*Waiting on the Lord*

         The Lord God is in charge, so we can be sure that everything will fall into place in time. When a miracle happens, things get speeded up a bit. What we need is trust and patience. An impatient person will invariably lose out in the end.

***Intuitive Faith*

        I know that even if I were the only sinner in the world, Christ would be willing to die for me. So I love him and have no doubt that if I prayed to him from my heart, he would definitely listen and respond to me. 

***Lay Catholic Gone Astray

        This is a good video to follow the last one. It shows lay Catholics can go astray too. It relates to my post of last Jan. 12 "Most serious Message to All Catholics." In that post, I pointed out that being good may not be good enough for entering heaven. 

***Bishop Gone Astray

        Another good sermon was given, but what happened afterwards showed how so many of our bishops had already gone astray. Pray for the purification and restoration of the Holy Church!

**Great Disobedience to God*

       When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, one of the Beatitudes was "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Many global government leaders are warmongers. Let's use the current war between Russia and Ukraine as an example. Many leaders already assumed that one side was bad and the other side good. So they jumped right into helping what to them were the good guys. you can be sure that they had ulterior motives too. What followed were horrible destruction of many cities and villages and tragic loss of numerous human lives. No one attempted to defuse the situation early or at the very beginning. How can you have peace if you don't even find out from your enemy what's really on his mind? Say Putin is concerned that Ukraine joining Nato would pose a threat to Russia, then assure him that Nato would never attack his country first. This could have avoided the war.  By the way, after Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount, he also advised that we settle with our opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Peacemaking should always be our first goal. 

*****Life After Death

         Heres is a good sobering message for all, Christians and non-Christians. Jesus' question of Mark 8:34 comes to my mind: What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

***Greatest Exaltation by God***

        Communion experience. John 6:51: says Jesus to the people, I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Not only have I just got a foot in the door to heaven, I am now deeply implanted in the Lord, all set for eternity! 

***Food for the Soul

         Communion experience. The Holy Eucharist is the only food that nourishes the soul. When you let the Lord feed you, you are totally satisfied for all eternity!

**How We Become Defiled

         In today's Gospel reading from Mark 7, Jesus said the crowd, "Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile." I see that when you face temptation, it's how you respond to it that will determine whether you remain clean or become defiled.

***Being Smart

         Things will never always go the way you want, so let God's will be your will and you'll be happy always.

**Clear, Powerful Message*

         This video by Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is worth listening to.

***Our Greatest Consolation

        Things usually get worse before they get better. But if you follow Christ, no matter what happens, you'll be safe, for he is with you always. Today's Communion antiphon from Luke 22 is what Jesus said to his disciples: It is you who have stood by me in trials; and I confer a kingdom on you that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. 

***One Goal of Knowing God

         It should be to have him transform our conscience to think and see things as he does. Attain union with God through the Holy Eucharist is the way to attain that goal.

**Most Satisfying Experience

       Communion Experience. There's nothing more satisfying than being in union with Christ!

***Cherishing Our Lord***

         My Lord sure knows how to keep me happy. He uplifts my spirit, fills me with hope, and is always with me, calming me when I start losing peace and delighting me from time to time with insuppressible joy. He is our most beloved Lord!

***Transformative Love

        I am happy that God loved me so much that he gave his only Son so that I might have eternal life. And I am even happier that he loved all others just as much. It just shows that God's love is truly transformative, making us so selfless as to want to love everyone else. 

***Great Talk for Men

        The is a talk given by Fr. Jonathan Meyer at the Catholic Men for Jesus Rally at the Cathedral of St Ignatius in the Diocese of Palm Beach last month. It gets better as it progresses. 

***Keeping Pride Out***

        I am happy anytime I receive thoughts from the Lord to blog. Then I realized that if I started thinking that they were all mine, that would be wrong. So we must guard against our pride and keep our motivation pure always. This is part of our staying-alert-and-vigilant porocess.