Communion experience. The Lord is most sweet to the soul, sweeter than honey to the mouth.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
**Extreme Foolishness*
God is our greatest defender against evil, but we need to trust in him first. People can pray for us, still it's up to us to make the decision to submit ourselves to him or not. To reject God who's totally on our side, go on our own, and risk being lost forever is being extremely foolish indeed. Beware! Pride can be deadly and is our worst enemy; it is also what Satan seizes upon the most to ruin our souls.
***Why Christ So Important?
Straight and simple answer: He is critically important to us because he is the only one who can get us into heaven for certain.
***Best Way to Know God***
I have always advocated going to Christ directly if you want to know him speedily and well. You must establish a strong bond with him first for him to be able to fundamentally change you. A superficial relationship is a waste a time. As a Catholic. receiving him in the Eucharist is the way to attain ultimate union with him. It is in this most intimate relationship that you experience you own transformation and the joy of following him.
Friday, October 27, 2023
*****Our Greatest Humility*****
It is to surrender ourselves completely to God, letting him do whatever he wishes with us. It is total abandonment in him. By the way, this also leads to union with God and spiritual freedom. And our greatest humility is followed by our greatest exaltation by the Lord. It can't get any more fantastic!
***Infinity No Longer Perplexing***
I studied math and learned that infinity is a concept, unlike regular numbers you can easily work with. Our finite minds just have trouble conceiving infinity. Not anymore for me since I came to know the Lord God well, for he is the very embodiment of infinity! First of all, he has always existed and will exist forever; he is simply I AM as was revealed by the Scriptures. He is omnipotent, for nothing is impossible for him. When he wills, it's done. He transcends both space and time. I used to wonder ever since I was a kid if I would ever hit a wall or something if I kept on flying into space. Then if I did hit a wall, what would be on the other side of it? Anyway, after knowing my God, should it turn our that our universe is infinite, I would have no qualms about accepting that to be a reality.
***God Our Deliverer
In today's first reading from Romans 7, Paul wrote, "Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body?" We need the Lord to deliver us not just from our bodies, but also from sin and the whole world. The Lord, being the truth, will deliver us from all our burdens and set us completely free one day, this I know for sure.
**Worse Dementia**
Many older people suffer from dementia nowadays and their families and friends feel sorry for them. Then I thought of those whose minds are still clear and sound, but suffer from shall I say "spiritual dementia," for they still live for themselves and this world, having no awareness of their need for salvation and God . . . are they better off than those who have the regular dementia? I don't think so. For the latter might have already been saved before dementia started. Anyway, believe in Jesus our Lord and Savior to secure your eternity in advance; and dementia or no dementia, it doesn't matter anymore. Better yet, pray that the Lord will keep your mind sharp and clear all your life so that you may enjoy him every single moment while you're on earth . . . he may very well grant you that wish for loving him!
Thursday, October 26, 2023
****The Ultimate End
Communion experience. Christ is absolutely my end! By that I mean I have gone as far as I can to fulfill and satisfy myself. When I possess him, I lack nothing. He's the only one worth our giving up everything to love and treasure.
***Our Greatest Joy on Earth***
It is knowing that Christ Jesus our most beloved loving Lord gave himself up so that we might have eternal life! Praise be to him forever!
**How Strong Our Faith?
In today's first reading from Romans, Paul told the Christians at Rome that they now had been freed from sin and become slaves of God. Yes, to be "enslaved" by God actually sets them free! In the Gospel reading from Luke 12, Jesus told his disciples that he had come not to establish peace but division—another saying that's seemingly paradoxical. In both cases, faith in the Lord played a central role. For if we all have a strong faith, we'll be united in freedom and live in peace.
***Be Worry Free
We usually accept the fact that as humans we can't help worrying about various things, so we don't even believe that we can stop worrying. But the other fact is that if we totally trust in God, we can indeed be worry free. In Matthew 6, Jesus taught his disciples to depend upon God and not worry about anything. The Lord wouldn't have said anything that's impossible for us to attain. No matter, we should always aim for complete abandonment in God, never limiting him in any way.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
**Two True Sayings**
Psalms 130:3: If you, LORD, mark iniquities, who can stand? True. This could be the flip side: If you, LORD, impart blessings, who can lose? Also true.
***The Lord Giving Himself Up***
Communion experience. When the priest consecrates the bread and wine, they change into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist. This is one great miracle I witness at every Mass. It shows that the Lord gives himself up for us for the forgiveness of sins. I wonder how many of us really see and appreciate all that.
***We've Been Raised Too!
In today's reading 1 from Romans 6, Paul asks his brothers and sisters to present themselves to God as raised from the dead to life. As believes and followers of Christ, we have indeed been raised from the dead, since as sinners we were lost and dead, but now we have life eternal!
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
**Getting Out of God's Way*
The only way to save he world is let God do it. To let God do it is for us to obey him. Anytime we disobey God, we stifle his work.
**Longing for God
How much you long for the Lord to come to you reflects how much you long to go to him.
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