Monday, April 15, 2013

What is in a name?

I will just share some topic we had with Msgr. Venus our Spiritual Director of Loved Flock Charismatic Community. Fr. Venus, now Msgr. Venus, used to be our Parish Priest at St. John the Baptist Parish during Erap time, and in one of our Recollection, he asked this to us and part of our group sharing at the same time. He said, do you know the meaning of your name? We were given names by our parents, some was taken from the names of Saints, on the calendar, combination of names from our parents, relatives, friends or even brand names of things. Can you give me the meaning of your name? Everyone had the reflection of focusing on their name. I remember that since I grew up as an orphan at age 5, my foster parent used to call me LUZVIMINDA, as in the name of the country - Philippines...Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. But when I saw my birth certificate when I was in college, I found out that my name is LUZMINDA, so I need to file for correction of my name at the Department of Education for my Diploma. And then I put a meaning on this name: LUZ - which means Light and Minda - taken from the Promise Land of the Philippines -Mindanao. People closed to me calls me Minda while to the others it is Luz. While the first name that I used to be called Luzviminda I considered it as my Spiritual Name since I was inspired by the Spirit, Luz- which means Light, VI- is the Message to the Church in Philadelphia - 6 Lampstand in the Book of Revelation, besides VI- as in Visayas is a language, so therefore it is spoken..(the Lord has spoken) and Minda- the promised One. So when my turn came, I gave the group that reflection of mine. And Msgr. Venus was surprised because I gave the most meaningful name. Thank God He revealed the meaning of my name. Although in one of my dream He said: Luzminda - that name is known but many people do not know how to say it nor make a correct spelling on it. Because inside the church they will automatically put in my Certificates Luzviminda, in some cases they even change it to LuzVisMinda, Luvisminda and others. Thank you Lord for giving me a name and I will treasure that name till the end of time because that is Your gift to me. This is the Spiritual side of my name, Jesus carrying the flag. This is simply me.

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