Easter Communion experience. Since Jesus has fulfilled all my desire and there is nothing I lack anymore, my soul is ready to be snatched by God.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
To Be Set Free
Physically, we are completely earthbound due to the gravitational pull, but we do have the innate desire to be set free. Thankfully, we have the opportunity to let God set our soul free, fulfilling our ultimate desire.
Love and Fire
God is love, but he is also fire. Respect both by enjoying his love and never playing with his fire.
Most Beautiful Joy
It's a joy that's rooted in God and for God and characterized by freedom ~ it is the joy of total abandonment in God.
How Love Flows
In union with God, your spiritual love for him grows, from which flows his love for others.
Infinite Mercy Necessary
We are supposed to love God with our all our heart, all our soul, all our strength, and all our mind, yet we fall far short. Should the mercy of God be finite, we would be doomed. In order for us to be saved, his mercy must be infinite.
Becoming Holy
Becoming holy is the process of parting with yourself until you completely belong to God.
Unique Belonging
Jesus is the only one whom I can claim to be all mine, while he belongs to all others who love him.
Joy of Union
Communion experience of Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. I felt as if I had lived my whole life for this moment of union with the Lord. The joy was indescribable.
Forbidden Risk
Jesus is the only one who can save us from damnation ~ there are no others. Jesus says, "Whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father" (Matthew 10.33). Risk losing your health or mind, but never your soul!
Two Big Things
Since accepting Jesus is such a big thing that it can change your life and get you into heaven, rejecting him is equally big.
Love on a Higher Level
When we love others, the most we can do is to wish them well, pray for them, and help them with their needs in whatever way possible ~ we have no power to save their souls. Then we have God whose love for all is infinitely greater than ours and who can save our souls ~ it's love on an entirely higher (deeper) level.
Shortening Our Purgatory
When we accept and offer up our sufferings to God, it becomes part of our purgatory.
Beginning the Journey of Salvation
Since my last post on March 1, the Lord has given me a number of thoughts which I shall post on this Easter of 2016. Naturally, everything will have to do with him, since anything unrelated to him is not worth mentioning.
We all are capable of loving others. If you are aware that your love originates from God who is love, you have begun your journey to salvation.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Considering Sins
The light of Jesus exposes all our sins. If you hide from him, your sins remain with you for all eternity! Something you must consider, unless you have no sin or believe that you sins need not be forgiven.
Beautiful Sight & Sweet Feeing
Today the Lord makes me see that a soul that's repenting and returning to him is a most beautiful sight. He also makes my heart feel that having him touch and purify it is a most sweet feeling.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Happiest Person Status
The Lord has already made me the happiest person in the whole world. Therefore, I do not envy anyone who is happy, but is concerned about everyone who is unhappy.
About Saving Others
I like or feel sorry for many people despite the fact that they neither know nor wish to consider Jesus seriously, for they told me that they are at peace with themselves. I do wish all of them to be saved and reason that surely God would save them since he is infinitely more compassionate than I. Then what if these people have never asked God to forgive their sins for they do not know him? Certainly, God wishes to save everyone, but not everyone gets saved. Since I do not read hearts, I just have to leave it at that and "limit" myself to praying for and loving everyone, letting God take care of the rest.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Absolutely True
If heaven will be our home, then "there is no place like home" not only rings true, but is absolutely true.
Hope of Peace
There will be hope of peace in the world only if we recognize and believe that the love of God can transform the world.
Always an Opportunity
Whether you feel helpless or hopeful, it's an opportunity to lean upon the Lord even more.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
(Un)reality
Here is a typical ad you see on billboards or a magazine page ~ a man dressed in a classy suit, looking handsome, standing in front of a luxurious car, showing an expansive name watch on his wrist ~ as if this is what life is all about.
Limiting Suffering
Whenever I am sick and not feeling well, I think of the suffering of the souls in hell. When I am alive in the world, suffering is only temporary and I can always offer it up to God. In hell, not only is it everlasting, but also you can no longer offer it up. Therefore, make absolutely sure that you suffer in this life only and then rejoice.
Wonder of Light
It strikes me that the fact light travels at a never-changing speed of 186,000 miles a second and nothing can go faster than light is a wonder, pointing to me that God exists and saying "God is light" makes perfect sense.
Wild-Goose Chase
The people of the world accumulate material things, eat at restaurants, take vacations trips . . . their seek happiness, but they find that nothing is completely satisfying and any enjoyment only temporary. For if you have truly found happiness, you would cease pursuing anything. Therefore, finding happiness in things of the world is limited and essentially a wild-goose chase.
Missing Piece
Think about this. You run into Jesus, find out that God loves you to death, and he changes you to love him and all your brothers and sisters ~ this is an earthshaking breakthrough! Life has found its missing piece ~ you are now linked to God! It's a complete turning around, a shake-up, an epiphany . . . whatever you want to call it. Rejoice!
