***Monumental Utterance***

        In today's Gospel reading from John 6, Jesus said to the crowds, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world." He is talking about eating his Flesh and not dying anymore—we'll be living forever! Obviously, the Lord is hinting at the Holy Eucharist he's going to institute. No more dying, living forever . . . that's totally unattainable on our own! What he had uttered was absolutely monumental. If you cannot prove that he's not speaking the truth, you'd better believe in him with all your heart. 

***Communion Wish

        That the Lord would demolished my old self completely and make me anew in his image.  

***Responding to God's Love*****

        Christ's love for me is so compelling that my only proper response is to accept his love with all my heart and soul, and give all of myself to him in return. 

***God to Be Enjoyed***

        God is not only to be loved, but also enjoyed, enjoyed, and enjoyed. This is how you remain joyful always. Discover him, get to know him, obey and experience him, then you'll find the Lord not only awesome, but also most delightful. 

***Jesus Fulfills Us Spiritually

        In today's Gospel reading from John 6, Jesus said to the crowds, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." Of course, Jesus was not referring to physical hunger and thirst. Our most fundamental hunger and thirst are spiritual hunger and thirst. Once you go to him and believe in him, you are fulfilled at the soul level and your physical and thirst are taken care of by him as well. If you are not fulfilled spiritually, you can eat and drink all you want and will still be unsatisfied.

***God's Love Working*

        Communion time thoughts. Because God is love, he wants to save me, to be in union with him thru offering his own body and blood, to make me whole, to fulfill me in every way, to help me triumph over all evil, and to bring me peace and joy.

**Great Joy at Mass

        At Mass, I was fully aware that Christ can save me and has already saved me to become his best friend; I was filled with joy!

**All We Care About*

        We only need to obey the Lord and mind our own sanctity, and he will take care of everything else for us. 

***Perfecting Our Conscience***

        God has given all of us a conscience and we are responsible for following it. If we do it perfectly, we no longer fight ourselves and we are set free, enjoying peace—don't you see? 

***For the Simple Reason

        We should submit ourselves to God because he has already given his only Son to us so that we may have eternal life.

**Following Christ = Eternal Life

       In today's reading from Acts 6, accusation against Stephen began. As you know, he soon became the first martyr. Christians don't mind being martyred for Christ's sake because they know that they have eternal life.

***How to Possess the Lord***

        If you wish to capture the Lord, start out with a great yearning for him and at the same time remain completely open to him, no drastic action needed.

***Awesome Union

        Communion experience. When I am united with God, I am united with the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and all the saints in heaven! 

***That Jesus Must Rise Is a Given

        Let's say there is someone who has all the maps of every single place of the world in his head, and if you are lost anywhere on earth, he'll know exactly how you can find your way out. Of course, that person can never be lost himself. I use this example to support an insight I received at Mass this morning. From the Gospels, we know that Jesus raised at least three people from the dead. Then, of course, he could not possibly remain dead himself. That the one who can create life must have life always has to be the foregone conclusion.

***Being a Christian Is All About . . .***

how obedient you are to the God of Christ. It all has to do with your salvation and eternal life. 

***Power of God's Blessing***

        Before Fr. Steve dismissed the Mass this morning, as usual he asked the almighty God to bless us, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I felt personally that if you humbly accept God's blessing with a totally open heart, it alone is enough to change your whole life and being for his glory!

***God Our Perfector

        Communion experience. The Lord prepares us internally to face anything that comes to us externally. He is the one who can perfect us in every way, you must believe.

**Start with Yourself First

         If you want everyone else to believe in God, to love him, to trust in him, to honor him, to be holy, to be humble, to be forgiving and not judge others, to abandon themselves to God, to become detached to worldly things, to defend marriage, family, freedom of speech, etc., ad infinitum, then start doing all these things yourself and pray for others.