"Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)

Monday, March 17, 2025

***The Three Heavenly Gifts***

        Freedom, peace, and joy manifest our closeness to God. Someone in full union with God feels completely free in the Lord, enjoys deep peace in his own heart, and is always filled with great joy. The three come and go as one. Whatever the Lord gives, you always get the whole package. There is no such thing as partial salvation.

****Secret to Peace and Freedom***

        The more we surrender ourselves to God, the more we become free of ourselves and experience inner peace. This is how God has made us. If you realize this truth, you are not far from him. 

**Impressive Awareness

        At Mass this morning, the Lord impressed on me that he could indeed take away all my sins! 😇

**Wise Move

        In Mark 9:40, Jesus said to John, "Whoever is not against us is for us." So if you don't go deliberately against the Lord, you can still be saved. But in this case, I'd go all out to be for him so that I'll be saved for sure, not to mention all the other benefits I'll gain. 

Sunday, March 16, 2025

***How to Know LOVE

         Know Jesus, for he is love.

***Greatest Human Tragedy***

        I'd say hands down it's rejecting Christ our Savior, for it would lead us to the greatest separation from God.

***Secret to Eternal Happiness*****

        If you read the Scriptures, you'll see that the Lord God was severe at times but most kind at all other times to his beloved people. In other word, he treats all of us as his beloved children. So if we love him as our dearest Father, everything shall work out beautifully for our whole existence!

***Infinity a Reality

        In today's first reading from Genesis 15, the Lord God took Abram outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so," he added, "shall your descendants be." As far as I am concerned, if the universe were infinitely large, I wouldn't be surprised, for the Lord God himself is infinite in every way. For someone who has always existed, I'd be shocked if he cannot make something infinite. In fact, I have difficulty in conceiving that we have a space that can only accommodate a limited number of stars. A finite God is no God at all.

Saturday, March 15, 2025

***Best Way to Know the True God***

        The Lord God of Christ loves all of us equally. This is the Lord who reveals the truth to us and let us choose to believe or not believe in him thru our free will. If you choose to believe in him wholeheartedly, you'll know without a doubt that he is the true God. This is the best proof that he is. With any false god, it never works out this way!

***Pefect Command***

        In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 5, Jesus told his disciples to be perfect, just as their heavenly Father was perfect. This is a command for all of us. If that's not quite possible, it should at least be our No. 1 goal. Then nothing is impossible for God for sure, so here's our perfect chance to put his might to work by placing all our trust in him.