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Forever Belonging
Communion experience. Once I belong to Christ, I am his forever, and I'll be safe forever.
Note. For the next 3+ weeks, I may not be able to blog regularly, but I'll jot down whatever good thoughts the good Lord places in my heart and resume blogging likely from Easter Sunday, March 27, on. I pray that all of you will have a most joyful Easter celebration. God be with you.
Astounding Sayings
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 5, Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." We are used to hear the sayings of Jesus and not think much about them, especially if we've heard them many times before. But if you pause and "look closer," you can realize that they are truly astounding, coming from a man. Such is the case here. While human law is subject to change, Jesus knew that God's law stands forever.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
God Our Fixer
Communion experience. We are created by God, so only he can save us, free us, and make us holy to be like him.
Going All the Way
In today's Gospel reading from Matthew 18, Jesus taught Peter to keep forgiving a brother who sinned against him. According to Jesus, we are either forgiving or not forgiving. Forgiving means forgiving always, and if we can only forgive a fixed number of times, then we are basically not forgiving. The same goes with obeying God, loving others, being holy, etc. Obeying God means obeying him in all things; loving others, loving all the way; being holy, doing it the best you can. See how God tried to save us by dying for us ~ that's going all the way!
An Obligation
If you believe that God is your Father and you are his child, then you have the obligation to honor, obey, serve, and love him, especially because he loves you so much.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Joy-Giving Conscience
It's a joy to know that when you are on the verge of sinning, you are able to stop or turn away quickly. This is like you recognize quicksand in front of you and you immediately walk away from it. If you stick out your foot to test the sand, you've started sinning. A clear conscience assures inner peace ~ this is how God has made us.
Thirst Quenched
Today's entrance verse from Psalm 84: My soul is longing and yearning for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God. The Communion response from Psalm 42: Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God! It amazes me that the Psalmists before the time of Christ were already in such a state of great intimacy with God.
Communion experience today. The thirst of my soul for the Lord was there, but I was assured that it would be completely quenched one day.
A Christian's Focus
Liberal and conservative politicians are making strong statements about what they are in this year of election. A Christian need not bother with being a liberal or a conservative, for he simply follows Christ. That is, a Christian focuses upon solely being Christlike and is not concerned about what anyone, himself included, thinks of him.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Let God Exalt You
God is infinite. His love is infinite. Therefore, ask him to give you all the grace you need to become holy and one with him. Aim high and he'll lift you high.
We Are Loved!
At Mass we again heard the Parable of the Lost Son from Luke 15. The father was so happy to see his repentant, lost younger son coming home that he prepared a big celebration to welcome him back. But the older son got angry because he thought the father was being unfair, since he had been with the father all along and never been treated like this. What we need to know is that God loves us all and we must never question what he does, for knowing that he loves us no less is more than sufficient for us. In fact, we must rejoice for this very reason.
Interesting Dreams
I had an interesting dream last night. I dreamed that I had committed a number of sins (not clear what they were). I was worried and somewhat horrified. Then still dreaming, I realized that I was only dreaming so that I really had not committed those sins and was greatly relieved. Another similar dream I might have blogged happened decades ago before the fall of Communism. I dreamed that I was trapped in a Communist country and was horrified. Again, in my dream I realized that I was only dreaming and that in reality I was sleeping in a bed at home in a non-Communist country. Great relief again.
On the other hand, the pleasant dreams I enjoyed the most were those in which I experienced the presence of Jesus.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Inseparableness
Communion experience. I simply remained still and passive and let the love of my Lord completely envelop me, making me inseparable from him.
Self-Imprisonment
Read about Jesus in the Gospels. He is all good. He is holy and full of love and compassion for the people. With great authority, he brings the good news. Great miracles support that he is the Savior of all. If you cannot say that he is all phony-baloney but still do not accept him, it's because you are still a slave to your self-importance.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Most Special Status
Communion experience. After receiving the Lord, there were just the two of us in each other, with me shedding all my burdens and attachments.
Our Last Chance
In today's Gospel reading from Luke 16 at Mass, we heard The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. When Lazarus the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. And he cried out to Abraham for help. But now there's a great chasm between them to prevent anyone from crossing. The rich man then begged Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house to warn this five brothers, lest they should come to the same place of torment. But Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them. If they will not, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead." A good point. Now, in addition to Moses and the prophets, we have Jesus, the Son of God, to listen to. He is truly our last chance.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Most Private Moment
Communion experience. I was able to forget all about myself and the troubles of the world and focus upon my creator and Lord only.
Why We Are in Trouble
We know that we are sinners. When we do not let God (Christ) be our Lord, the world becomes disordered. These two sentences pinpoint why we are deeply in trouble. The remedy is clear: we only need to give in to God.
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