Today is Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle. In reading 1 from Ephesians 2, Paul addresses his brothers and sisters: "You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord, in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit." So Christ is the one who holds the Church together and makes each one of us a dwelling place of God. At this critical time when Evil has infiltrated much of the world, we must be united to the Lord more than ever to remain holy and strong in order to save mankind from being lost forever!
Friday, July 3, 2020
Thursday, July 2, 2020
*Garabandal, Unstoppable Waterfall
On June 20, I posted the video Our Lady of Garabandal. Today the brand new film Garabandal, Unstoppable Waterfall premiered. It's 1-hour-24-minute long. If you are interested in the story of Garabandal, you may want to watch this one, for it's more complete.
**Padre Pio, God's Amazing Servant
Padre Pio, now Saint Pio, was well known for his amazing life as a holy priest. He passed away in 1968, so many of you today probably have not even heard of him. Here is a short documentary on him. If you find it interesting, you can find many more videos and also books out there telling you about him.
**Living the Christian Life
How to live the Christian life? There can be many answers. To love God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul, of course. To be a little more specific, I would say that we be completely truthful to God and to ourselves. Satan is all lies and deception, so we want to be the very opposite. Only truth will last forever. Therefore, never hide anything from God. Let him see everything in us. Be one with the Lord, the eternal truth, and you will be so strong that you'll never fall again!
***Encounter with God*
You may have believed in Christ for some time, but not yet encountered him in a personal way. Encountering the Lord can be a breakthrough in your awareness of God, an illumination of the truth, or a sudden realization of God's existence. It is a special grace that draws you closer to him. It could happen when you are praying, reading a book, taking a walk, or experiencing suffering. As Catholics, if you truly believe in the real presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, you should know that you encounter God every time you receive this Most Blessed Sacrament. I advocate opening up yourself completely and receiving the Holy Eucharist as often as possible, then you'll become one with the Lord and don't ever need to think about encountering him anymore.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
**Doomed or Saved, Your Choice
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 8, even though Jesus healed the two demoniacs by driving the demons out of them, the townspeople became afraid and wanted Jesus to leave their district. This is happening today too. No matter how much good the Lord does, people just do not wish to see the truth and reject him outright. Of course, if you reject God, you are doomed. But the merciful Lord is waiting for that one nanosecond of awakening from you. If you'd just repent and return to him, you are saved! To be doomed is easy, but to be saved can be super easy.
**Know Our Role
What are we living for? Are we here just to pass the time of this life? Every Christian serving the Lord needs to know his or her particular role. We are all different and are called to serve him in different ways. The saints were vastly different from each other. So were the Apostles. Jesus wants us to mind our own business and serve him as best as we can with the personality, disposition, ability, and talent he has given us. We aim solely to please the Lord. And this is made super easy when we surrender ourselves completely to him first!
***Amazing Video
This is a most interesting video. John-Henry Westen of LifeSiteNews has always been trustworthy. One thing I learned from Thomas Raymond Zimmer, the prophet in the video, is that prayer can be powerful. Sometimes we feel that we can do little to help God. Wrong! We can always pray hard and from the heart, and God will accomplish great works for us!
***The Lord IS Our Shepherd
Let's start off July on a positive note. Hear Fr. Goring's talk and say "amen" to it.
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