**Reflections on Gospel Reading

         Today's entire Gospel reading from Mark 3: Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." First thought: The crowd all wanted to be with Jesus. It struck me that when we attain in union with him, he is right there with us in our heats. Second thought: When we follow Jesus at all times, people often think that we are out of our minds.

***We Have a Personal God***

        Early this morning, I saw the sun up on a rather cloudy day. Again I thought of how the sun had been rising and setting day after day on schedule for perhaps billions of years already. We have a God and creator for sure!  Then Christ came to us and we definitely know that God is our loving Father so personal that we can even attain union with him spiritually! 

**Sweet Tonic

         Communion experience. The Eucharist is the sweetest tonic for the soul.

***Constant Learning from God

         There are no accidents in life. Everything that happens to us conveys a message from our Lord God so that we may learn something from it and be drawn closer to him. Pity the evildoers who are blind to this, thereby not learning anything from God.

**My Only Thought*

        CHRIST ✟

***No Limit to How Holy We Can Be***

        Communion experience. Christ can make us as holy as we wish, but we must let him know of our wish first! 

****Prayer Response Assured

        Jesus prayed to the Father when he was on earth. Since Christ is now totally with me, I pray to the Father whenever he motivates me to. Surely the Father would hear and respond to me.

***Joy of Knowing Jesus***

        Looking back on our lives, we all can remember happenings that we regret. For example, I had always wanted to play the piano. Then in college while playing basketball, I collided with one player so hard that the nail of my right hand little finger got pulled out a little bit. This permanently warped the joint closest to the fingertip, so I have since played the piano with this handicap. And there have been many shall I say unfortunate happenings. Now that I know Jesus, they no longer bother me. I even see them as blessings, for it's thru them that I came to know the Lord. The joy of knowing him has simply made me "forget" all my past sorrows as I see even greater joy ahead! 

***Simple Truth and Fact***

        If you don't have Jesus with you, you can lose your soul forever. If you have him with you, you'll remain safe for all eternity. It's that simple!

**Experiencing God's Spirit*

         Communion experience. The Spirit of the Lord filled the whole of me. It's an experience out-of-this-world.