Good News Reflections

 Loving our enemies gives us a hidden power that crushes the devil.

 The Holy Spirit selects each of us and calls us to fully utilize our particular gifts and talents and opportunities.

 When people make bad decisions that ruin God's plans for them, he implements a new plan.

 When we face trials, we can get through it with success by trusting Jesus and relying on the gifts of his Holy Spirit.

 Whenever we distrust anyone, we can safely trust that no matter what happens, Jesus is always there for us.

 Jesus gives us his Body and Blood during every Mass so that we benefit by consuming him, which then should benefit others.

 In all that we need, God stretches us beyond our limitations and provides us with his limitless resources.

 If we believe in Jesus but still feel dissatisfied, it's because we don't entirely believe that he is fully caring for us.

 Saint Stephen's courage to proceed in ministry no matter what dangers he faced came from staying focused on his beloved Savior.

 Purifying our lives is hard, but God gives us supernatural help through the awesomeness of his grace.

 What God wants from us is the willingness to do the work of sharing what He provides.

 Joy comes from making God our focus instead of what happens to us.

 When we were baptized into the life of Christ, the Father gave us his Spirit fully.

 Guilt tells us the truth about ourselves and invites us to grow from it; shame lies to us and paralyzes our growth.

 Generosity grows from love. The more we love someone, the more we want to be generous with them.

 A personal relationship with Christ's Holy Spirit is what transitions a sinful person into a holy person.

 Jesus died on the cross and gave us his Spirit so that we could live in the forgiveness of God.

 Jesus is always fulfilling the Father's plans for us -- plans for our good, a loving plan. It's impossible for him to do otherwise!

 We become true believers of God when we allow the Holy Spirit to give us new understanding and spiritual growth.