ម៉ាកុសនិងលេអាម៉លស្តាត
ទៅ និយាយដោយស្មោះត្រង់ខ្ញុំពិតជាមិនមានផែនការអ្វីទេ។ ទេពិតជា។ ផែនការរបស់ខ្ញុំជាច្រើនឆ្នាំកន្លងមកគឺដើម្បីថតចម្រៀងរបស់ខ្ញុំធ្វើដំណើរជុំវិញការច្រៀងនិងបន្តបង្កើតអាល់ប៊ុមរហូតដល់សម្លេងខ្ញុំបន្លឺឡើង។ ប៉ុន្តែនៅទីនេះខ្ញុំកំពុងអង្គុយលើកៅអីដោយសរសេរទៅកាន់មនុស្សទូទាំងពិភពលោកពីព្រោះអ្នកដឹកនាំខាងវិញ្ញាណរបស់ខ្ញុំបានប្រាប់ខ្ញុំអោយទៅ“ កន្លែងដែលមនុស្សនៅ” ។ ហើយអ្នកនៅទីនេះ។ មិនមែនថានេះជាការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលដល់ខ្ញុំទេ។ នៅពេលដែលខ្ញុំចាប់ផ្តើមកិច្ចបំរើតន្រ្តីរបស់ខ្ញុំកាលពីជាងមួយសតវត្សរ៍មុនព្រះអម្ចាស់បានប្រទានពាក្យមួយមកខ្ញុំថា៖តន្ត្រីគឺជាផ្លូវមួយដើម្បីផ្សាយដំណឹងល្អ។ តន្ត្រីមិនដែលមានន័យថា“ រឿង” ទេតែជាទ្វារចូល។
And so, as we begin 2018, I really don’t have any plans, because the Lord might have new ones tomorrow. All I can do is wake up, pray, and say, “Speak Lord. Your servant is listening.” That—and I am listening to the Body of Christ and what អ្នក are saying regarding this ministry. That too is part of my discernment as to what I believe the Lord wants me to do. I receive letters every day like these:
Your messages have given me hope and guidance in these very troubled times. —M.B.
May the Lord Bless you, your family and your ministry brother. Never has it been more important for souls and the Church. I pray that all hear your voice crying out in the desert. —G. O.
Please know that I am led to pray for you often… and how you inspired four simple Catholic gals to begin our beautiful ministry six years ago. —K.R.
Thank you so much for having “prepared the way” for these times over the past years. Your Spirit filled words have torn down resistance to Truth as it is being revealed through the events of each day, signs of the times and most especially revelations of mystics and the Holy Word of God. I don’t want to accept on some primitive level the reality of the world condition, yet your constant fidelity to prayer in your own personal life and your obedience to the Call on your life has made it possible to have the veil lifted from my eyes and the eyes of countless others who read your Spirit filled words. —G. C.
Well, what’s good is God’s—the rest is mine. I admit that I still face ការល្បួង ឲ្យ ក្លាយជាធម្មតា from time to time, if you know what I mean. But when I read letters like these, it is easy to say to Our Lord or Our Lady, “Okay, what do you want to say today?” Please understand… it is your response to Jesus that has also given me fuel to continue on some 1300 writings, 7 albums, and 1 book later. I can’t help but cry as I read the letters above because, despite being a sinner like everyone else, God let’s me participate in some small way in His work to save and sanctify souls.
But as this new year has begun, our ministry has had to dip deeply into our line of credit in order to keep operating. So we looked at what’s happening and found some startling things. Hundreds of monthly donors have stopped giving since December 2016, most of them due to expired credit cards or not following up on their commitment. Despite our efforts to remind them, not much has changed. Our sales of books and CD’s fell by over $20,000 from previous years. And one-time donations have fallen to a trickle. And this while readership has កើនឡើង។
Lea and I have no savings, no retirement plan. We have poured every penny into this ministry, including well over $250,000 in albums and books. We decided two years ago that we would ផ្តល់ឱ្យឆ្ងាយ as much of my music and these writings as we could. You can download for free my Rosary CD and the Divine Mercy Chaplet from ស៊ីឌីប៊ីប៊ី.com. And many of my songs are linked at the bottom of my writings when they are in theme. Ya, crazy eh? But then, I’m a fool for Christ. I could have written over 30 books by now, but we felt that “The Now Word” needs to be heard and readily available to as many people as possible.
ដោយគ្មានការចំណាយអ្នកបានទទួល; ដោយមិនចំណាយអ្នកត្រូវផ្តល់ឱ្យ។ (ម៉ាថ។ ១០: ៨)
ទន្ទឹមនឹងនេះដែរលោកប៉ូលបានបង្រៀនថាៈ
…ព្រះអម្ចាស់បានបញ្ជាថាអស់អ្នកដែលផ្សាយដំណឹងល្អគួរតែរស់នៅតាមដំណឹងល្អ។ (កូរិនថូសទី ១ ៩:១៤)
Right now, even though I’ve written an album of Psalms, I cannot ចាប់ផ្តើម to think about making another recording. The reason is that we’ve had to let other important things slide. Some of our thirty-four year old windows don’t completely shut in our house this winter. The brickwork and parging are literally crumbling. The doors aren’t sealing properly. I’ve got to take care of these things like anybody else. That, and our inventories are getting low, our studio computer is over 10 years old, and we have unexpected bills and breakdowns like everyone else. We also have a salaried employee, Colette, who processes all our office sales, calls, and donations and all the large expenses to run this ministry.
You know I don’t appeal for help for every often—maybe twice a year at most. If this apostolate has touched you in some way, would you consider clicking the donation button below? In truth, part of my discernment to continue on is also whether I can do what Christ is calling me to do, and still keep the wolf from the door.
Thank you for your prayers, love, and support. You bless me as much as these writings apparently bless some of you.
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