Attaining Union with God thru the Holy Eucharist

        I am posting Christine Niles's latest beautiful message to conclude my 2024 blogging. 

        Communion experience. It is the most satisfying fulfillment to end the year when you know that you have the Lord. 

          There will be no peace until we acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, and that he is our Lord, our Go...

        Today is the last day of 2024. It is fitting that my church has planned a Eucharistic procession for this afternoon so that we'l...

        Everyone had close calls in life. We do our very best to remain alert, watchful, and prepared, and bad things still happen. Clearly,...

        In today's Gospel reading from Luke 2, we heard read the encounter of the Holy Family with the prophetess Anna at the temple whe...

        In today's first reading from 1 John 2, we heard read " Do not love the world or the things of the world.  If anyone loves ...

         Love and trust fully in God; love but do not trust fully in any fellow human.

        In John 8,  the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery to Jesus. To test him, they  said to him, ...

         Today is the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. When Jesus was twelve years old, the holy family went to Jerusale...

        We get a lot of fake news nowadays. Looking at You/Tube videos on news and other topics, you can see many of them are fake or grossl...

        Every time you do something and lose peace, it's the Lord God telling you that you did not seek his will.  

         From John 14:6, we know that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. In John 10:9, Jesus said, " I am the gate. Whoever e...

        Today's Gospel reading came from Matthew 2. After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph to ask h...

        Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs. In  the first reading from 1 John, the Apostle talks about God as light. He write...

        God is love. Every word Jesus says and every deed he performs are motivated by love, for he is God. If we don't like what we hea...

        Communion experience. I rested in the Lord and my mind became so clear that I saw the whole truth. 

         This morning I had a dream a short while after 5 a.m. I was at a restaurant that served all kinds of fancy dishes. They used fancy ...