Today Tuesday is the day to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. They are difficult to pray because the mysteries, Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion and Death of Jesus, are just too painful to dwell on. The Lord let me see that I feel this way because he has made me in his image and made me know that I am a sinner. He is right! If he hadn't given me a conscience and the awareness that I am a sinner, these Sorrowful Mysteries wouldn't have affected me the slightest.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
***Horror of Hell to Realize*
My last video touched on hell. Many saints and seers, including the visionaries of Fatima, Garabandal, and Medjugorje, who were all young children, have had visions of hell already. I suggested that you might not want to watch that video, for watching it can be disconcerting. On second thought, maybe you should watch it. Let me explain with an example. We all know that a head-on collision in driving is something we should avoid at all costs, for it could kill you or cripple you the rest of your life. But when we feel fine, we just don't think much about it. Now let's suppose that one day you're not careful enough and a head-on collision happens. Lying in a hospital bed, suffering horrible pains all over your body, you finally realize how badly a head-on collision can afflict you! Likewise, seeing the horrible suffering souls experience in hell can help some of us decide to avoid hell at all costs.
Monday, March 4, 2024
***Taking Care of Hell
I came across this video. Watching it can be disconcerting! So you may want to skip it. I know hell definitely exists, but if you alway confess your sins and remain clean, it shouldn't concern you anymore. Let Christ take care of you and he'll take care of hell.
*****When You Know It's God
Once the Lord has fulfilled you (or you have attained union with him), you just know that it's he.
*****Worldly Pleasure vs. God's Joy*****
The pleasure you derive from the world that doesn't draw you to God can get stale quickly and/or never satisfy you. I wouldn't even consider that to be a joy. On the other hand, the joy of God is in an entirely different class. You always receive it in your heart. It bursts forth from the depth of you heart like a volcano, totally overcoming your entire being: you now know that the Lord loves you and you are his. Praise be to him!
****Our Calling and Purpose****
We are called by God to remain pure and holy and to live very moment for his glory, for he, our Father, is awaiting us to return to him in heaven. A huge cause for rejoicing!
***Longing for Christ***
Today's entrance antiphon from Psalm 84: My soul is longing and yearning for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God. The response from Psalm 42: Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God? In John 6:35, Jesus said to the crowd, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." For us Christians, it's precisely because Jesus has satisfied our hunger and thirst that we now long and yearn for him.
*****Awesome LORD*****
At Mass this morning, the LORD God of Christ made me see that He is the perfect, holiest, almighty, most trustworthy and most loving being of the entire cosmos. Therefore, it behooves us to worship, adore, praise, obey, and love Him for all eternity! Amen.
*****From the Heart Always***
One person praying to God from his heart is better and more effective than a thousand others praying by going thru the motion of reciting the words of a prayer without much feeling. God looks at, listens to, and speaks to our hearts! Praying with great sincerity, meaning every single word we utter, is what makes praying endearing to God and exciting to us! So always pray and do everything else from your heart, and the Lord will trust you!
Sunday, March 3, 2024
**Garabandal Prophecies*
Today there are so many prophecies coming to us online daily. Some of them don't say much new, while others are obviously dishonest, so you need to be discerning. The Garabandal prophecies are not new but very specific. I believed in them after learning the whole story. The beautifully-done documentary Garabandal, Unstoppable Waterfall you'll find listed under Good Websites, Blogs, Videos . . . in the right sidebar.
***For God's Glory or Not
I am learning from the Lord as a kindergarten kid, so what I am going to say could very well fit into a kindergarten text: "Whatever we do would either please or displease God. If we please God, we can get into heaven. If nor, we can end up in hell." (I posted the above after remembering seeing the works of a number of well-known artists. Some of works did glorify God or at least were neutral, while others definitely offend God.)
***Easiest Thing to Accomplish*****
Once I dealt with a legal case and had to make numerous trips and spend time over several years to get it resolved. Often it takes a lot work to get something done in this life. Then I see that by contrast we can get to know God a lot quicker. Theoretically, you can accomplish this instantly by surrendering yourself completely to him! Once you know him, you'll be able to accomplish everything else with ease, for he now does all the hard work for you. When God wins, we win.
*Belief vs. Faith
They are not the same thing. You can believe that God exists but have no faith in him. This is not much different from being atheistic. So belief is something you think you know, while faith is something you actually believe in and feel or experience too. One is cold and the other warm.
***The Living Faith***
Faith in Christ must be a living faith, for if it remains static, it's essentially dead. The greater it grows, the more peace and wonders we experience. This is precisely what makes living in Christ exciting! To let your faith grow, you simply submit yourself to the Lord more. You become more like him as your union with him deepens. When you limit God, you limit yourself!
****God Is for Us!
God is so good to us: He loves us with the greatest possible love (he died himself so that we might live!) . . . he always wants the best for us . . . he's always on our side. Yes, he's always for us!
Saturday, March 2, 2024
***Prayers Requested***
Please pray extra hard, for the Holy Church is being attacked and Catholics in particular persecuted worldwide.
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