**Balancing Trust Against Concern*

        As a Christians, I trust in the Lord, but at the same time I am most concerned about the world seemingly becoming more godless than ever. The urgency I feel to help the Lord to save the world is great. Then I must strike a balance here. Surely God is in control and knows what's going on. Besides, his final victory is already in the bag! So I am just going to trust in him and pray as hard as always, but not allowing my concern to ruffle my inner peace.

***Our Primary Goal on Earth***

        Communion experience. The Lord strengthens my union with him, readying me to meet him. On earth, our primary goal should be to ready ourselves for meeting God. 

***Most Consequential Test on Earth***

         Do we accept or reject Christ as our Savior?

**Our Spiritual Food*

        From today's first reading from Proverbs 30, "Give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need." For us Catholics, the spiritual food we need consists of Christ''s word and his body, the Eucharist. 

***Compelled to Respond

        Christ has come down from heaven to die on the cross so that whoever believes in him may live forever—how can we possibly ignore such a wonderful proposition? If it sounds incredible, we should at least look into it. We know we are sinners and don't know what's going to happen to our souls after death, so remaining unmoved and not doing anything about it is being utterly foolish. (Should you realize that your souls are what God and Satan are fighting for, you would jump right into action to help God fight this war!)

*****Clear Sign We Are in End Times*

**Soul Healer

        Communion experience.The Lord goes straight for the soul, making it pure and whole again.

***Hallmarks of the True God***

         To me, these are the hallmarks of the God of Christ as our true God. He declares the truth to us. He lets us respond to him with our free will, showing only love and not coercing us in any way. Once we have accepted him, we are completely free to reject him. The fact is that I am so happy and satisfied with him as my Lord and God that I voluntarily want to submit myself to him even more. All this can only happen when you are dealing with the true God.

***Bread from Heaven

         Communion experience. This bread which had come directly from heaven healed my heart, my soul, and my spirit.

**Direct Opposites

        Christ is the light that makes us see the truth, while Satan's darkness makes us "blind" to the truth.    

*****Most Urgent Prayer

        After Jesus was crucified, he prayed from the cross: "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." Today, our world is in no better shape, so saying this prayer is relevant and apt. It all comes down to us being saved or damned! I ask that you beg for God's mercy on all souls fervently as often as possible, for the matter is most urgent. 

*Only Thing God & Satan Have in Common

        God is awesome, while Satan is awful. 

****An Important Reminder to All****

         Being a nice kind person to all is nice, but it doesn't guarantee that you will enter heaven. What can guarantee that you will is that all your sins have been forgiven by God. (Hint: Christ is our only answer.)

*****How to Feel Christ's Presence*****

         Many decades ago before I accepted Christ, I sensed God's existence briefly a few times, each time lasting for just a split second. This helped me come to accept him as my Savior. Now I feel that he is ever-present within me. Feeling his presence can really help you grow spiritually, for you realize that he is absolutely real! The best way to make this happen is to let him see that you are completely open to him, then he will reciprocate by presenting himself to you the way you have presented yourself to him.

**Pathway to Inner Peace*

        If you do not experience inner peace, it's because you and the Lord are not quite together yet. Attaining union with him through the Holy Eucharist is the best way to acquire that peace.

**Prerequisite for Loving God**

        We cannot love God if we are unaware of and not doing anything about our own sins and imperfections. Always start with becoming holy for the Lord's sake first.

**Formula for Greatness

         In today's Gospel reading from Mark 9, Jesus said to the Twelve, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." Now we know how to be great before the Lord. Serve all others on earth to build up our treasures in heaven. 

***Why We Need to Follow Christ

         (1) We are sinners. (2) On our own, we don't always know what's truly good or bad (evil) for us. (3) Christ's teachings show clearly what we should do and should not do in order to gain eternal life.