Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

        It's a perfect morning today with perfect temperature, blue skies, and birds enjoying their time among the trees.  I happened to...

        Today when I received the Lord in Holy Communion, I felt the tremendous responsibility he placed upon me.  First of all, I am nothin...

        I went to Vigil Mass today, so the readings were the ones for Sunday tomorrow.  Reading 1 was taken from Wisdom ~ 11:22-12:2.  I mus...

        Today's Gospel reading from Luke 14 at Mass contains the famous saying from Jesus: "For everyone who exalts himself will be...

knowing that God will always provide what we need, lead us in the right direction, and get us through any situation in life, and not being...

        Today's Gospel reading from Lk 14:1-6 shows that Jesus was a sensible person, not legalistic like the Pharisees.  He taught with...

        This thought popped into my mind during Mass.  People are not happy because they have not straightened out their relationship with G...

        This morning during prayer before Mass began, I felt like prostrating myself before God to become totally submissive to him.  Today ...

        Follow Christ in every single thought, word, and act of yours and you'll have eternal life assured.

        The old must die before the new can be born.  This is clear in nature.  We cannot be renewed in Christ without letting the old self ...

        Praying half-heartedly without much sincerity wastes both God's and your own time.  On the other hand, a truthful heart moves Go...

        If we believe that the word of God is truth, then we have no choice but to obey ~ just simple logic.  And this obedience makes the s...

        In a post the day before yesterday, I mentioned that when Paul expected his followers to be good in so many ways, it was like a wak...

        In the hymn we sang at morning Mass, one of the lines is "Jesus is our life."  This is fitting because life, whether physi...

        During prayer before morning Mass, I tried to let go in the Lord.  We have our body and our soul.  I have learned to relax my body b...

        I did not receive too many thoughts from the Holy Spirit today.  During morning Mass, I was deeply moved when I heard the priest pro...

        Do we live to eat or eat to live?  A fun question to answer.  All we need to know is that God wants us to live to love.  He is love...

        Hold onto   Jesus and let everything else go ~ that's it!          A footnote.  For every situation and problem, consult ...