***Obediance Our Foremost Goal***

        We pray "thy will be done" every time we say the Lord's Prayer. This should be our foremost goal as Christians. Not only we should pray it, but also live it!

*****Get Attached to God Alone*****

        We should attach ourselves to the Lord God alone. This is how we become free! Don't be attached to the passing world, for our final abode will be in heaven; nor to anyone else in the world either, for all present relationships last only in this life. In the next, we'll all be children before the Lord, looking the same young age forever. The Lord God is all we need to hold onto for eternal happiness.

**Apt offering to God

         Offer your heart and soul up to the Lord to be purified and revitalized, and he'll make you anew. 

*Best Care for Us*

        Do you know that we get the best possible care in this life when we obey the Lord in all things? Certainly, our eternal future will be taken care of. Next, we'll be able to endure all the hardships and still experience freedom, peace, and joy.

**We're Not at a Disadvantage

        The Apostles followed the Lord for about three years, but we are not really at a disadvantage. We have the Scriptures and the writings of the Church Father and all the great saints, so we know just as much about the Lord, if not more. As far as knowing him personally is concerned, seeing him or not doesn't make any difference either, for the Lord transcends time and space and can communicate with us anytime anywhere. 

***Appreciating God's Love More***

        I felt sorrow because of the way someone responded to me (not to get into the details). Then I realized that all sorrows that hurt me were caused by someone or even myself, never never by the Lord! In fact, the Lord always consoles me whenever I feel sorrowful! Now, when someone hurts someone other than me, I feel sorrowful too. But that's still caused by someone and not by the Lord. The only time the Lord makes me feel sorrowful is when he lets me see my own sins so that I may repent them and be joyful again. Anyway, this realization makes me love the Lord even more, who knows only how to love.

***To Love the Lord Is . . .

to let him love you.

*Patience a Sign of Holiness*

        Trust in God 100%. The Lord has the timing of everything. We are not to wonder, worry, or get anxious about anything. The faithful anticipate without impatience.

*****Be Genuinely Catholic*****

        It is easy to go through the motion of being a Catholic and not be genuinely Catholic. Any of the following can make you a fake Catholic: Being pro-abortion, loving the world more than Christ, no reverence for the Holy Eucharist, not going to confession when you should, praying not much nor from the heart, lack of humility... It's always good to think that you are falling way short of loving God as you should so that you can grow holier. My advice is to go all out all the way to seek union with the Lord through the Holy Eucharist, then you can forget about all the concerns! This is absolutely the simplest, most direct, and most expedient way of knowing the Lord and becoming perfect. "Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)

***The Lord Most Personal***

        The Lord God loves me. He would have died for me alone to save me. He made me and thereby thoroughly understands me. He now remains in me and lets me remain in him every moment of my existence. He guides me, shields me from all evil, and consoles me when I am sorrowful. He keeps me alive and fully hopeful, looking forward to going to where he is. He is the one and only most personal person to me.

***Affected by the Lord

         Communion experience. The Lord consoled me, making me willing to accept all things for his sake.

*****Love's the Key

        Today is the memorial of Saint Catherine of Sienna. In the Gospel reading from John 14, Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him." So love Jesus and you'll know him. (Naturally, if you love him, you'd be wide-open to him. So it's also correct to say "Be wide-open to Jesus to let him love you and you'll know him.)

*Quick Learning from God

         Remain open and attentive, and you'll hear the Lord speaking to your heart, teaching you his ways. Coupled with a childlike faith, you are sure to grow quickly spiritually. 

**When Something Bad Happens . . .*

        If something bad or unpleasant happens to you, do not get upset or depressed. See if you can bring some good out of the situation. God has a purpose behind everything he allows to happens to you. So it's another opportunity for you to glorify and remain firmer in him.

***Jesu Is Why I Came into the World!***

        Today I realized that God the Father brought me into this world so that I might run into his Son, the Lord Jesus, be saved, and return to the Father in heaven who created me out of love—it's a real dream journey!

*****Most Precious Privilege*****

        Communion experience. I got to receive the body of my Lord and my God. It's the most precious thing I can possibly receive!

***Life-Changing Move***

        Have you ever asked the Holy Spirit to set your heart on fire so that you may be purified and receive the zeal for glorifying God? It's yours for the asking and an opportunity to become filled with the Holy Spirit. 

***Living the Exciting Life***

        One thing about loving the Lord is that this love knows no bounds. Not loving God is to live a mundane life. Loving God spices up your life. Loving God intensely turns your life into an exciting adventure with you experiencing freedom, peace, joy, consolation, contentment, fulfillment, and most of all, God's intoxicating love. Don't ever let the world weighs you down, but let God lift you up.