SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES

    It can be told, we are God's dwelling place. Thus we ought to do everything in our power to make ourselves pleasing and holy before the Lord. When we speak of physically constructing something like a temple we've got to have all the necessary funds and materials to build it. It really costs a lot to build especially at this time when there is economic distress all over the world. Spiritually, it is not like we are lacking in resources of any kind to fulfill this. The Holy Spirit has the gifts, well equipped and will never run low to carry out this task of building us into a temple of God . Isn't it a relief, all we have to do is desire and ask for it with a pure and sincere heart. There is no reason to be afraid as we are assured in today's 1st reading by God that there is really no reason to be. Death may be a time of grief but it is also a time of hope. For the Lord has promised to prepare a place for us so that where He is, we may also be. As we all strive to kn...

     Have you ever won in a raffle? I did. It feels great! Although this happened many years ago I could never forget when I won a $1000 gift card in a Nurse Expo at Long Beach because it was very memorable and significant in many ways. I never thought that my name will be drawn. I was just sitting there looking after the bags and the tons of souvenir items of my nurse companions when my name was called. I can't believe my ears! From out of the many entries, my name was picked. Not just that, I still do not have my license at that time so I needed to give them proof that I am a USRN. It was good that I brought the letter from the California Board of Registered Nursing stating that I already passed and they were kind enough to accept it. I bought a laptop and a camera out of it. I felt that it was exactly what I wanted to buy back then even though I already have a desktop computer which I can use because I was still living with my aunt then. I never thought that I would b...

   Today’s 1 st reading tells us that we have been called by name. God knows each one of us by name. This is why in the midst of our highs and lows, ups and downs in life, and the rising and setting of our hopes we should never fear for the Lord relates with us personally and knows exactly what we are going through. We are called by name and we need to be snapped back to reality that in the midst of our highs and lows, ups and downs in life, and the rising and setting of our hopes there is really no other like our God. The rabbis of Jerusalem have collected scriptures into Torah and are considered statements inspired by God. It is like a message from heaven not just for the time of the prophet himself but for all time.    It applied in the ancient times even a couple of centuries later and into the time of Jesus. We should seek God correctly not for selfish gain but for the good of all people. God has not changed and human nature has not changed. He cares about the...

     We have to be constantly aware of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. It is like we need to nurture and cherish this truth so that our inclinations and tendencies will be greatly influenced by it. When we get into something without really knowing where we are headed then we become susceptible to dread and fear. Today's 1st reading tells us the importance of having the gift of discernment. Let us pray to God and constantly desire that the Holy Spirit will endow us with this gift. For it is written in Mt. 7:7-11, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to thos...

   Do you believe in destiny? We all should, because we are all destined to be under the will of God. If this is the case then why do we still end up in misery at times? Let us not be misled anymore and answer with perfect honesty with our whole heart, mind and soul the question, have we always decided for a life destined to give glory and praise to God. In the midst of all the commotion going on around us, where we are no longer sure who can be trusted or not, we can be assured that Jesus Christ is on our side. Today's 1st reading tells us that He accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will. It is a relief and consolation that it is not our will or someone else but God's perfect will. Thus we always pray, Thy will be done. We can completely trust His perfect will to work for our good. Amen. Hallelujah! Ephesians 1:11-14 Brothers and sisters: In Christ we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according t...