**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.

*****Forming A Might Force*****

        Currently, the number of weekly pageviews of this blog ranging from 1000+ to over 10000 comes from these nine locations: Singapore, Brazil, Hong Kong, Argentina, United States, Mexico Bangladesh, Venezuela, and Russia. We do not know each other, but if we are all united in Christ, we can be one mighty force, doing great works for the Lord. I invite all my viewers to pray unceasingly with me for the good of this world. Pray for God's mercy on all souls, both living and deceased. Pray that all will be drawn to Christ and converted. Pray for peace in the world. Pray for end to abortion, human trafficking, and all immorality. Say the Lord's Prayer, the Holy Rosary, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Both the Fatima Prayer, "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy," and the Jesus Prayer, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," make for good continuous prayer. Of course, you are encouraged to say your own prayers straight from the heart. Always pray for God's blessings on your own family and loves ones. Last but not least, pray that God will make you holy without blemish, a delight for him to behold. There is nothing more rewarding than serving the Lord. Let's unite in his love for us and become mighty in spirit.

**God Grants Peace*

        Communion experience. After receiving the Lord and experiencing so much contentment and joy in him, you feel that nothing can ever disturb you anymore.

**Criteria for Judging Actions

         Whatever we do is judged by whether it glorifies God or not. An action is glorious if it effectively leads others to God and is not the slightest ego-oriented. 

**Almost Common Sense

         If you think that you don't need God, you become a lost soul. If you think that you can best God in some way, you are sure to lose. If you think you know more than God, you instantly become a fool. If you think you can hide or run away from God, you are doomed to failure. Then if you trust in, follow, and obey the Lord, you'll be lead straight into heaven.

**Have Faith and Be Patient**

         Some times we get impatient with the Lord, wondering why it takes so long for him to make the world change for the better for us. Of course, he has his schedule and knows what he's doing. Our life on earth is so brief that it's practically zero in God's time. Eternal life is what we should focus upon! So have faith, knowing that we'll triumph over all obstacles with the Lord in the blink of an eye.

*****A Special Joy*****

         This is the Penitential Prayer we say to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries at the beginning of Mass: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. While I was saying this today, I saw the Lord looking at me with all my sins, but I felt no fear, only joy. For he had forgiven all my sins and I could achieve full union with him now—I was so moved and ecstatic, falling in love with him more than ever! Truly, "The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack." (Ps 23:1)

***Very Foolish Decision***

        There are many ex-Catholics who no longer attend Mass, but at the same time they haven't totally rejected Christ either. Some of them even plan on coming back when they are ready. How foolish can you get? This is basically telling the Lord to wait until you are ready to accept him, while you don't know how much time you still have left. Gamblers usually end up losing and what's at stake here is the loss of your very soul! The idiom He who hesitates is lost applies to the case.   

****A Wake-Up Call****

         Are you aware that we are living in a secular world so evil that we are in constant danger of losing our souls? What the entertainment industry puts out, all the commercials you see, and our insatiable desire for material goods all reflect that. At morning Mass today, a couple brought their little boy with them. Like all kids, he wandered away from his parents a bit and made some noise, but he looked totally innocent. Then I thought of all the evildoers in the world today, and there are plenty of them—they were all innocent like that beautiful little boy once! The battle between good and evil is real. We need to be on guard at all times, and clinging to Christ is the only way to go!