I have no doubt that God has so made us that we don't feel 100% fulfilled until we attain full union with him. I think we all intuitively sense this, but we are just too busy to think about it or take it seriously. While the Lord is always calling us, the secular material world has pretty much drowned out his gentle voice. Have pity on us, O Lord.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
**A Heavenly Day
Today's Communion experience. I didn't exactly go to heaven, but the Lord from heaven came down to unite with me. This surely made my day heavenly.
****One Chance to Make It Good
Christ came the first time to get us ready for meeting him again. This will take place either at his Second Coming or upon our departure from earth. We only get to go to the Lord once, so we'd better make it really good for both him and ourselves. You goof this one time and you goof up our entire future for good!
**Heart Response Makes Big Difference
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 13, Jesus said to his disciples, "Knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them [the crowd to whom Jesus spoke in parables] it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away." It makes all the difference whether we have an open receptive heart or not. We either hear God calling us to enter his Kingdom or shut ourselves off from him altogether.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
**Prayers Are Never Wasted
I am continuing reading the book "Get Us Out Of Here!!" Maria Simma not only tells us much about purgatory, she also gives good advice on prayer, fasting, and many other topics. She says on p. 41, "Not the smallest of prayers ever goes to waste." That is, if you pray for someone who no longer needs your prayers, the Blessed Mother would take and apply them elsewhere. All prayers earn merits. So pray as much as possible, as your prayers will always benefit someone somewhere.
**Do-I-Know-God Test*
Greats saints see themselves as most wretched sinners before God because they are humble enough to realize how awesomely holy God is. So if you think that you are already a pretty "holy" person, you don't really know God yet.
*Communion Experience
After receiving the Holy Eucharist this morning, the Lord made me want to remain in him forever.
**Do Not Limit God
What God can do is limitless. If our faith is weak, then we are limiting him. Let's believe in him with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, and all our strength so that we may see fully the wonders he can perform.
**When God Lets You Know
You are in union with God when you know without a doubt that you are in union with him. What I want to say is that when God lets you know something, you just know that it's true. No self-deception here; it's the Lord accessing our innermost as only he can.
***A Most Serious Flaw
Today, we don't listen to anyone objectively anymore. We only want others to listen to us. We don't even listen to ourselves! If we don't hear our own inner voice, how can we possibly know God? Now, even after you've found God, you'd still need to listen to him in all things to insure that you'll inherit eternal life. To listen takes humility. The lack of this humility among us in general is a most serious flaw of this generation of ours.
**Unique Intimacy
When I go to daily Mass to receive Christ in the Holy Eucharist, my union with him gets strengthened further. Then the Lord gives me daily thoughts to blog—this is like hearing his voice in my heart and has the effect of drawing me ever closer to him. Such intimacy one can only attain with the Lord alone. My cup runneth over.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
***Life implies God's Existence*****
I just lied down on my bed to put an eye drop in my right eye as prescribed by my optometrist to do twice daily to control the intraocular pressure. As my left ear was in contact with the pillow, I could hear the sound of my beating heart distinctly via the mattress and pillow. It amazed me that a body like mine was alive, and I instinctively knew that God had created me. You can duplicate a body exactly like mine down to the last molecule—without God, it won't come alive. No God, no life, period.
***Don't Forget Sins of Omission
There are sins of commission and sins of omission. Here's how I see them. A sin of commission is about something you know you shouldn't do, but you do it anyway. A sin of omission is about something you should do, but you just don't do it. For example, you get drunk and go drive a car in public—that would be committing a sin of commission—you do something knowingly wrong. A sin of omission is often more subtle, thus less noticeable. For example, I watch a TV program and find it very interesting. Even though I should go do the dishes, I keep on watching TV longer. Here I don't do something I should go do. Nevertheless, a sin is committed in each case. More advanced Christians should pay more attention to the sin of omission so that they may become more perfect spiritually. This is where I need to work on myself.
***God Makes the Christian Life Easy
When you faithfully follow the Lord, he gives you deep peace to remain calm always and great joy to keep you feeling exhilarated. The combination of these two gifts just makes your Christian life easy to live and enjoy. Alleluia!
*****Our Life Goal Is . . .
to become totally obedient to God. Allowing God to make it happen is taking that first step of obedience.
***A Revelation to Treasure
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 12, while Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him about it. But he said in reply to the one who told him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and my sister, and mother." This is a revelation! Do the will of the heavenly Father and we instantly belong to the heavenly Family! Treasure this secret God has revealed to us and take full advantage of it.
**We've Been Spoiled
I am continuing reading "Get Us Out Of Here", the book about Maria Simma on Purgatory. I read something I hope I may quote here. She said, "People are so ungrateful and in Western society have come to take so much for granted. And taking things for granted quickly permits greed and then hate to take over. The implied teaching, so prevalent in western society today, that all men must have the same chance for a university degree and a big house with two cars is not God's teaching. Satan promises power, influence and success. God promises peace, joy, and fulfillment." Amen. I believe that because we take our affluence so much for granted, we have forgotten all about God.
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