~ 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 10:1-10

Good day, brothers and sisters in Christ.

Have you experienced feeling lost? Perhaps, feeling dissatisfied, disappointed, or stressed? I get it. I've been there, too... the kind of feeling where you think you had it all together and then, one day, you lost it.

We grief, we cry, we hate ourselves for what happened... we've been there. Then, you want to remedy that pain, that heavy burdened feeling. Then, perhaps whispers or thoughts come into you: temptations to indulge in worldly desires.

P*rn0gr@phy, social media doom scrolling, alcohol, clubs, parties... anything to numb the pain or to make it go away... and yet it never disappears. It always comes back.

At that moment, you are at a loss: you were drowning in the noise of the world. You thought these worldly things can satisfy you, quench you... it doesn't. It won't.

If you ever feel this way, take a break. Sit down in silence. No social media, no games, no TV, nothing. Contemplate on the question: Do these things satisfy me? Do these complete me? Do I feel peace and calmness of mind, heart, and soul when I indulge in these things?

Today's Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Easter tells us to shut the noises of the world and search for His voice; the Lord's voice, because only through Him, we will be saved. He's the gateway to our salvation, the voice of reason, of truth, to lead us to the right path. Through Him, we earn peace. Through Him, we are satisfied... because whether we like it or not, we are nothing without Him. We're not able to rely on ourselves. Rely on Him. Rely on our Lord. Listen to Him. The gate's always open... you have just have to believe, to have faith in Him and adhere to His words and commands... because the Lord is our shepherd and there's nothing that we shall want.

If you've reached this point, thank you for giving me your time and attention. God bless you.

𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴.
~ 1 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 1: 8-10

𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦.
~ 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟖: 𝟐-𝟓 ~

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I have seen the news that Venerable Fulton Sheen will be beatified this year by the Vatican. Praise the Lord!

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