***Cause of All Sins

        All our sins are caused by disobedience to God. If we obey the Lord, he'll free us from all sins and we'll enjoy peace and have joy. The truth is always simple. Avoid it and you only make your life complicated and more difficult for yourself, not to mention the possible loss of your soul. 

*****Receiving Holy Communion Properly*****

        Today, sadly many Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Even many of those who believe do not take it seriously enough. Also sad that we don't see the Church coming out strongly to correct this problem. So this new video is most welcome. Of the three points mentioned, the last one is most important.

*Time to soar to God

        Everything you do for the sake of the Lord enriches your treasure in heaven. Before long, you'll have so much treasure stored up there that the world will have lost all its attraction. You are now ready to soar to your God. 

****Most Demanding Prayer

       The Lord's Prayer is not only the perfect prayer, it's also most demanding. For to say it from the heart and mean everything you say, you need to surrender yourself to the Lord unreservedly. To really mean "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" is to desire union with God, for there's no other way to realize that.

***Best and Worst Ways to Live***

        Living a secret life in Christ is most satisfying. The opposite way is to live for the world to see, then you simply keep feeding your ego and live in miserable self-enslavement. Living for God alone shows that you no longer care about you own ego, thus you live a truly carefree life. Also, knowing that you are pleasing the Lord and he is pleased with you is a joy that's beyond the world's understanding. To want the whole world to admire you is to fall away from God as far as possible. You cannot serve both God and yourself.

**Choosing the Best Part

        When Jesus was at the house of Martha and Mary, Martha was burdened with serving, while Mary sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Jesus made it clear that Mary had chosen the better part (Luke 10:-42). At Mass after receiving the Holy Eucharist this morning, I knew that I had chosen the best part. 

****Statement Worth Believing

        Today is the memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. In the Gospel reading from John 11, Jesus went to the house of Martha and Mary. Martha said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother (Lazarus) would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise." For he was going to raise him from the dead shortly. Then he said, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone one who lives and believes in me will never die." This is indeed a very bold statement—it's so bold that you have no choice but to believe in its truth, unless you're sure that Jesus was completely out of his mind. But the Gospels reveal that he always knew what he's doing and is most likely the most sane person who has ever existed.

Correction!

        I apologize that I gave the wrong link in my post Jesus with a Pulsating Heart earlier today. That one shows only the video. Now I've replaced it with one that also tells you about the miracle in English.        

**Influencing God*

        God is infinitely greater than us, yet we can move his heart and change his mind, for he is our Father who loves us to death! As long as we speak to him from our hearts, he listens to us and always responds by giving us the best for us to attain eternal happiness. Four days ago, we had the Gospel reading from Genesis 18 about which I posted under the title Learning About the Lord (from Abraham). We see that God gave in to Abraham bargaining with him that if he finds ten innocent people in Sodom, he would spare the whole city for their sake. Our God loves to hear from us. It's those who ignore him that hurt him the most. We should rejoice that we have instant access to our Father and can endear ourselves to him to make him happy.

**HappyTurnabout

        Abandon yourself totally to God and you'll be so happy that you don't ever want to complains about anything anymore, but only want to praise and thank God for all things.