***Happy Moaning***

        There are times my thoughts turn to the Lord and I start to moan spontaneously. It usually happens when I am in bed trying to fall asleep, but still awake. I'm not unhappy at all. The Holy Spirit finally made me see that it's my yearning for the Lord that caused that. If that happens to you, now you know. 

***Truly Our Lord and Savior Forever*

        In today's reading from Mark 2, Jesus was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, and he preached the word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, "Child, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there thinking to themselves, "He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?" Jesus immediately knew in his mind what  they were thinking, so he said, "Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven' or 'Rise, pick up your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"—he said to the paralytic, "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home." He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. Here Jesus showed that he could make us whole both spiritually and physically. He is truly our Lord and Savior for now and all eternity.

***Securing Your Salvation***

        In Matthew 7:21, Jesus said to his disciples, "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." How secure is your salvation? You must love God to be willing to do his will, so do everything with love. The more intense your love, the more secure your salvation.

****BIGGEST LOSER****

        Anyone in this life who has the chance to get to know Jesus Christ, but chooses to let him go and loses him forever

***Overwhelming Experience**

        Communion experience. When we are overwhelmed by something, we normally get very excited. The love of Christ was so overwhelming that it actually made me speechless. All I could do is to submit myself totally to him in silence. .

**Sensible Asking*

         In today's Gospel reading from Mark 1, a leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean." The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. "If you wish . . ." is a good way for us to begin asking the Lord to do something for us. You are not forcing him, and he may very well say "I will do it" to you. Basically, you don't refrain from asking for a miracle, but you'll always follow his will.

**Sensible Thinking*

        So many things we we don't know or understand. If you believe that God is infinite and omnipotent, we have no choice but to believe and trust in hm totally. You can go on your own, but where will you end up?

***Transformation We All need***

         Allow Christ to displace our ugly ego with his Holy Spirit, and we'll be set free from ourselves and finally happy with our own existence.

**The Lord Can Do It**

        In today's Gospel reading from Mark 1, people brought to Jesus at the house of Simon and Andrew all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him. Now, if Jesus can deliver us form demons, he can certainly take away our sins and make us holy if we let him.

**Proper Response to God Calling Us*

         In today's First Reading from 1 Samuel 3, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD. The LORD came and called Samuel. He answered, "Here I am, LORD. Speak, for your servant is listening." This is how we should always respond to the LORD, being ready and willing. 

**Most Wonderful Day Coming**

         Today's Entrance Antiphon: Upon a lofty throne, I saw a man seated, whom a host of angels adore, singing in unison: Behold him, the name of whose empire is eternal. Christ is our God, our Lord, and our Savior. He is greater, more glorious, more magnificent, and more beautiful than we can ever imagine. When I see him in person, it'll be the most wonderful day of my existence up to that day!

***Jesus Is Real***

        You may enjoy watching this short. Jesus is real for sure! I think you can trust this story, for I had a similar experience. I was praying for someone, hoping to give him some advice he needed. The phone rag and it was him.

***Best Home Sweet Home Experienc***

         Communion experience. We all cherish that home sweet home sentiment. Receiving the Lord in the Eucharist made me experience the best possible home sweet home feeling on earth. 

**Happy Realization**

        Whatever the Lord wishes, it's a done deal. And I know that he wishes me eternal life, so how can I possibly not feel elated? 

***Reality of Our Existence***

        God is eternal, we know that. Think about it—it's quite mind-blowing. We never existed before God created us, but now we live on forever too! Our choice is to remain with the Lord or to stay away from him for all eternity. Think about it.

"Where's Our Mercy?"

        Know that the Lord God of Christ only loves us; he never wishes to condemn us. This is a great advantage to us. Not taking advantage of it is absolutely being foolish and heartless! If we expect God to be merciful, we'd better be "merciful" to him also.

**Colossal Disparity**

         Without Christ, we end up basically alone for all eternity. That's bad enough even if we don't suffer anything else. On the other hand, if we have Christ, he'll always be with us, with us enjoying peace and freedom forever. The disparity couldn't be greater! 

**Testing Your Obedience***

        Not only we need to obey God, we need to obey him unhesitatingly. That means we must become detached from the past and all things around us. This may be hard, but attaining union with him through the Hoy Eucharist can definitely take care of that. You see, once you discover the heavenly beauty of Christ, everything else loses its attraction.