***Most Important Move to Make***

       Cleary, the earth is not our permanent home; we are just passing thru. So why do we live as if we're never going to die? Why do we accumulate so many material things knowing that we can't take a single thing with us when we leave? Why do we hold onto the passing world? The most important thing for us to do on earth should be to secure out next life, and that means following Christ and live for him now. It's a life-or-death move for us. 

**What I Feel Most Thankful For*

        After morning Mass, as I was walking toward my car in the parking lot to come home, I saw the clear blue sky on a perfect spring morning with just the right temperature, and I thanked the Lord for that. Then I realized that I was able to enjoy all that while feeling fine physically, and i thanked the Lord again. Finally, I saw that I needed to thank him most of all for the eternal life he has promised me.

***Letting God Delight in You

        Today's entrance antiphon from Psalm 18: The Lord became my protector. He brought me out to a place of freedom; he saved me because he delighted in me. If you know that the Lord delights in you, then you should never do anything to make yourself ugly to him or destructive to your own soul! Instead, rejoice that he loves you. In case you are not happy with yourself because of your imperfections, the Lord can fix that easy to make you holy and beautiful!

***The Ego's Gotta Go

        Spotting others' imperfections is easy, while we barely notice our own shortcomings. Then when we do realize them, we feel hurt. This all has to do with the presence of pride or the lack of humility. The remedy is to accept our imperfections before the perfect Lord and ask him to make us truy humble. To be perfect, the ego must go!

****Biggest Case of Living in Denial

         Christ being the Truth, those who choose not to believe in him are living in denial! It's as bad as believing that they themselves don't exist!

***Willingness and Intention Count

        In today's Gospel reading from Mark 10, a rich man asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Since he had already observed all the commandments from his youth, Jesus said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement, his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. If this advice were given to us, would we be saddened? Most of us do live with other family members who depend on you, so selling what you have and give to the poor is practically impossible. Now, suppose you were alone and free to do whatever you want with your possessions, and you're willing to do what Jesus had suggested, then that should satisfy him. Final thought: Since no one can truly follow the Lord perfectly, every one of us is outwardly a hypocrite to some extent. But if our intention is always good, he will overlook that.

***Developing a Beautiful Relationship***

        Talk to God as often as possible and always pour your heart out to him each time you do. He will then reciprocate. A beautiful intimate relationship now begins.

***Jesus' Most Impressive Attribute*

        Jesus is Lord and God to us. He is holy and perfect; omnipotent and all-knowing. He is also our brother, best friend, and servant. What impresses me and makes me appreciate him the most is his selfless pure love for us. This is what we depend upon for our very existence and eternal salvation.

**Made Rich by God

        Communion experience. Jesus is all mine. I am now the "richest" person in the whole world! 

***So Good to Believe in Christ

        He loves me! He's always for me! He forgives my sins. He grants me eternal life! He understands me perfectly. And nothing is impossible with him! That's plenty good enough for me.

***God of Impossibility

         When we have the God of Christ, it would be impossible for us to go to hell, to ever feel lonely, to ever despair, to worry about things, to become impatient, to hate anyone, to judge others, to not love anyone, to think evil, to commit other sins, to be deceived by Satan, to be enslaved by the world . . . ad inf.

***The Great Union

        We are all different from each other, yet we can become one if we all attain union with our Lord, our greatest unifier. 

*Why No Judging Others

        The Lord God is the only one who can see what's in our hearts, so we have no right to judge anyone but ourselves.  

***Easy Way to Please God and Yourself***

        A happy post after the last one. If you have a contrite heart, feel free to approach the Lord God at any time. He's ready to forgive, console, and heal you! Take advantage of his love and mercy for you and rejoice!

***Later than Yoy Think!***

        Very sad that I must post this urgent message. Christians have fallen away from God so much so that they no longer realize how bad the state they are in. When you have been so captivated by the world and lost your faith in God, you with a muddy conscience no longer see good and evil clearly—you are already in the danger zone. You think that your are doing OK, while in reality you are headed towards eternal damnation. When almost everyone else feels the same, it's truly a bleak situation. We must realize that we are sinking fast, and turning to Christ is our only hope.

***How to Know It's Not from the Lord***

        The Devil is very tricky. He can make things happen in such a way as to make you think that God has planned it that way. If believing it all you want and you feel only turmoil, it's a big red light warning you that all is not from the Lord. Extricate yourself from the situation ASAP or you'll sink deep into it. When the Lord leads you to do something, saying yes to him may not be easy. But once you agree to go along with him, you'll always experience peace. 

***Becoming Impervious to Evil

        Communion experience. Jesus made me ready for anything. Once you have the Lord, nothing can harm your soul anymore.  

**Awaiting Jesus' Coming

        The world just doesn't get it. Not only persecution of Christians is on the rise, Satanic worship and blasphemies are becoming common. I pray that Christ will come soon, not to judge us yet, but to warn us out of his mercy. Perhaps the prophesied illumination of conscience might just be the thing.