*****Blunt Reality***

         We shall all go back to God from here. After seeing him, some will remain with him forever, some will be separated from him for a while and return later to be with him forever, and some will never see him again. The good thing is knowing all this, we get to make our choice and secure it in advance. The worst thing is we just don't care and let God determine our fate. 

***By Stark Contrast***

        A lost soul experiences his worst fear when he's dying without any hope before facing his unknown. By stark contrast, a faithful Christian rejoices, knowing that he'll be going to live forever in paradise!

****Thought Control

        All sins start with a thought. If we can keep our thoughts pure, we'll remain undefiled and have inner peace. Attaining union with God thru the Holy Eucharist is the effective and I believe the only way of keeping our thoughts pure, for the Lord alone knows our thoughts and can keep our hearts clean.

***Most Powerful Perfect Prayer***

         The Our Father which Jesus taught us is the perfect prayer. It defines our relationship properly with the heavenly Father. Know that praying it with all your heart can turn you into a saint!

***Cooperating with Love

        Communion experience. The Lord is completely selfless. He even sacrificed his only Son to save us. Our only proper and logical response is to accept his love for us so that we may love him back.

**Why Feel Unhappy?

        If we truly know that God loves us, why do we still feel unhappy sometimes? The only justifiable reason I can think of is that we see so many people still ignoring or offending the Lord. But the Lord does wish that we would suffer for his sake with great joy. Of course, if we don't know or trust in the Lord fully yet, we naturally get unhappy when things don't go our way.

***Clear Evil

        Today I attended the Thanksgiving Mass. I usually sit in the first row to receive the Lord early. At Communion time, I saw a mother cuddling her baby walking by after receiving the Eucharist. The baby was beautiful and the scent most touching. I just couldn't believe anyone would have the heart to abort any child not yet born! That abortion is pure evil is crystal clear.

***Communion Joy

        Communion experience. The joy of having received the Lord in the Holy Eucharist bubbles forth from within the heart and deeply touches the soul. It can only be given by God.

**Must-Have Awareness

        This awareness a Christian must have—it's recognizing that there is a fierce spiritual war being waged between God and the Evil One, with both sides fighting for our souls. So we must choose sides and get involved. If you don't do anything and believe that everything will be OK, I can assure you that it won't work out that way for you. The only sane choice is to join the Lord and fight alongside him. Then our final triumph shall be assured.

***The Importance of Prayer***

        You may or may not be familiar with Church Militant, but my purpose of posting this video by Christins Niles who used to work for Church Militant is for you to hear what she says about the importance of prayer which many Christians may not be fully aware of. A family (or any Christian group) that doesn't pray together regularly is bound to fall apart in times like ours. Blessed are those families that always pray and stay together. Sadly, they are rare and few nowadays.

****Why the World Doesn't Hear God*

         Here is one reason. The folks of the world are easily impressed by what they can feel thru their physical senses. On the other hand, the Lord God, being most humble and meek, never does anything to show off his power and might. To hear his gentle voice clearly, you need to shut off your physical senses and enter your own innermost first, and this is what the worldlings have trouble with.  

***Enjoying God's Love

        Communion experience. I just bask myself in God's love, the most beautiful and powerful force in the whole universe.

*How God Has Changed Me*

        It's already November 22, the eve of this year's Thanksgiving. Soon 2023 will be over. Looking back, I see that I've received Christ in the Eucharist thousands of times. I've experienced the greatest change since I started attending daily Mass a decade and a half ago. This change has been continuous and gradual. I now experience the Lord's presence at all times. Sins have become totally repulsive to me. The world has lost its lure. The usual activities people engaged in have become boring and this increases my desire to go to the Lord. In short, I've become otherworldly. Naturally, this brings some disadvantages in associating with others, but it's a negligible price to pay relative to what you receive from the Lord. Serving and glorifying God is now my sole mission. I feel totally fulfilled and just want to praise the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is real and amazing beyond words!

***Failings Are Blessings!***

        Every time you fail God, don't know what to do, lose peace, or suffer pains, it's a chance for you run to the Lord to seek advice, guidance, and consolation. Open up and enter even deeper into him! Never ever let anything weaken your faith and your hope in the Lord. In fact, see all you failures as blessings, for it's thru them that you get to abandon yourself to the Lord even more and become stronger each time. (Personally, I've found that God send sufferings my way always to strengthen me. If you love him, you may suffer for a while, but the sky always turns blue again!)

**Acting on Your Beliefs*

        One can be a Christian, but that might not be obvious to others. Similarly, you can believe that you depend totally upon God, yet what you do might seemingly contradict your belief. Any truly belief is be lived and acted upon. Otherwise, we are just being lukewarm, not much above a hypocritical Pharisee or scribe. By the Way, to live as if you depend upon God totally in everything is a great way to live!

***Being Open to God

        Communion experience. I surrender myself to the Lord completely; now he can bestow all his graces and blessings upon me freely without encountering any hindrance. Real cool!

***Union with God Extolled***

         This is truly a happy state! You are one with the Lord, in tune with him. You share his joys and sorrows. In commune with him, your learn of his thoughts and ways. To be aware of his constant presence within you is absolutely tonic to the soul. Hearing him speak to your heart just makes your day. Then if you sin inadvertently, you lose all your peace; but that's easily remedied thru the sacrament of penance. Once you tasted union with God, you don't want to be in any other state anymore. Freedom, peace, and joy are now all yours. It's truly nirvana.

**Another Joy

      Christ knows all about me. Because of that, he is able to love me. And I rejoice in that!