***Responding to God's Love*****

        Christ's love for me is so compelling that my only proper response is to accept his love with all my heart and soul, and give all of myself to him in return. 

***God to Be Enjoyed***

        God is not only to be loved, but also enjoyed, enjoyed, and enjoyed. This is how you remain joyful always. Discover him, get to know him, obey and experience him, then you'll find the Lord not only awesome, but also most delightful. 

***Jesus Fulfills Us Spiritually

        In today's Gospel reading from John 6, Jesus said to the crowds, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." Of course, Jesus was not referring to physical hunger and thirst. Our most fundamental hunger and thirst are spiritual hunger and thirst. Once you go to him and believe in him, you are fulfilled at the soul level and your physical and thirst are taken care of by him as well. If you are not fulfilled spiritually, you can eat and drink all you want and will still be unsatisfied.

***God's Love Working*

        Communion time thoughts. Because God is love, he wants to save me, to be in union with him thru offering his own body and blood, to make me whole, to fulfill me in every way, to help me triumph over all evil, and to bring me peace and joy.

**Great Joy at Mass

        At Mass, I was fully aware that Christ can save me and has already saved me to become his best friend; I was filled with joy!

**All We Care About*

        We only need to obey the Lord and mind our own sanctity, and he will take care of everything else for us. 

***Perfecting Our Conscience***

        God has given all of us a conscience and we are responsible for following it. If we do it perfectly, we no longer fight ourselves and we are set free, enjoying peace—don't you see? 

***For the Simple Reason

        We should submit ourselves to God because he has already given his only Son to us so that we may have eternal life.

**Following Christ = Eternal Life

       In today's reading from Acts 6, accusation against Stephen began. As you know, he soon became the first martyr. Christians don't mind being martyred for Christ's sake because they know that they have eternal life.

***How to Possess the Lord***

        If you wish to capture the Lord, start out with a great yearning for him and at the same time remain completely open to him, no drastic action needed.