Take up your Cross, and Follow Jesus

�If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel�s will save it."
~ Mark 8:34-35 ~

God Exist, and it is no laughing matter

The image may tickle our mind, funny but we need recall there is a GOD, who is Almighty, righteous and just.

When should a person pray?

From the earliest times Christians have prayed at least in the morning, at meals, and in the evening. Someone who does not pray regularly will soon not pray at all. [2697�2698, 2720]

Anyone who loves another person and all day long never gives that person a sign of his love does not really love him. So it is with God, too. Anyone who truly seeks him will keep sending him signals of his longing for his company and friendship.

Get up in the morning and give the day to God, asking for his blessing and to �be there� in all your meetings and needs. Thank him, especially at mealtimes. At the end of the day, place everything into his hands, ask him for forgiveness, and pray for peace for yourself and others. A great day�full of signs of life that reach God. 188

~ YOUCAT pg. 274 ~

If both of them had not been Pope,....

"If John Paul II had not been Pope, he would have been a movie star; if Benedict had not been Pope, he would have been a university professor," 

~ US Vatican expert John L Allen ~

My Greatest Desire

Heavenly Father, my greatest desire in life is to love You, the Lord my God,

with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and with all my strength,

and also to love my neighbor as Jesus has loved me. 

Above even eternal life for myself, I desire to love You, God.

Yet, You know well what my eternal needs are.

AMEN.