***Author of Life

        In today's reading 1 from Acts 3, Peter addressed the people, saying to them, "The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses." Peter called Jesus the author of life, and this we must see too. As such, Christ is absolutely to be revered. We not only owe our present life to him, we owe our eternal life to him too if we've already received that great gift.

***Most Beautiful Thing We Can Do

        If we recognize God to be our heavenly Father, then let us treat him so. We must worship him, be grateful to him always, and above all, obey him. This last act pleases him the most and benefits us the most too. It is the most beautiful thing we can possibly do as his children while we are on earth.  

**Filled-with-Life Experience*

        Communion experience today. The main or even sole purpose of attending Mass is to receive the Lord in the Holy Eucharist. When I received it this morning, I realized that it was the Lord who is the life filling me, vitalizing my present life to the fullest and making my next life eternal! It was almost too much for me to bear or contain. I couldn't have felt more content and exuberant. 

**Baring the Soul

        Christ the Lord is the only one to whom I can bare my soul with the greatest comfort, for he treasures and understands all souls, and can heal them and make them whole.

**Awesome Bread

        Communion experience. I received the bread that came directly form heaven, and that bread was the body of the Lord himself. 

**Ignoring Christ Is . . .

 ignoring the only unchanging reality that's forever trustworthy.

***Most Exalted Experience***

         Communion experience. In my life, I have tasted many great food dishes, heard some of the most beautiful music, visited many interesting places around the world, and experienced the sweet feeling of falling in love when I met the girl I was going to marry. But receiving the Holy Eucharist has to be the most exalted experience of all, for it unites you and your most loving Lord and God as one, fulfilling your innermost longing. 

*****Great Easter Joy*****

        Happy Easter to all of you who read here. Knowing that Christ is risen makes our hearts leap for joy, for we know that because of him, we'll rise one day too!

***Feeling Overjoyed***

         This is Holy Saturday. Of course, the disciples were overjoyed when they learned that Jesus had been raised, and they were overjoyed again when the Lord appeared to them subsequently. What about us Catholics? Well, we already know that he had resurrected, and we now get to receive him in the Holy Eucharist and know that we'll surely see him again in person. We really should feel overjoyed at all times! Sing praise to the Lord!

**An Innate Awareness

        It's Good Friday. I went to Church 20 minutes early for confession this morning. People had already lined up along one whole wall. As I waited, another lines formed and now there were twice as many people. Three priests worked. That was heartening! My turn came 45 minutes later. I knew for sure that many others waited way over an hour. I attended the afternoon Communion service. Again, the church was packed. The first reading from Isaiah 52 amazingly prophesied the coming of the Savior. The long Gospel reading from John 18 & 19 told how Jesus got arrested, crucified, and buried, fulfilling the prophecy. Many of us resonate with this and decide to give our lives to God. This has to be because deep down we just know that we are sinners and need salvation of our souls.