**Cause of Unrest**

        Ask yourself now if deep down you truly experience peace. If not, then it's basically because you haven't settled your eternal future yet. Since Christ is the only one who can settle that for you, the basic reason for your unrest is that you do not know and believe in Christ yet.

***Freedom with One Will**

        In today's Gospel reading from John 15, Jesus said to his disciples, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you." This is indeed true because when we are in union with the Lord, we are free to ask for whatever we want and get it, for whatever we want is exactly whatever he wants.       

**Jesus IS Joy**

        Communion experience. The Lord filled me with joy. Jesus is indeed Joy!

***Beautiful Way to Exist

        Today's Communion antiphon, Romans 6:8: If we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall live with Christ, alleluia. To die with Christ to live with him—think about this a bit. What a beautiful way to exist!

*****GREATESTt POSSIBLE LOSS*****

         I had a nightmare early this morning. Unlike the other ones I had that usually woke me up in a hurry, this one was long and drawn-out. In the dream, my wife and I were exploring what seemed like a sparsely populated coastal area, then all of a sudden I didn't see her walking next to me anymore. I thought she might have gone somewhere for a reason, for we just went by some small buildings. After I waited quite a while and she didn't show up, I was worried and started to look for her by backtracking and moving further ahead, but to no avail. Finally, it hit me that I had lost her for whatever reason and started feeling the agony. I moaned and cry out aloud "Where are you, Maria?" In her sleep next to me, she must have heard me and responded, "I am here!" That didn't relieve me right away, for the pain I experienced was just too great. Anyway, this made me realize that people losing a loved one happens all the time, often tragically, and we must pray for any specific case we know of. Finally, I asked the Lord why he gave me such a painful dream. Here's what he wants me to realize: Although losing a loved one tragically in this life can wound us deeply and take us a long time to recover, it's nothing compared to losing him as our Savior which one day will make us suffer the greatest possible pain and sorrow for all eternity! For he is the way, the truth, and the life. Without him we'll be lost and dead forever! So rush to Christ right now and give all of yourself to him to experience true freedom and peace! In Matthew 16:25, Jesus said, "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." I am now spreading this most urgent and loving message tor the sake of the whole world, for it's truly of life-or-death importance.  

***Sad News***

        Jesus the Son of God has come to us in person and revealed to us that God the Father loves us to death so that whoever believes in the Son will have life eternal in heaven. If you don't think that this is good news, then no news can be good news. Yet people still ignore him. Pride can surely blind us and turn us into utter fools!

***One Great Feeling

        Communion experience. Christ is the only one I can totally entrust with my soul! It's is a most satisfying, comfortable feeling.

***Glorifying God Is Easy*

         In today's Gospel reading from John 13, at the Last Supper after Judas had left, Jesus said to the rest of the disciples, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him." We see that  whenever we obey God and do his will, we glorify him and he in turn glorifies us. How good it is that we are able to glorify the Lord continuously everyday! 

***How Not to Sin Again***

        This morning at Mass, the first thing the Lord made me see was that we must not sin against him at all. So how can we achieve that? The answer is that it all depends upon how you go about doing it. It you try to do it on your own, it would be so hard that you'll fail for sure. On the other hand, if you trust in the Lord completely to let him help you, it becomes effortless! Therefore, seek to attain union with God through the Holy Eucharist so that you may trust him in all things. 

***Bering the "Richest" Person*

        Communion experience. Christ is my Lord, my God, and all mine! I have to be the "richest" person in the whole universe!