At Mass, my Lord offered himself to unite with me bodily and in spirit. The only appropriate response I could see was "total submission." When I receive him thus, he completes me, fulfilling what I desire the most, and both he and I triumph.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Monday, July 3, 2023
**Increasing Our Love for God
Communion experience. Receiving the Body of the Lord is a heavenly feast. Receive it with all you heart and with all your soul, and your love for him knows no bounds.
****Jesus Knows Everything About Us
Today is the Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle. This is how the Gospel reading from John 20 started: Thomas, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." A week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe." Jesus wasn't there the first time, but he knew exactly what Thomas had said. The Lord knows every thought we think, every word we utter, and every deed we perform. You unbelievers better wake up and watch out. To those who already believe, it's a great consolation that the Lord knows all about and watches over them.
Sunday, July 2, 2023
***Thinking About Leaving the Church?
If you are a Catholic and see other Catholics, lay or clerical, behaving improperly and decide to leave the Church, then you are judging others and probably never knew Christ the Lord well in the first place. Christ is most holy and perfect and we must never leave him. The Church he has established as a whole is his body, so to leave the Church is to leave him, cutting yourself off from all the sacraments he has given you, especially the Eucharist which is his greatest gift to us. There will always be sinners among us. The proper thing to do is to remain in the Church and pray even harder for yourself and the Church. Always pray and ask the Lord to help you see things clearly.
*****Most Beautiful Thing We Can Do*****
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 10, Jesus said to his apostles: "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We are to love the Lord wholeheartedly without any reservation. This is showing our great faith in him, and our reword will be great in heaven. Loving God is the most beautiful thing we can do in our whole existence!
***Our Basic Burden
We fear facing God because deep down we know we are sinners. If we acknowledge that and repent of our sins, joy and freedom will displace all our fears. It really works, so why are you still waiting and not wake up to this truth? You see, God has so made us that we cannot live in sin and enjoy peace at the same time.
**Priority in Prayer*
It's easy to pray for others to become holier, forgetting that praying for ourselves to become more perfect should take first priority. To help others obey God, we need to obey him ourselves first. To help others become holy, we need to become holy ourselves first.
**God Knows What Suits You
God will use you for his glory and your salvation as much as you'll let him. Since he knows you thoroughly, if you are open to him, he'll let you know exactly how you can best serve him. He'll never impose upon you anything for which you are not ready or that's beyond your endurance. You can always trust in the Lord who is wise, kind, and most considerate.
Saturday, July 1, 2023
***Praying for Souls in Purgatory
I am posting this video to urge all to pray for the souls in purgatory. When you pray for them, they will in turn pray for you too. I met Vicka on one pilgrimage to Medjugorje. As our group listened to her speak, we were able to look at the bright sun comfortably, for the glare was gone.
**Sign You've Surrendered to God
The Lord God occupies you mind and soul totally so that all worldly things no longer interest you. For everything pales next to the magnificence of the Lord.
***Unique Intimacy
Through receiving the Holy Eucharist, you can attain union with God. Now you enjoy the greatest intimacy, possible only with the Lord God.
Friday, June 30, 2023
*****Refreshing Message*****
I shall end my posting this month with this uplifting video. Fr. Corapi's message is alway to the point and refreshing! This is how Catholics should be fed so that they will know their faith and be inspired to spread the gospel. God bless Fr. Corapi.
***Blessed Awareness
I look at my life and see clearly that the life I'll have after I leave this earth is really the important part of my existence, for it'll last forever. This awareness changes my outlook completely. I am now free from the world and want to remain in Christ only while I am still here.
***God Becomes Our Joy
The joy of reconciliation to God is an ongoing process. As your reconcile more, you grow closer to union with him. Now your joy intensifies too and can become overwhelming. You are never the same person again, for the Spirit has touched your soul deeply. The Lord now becomes your pure joy!
***One Greatest Joy***
This is the joy you experience when you reconcile yourself to God the Father. It's the joy of returning home to spend eternity in heaven with the One who loves you with the greatest possible love, a joy that's unspeakable and out of the world! Of course, if you remain aloof from God, you'll never experience this wonderful joy.
**Fear of God
If you sin against God and come to fear him, that is normal. But if I am already with God, to fear him does not really mean that I am scared of him. It now means that I must follow him faithfully and not sin anymore. If you call that a fear, then it's a healthy or holy fear.
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