In today's first reading from Acts 11 is this verse: The author of life you put to death, but God raised him from the dead. Jesus is the life, so is he the author of life. Without him, there would no life of any kind. As the author of life, it is impossible for him to ever die—this explains his resurrection. He lives forever, and best of all for us, he can make us live forever too!
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
***POWER OF LOVE***
Today's first reading at Mass was about the cure of a crippled beggar from Acts 3. Peter and John were going up to the temple area. A man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk." Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. What Peter said above moved me to tears, for in the name of Jesus Christ, we can make the impossible possible!
**Right and Wrong Attitudes**
If you think you are a pretty good person and don't try to be better, you may have troubling getting into heaven for not wanting to become perfect. On the other hand, if you always see yourself as falling short of loving God enough and "strive" to grow holier, you have an excellent chance of getting into heaven. Pride and humility make all the difference.
**Do You Know What Your Are Doing?*
People love to say "I know what I am doing." Then something unexpected happens and they are no longer in control. The right attitude is to trust in God and say to him, "Lord, I place myself totally in your hands, so guide me and protect me from all evil."
***Pride Our Worst Enemy
Jesus being God is forever present. To live as if he doesn't even exist is being absolutely absurd and stupid! Pride can surely ruin our conscience now and our soul later.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
***To Know the Lord Without Seeing***
In today's Gospel reading from John 20, Jesus appeared to Mary of Magdala and she believed that he had indeed risen. She went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord." Now we already know that he is risen. To know him, we only need to be open to him and he'll come and reveal himself to us. Then we can proclaim "I now know the Lord."
****One We Must Know*
If we could be made aware of our sinful state and the fact that if we do not repent and change our ways, we'd be heading straight toward hell, then we'd realize our dire need of Jesus our Savior. We can pretty much ignore everything else, but not him, for only he can save us from sin and show us the way to live right and gain eternal life!
Monday, April 21, 2025
**To Please ≠ to Love**
To please someone is not the same as to love someone. If you try to please someone without love, then you motive is not pure. But if you love someone with no concern about whether that person will be pleased or not, your love is pure. Usually, you want to please God because you love him. Wishing to please God alone and not yourself is a noteworthy virtue! The trouble with today's world is that too many people are so eager to please others with ulterior motives that they forget all about pleasing God.
***Smart Move to Make Now***
Pope Francis has just died after his bout with pneumonia. May he rest in peace! It just shows that you can be the most powerful, the most wealthy, the most famous, the most admired, or the most popular person in the whole world and still die, face the Lord God, and end up doing whatever he wants you to do. So the smart thing to do is to do God's will always now so that after you die, you'll not have to do anything that goes against your will.
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