****A Must for Us

        We absolutely need to be open to the Lord God of Christ. For when we are open to him, he becomes open to us and we get to know him. Once we know him, we know the whole truth and ourselves as well. And we are free!  

***Dealing with Rejections***

        Care only about what the Lord God thinks of you. So if people reject you for whatever reason, it's their problem. In fact, if they reject you because you are for Christ, consider that to be a great honor and rejoice in it. In sum, as long as the Lord loves you, don't let anything, rejection or not, bother you in this world.

****Perfect Communion****

        Receiving the Holy Eucharist is to submit oneself totally to Christ the Lord. Doing so, you experience union and rest. Otherwise, it would amount to being hypocritical or even sacrilegious! 

***Heaven Bound

        Communion experience. I am not in heaven yet, but receiving Christ in the Holy Eucharist marks clearly that the journey has begun.  

***Our Choice Matters***

        In today's first reading from Jonah 3, when God saw how the people of Nineveh repented of their evil ways, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them, and he did not carry it out. This shows how important it is for us to repent our sins, for it can change God's mind. I'd like to go straight to my point. With our free will, we can choose to obey or disobey the Lord. One choice leads us to become like him, while the other, to utter self-annihilation.  

****What We Owe the Lord

        Today Tuesday, again the day for praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. I thought of how the sins of all of us were placed upon Christ alone when he offered himself to die in place of us on the cross. We are truly indebted to him for having paved the way for us to go all the way to heaven after we depart from the earth.

***The One to Hold onto Forever***

        Today I realize that I am the one who can be fickle in my behavior, waver in my faith, or lapse into negligence, while the Lord remains steady and trustworthy forever. What's wonderful is that I can alway go back to him to begin anew. Such a Lord we must hold onto forever!

****Most Wonderful Tidyings (Truth)

        Everything we do affects not only the whole universe, but also especially our Father in heaven who truly loves and cares about us. We are not alone so that we can do whatever that pleases us. On the contrary, we should always do the Father's will, then we'd be set free and and gain eternal life in heaven. And, my friends, this is truly the most wonderful news to all of us! 

***Facing My Creator***

        Communion experience. The Lord who made me made me see myself so clearly as only he could. He also made me anew as only he could. I love my Lord, my most beloved!

***Another Unbelievable Day

        I felt great peace and joy at morning Mass today when I realized that I have a Lord I can truly believe in with all my heart, with all my mind, and with all my soul!  

***Our Greater Work***

        At the Last Supper, Jesus said in presence of the Apostles, "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father." I believe that among the greater works we'll do, we can surely include letting the Lord make us holy. This is the best way for us to glorify him, for if everyone does that, we'll have heaven on earth! 

****Key Realizations

        To be saved, we must be aware of these two realities: (1) That we were created by God our Father in heaven out of pure love. (2) That we are sinners and need him to save us from our sins.

**Wising Up

        God wants to make everything easy for us; but we, being self-centered, make everything hard for ourselves. So let's not be so thickheaded but abandon ourselves to the God of Christ to make everything easy for both him and ourselves.

*****Best Way to Love the Lord God***

        The Lord God loves us so much that he wants to save us from sin so that we may have life eternal. All we need to do is to let him do it and we are saved. 

***Being Known in Heaven!

        In today's Gospel reading from Luke 10, the seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name." Jesus said, "Do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven." Do you know if your name is written in heaven? If not, make sure that it is!

***Joy of Receiving the Lord

        Communion experience. Time stood still when I received the Lord into me. It made that moment the happiest one of my day. Receiving him daily is going from happiness to happiness! 

***Our Turn to Do Our All

        Christ has done his all for us, to the point of being crucified on a cross. Now it's our turn to do our all for him! A good deed deserves a good deed. 

***Two Stages of a Christian***

        Repentance is the first stage. One cannot become a Christian without repenting of his sins to God. The next stage is attaining union with God through the Holy Eucharist. This perfects the Christian.