Be a saint!

Mummy Maria, all the Angels and Saints, pray for me that I may love Lord Jesus more ardently.

With all the pains, and sorrows in those years, I am so glad to bear my cross which Lord Jesus gave me in my birth, because I know this is the way I learn how to become a saint together with Immaculate Heart of Mummy Mary, after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Like Saint Dominic Savio who said, "If I do not become a saint I am doing nothing", if I do not become the saint, then there is no point for me to invest all my heart, mind and strength in the Most Holy Trinity, Only One God. If I tell you that I want to be the saint, it is because Lord Jesus asked me to be holy and perfect in virtues as God Himself is totally holy and perfect. Why must I suffer all the difficulties and trials those years? It is because Blessed Mummy Mary, all the Angels and Saints intercede for me to have long life on the earth so that with the graces of God I can work hard to become perfect in virtues and holiness. God wants the hardworking children who are able to love Him wholeheartedly. Not the spoilt brats who fail to appreciate everything. But now, I am very happy and have nothing to complain because I already have intimate relationship with God as He Himself came into me sacramentally through Holy Communion. Saint Augustine said, "Why are we so sad? Why do we blame God? Evils abound in the world so that the world will fail to seduce us into loving it." We learn the three virtues: love, faith and hope. But Love is really the greatest virtue because it just keeps growing and growing as if there is no limit. It transcends above everything for God Himself is Love. Faith gives way to our eternal life, which our Catholic Church taught. Hope gives way to the vision of our belief in God. My physical deafness is nothing much because God already healed and restored my hearing ability so that I could hear Him through the Holy Scriptures and Gospels. I was once blind but now I can see His ever Great Divine Love more clearly. Importantly I can see His Presence on the Eucharistic Host in the Holy Mass daily. Recently God made me cry my heart out of the joy through Holy Communion. I am forever grateful to Him for having found me and I have found Him. I have not forgotten the visions when Lord Jesus appeared to me. My brothers and sisters, why don't we aim for the sainthood together? Find your own vocations in the deepest desire of your hearts. In short, what do you really want? :) Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori said, "God wishes everyone to be a saint, but in accordance with their own state in life- the religious as religious, the person in the world as a person in the world, the priest as a priest, a married person as a married person, a soldier as a soldier, and so on for every other way of life."

"Be Holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am Holy." (Leviticus 19:2)

"You must ... be perfect just as your Heavenly Father is perfect." - Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 5:48)

"You cannot be half a saint. You must be a whole saint or no saint at all. Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors." - Saint Therese of Lisieux

"Jesus is the Teacher of Holiness. I go to Him because I want Him to teach me how to become a Saint. Of what use to me is all I learn in school if I do not become holy?" - Saint Francis de Sales

A new beginning

Epiphany

Yesterday was the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Epiphany is the manifestation of the Incarnation of the Christ. Christmastide is still not over yet. Back to the topic, I am grateful for the new year: the gift of life and new beginning. They come as the consolation from God to strengthen my faith and nourish my spiritual life. Although I persevered in the faith those days, I felt as if I was experiencing the dryness. Perhaps I was very moody and weary. Not long ago, when I was spending time in the adoration room, I decided to pray the Rosary together with Blessed Mummy Maria, all the Saints and Angels. While meditating on the mystery of the Nativity of Most Holy Infant Iesu, suddenly one nun appeared in my mind. It was Saint Therese of Lisieux who sat there together with Infant Iesu in the hay, and smiled at me, soothing my heart ache. My love for her had been rekindled at that moment. I was reminded of the importance of the simplicity and complete surrender of the heart as Saint Therese said, "Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity."

Prior to the first day of new year, I spent the last moments with the Lord in the adoration room. Suddenly a thought came to me that everyone celebrated the new year in the homes while Lord and Mummy Maria were left alone in the room. Then I made a small request of mine to give Them a proper hug as the consolation for Them. I felt the sensation of being hugged over there as I saw Them embrace me in my mind.

Yesterday, I was walking to the Church when I noticed the beauty of the clear sunny blue sky. My heart danced with joy and praise for the Lord God, the Most High. During the Holy Mass, I read the part of the Holy Gospel: "The sight of the star filled them (three magi) with delight, and going into the house they saw the Child with His Mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did Him homage." (Matthew 2:11) Then, I heard one question in Homily: "As three magi sacrificed all their fortunes in order to find the True Christ, then have we really sacrificed everything for the Lord God?" I remembered the quote of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori: "God wishes everyone to be a saint, but in accordance with their own state in life- the religious as religious, the person in the world as a person in the world, the priest as a priest, a married person as a married person, a soldier as a soldier, and so on for every other way of life." At that moment, I was simply nodding my head. During the Holy Communion, I kneed before the Eternal King in the Most Holy Host, and received Him into my heart. When I had returned to my seat, I was expressing my gratitude and praises to God who enthroned my heart, and then suddenly there was a great stirring of emotions down in my heart as I was being blown away. Back then, I did not really think of anything except God. Despite my much effort to stay cool and control myself, I cried my heart out. Thankfully, no one had seen my embarrassing state. In the evening, with my friend I visited the adoration room in another Church for a short moment, and still cried upon seeing the Hidden God in the Most Blessed Sacrament. 

"We believe in the love of God for us. To believe in love is everything. It is not enough to believe in the Truth. We must believe in Love and Love is our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That is the faith that makes our Lord loved. Ask for this pure and simple faith in the Eucharist. Men will teach you; but only Jesus will give yo the grace to believe in Him. You have the Eucharist. What more do you want?" - Saint Peter Julian Eymard

God is really good all the time. I am forever grateful to Him for having saved my soul, and His gifts of the Sacraments. Praise the Lord, my soul. All my being, praise His Most Holy Name and never forget how Kind He is! Alleluia! Amen!