00:16,793 --> 00:00:18,900 always in the present time, is that right? 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,510 So the part I most treasure, 8 00:00:22,510 --> 00:00:25,395 is being a religious, 9 00:00:25,395 --> 00:00:27,541 always in the present time. 10 00:00:28,135 --> 00:00:33,919 Because God is a God of now, 11 00:00:33,919 --> 00:00:37,205 not in the past, not in the future. 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:44,560 So I treasure my sixty years in religious life,   13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,000 every part of it. 14 00:00:46,867 --> 00:00:50,722 Because I believe that 15 00:00:50,722 --> 00:00:56,247 God had given me grace, walk by my side, 16 00:00:56,247 --> 00:01:00,176 tenderly helping me, 17 00:01:00,176 --> 00:01:02,780 holding me, cautioning me, 18 00:01:02,780 --> 00:01:05,832 and always. 19 00:01:06,781 --> 00:01:10,970 Otherwise, in a human way of speaking is sixty years, 20 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:14,236 for God has no years, just present, now. 21 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:18,073 I treasure this 22 00:01:18,073 --> 00:01:20,770 because God has called me 23 00:01:20,770 --> 00:01:23,418 and I look back, 24 00:01:23,418 --> 00:01:24,637 it seems to be yesterday. 25 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:29,027 I'm not sure what is ahead of me, 26 00:01:29,027 --> 00:01:31,953 but I'm only sure God is with me. 27 00:01:33,125 --> 00:01:37,211 But I believe God is still, as before, 28 00:01:37,211 --> 00:01:39,798 holding me in His hand, 29 00:01:39,798 --> 00:01:42,318 walking with me, 30 00:01:42,318 --> 00:01:47,031 until one day I see him face to face. 31 00:01:47,518 --> 00:01:51,902 There's no words that can explain, God actually 32 00:01:51,902 --> 00:01:55,017 achieved everything for me, 33 00:01:55,017 --> 00:01:55,949 I do nothing. 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,600 So I think from now on, 35 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:06,963 I should be living every day in gratitude.

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