**Fundamental Prayer**

        So many evildoers continue doing evil publicly, showing no sign of remorse. I feel sorry for them because they don't seem to realize that we go from life to death in no time, for we are either alive or dead. Having no concern about the consequences of one's actions borders on lunacy. Only God can help us develop a sharp conscience. So pray unceasingly that every single one of us will come to know Christ and be saved.

*****God's Perfect Gift for Us***

        Communion time thouights. By accepting and consuming the Holy Eucharist, the perfect gift God has given us, we can become holy and perfect, and eternal life is ours! In John 6:51, Jesus has said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

*****Choosing to Live the Best Life***

        In Matthew 16:25, Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." We have two lives to live, our brief life on earth and our eternal life after death. The time we have on earth is all the time we have for preparing ourselves for our next life. Our present life we'll have to give up for sure at the end, then our next life will be ours forever, good or bad. So it'd be super smart to give up our present life for Christ's sake so that we'll end up living with him in heaven forever. If you don't let go of it now, you'll lose it shortly afterwards and spend eternity far far away from him who was your only Savior.

**Key to Entering Heaven

        Since only the humble will repent their sins to God, humility becomes the key to entering heaven.

**Taking Advantage of God's Mercy*

        The Lord God is forever merciful and ready to grant us whatever we need to make me holy, free, and ready for returning to him in heaven. How much blessing we receive would depend upon how receptive we are. Since his mercy and generosity know no bounds, always go all out to receive all he has ready for us. 

**Sure About Going to Heaven?*

        How sure are you about going to heaven? Maybe is not a good enough answer. If you are not absolutely sure, you need to work on that. Again, work doesn't mean struggle here. Instead you need to let go in God even more. Once you are 100% sure, you'll live a new life in freedom. With God, faith and trust is everything.

**Our Only Hope**

        We all need God, not just for our salvation, but also for solving the problem of not getting along with each other on earth. Just look at any number of families, chances are most of them have at least one member not getting along with another. The same happens in any government and among the nations worldwide. We, of course, are incapable of fundamentally changing ourselves unless we let God our creator transform our hearts and purify our souls. Here's another reason we need the Lord God in our lives. 

**Love and Humility**

         Today's entrance antiphon: In the beginning and before all ages, the Word was God and he humbled himself to be born Savior of the world. God is love and most humble. Love and humility go hand in hand. You cannot love God or others if you have a lot of pride, and you cannot be humble if you don't love anyone. To be like God, we must learn to be humble. To get into heaven, humility must be your password.  

*****An Epiphany Moment***

         One big realization is that we are sinners and we need salvation. The other big one is that Christ is our Savior who loves us and has already died and paved the way to salvation for us. Now, if we hear a big click, realizing that these two are inherently integrated like cause and effect, then we have a new hope, a new joy, a new beginning, and a new journey! It is truly life-changing! 😇😇😇

***It-Is-I Moment***

        Today's Gospel reading from Mark 6 is mainly about Jesus walking on water. When the disciples from the boat first saw Jesus walking on the sea toward them about the fourth watch of the night, they thought it was a ghost and were terrified. But at once he spoke with them, "Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!" I wonder if you ever have moments hearing the Lord say "It is I" to you. Most likely, I think we hear it when he has a message for us. Whenever I have something to blog from my heart, I know that it's from him. I treasure hearing his voice because it lets me know that he loves me and I am one of his sheep. 

***Praying Alone a Must

        In today's Gospel reading from Mark 6, after Jesus had multiplied the five loaves and two fish and fed the five thousand, he made his disciples get into the boat to precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. Then he went off to the mountain to pray. It strikes me that it's really important that we spend time with God alone. We are so occupied doing the many things of the world that we practically lose touch with him altogether. Worshipping the Lord with others at Mass is necessary, but praying to him on our own is equally important. This is to truly enjoy his company, get to know him as a friend, and learn to become like him.

***Way to Find Rest**

        Communion experience. I am home, no more drifting, wandering, or searching. In Christ I find my eternal rest! Here's the most efficient way to find rest in the Lord: Go straight to him, open up fully to let him draw you to him, and you are home. (The Holy Eucharist can serve as a great catalyst in this process.)  

**Live What You Believe In**

        Nothing is impossible for God. Common sense alone tells us so. He has always existed, so he has to be almighty. If that were not true, how would he be able to manage our little planet, let alone the vast universe with seemingly infinite stars and galaxies? So if you believe that God, the God of Christ, that is, for there are no other qualified candidates that can even approach him, then you should live what you believe in by placing your whole trust in Christ!

*****Eternal Life Secret*****

        When we live for Christ, we are so happy that we are willing to die for him, then we "find out" that we are going to live forever! It should be obvious that if we are afraid of dying, we really need to live for Christ or we'll surely die.

***Plain Reality (Blunt Truth)***

         Jesus is our creator and our loving God. Without him, we wouldn't even exist. Not believe in him and we become lost souls, for there's no on else who can save us.

**Disadvantage in an Antichrist World*

        In today's first reading from 1 John 3-4, the Apostle talks about the antichrist and the world. It made me realize that we are already starting off with an antichrist world; so to follow Christ, we need to be set free from it in order to belong fully to the Lord. I hope that realizing this disadvantage will make us all the more  want to become detached from the world as quickly as possible. 

***Know How Much We Can Hurt God!***

         We all know that when we sin, we hurt the Lord, but do we really feel it? Say someone we don't care for much ignores or offends us, that probably wouldn't affect us much. Then if it were our own son or daughter whom we love very much doing it to us, I'm sure we'd feel greatly hurt. Now, our God loves us with the greatest possible love, even dying for us on a cross so that we might enjoy heaven. Imagine how much he would feel hurt if we ignore or offend him! That would be beyond our grasp! If you could experience a tiny fraction of how he feels, I am sure that you'd never want to sin against him again!

**Our Dreams vs. God's Will

        Chasing after our own dreams for personal gain invariably leads to a feeling of emptiness of life, while doing God's will always fulfills the desires of our hearts.