Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

        I got the idea for this message from reading City of God by Mary of Agreda.           Body and soul ~ these are what each of us poss...

        In Matthew 16, Jesus said to Peter, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld...

        To believe in God, you must acknowledge that he is the one who did create you ~ in fact, in his image.  Then you will realize that h...

        I've been quite sick, especially yesterday.  It could be a cold, allergy, or a virus, or mixed.  It started out with a sore thro...

        When Jesus asked Peter, "Who do he say that I am?"  Peter replied, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God....

        Many who do not believe in the Church often give the reason that they do not like organized religions.  If that's the case, then...

        The Entrance verse, Reading 1 and the Responsorial Psalm at today's Mass are all about "dwelling."  We dwell in a phy...

        I'm now going through The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol. 2 .  She talks about the many things of the world making sin att...

        I developed a sore throat today and prayed for healing.  Of course, the Lord does not always comply with our request of this sort ri...

        In today's Reading 1 from Exodus 34 at Mass, we learned that while Moses was conversing with God, the skin of his face became ra...

        To have surrendered to God is to have conquered oneself ~ that's why it's such a good feeling.

        At Mass this morning at the seminary chapel, I thought of the new parish church that'd be completed in a few months and morning ...

        Love of God.

        After receiving the Lord in the Holy Eucharist today, I heard myself saying interiorly "I'll never be the same again."...

        Today is the Feast of St. James, Apostle.  In Reading 1 from 2 Corinthians 4, Paul talks about how he is constantly being given up t...

        Care more about the things of God to deepen your union with him and care less about the things of the world to gain more freedom of ...

        I've been thinking that Jesus is our Lord, yet he's our servant at the same time ~ what an amazing combination!  If you look...

        Once you have discovered the beauty of Christ, all true beauties in the world are made even more beautiful and all false beauties ar...