Communion experience. When you submit yourself to God completely, it's so satisfying! for you are now completely fulfilled. By the way, this experience can be quite overwhelming, but you'd know that it comes from the Holy Spirit and love it.
Friday, January 20, 2023
****Most Beautiful Response to God
In today's Gospel reading from Mark 3, Jesus appointed his twelve Apostles. We read from the Gospels how some of them dropped everything to follow him the moment he called them. This strikes as a most beautiful response to the Lord. He speaks and we obey immediately, as it should be. For he is the Lord and we are nothing without him! Only following him can do us good. The reason the world is such a horrible state today is precisely that we no longer obey the Lord!
Thursday, January 19, 2023
*****Never Go to Hell!*****
In John 21:18, Jesus said to Peter, "Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. It is true in general that when we grow old, we become increasingly helpless and would need others to do many things for us. Now, in hell the souls are completely helpless; they are not in control of anything and suffer whatever they deserve for all eternity. At the same time, those in heaven experience the greatest freedom and joy everlastingly. So, think about your own future right now! Don't ever end up in hell! Do your utmost to keeps all others out of hell too. This is my message for the whole world. I am bringing it up squarely before all because not thinking about it amounts to committing suicide. God does not go away and we'll all ultimately face him. For both his and your sake, think about him right now. With God the Omniscient, we must be completely open and go all out to know him. Avoiding him is terribly wrong and a huge mistake. So please help me warn as many others as possible. God bless you.
**Taking Advantage of Your Sins
The more sorrowful you feel about your sins, the more you should abandon yourself to God. Never despair, but hope and trust always. Then God will set you free from all sins. Let each sin make you holier until you sin no more! Be amazed by his love and power!
***Truth About Us (and a Choice)
God has made us in his image so that it'd be possible for us to become like him, then sin gets in the way. But now we have Jesus Christ our Savior right with us, ready to remove our sins to turn that possibility into a reality. So our choice comes down to "become like our God" or "remain in sin." The second one just sounds so horrible to me.
***My Greatest Intercessor
In today's first reading from Hebrews 7, Paul writes, "Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them." It's good to know that Jesus is interceding for me; he's on my side and is totally for me! How can I possibly fail? Who can be against me? He has surely made my life most memorable!
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
**Heaven Calling
You probably have heard the saying "Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one want to die to get there." As Christians, we know we can get to heaven and even how we can get there! If you yearn to go there and know that it'll feel like going home, you have been called by the Father.
**Money as a Burden
Money can be a great burden in life. I still remember way back after I got out of college, I finally found a job. I was happy, even though the pay was not very good. I was single and rented a room in a house, sharing the kitchen and the bathroom with others. As a new convert to Catholicism, I was filled with joy. I decided to support two overseas children thru a charity and freely donated to other causes too. Saving money for the future never entered my mind, and I truly was carefree and free. After I got married and started having kids, giving away money became less free. Anytime you work hard and earn more money, money just becomes more precious to you. The point is that money can weigh us down. And we should give away for the glory of God as much as possible under the circumstances. Happy is truly the one who is free to give away whatever amount he wishes.
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