Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

        I believe that people don't believe in God, not because they don't believe that God exists, but because they are not ready t...

        Today I committed a venial sin and lost my peace.  Naturally, I turned to the Lord to repent and pray for forgiveness.  But peace d...

        The condition of the heart determines our eternal destination.  You could say that if the soul is a ship, then the heart is the pilo...

          Today at Mass I experienced the sweetness of the Holy Spirit.  To get in touch with the Holy Spirit, you must go deep, deep within...

        We talk a lot about the importance of having good role models, especially for the younger generation.  I look at Jesus and see a per...

        Let God be your sole lord, your sole love, your sole hope, your sole joy, your sole guide, your sole teacher, your sole true compani...

        There's the right way to feel self-important and the wrong way to feel so.  To feel the right way, realize that you serve God t...

        As I was praying the Sorrowful Mysteries today, this question popped into my mind.  If life has no meaning, then why would Jesus eve...

        Time is passing and so are the things of the world.  Nothing in our material world lasts forever.  A museum can house many valuable...

        On my way to Mass this morning, I felt the need and urge to learn from the Lord ~ I wanted the Holy Spirit to teach me so that I ma...

        This morning I had to skip my daily Mass because I felt called to help another person in her ministry.  On my drive to the destinat...

        Happiness is where your heart is.  Therefore, give your heart to God and you'll be with him and happy.

        As I received the Holy Eucharist this morning, I couldn't help thinking what a special privilege it was to receive the Lord in t...

        Nothing is impossible with God, who is Love.  Therefore, nothing is impossible with love.  St. Paul described love in 1 Corinthians ...

        When I received Holy Communion today, I saw that in essence the words I heard were exactly what Jesus said at the Last Supper and wh...

        In today's readings at Mass, Paul pointed out that observing the law counts for nothing, but only faith through love; and Christ...

        From Matthew 10:  "Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.  But whoever denies...

        My last post deals with our nothingness before God.  The great saints regard themselves as being most wretched before God, so humili...