"Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)

Thursday, May 4, 2017

*Heavenly Experience on Earth

        Communion experience. Receiving Christ in the Holy Eucharist is becoming one with your most beloved who happens to be God. No experience on earth can possibly top that!

*Second Coming Inevitable*

        Jesus said, "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted." In our world, the opposites happen. Christ, the most humble of all men, got crucified, and today's pop stars with humongous egos are worshipped by the general public. It just shows that the world hasn't changed much fundamentally. Jesus came because mankind needs salvation. He foresaw that not all would listen to him, "forcing" God to schedule a second coming of his Son to judge all of us.      

Most Challenging Prayer

        Among all the prayers, I've found praying for the loved ones who are close to you most challenging, for you know them well and must make sure that your private emotions do not get in the way you place your trust in the Lord. Persistence in prayer is needed as your faith gets tested. As in all things we do, we must remember that God must come first. In fact, pleasing him alone matters.

Our Power Source

        Any appliance or machine will not work if it is not connected to a power source. For us, Christ is our power source and he is ready for us to be connected to him. Living without Christ is living with no true life in us. To get started, we must believe in him first. Then we shall receive life from him and be truly living.

**To Be Made by God

        Before God, let us be empty vessels, blank canvases, and pliable clay for him to fill us, transform us, or make something out of us to his heart's content, and we shall be contented.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Union Experience

        As you seek union with God, personal holiness is never on one's mind; you simply experience greater and greater freedom.

Extraordinary Power

        Communion experience. The Holy Eucharist lifts the sinner out of his miserable state to union with the Almighty!

*One Great Feeling

        Being with Christ, one great feeling I have is that I can start afresh with a clean slate at any moment, for he constantly keeps me clean.

The Least You Could Do

        If you can not love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all you mind, with all you soul, and with all your strength, the least you could (should) do is to believe that Christ has died for you so that you might live, for he is our only lifeline. 

Superior Prayer

        You can ask God to grant you any number of specific requests, but the superior prayer is to ask him to help you simply do his will always.