Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

The sharing of my spiritual thoughts and experiences

Friday, January 31, 2014

We Have Hope!

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        On NPR this morning, I heard the sad story of Jeremiah, a 14 year old high school kid who took his own life because he couldn't...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Another Christian Benefit

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        A Christian follows the will of God. When what God wants him to do is clear, he does it. When unclear, he does not get anxious, but...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Not Letting God Go

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        Once we believe in God, we are safe and secure in his hands and need only rest in him and enjoy his presence. But sometimes I feel ...

Does Faith Need Works?

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        Protestants believe that faith alone is sufficient for salvation, while Catholics quote from James 2 to claim that faith without wo...

Reality Stories We Need to Hear

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        Here are two Journey Home programs with terrific messages. The first is an interview with Kelly Nieto who was a new age atheist. Wh...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Guessing The Unforgivable Sin

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        In today's Gospel reading at morning Mass from Mark 3, Jesus said to the scribes, "Amen, I say to you, all sins and all bl...

Taking Advantage of God

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        The presence of Jesus I am aware of has become overwhelming to the point I could no longer not think about him even for a moment ~ ...

Being a Christian

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        A Christian does only the will of God. If his action benefits others, he expects no reward or gratitude, for he receives his reward...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Answering God's Call

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        Today's Gospel reading came from Matthew 4 ~ Jesus began preaching and called his first disciples. If you are not happy with yo...

How to Approach God

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        I felt well enough to attend Sunday morning Mass, but remained quiet for fear that using my voice would trigger coughing. Before Ma...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Becoming Beautiful Again

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        In this life, we cannot get beautified, but we can be beautified by God. We were all born pure and innocent, but grow ugly as the s...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Purity, Purity, Purity

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        We don't need to be a religious to take formal vows. We can always take our own vows in private. I deem one vow absolutely nece...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

How Close Is God to You?

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        On National Public Radio this morning, I heard that Latinos in this country is now a driving force in the Charismatic movement of t...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Great Mystery

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        I watched the movie Maria di Nazaret ( www.maryfilm.com ) on Netflix. It's on YouTube too. This film has many beautiful moving ...

Is Life Worth Living?

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        My cough seems to have come back, so I am not out the woods yet. At a time like this, we think about life more. I know that when pe...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Letting Jesus Occupy Us

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        At Mass today, I saw someone and thought of his known big ego. I didn't care for the music I heard too much either, somewhat di...

Making Jesus No. 1

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        In today's Gospel reading from John 1, John the Baptist testified that Jesus is the the Son of God, ranking ahead of him for ha...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Hardened Hearts

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        After receiving the Holy Eucharist, I thought: here's the Lord God who could solve all our problems and save us ~ yet how many ...
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