IF WE JUST GO OUT ON OUR OWN AND TRY TO DO GOOD OR TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN A PROPER AND RIGHTEOUS MANNER WE WILL SOON FAIL. ON OUR OWN WE CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY BECAUSE WE OURSELVES ARE WEAK AND SINFUL. BUT BY PRAYING TO JESUS AND BY RECEIVING HIM IN THE EUCHARIST, WE GAIN SRENGTH TO CARRY ON OUR LIVES IN A GOOD, HOLY AND LOVING WAY.
TO HELP US WE MUST ALSO ASK THE LORD TO ENLIGHTEN US. WE MUST PRAY TO JESUS BY SAYING FORMAL PRAYERS. BUT WE MUST ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO TALK TO OUR LORD PERSONALLY, HEART TO HEART THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WHENEVER WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY DURING THE DAY WE CAN ASK JESUS TO HELP AND GUIDE US. WE CAN ALSO TAKE OUR TROUBLES TO HIM.
THESE DAYS MANY PEOPLE GO TO A COUNSELLOR TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR PROBLEMS. BUT HAVE WE EVER TRIED TAKING OUR PROBLEMS TO JESUS WHO HIMSELF IS THE WONDERFUL CONCELLOR, ALMIGHTLY GOD AND EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE. JESUS IS EVER-READY TO LISTEN TO ALL OUR TROUBLES. IN FACT HE UNDERSTANDS US PERFECTLY BECAUSE HE MADE US. AND HE WILL COMPASSIONATELY AND LOVINGLY LISTEN TO ALL OUR WOES NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL THEY MAY BE.
OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT ALWAYS LISTEN TO OUR PROBLEMS. THEY MAY BE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN PROBLEMS OR THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF OUR OWN TROUBLES. BUT JESUS DOES FOR HE KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING. THE LORD SAID TO JEREMIAH, "BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW YOU." YES, THIS IS HOW WELL THE LORD KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS US.
JESUS WAS NO STRANGER TO SUFFERING HIMSELF. HE SUFFERED MORE THAN ANY OF US WHEN HE WAS REJECTED, BEATEN AND FINALLY CRUCIFIED. THEREFORE HE TRULY UNDERSTANDS US. ALSO WHEN WE SUFFER WE NEED NOT SUFFER IN VAIN. WE CAN OFFER UP OUR SUFFERINGS FOR THE SAVING OF SOULS. WE CAN PROVE OURSELVES TO JESUS BY HAVING FAITH IN HIM AND LOVING OTHERS DESPITE HOW CHALLENGING IT MAY BE.
IF WE ARE CLOSE TO JESUS AND TAKE THE TIME TO PERSONALLY RELATE TO HIM EACH DAY, JESUS TOO WILL CONSTANTLY BE WITH US, PROTECTING US. AND IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS BEFORE OTHERS, HE TOO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE US BEFORE GOD, THE FATHER. AND ONE DAY VERY SOON WE WILL BE WITH OUR LOVING LORD IN PARADISE. AND WE WILL REJOICE WITH HIM FOREVER!