It's best to measure ourselves against God's holiness and not against the world's godlessness. How much less evil we are than the world doesn't tell us if we are holy enough, whereas knowing how much we fall short of God's glory gives us a good assessment of our spiritual state. Since our goal is to become like God, he's the one we look upon as our model.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
***Faith Provides Peace*
I came home from morning Mass. It was a beautiful spring day. Both the weather and the scenery are perfect. On a day like this, you just don't think about the afterlife nor your present spiritual state. So for those who haven't settled their eternity yet, it's a dangerous time! We normally think about God and life after death when times are bad and ugly. My advice is to capture Christ now, then you won't need to be concerned about such worrisome subjects anymore.
**Prayers to Be Heartfelt*
The Jesus Prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner" is an efficacious prayer many pray unceasingly. But like any prayer, it must be said from the heart. If you pray for God's mercy just because it's a nice prayer, but without feeling an urgency within your heart, then it won't do you any good.
***God Imparts Truth
It is absolutely true that when the Lord lets you know something, you just know that it's true. This is proof to me that if we are open to God, he can absolutely transform us. Of course, the more you are in union with him, the more you're open and will hear him speak to your heart. Make union with God via the Holy Eucharist your priority goal so that your joy in him may be complete.
*****Be Good to the LORD
Today's Psalm 116 response: How shall I make a return to the LORD for all the good he has done for me? Indeed, the LORD is forever good to all of us; things go bad only when we sin against him. So let's be good to the LORD by obeying him in all things so that we may not get ourselves condemned in the end.
Friday, April 19, 2024
***Letting Joy Reign
It's Friday, the day for praying the Sorrowful mysteries. Meditating upon the Passion of the Lord is always painful, yet I think we should be grateful that God loves us so much we can truly rejoice. Now, let us deny ourselves, take up our own crosses, and follow him.
**The Forgiveness Link
The more you detest your own sins and seek the Lord's forgiveness, the more you are ready to forgive all others who sin against you.
****How to Become Close to Christ
Attain union with him via the Holy Eucharist and be totally obedient to him.
***Good Questions to Ask*
Today's reading 1 from Acts 9 is about the conversion of Saul (Paul). On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" He said, "Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do." Jesus politely asked Saul "Why are you. . .?" It should benefit us to imagine what questions beginning with "Why are you" the Lord would ask each one of us. Doing this can help us see clearly where we fall short in following him. Hopefully, you won't come up with too many questions..
***Only Two Alternatives***
(1) Rising continuously with Christ—set free from sin, you head for heaven to eternal life. (2) Descending continuously without Christ—burdened with unforgiven sins, you head for eternal darkness.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
***Garabandal Messages
I have posted about these messages before. If you want a quick review of them, you may want to watch this short video. (To see the full documentary on Our Lady of Garabandal, watch this film here.)
***In the Hand or on the Tongue***
How should we receive Holy Communion? This is currently a controversial subject. I still remember the days we had Communion rails in all the Churches at which we knelt and received the Lord on the tongue; there was much reverence. If you are not sure about which way, this video may help. (I receive the Lord on the tongue now and do feel that for that I am receiving more blessings.)
**To Be Free of the World
Once the pleasures of the world have snared us, we no longer think about God. It'd be most difficult now to extricate ourselves from our predicament. The only hope is that by the grace of God we come to realize that worldly pleasures can never fully satisfy or bring us peace, and we need to change ourselves. Only after tasting the true joy of God will we be able to make the change and move forward.
**Set Free by the Lord*
Communion experience. Total surrender to the Lord results in total freedom from the world. Now you are all his.
***The Heart Is the Key***
We can connect with the almighty God, our loving Father, anytime we turn our hearts to him. When you attain union with God via the Holy Eucharist, union of the hearts also takes place and you enjoy your greatest intimacy with the Lord.
***The True Good News
In todays Gospel reading from John 6, Jesus said to the crowds, "This is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day."
**To Remain Clean and New
First thought at Mass: I want to empty myself completely for the Lord to fill me with only what he wishes to place in my heart. This is an excellent way to keep oneself clean and new.
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