***Those Who Are Asleep

        They are the Christians who do not believe that the Lord is really present in the Holy Eucharist. For Catholics, if they don't believe, they are not really Catholic anymore. 

*****Living the Real Christian Life*****

        To live the most productive and rewarding Christian life, center on the Lord Jesus Christ alone. Go directly to him at all times for all things, no pussyfooting around. Cast all your cares upon him. He's even more precious to us than our own life, for he is the life! Realize that without him, we are nothing, and with him, we are everything to him.

**Sins That Affect Others*

        In today's Gospel reading from Mark 9, Jesus said fo his disciples, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea." We sin, but we may not realize that sometimes our sinning also causes others to sin, and our sin now is a lot more serious than we thought. Always consider how your action would affect others. Better yet, consider how you'd affect the Lord God. 

*****Inspiring Talk

         Watch this short message from Mar Mari Emmanuel recorded in 2009. He has been steadfast in proclaiming the Lordship of Christ. We ought to be just as zealous!

**Confidence in God's Love**

        Communion experience. To receive the Lord is to receive the power of his infinite love, so nothing should be impossible for us now! God has redeemed us, certainly he'll do many other things for us when our intention is good and pure. Trust in his love.

***Don't Demean Yourself

        From today's Psalm 49, we have verses 8 and 9: "No man can ransom even a brother, or pay to God his own ransom. The redemption of his soul is costly; and he will pass away forever." This is true, but the Lord has done it for us himself so that we may be delivered from sin and have life for all eternity! He indeed loves us to death (no pun intended), and for this we can rejoice always!

***In Love with Love

        Communion experience. You realize that the Lord's love is so beautiful that you can't help but fall deeply in love with him. This is the love that also makes us beautiful. Glory, praise, and gratitude be to him forever!

***Total Abandonment = Freedom***

        Today's Psalm 55 response: Cast your care upon the LORD, and he will support you. I love this verse. it shows total abandonment to God; you now care about only what God wants you to do, not what you want to do anymore. This is true humility. This is how we are set free!

***On Securing Your Salvation***

        How often do you do something that helps you secure your eternal salvation? 10% of the times? 50%? 99%? The best answer should be 100%. All the times you spend not securing your salvation is counterproductive and totally wasted.

***Greatest Injustice of All Times***

         Today Tuesday I again pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. The Mysteries—Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with the Thorns, Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion—stand out sharply, yet they are difficult to meditate upon as the scenes are just so poignant. Here Jesus shows his greatest love for us by laying down his life for us. That many people today treat him as if he were the worst criminal of all times has to be the greatest injustice of all times!  

*****An Urgent Wake-up Call*****

        Every time we sin, Satan cheers. You look around and realize that Satan has never been happier. We have people scamming others full-time. Arguments go on in so many families. News media spread fake news nonstop. Cheating and corruption have become the norm in our government, many corporations, and even the Church. Scandals come out of the entertainment industry big time. Road rages are common. This listing can go on ad inf. We have strayed away from God much worse than we realize. It's absolutely time for us to wake up, turn around, and submit ourselves to God to repent and beg for his mercy before it's too late!

*****Ther Holy Spirit Is Real!

        Today is Pentecost Sunday. It's good to recap again my experience with the Holy Spirit. We must go back almost half a century to the 1970s, the heyday of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement. I got involved in it because I was searching for the Holy Spirit. We were told that after confirmation the Hoy Spirit dwells within you, but how do I know if I didn't feel anything different? All members of the Renewal Movement had the choice to take the Life in the Spirit Seminar. After seven sessions, the whole group prayed over you for the release of the Spirit. I must say that in every case I saw, including my own, you develop a terrific desire to know the Lord who became alive in the Gospels. Praying to God became super easy and a joy at any time. Different people also received special gifts. One person found that his addiction to watching all the ballgames on TV was cured. I experienced a bubbling exuberance in my upper body for about three and a half months nonstop. At the first Charismatic Mass I attended, I received the gift of tears which made me cry tears of joy the entire time. The zeal for Christ I felt in my heart has only increased over these last five decades. God the Holy Spirit is real! Do not neglect to praise and pray to him!

**Great Sane Moment*

         I got up early this morning, went to the family room, and sat at the dining table, ready to pray. It was a beautiful day outside. My head was clear, my body feeling comfortable, and my spirit, resting in peace. I was aware of my Lord, his love for me, my faith in him . . . and the whole truth. I felt that moment was the most sane moment of my life!

***Confronting Our Greatest Challenge

        We are faced with whether to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior or not, for it could very well determine our eternity. If you were wise, you would try believing in him to see if it works for you. Of course, in that case you'll have to do it with complete honesty, for you cannot fool God if he's real.

*****Taking Control of Our Future!

        We know that life is so precarious that we can die at any moment. In an instant we'd be on the other side. Again, this is clear-cut, yet a lot of people don't seem to be concerned about that. Perhaps there're really having a good time on earth. Perhaps they think they'll be entering an unknown and there's no point thinking about it. I think they are making a huger mistake. My future is so important that I must find out as much about it as I can so as to be ready for it. In my case, I found Christ, learned the whole truth, and became super ready. What a relief and comfort, and great joy too as I think about what awaits me on the other side! 

***Serious Matter to Consider***

         Whatever we do, we serve either God or others, "others" here including ourselves, the world, and Satan. This is clearcut. We need to serve God out of gratitude alone, for he loves us and has died for our sins so that we might live forever. Secondly, being our creator, he's also going to be our final judge. Do you want to go to heaven or not? I hope you'll see the whole matter clearly and make the right choice. 

**Communion Experience*

           I attended a heavenly banquet offered personally to me by the Lord. 

**Jazzing Up Your Life*

        The Lord God is infinitely rich and loves us. What we can receive from him is inexhaustible! Get to know him well first, ask for whatever that's good for both you and him, and you'll get it. Then you'll be living a most exciting life!