To Believe is not the same as to want to believe. If we believe in God only halfheartedly, or with no zeal, then we are Christians in name only. Christians who want to believe in God are always on the move, alive and eager to serve the Lord.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
**Self-Examination Time
This begins my posting for today, Dec. 4. The Gospel acclamation from today's reading from Matthew 7: Whoever does the will of my Father will enter the Kingdom of heaven. This is so easy to know and remember for us to get into heaven. To do the will of the Father, we only need to listen to and follow Jesus the Son! God makes everything simple for us, yet we make it complicated for ourselves. We need to make a good examination of ourselves and start to see and live right!
***Most Powerful Bond***
Communion experience: In union with the Lord, your invisible bond with him is stronger than any visible or physical bond, and you are closer to him than to anyone else!
*****The Lord Is Perfection*****
Jesus is the embodiment of perfection. It there are others who are perfect, there have all been all been made perfect by or thru him. So Jesus is the first and eternal perfection.
**In Case You Don't Know . . .*
It's our pride that prevents us from obeying God and gets our soul ruined in the end if we don't follow the example of our most humble Lord.
**Speak and Proclaim We Must**
The Communion antiphon of Dec. 3, Matthew 10:27: What I say to you in the darkness speak in the light, says the Lord, what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. We who follow Christ cannot remain silent; we must listen to voice of the Spirit and speak out. We are to be warriors ablaze. holy rabble-rousers.
***God's Humble Power*
In the Gospel reading from Matthew 15, Jesus took seven loaves of bread and a few fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn fed a hungry crowd of four thousand men, not counting women and children. They all ate and were satisfied. This miracle may not be so dramatic as the miracle of the sun that happened at Fatima in 1917, witnessed by a estimated 70,000 people, but it's equally amazing, if not more so. The Lord always shows his power to us most humbly to benefit us physically and/or spiritually only.
*****REAL PRAYING Called For***
I lost my internet service again yesterday, so I'lI share yesterday's thoughts first. I first hared Laura's conversion story Buddhist to Catholic on November 5. Coming across this short of hers titled The Virgin Mary Is Real (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_bkJT69e6eE) triggered in me the following thoughts. There is a difference between just praying and real praying. One is a lot of more serious than the other. You can say your prayer as an an obligation, while your mind is elsewhere. Or you can pray, feeling strongly prompted by the Holy Spirit or that you really need God's help. Recently, I felt the urgency to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet before an original Divine Mercy image hung on a wall in my house. I stood close to it the whole time, focusing fully on the Lord and saying every word from my heart, and my soul felt the close presence of the Lord. Never hold back if you feel like pouring your heart out to him, for "real praying" allows God to let you experience him fully. He always treats us the way we treat him! He is not to be just a casual acquaintance of ours; he's to be our most beloved personal Lord.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
**Sign You're Ready to Go to the Lord
Today's Communion antiphon based upon 2 Timothy 4:8 reads: The just judge will bestow a crown of righteousness on those who eagerly await his coming. When you eagerly await the Lord's coming, you are ready to go to him.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)