Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

        There are many seminars, workshops, conferences, etc., featuring upbeat, dynamic speakers who can encourage and inspire you or even...

        We pray for loved ones who have died. If they are in purgatory, prayer and Mass offered can surely help. But the best time to pray ...

        This morning's Gospel reading at Mass came from John 3. He wrote: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn ...

        I don't want to say that the Holy Spirit is God's conscience, for I may be treading on theological ground. But this I know:...

        In John 9, we read that Jesus opened the eyes of the man born blind. The Pharisees, disbelieving that he was blind, told him that J...

        Ordinarily, we find it difficult to remain holy as it's just too easy to sin. When you attain union with Christ, the reverse be...

        Today's the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena. After receiving the Holy Eucharist, I saw positively that the Lord could cleans...

        A lot of bad news made headlines today. For example, "Syria blasts kill dozens in Homs," "Seized Nigerian girls ...

        At Lourdes, the Blesses Mother promised Bernadette happiness not in this world, but in the other. It is true that Jesus never promi...

to be your own slave.

        Here's another mental picture that came to my mind. The soul wants to rise to God, but it's weighed down by so many things ...

        When I received the Holy Eucharist at Mass this morning, it's again the perfect time to renew my surrender to the Lord. I asked...

        As Christians, we must do our utmost to prevent anyone (ourselves included) from offending the Lord. In this sense, we become his g...

        What are these three in the world? Joy ~ we do feel happy temporarily when things go our way. Peace ~ we can find some relief from ...

        We separate the temporary from the permanent. Our body is temporary, for it gets older and weaker every moment and we can't do ...

        In today's Gospel reading taken from John 20, Jesus, who had not yet ascended to the Father, appeared to Mary Magdalene outside...

        I came home during rush hour and was trailing a vast number of cars moving at a slower than normal pace. I visioned that over thous...

        Happy Easter to all! During Lent, it was appropriate and comforting to weep along with Jesus. Now that Easter is here, it is approp...