Even if you visually see and audibly hear God, it doesn't mean that you now know him. You can know him only through the innermost of your heart. So solitude is needed. It's in the stillness of the heart that you sense God's presence. (In union with God, you do sense his dwelling within you at all times.)
Thursday, May 25, 2023
****Our Greatest Influencer
Being good or bad does affect others. If you are a good example, people will be impressed and inspired by you. So I advocate that we all go straight to Jesus Christ, for he is the perfect example of love. Let him impress and inspire us and we can become like him. In this case, he also has the power to make it happen effortlessly for us! He is the greatest influencer we can possibly have.
**God Always Speaking to Us
Volcanos are erupting all around the world. The current ones in Italy, Indonesia, and Mexico are particularly alarming, for they can potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people. Of course, you can say volcanos have always been around, but I see all such happenings as God warning us and calling us to return to him. God is always speaking to us through various means. For the faithful who already believe in him, no sign is necessary. But if you still don't believe and can shrug off volcano eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis and the like, then most likely you are not going to succumb to the LORD easily.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
**God's Special Peace
Communion experience. You know that the peace you receive can only be given by the Lord, the one who knows you heart and soul. It is that special.
**Outstanding Difference
On earth, we all are just passing through until life ends, but the Christians also see themselves on a pilgrimage to their eternal home in heaven. This is the outstanding difference.
**Loving God Makes You Lovely
As Christians, we must love everyone as ourselves. But you can't help noticing that those who love God dearly are extra lovely.
**Being One with God*
In today's Gospel reading from John 17, Jesus prayed for those whom the Father gave him out of the world that they might be one just as he and the Father are one. To choose to be on God's side is not good enough, we need to be one in the Lord. And there is no better way to attain union with God than through the Holy Eucharist.
***Enjoy the Lord Now
God is infinite. His love for us is infinite. He'll draw you as close to him as you'll allow him. There is no limit to how much you can let him love you and how much you can love him. Start enjoying him every moment every day now when you are alive on this earth.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
***Secret of Success*****
A big responsibility comes with accepting God's blessings. We must now live up to his expectations. This becomes easy when we let him make it happen. The Lord demands and gives. Follow him and we'll always succeed. You want to get to heaven? Listen to and obey him and it's done! You want to become a saint? Just as easy. If you don't know that God can be so amazing, you should get to know him better first.
***Do Not Burden God
God carries each one of us. Of course, many don't want God to carry them, not realizing that he still sustains their every breath and heartbeat. For us who know that we are totally dependent upon the Lord, we must make sure that we do not burden him. Obey him always and we become his delight.
Monday, May 22, 2023
***Communion Benefits*****
I received the LORD, entered his infinite space, and experienced infinite freedom in him. And I gained access to all the power I needed to live a triumphant life!
*****Our Only Way Out
We are surely living in evil times. So many godless and lawless acts are being carried out by so many people. Three days ago, three of the locked metal mailboxes (one of which was mine) outside my house were pried open by force. Of course, this kind of crime, though serious, is nothing compared to say corruption at various levels of a government or legalizing abortion. Recently, I read some history of the Church and learned that she had certainly gone thru troubled times. The Church had faced persecution, attacks from within and without, and dealt with heresies and schisms. Today you can add corruption and immorality to the list. Then in today's Gospel reading from John 16, we hear Jesus say to his disciples, "Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone." Of course, we know Jesus was going to be arrested, scourged, mocked, and nailed to a cross. Can any act be more godless and lawless? I don't think so. So whether it's two thousand years ago or now, sins have always been around. You can't really say that one time is better than another. To follow Christ is the only answer, regardless of the time you are in. Only by living in him can we be freed from sin and disassociated from the world we live in. I sincerely hope that everyone will see that this is the only way out for us.
****Opportunity for Surrendering to God
When we pray to God, especially in making supplications, we need to submit ourselves to God interiorly first. Can you imagine that we ask God for favors, but haven't yielded ourselves totally to his will yet? Many prayers such as the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet Catholics say are repetitive in nature. Here I see an excellent opportunity to surrender your will to God each time you say the same prayer. This can really help you achieve union with God through the Holy Eucharist.
Sunday, May 21, 2023
****Life Made Meaningful!
I am so glad that the Lord has made life meaningful to me in this way. Every one of us will appear before him to bring his or her existence to a conclusion. We'll receive either punishment or reward, exactly what we deserve on that day. It's a one-way journey with no turning back. The only time we can change things ahead is the time we have now on earth. After that it'll be all up to the Lord. This may sound somewhat pessimistic, but as long as you are still on earth, bright hope is ever present, for Christ still awaits us with boundless love.
**The World Becoming Boring*
Once you know the LORD deeply, you'll find all the so-called fun things people enjoy in the world becoming boring. That's because by God's design they can never satisfy our spiritual hunger and thirst for him. When you become attached to anything in the world, you're surely to lose your spiritual freedom. Furthermore, know that all things we enjoy in the world do pass, whereas the Lord God exists forever.
***Power of the Truth
Be completely open to the Lord God to let him reveal whatever he wishes to you, and you'll know without a doubt that what you have received is true. The Lord God being the truth himself can only impart truths.
***How to Get Along with God
The Lord God means everything he says always. If we do that also, then we and God will surely get along with each other well.
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