When we sin, deep down we know it, and we lose our inner peace. God has made us this way so that we know when we have sinned. There are those who carry their sins all their lives and finally have to confess them before they die so that they may die in peace. But what if you die suddenly, die in sleep, or suffer dementia first? We just can't take any chance with our soul. Best yet, the moment you lose your peace because of sin, get Christ to take all your sins away so you may remain clean and pure. This peace is a special gift from the Lord showing that you are in a state of grade before him and he is pleased with you. Therefore, treasure it and preserve it by all means.
Friday, January 20, 2023
***Submission Most Satisfying
Communion experience. When you submit yourself to God completely, it's so satisfying! for you are now completely fulfilled. By the way, this experience can be quite overwhelming, but you'd know that it comes from the Holy Spirit and love it.
****Most Beautiful Response to God
In today's Gospel reading from Mark 3, Jesus appointed his twelve Apostles. We read from the Gospels how some of them dropped everything to follow him the moment he called them. This strikes as a most beautiful response to the Lord. He speaks and we obey immediately, as it should be. For he is the Lord and we are nothing without him! Only following him can do us good. The reason the world is such a horrible state today is precisely that we no longer obey the Lord!
Thursday, January 19, 2023
*****Never Go to Hell!*****
In John 21:18, Jesus said to Peter, "Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. It is true in general that when we grow old, we become increasingly helpless and would need others to do many things for us. Now, in hell the souls are completely helpless; they are not in control of anything and suffer whatever they deserve for all eternity. At the same time, those in heaven experience the greatest freedom and joy everlastingly. So, think about your own future right now! Don't ever end up in hell! Do your utmost to keeps all others out of hell too. This is my message for the whole world. I am bringing it up squarely before all because not thinking about it amounts to committing suicide. God does not go away and we'll all ultimately face him. For both his and your sake, think about him right now. With God the Omniscient, we must be completely open and go all out to know him. Avoiding him is terribly wrong and a huge mistake. So please help me warn as many others as possible. God bless you.
**Taking Advantage of Your Sins
The more sorrowful you feel about your sins, the more you should abandon yourself to God. Never despair, but hope and trust always. Then God will set you free from all sins. Let each sin make you holier until you sin no more! Be amazed by his love and power!
***Truth About Us (and a Choice)
God has made us in his image so that it'd be possible for us to become like him, then sin gets in the way. But now we have Jesus Christ our Savior right with us, ready to remove our sins to turn that possibility into a reality. So our choice comes down to "become like our God" or "remain in sin." The second one just sounds so horrible to me.
***My Greatest Intercessor
In today's first reading from Hebrews 7, Paul writes, "Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them." It's good to know that Jesus is interceding for me; he's on my side and is totally for me! How can I possibly fail? Who can be against me? He has surely made my life most memorable!
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
**Heaven Calling
You probably have heard the saying "Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one want to die to get there." As Christians, we know we can get to heaven and even how we can get there! If you yearn to go there and know that it'll feel like going home, you have been called by the Father.
**Money as a Burden
Money can be a great burden in life. I still remember way back after I got out of college, I finally found a job. I was happy, even though the pay was not very good. I was single and rented a room in a house, sharing the kitchen and the bathroom with others. As a new convert to Catholicism, I was filled with joy. I decided to support two overseas children thru a charity and freely donated to other causes too. Saving money for the future never entered my mind, and I truly was carefree and free. After I got married and started having kids, giving away money became less free. Anytime you work hard and earn more money, money just becomes more precious to you. The point is that money can weigh us down. And we should give away for the glory of God as much as possible under the circumstances. Happy is truly the one who is free to give away whatever amount he wishes.
**Goal Attained
Communion experience. I have attained my ultimate goal on earth and am ready to return to the Father.
***Inextricably Related to God***
The Lord God created us, gave us life on earth, supplies what we need for our sustenance, and has even paved the way for us to return to him after this life. We are totally dependent upon him for everything and related intimately to him as his beloved children. Without him, we wouldn't even exist. If you don't think you need him, you can't be more lost. Even after we die, we'll have to appear before him to give an account of our past. In other words, we are inextricably involved with God, whether you realize it or not. Next time you sin, pause first and know that God knows everything about you, that is, you can't hide anything from him. So be smart and live in complete obedience to him and start you days in heaven on earth.
**Why Satan Is Still Free
God can bind Satan and wipe out all evils in an instant if he so chooses. He hasn't done that because we haven't stop sinning against him. If we all obey the Lord and become holy, Satan'll be rendered completely "useless" and we won't need to be chastised anymore either. Since the reality is otherwise, Satan is allowed the freedom to test our faith. The love, mercy, and humility of the Lord alone should have been sufficient to awaken us to want to follow him and become holy. But we have not all responded favorably. Hopefully, seeing the terrible and horrendous things sin has caused will turn us around.
***One Best Thing About Heaven!
Happy moments or events in this life don't last long. After a while, they just become memories. Now, in heaven our joy will continue on forever! We should all want to go there. So go to Christ to have him take away all your sins right now!
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
****Why Pray Unceasingly
When we pray, we communicate with the Lord and deepen our relationship with him. Once we share everything with him from our hearts and become totally open to him, with the aid of the Eucharist we can attain union with him. So God is accessible and can be ours. Therefore, pray to him unceasingly. He is the most important person to our existence! To ignore him is to ruin our own lives. Everything is not OK without him! We need to wake up to the truth, the reality.
***What Receiving Holy Communion Is***
The Holy Eucharist enters our body, despite the fact that our body with a lot of bacteria both on and in us is not physically clean. But the Lord doesn't mind, for he is essentially making a spiritual connection with us. He's going to cleanse our hearts and heal our souls—this is what matters. So receive him only if you are in a state of grace and unite with him in spirit with all your heart. He's going to make you become like him!
***God Fulfills Us***
We all feel the need to love and be loved by someone. Those who are lonely often find some pet to fulfill this longing. Christians fulfill it in the Lord God totally. The one who loves them and whom they love is no less than the Almighty, their creator, their Father, and their Savior! It is a fulfillment that came straight from heaven. The Lord God indeed fulfills all our desires and is the only one we need to know in our life.
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