As sinners, we need Christ to straighten us out. This needs to be done before we die, for after we die, it's judgment time. Facing the Lord directly is the way to go. Right now, as he's not judging us yet, it is the time to let him prepare us for eternal life. If you don't do anything, you are burying your head in the sand and could end up with no life whatsoever!
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
****Superior Goal****
People of the world pay exorbitant prices for admission tickets to watch some big name popular entertainer perform. They also line up early to make sure that they gain entry to some store that has pre-announced a big sale on some name brand merchandise. Now, I just want to return to my new home in heaven, and I only need to believe in Jesus ... no line to wait in, no money I have to pay, no struggle to go through, and no anxiety felt whatsoever. I have chosen a superior goal!
**Common Sense Conclusion
To be saved, we must at least love God more than ourselves—I believe that you'll agree with me here if you believe that God does exist. Of course, if we love God singularly, then our salvation is completely assured.
***Living Wisely*
With Christ, not matter what spiritual condition you are in, you can always start over anew. That is, you can always find hope in him as long as you are still alive on earth. After you die, you have no say anymore. Therefore, live every moment of your life wisely!
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
**Dealing with Prophecies
There are so many prophets putting out warnings and predictions nowadays that it gets very confusing. Some give vague warnings, while others specific instructions as to how you should prepare yourself. Not all of them can be genuine. The role of a prophet is to get people ready for the coming of the Lord. If you are already following him faithfully, you are ready. In that case, you only need to remain holy. Personally, I'm only interested in the predictions and warnings of the various approved Marian apparitions.
*****Greatest Honor***
It's being called by God to follow and serve him! Clearly, it's an invitation to return to him in heaven!
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
***Sin Spoils Everything
It was a beautiful spring day as I drove home after Mass. The temperature, the sky, the green fields, the flowering trees . . . everything looked almost prtfect. Then sin hit me and I saw it's grotesque ugliness. And I knew that heaven is infinitely more beautiful because it's pure sans sin. (Many who have been shown heaven by God all reported seeing most beautiful skies, trees, flowers, meadows, etc., up there. This makes me believe that the Lord God has modeled our world after heaven. Now, when we get to heaven, it wouldn't looke like a totally strange place to us.)
*****Glory Be to the Holy Eucharist*****
Receiving Christ in the Holy Eucharist in the highlight of my each day and whole life. I am going to put in one quote what Jesus said to the Jews in John 6 that's relevant to this post: "I am the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever." Now you see why I feel so upbeat about receiving the Eucharist. It is also the very mean of achieving union with God! A church without the Eucharist is like a crucifix with no Jesus on it.
**First Christians
From today's first reading from Acts 11, we learned that Barnabas found Saul in Tarsus and brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the Church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. So the first Christians were all Catholics. Unfortunately, there are Protestants today who do not know Church history and consider only themselves to be Christians. They, in fact, should be called Bible Christians, for the Bible alone became their guide, some 1500 years after Jesus established his Church. By the way, the Bible was only complied and put out by the Catholic Church near the end of the 4th century.
Monday, May 12, 2025
**You Come Before the World**
To convert the world, convert yourself first. For if everyone converts, your goal is accomplished. God wants you to be holy foremost, and that really makes sense.
***Following God with Your Heart**
At one extreme, we have sermons preached totally from the head, and at the other extreme, sermons totally preached from the heart. As you know, intellectual debates rarely change people's minds, while personal testimonies do change people's hearts. Serving the Lord, everything should originate from the heart with the mind always following the heart. Let the Lord reign in your heart to become an efficacious Christian
***Life-Giving Repentance**
In today's first reading from Acts 11, I came across the term "life-giving repentance." Indeed, repentance is life-giving. If you don't ever apologize to God for having offended him, how are you going to get into heaven? Repentance is the humility we need to reconcile with God. That you can feel so good after you get all your sins removed just shows that repentance is the right thing to do!
Sunday, May 11, 2025
**A Stumbling Block*
Once you decide to follow Christ with all your heart and soul, you do not ever look back anymore. So if you still "enjoy" dwelling much on the past, you are not ready to follow the Lord fully yet. Not going all out is dragging your feet.
***The Lord to Be Enjoyed!***
Let the Lord transform you and he becomes most enjoyable to you and vice versa. This process knows no bounds, turning submitting yourself to him into a most exhilarating adventure!
***Assured Security in God's Hand***
In today's Gospel reading from John 10, Jesus said to the Jews, "My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one." It is so good to know we who belong to the Lord are absolutely secure in his hand!
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