When I played Civilization 4, there is a quote I like most

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
by: Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

This is really true. If we eat unhealthy food, surely we will be unhealthy. If we eat healthy food, surely we will be healthy. When we eat, we digest the food, and the nutrients become part of our body. That is why we are growing when we eat. How wonderful is our body.

My brother introduced a book to me, “The Secret” (by Rhonda Byrne). But I didn’t read the book.

The secret in the book is the “Law of Attraction”. And I searched through Wikipedia what is that Law of Attraction. Then I found that, the Law of Attraction is very familiar. Because, you ask, you believe, you work for it, and feel gratitude, then you will get it. Doesn’t the Law of Attraction just seems like “faith” that I know as a Christian?

When my father was in the hospital, I prayed the novena to St Jude.

1st day of the novena, all of us thought that he was getting well. But he looked very sleepy those days.
2nd day of the novena, my father suddenly left lung collapsed, and doctor said that the brain would have some damage. And he was unconscious.
3rd day of the novena, at the morning about 4.00 am, my father’s blood pressure suddenly dropped down. And doctors used dopamine to control his blood pressure. He needed the ventilator for breathing. And doctors said that he got pneumonia. He was still unconscious.
4th day of the novena, he became conscious.
5th day of the novena, he did not use ventilator.
6th day of the novena, about 3.00 am, his SpO2 (oxygen) dropped. He could not breathe by his own. The nurses used ambubag to help him to breathe. Once there was no ambubagging, his SpO2 will drop immediately. This happened until 7.00 am, the ventilator was used to support his breathing.
7th day of the novena, he was sent to ICU.
8th day of the novena, he looked better, but sad.
Last day of the novena, he looked better.

I always heard that, we need to pray for the intentions of the Holy Father. Then I always pray like that without knowing what are the intentions of the Holy Father.

Finally, I found that, there are different intentions for every month. If you want to know what are the intentions of the Holy Father of this month, you can visit here.

In my opinion, thanksgiving prayer is very important. We know that God is Almighty. He can make what is impossible for man, to become possible. God is beyond the time and space. Therefore, everything is possible to Him.

We can pray to God and ask for the things for the future, why can’t we thank to God for what He had done on us before? Maybe, what we receive now, is because of the prayer of thanksgiving tomorrow.

Once, I wondered, why and how do we know the angels’ names. Because I think, why do angels’ speak Hebrew? Or the names like Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are named by human beings?

Finally, I know the answer after I read the sermon of Pope St Gregory the Great (here). The names are revealed to the human beings because of the meaning of each name. The names were known in Hebrew, but the meaning of each name is universal.

I read a news. Here.

We never know the name of God in this life, since He is mysterious. Whatever we call Him, “God”, “Lord”, “天主”, “上帝”, “上主”, “Yahweh”, “Jehovah”, “雅威”, “耶和華”, “Al Shaddai”, “Almighty God”, “全能的天主”, “神”, etc., He is still the same God.

Though each of us might describe Him differently, that doesn’t mean He is different. For example, there is a person A, we don’t know his name. And Jack knows A, Jack says A is a good man. And John also knows A, John doesn’t say that A is good, but A is kind and friendly. And James said A is not good. Though they describe A differently, A is still A.

I just figure out this (about the Maundy Thursday) recently. But I don’t know am I correct or not. If I am wrong, please tell me.

Gospel said that, “that year” the Passover was on a sabbath day. And Jesus celebrated the Passover a day before the sabbath day. For the Jewish, a day started from sunset until next sunset. Therefore, the sabbath day is the sunset of Friday until Saturday. That means, Jesus celebrated the Passover during the evening of Thursday, which is a day before Friday evening.

如果我們把東西借給人，當我們需要那東西時，就會不斷地催迫那人儘快交還。若那人尚未交換，我們就會不斷地催迫，一直地催迫，直到那人交還為止。
If we lend something to other people, when we need the thing back, we will unceasingly ask him to return the thing as soon as possible. If he not yet returns, we will urge and urge until he returns the thing.

但若我們的祈禱，也能有這種毅力，不斷地祈求，必會得到所求的。然而，我們不會這樣地祈求天父。因為我們沒有把任何東西借給天父。天父亦不欠我們任何東西，而且需要幫忙的是我們。另外，我們也不敢這樣祈求天主聖父。因為，我們知道自己是罪人。這是理所當然的，我們本來就應該要承認自己的罪過。因此，我們若真的有所求，就必須先向天父認罪，並求天父寬恕。為求天主寬恕，自己就應當先寬恕別人。之後，就祈求天主。
If we pray with the persistence like this, we should get whatever we ask. However, we will not pray like this to the Father. This is because we do not lend anything to the Father. And the Father doesn’t owe us anything. Even more, we are the ones who need the help. Besides that, we are not dare to pray like this to the Father. Because, we know that we are sinners. Of course, we should confess our sins. Therefore, if we really have petitions, we need to confess our sins to the Father first, and ask for forgiveness. To ask for forgiveness, we need to forgive others. Then, we can ask from God.

I never thought the question about this. Because I thought the date of Easter is just close to Jewish Passover. But actually, both have different calendar calculation. That is why Easter always on Sunday.

Read more: Why Does Easter Come Before Passover This Year?