Today is the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5, "Christ indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised." How appropriate it is that since he died for us, we should now live for him!
Saturday, June 17, 2023
****Critical Awareness
To let God change us, we must acknowledge that we are sinners and need him to do it. This is critical. Otherwise, we remain in sin and that's a most horrible thought.
Friday, June 16, 2023
***Way to Become Holy
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the Gospel reading from Matthew 11, Jesus exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him." On this holy day, what I learned from Fr. Phil's homily was that we must always speak from our hearts with humility. I see that if we can do that, we are holy.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
***Special Love for Mary Our Mother***
During morning Mass, I felt the special love many of us have for the Holy Mother. We were all born of a mother on earth who is special to us. Of course, our earthly mother may not be able to love us for whatever reason, and the Lord knows that. So he gave us a perfect Mother in heaven who can always watch over us and lead us to her Son, our Lord and Savior. That's why she is so special to me. She's my perfect companion in doing God's will and I love her with all my heart and soul. She is inseparable from me as the Lord, the only difference being that the Lord alone is God and is to be worshipped. If you believe that you love Jesus and don't need Mary and all the other saints who truly love the LORD, then you've been misguided.
*****Faith Means a Lot to God
When you attain union with the Lord, you experience freedom, peace, and joy. He showed me today that if you experience only sorrow but still believe that he is with you, he will bless you extra.
***Highest Level of Intimacy
Communion experience. By receiving the Lord into me with all my heart and soul, he raises me to the highest level of intimacy with him.
***Rejoice if You Follow Christ*****
Because Christ loves us with a pure love, we can also love him and others with a pure love. Because his love for us is infinite, our love for him and others can also be boundless. Being most holy, he can make us holy. Being most beautiful, he can make us beautiful. Last, he is the life eternal. By remaining in union with him, we have life eternal too. We can not possibly get any better!
***Sanctity alone Shines Bright
The saints are the ones that shine the brightest before the Lord. How high a position you hold within the Church on earth is not a determinant.
**Highest Level of Existence
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 5, Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill . . . whoever obeys and teaches these commandment will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven." When we obey the Lord God in all things, he raises us to the highest level of existence!
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
*****Most Precious Food*****
Communion experience. In John 6:54, Jesus said, "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day." So the consecrated Host I consume is no ordinary food—in fact, it's going to make me live forever! This is absolutely the food that's dearest and most precious to me—it's the Lord himself.
***World on the Brink***
For most of the world, it's not God's will be done, but my or our will be done. This will bring about its downfall in the end. In trying to gain the whole world, they forfeit their lives! Saddest of all is that this is also happening within the Church, the body of the Lord. With so many souls at the risk of being lost forever, the time to pray for the world now is more urgent than ever!
***God Can Only Love*
God loves all of us and commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matthew 22:39). In other words, we must not hate anyone or wish anyone ill. Yes, we should even love all evildoers and wish them well. True mercy is limitless. By obeying the Father, we glorify and honor Him.
**Going Beyond Salvation
Today is the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua. In the Gospel reading from Matthew 5, Jesus said to his disciples: "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house." So it's not just we get ourselves saved, we must be useful to the heavenly Father by doing good deeds to glorify him.
***Logical Conclusion
Jesus has died for us on the cross, redeeming us with his own precious blood. Certainly, he will do anything for our good if we remain open to him.
Monday, June 12, 2023
*****Incredibly Wonderful Things
Communion experience. It's so good to let the Lord overwhelm me because by doing so, incredibly wonderful things happen: He takes away all my sins, heals my soul, draws me into union with him, and fills me with his most beautiful love!
**Ways to Get Rewarded*
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 5, Jesus gave his disciples the Beatitudes. He would bless the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the clean of heart, the peacemakers, those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, and you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of him. There are just so many ways to get blessed. Be or do all of them and our reward will surely be great.
***What We Should Do for Jesus
John 21. Jesus asked Peter three times, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Each time Peter responded, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Then each time Jesus asked him to do something. They were "Feed my lambs," "Tend my sheep," and "Feed my sheep." The Lord asks us if we love him too. If we answer yes, I could hear him say "Pray for the conversion of the whole world" to us.
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