A Quote for the Day

  Grace brings us beyond our natural strength.

  God does not expect a 100% 'Yes'. He knows the heart of human beings. Even in goodness and evil, humans cannot achieve perfection. He only hopes that 'Yes' is the best the human heart can give. His grace will do the rest.

Only the heart that is pure and free of attachment to the glories and materials of this world can have the eyes to see beyond the trappings of this world. Grace clears the eyes of the person whose heart is prepared to receive grace. That is why even the most intelligent persons will not see the errors of their ways, having been blinded by pride and selfishness. Only the humble heart sees what no one else can see.

Despite the grace given us, we still have to brace our minds for the unexpected movements of God that can defy human explanation. Oftentimes, in order to make sense of it, we simply trust on His love and His will, and let go trying to understand the 'why.' Our thoughts are never His thoughts; our ways never His ways.

Any part of our body that we surrender to God's grace becomes His tool in redeeming others and this world. Conversely, any part of our body that we surrender to sin becomes the weapon of the devil to spread more wickedness among others and in this world.

The only security is hope... hope for the eventual triumph of the love of God in the world where evil reigns. It is the hope that the grace of God can finally work in the hearts and lives of the disciples of Jesus Christ and people of good will in destroying the forces of evil working restlessly in this world.

Science cannot give exact knowledge of things in this world. It can only give a probability of that knowledge. A 95-99% probability leaves 1-5% improbability. That improbability gives enough space for providencial grace to turn events even exactly the opposite of what science predicts.

You cannot change the nature of things. The most important difference between man and animal is that man can strive to change his natural inclinations through commitment, assisted by divine grace. A cat who knows only but steal food from your table seldom change no matter what punishment you bring into it. But a wayward person can change the course of his life if he realized he followed the wrong path, and seek God's graces for the change. Beyond that the nature of things stay the way they are.