Perfect Fit

        Communion experience. I experienced the Lord as my perfect fit, for we were most comfortable with each other. 

**Union With God Clarified

        It is wrong to think that in union with God, you are no longer free to do whatever you want to do. On the contrary, in union with God, you are free to do anything you want to do plus that you don't ever want to offend God again! 

*Common Sense Advice

        Two more or less related thoughts. (1) Unless you are certain that Jesus is not trustworthy, you'd better pay serious attention to all that he has said. (2) Since you do not know what might happen to you next, you'd better place yourself completely in God's hands.

*To Remain in God's Love

        Today is the feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle. In the Gospel reading from John 15, Jesus asked his disciples to remain in his love. Attain union with him and you'll be remaining in his love.

***Sign You Are Free

        There are still people who plan their own funeral to make sure that it would be impressive. It only shows that their soul is still enslaved. If you eagerly look forward to meeting God, you are truly free.

Our Primary Concern

        I see people with everything and people with nothing in this world. Life can be so different for different people on this earth. Then I realize that all this in such a short span of time really doesn't matter much, for everyone will enter eternity either to be with God forever or to be separated from him forever. It is the forever part that we need to be primarily concerned about.  

It Will Have to Happen!

      Today we celebrated The Ascension of the Lord in my parish. Now that we know Christ is God our creator, we see that his Resurrection and Ascension just had to happen. And I have no doubt that his coming again to judge us all will have to take place also in time.

**On Carrying Your Own Cross

       Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." Today the Lord made me see a couple of new things. First, taking up the cross is clearly carrying a burden, but the Lord wants us to do it willingly, even lovingly, and full of hope! Look at Jesus carrying his own cross on the way to Golgotha, he suffered great agony, but he never complained or became depressed. Secondly, some of the crosses we can actually ask the Lord to take away for his glory. For example, a loved one has not opened up to Christ and you feel the heavy burden. Naturally, you pray hard for him for the glory of God; but indirectly, you are asking him to take away that cross. I now see Jesus both as a cross-bearer and a cross-remover.

*Bread From Heaven

        Communion experience. If you believe that receiving the Lord is receiving pure love, then after absorbing and assimilating it you will become more like him.

**Union Privileges

        In today's Gospel reading from John 16, Jesus, with his impending death and resurrection in mind, said to his disciples: "You will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. On that day you will not question me about anything." I'd like to testify that once you attain union with the Lord, the joy of his Resurrection overcomes all your sorrows and you experience such contentment that you no longer question him about anything anymore.