At mass, although I was quite sleepy, I was really able to feel the grace of God at mass as Rev. Father Anthony Ho gave his homily on how forgiving & loving our God is and that he loves us all so much. He mentioned also how we were created for heaven and also that heaven is first looked at as the immense love God has for us and only secondly, heaven is looked at a place where we’ll be in paradise with Jesus! But the highlight of the mass wasn’t just the message of the Gospel, rather, it was how God brought me to break down and actually cry.
Well over recent weeks, I’ve really drifted away from God mainly because of sin. And yesterday I realized how far I drifted away from my God. As I was listening to how someone felt so close to God, I was reminded of how much I miss God and its not like he isn’t there but that I have been in a state of sin and running away from God. I felt so sad to have lost that connection and closeness with God though not totally lost. But the thought just brought me to sadness. So during mass today, as I was preparing for communion, I was feeling so sad about drifting away and also so sorrowful for my sins. But as I received Jesus in communion, God poured out his love upon me in true abundance. And as I knelt and listened to God, I was brought to a state of totally wonder and awe of how amazing, loving & forgiving God was to me. I was so touched to the depths of my heart of how God never judged me but actually just totally poured out his love upon me. That brought me to tears and I was just in a state of being totally loved by my Saviour!
But there was more planned by God! I was so excited to hear the homily of Pope Benedict XVI from the finale mass at World Youth day live from Sydney! I am a huge admirer of the all the Popes! I see the pope as some really called and chosen by God himself to be a Shepherd to the whole world! I just find all popes so wise and their messages are truly revelations from God! And their messages are just so inspiring and encouraging!
So in his homily, he said about powerful the youths of this day are and how the Holy Spirit is so powerful within the Church today. And as said last year from somewhere, the Pope mentioned about the “Upper Room”, on how we are called to gather up at the upper room and pray for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit! He especially mentioned how we are called to be fearless when saying a ‘Yes’ to Christ! It was just so inspiring! It really made me so happy to seek God and bring the knowledge of the Love of God to more people both within the Church and outside of it!
So Lord I truly praise you for such and amazing Sunday! Praise you O God for Pope Benedict XVI! Amen!
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