GN: With the Lord's help, we can make history

Each of us is a particularly product of our history. We are what we are today because of yesterday's joys and sorrows. God's grace, however, allows us to transcend our pasts. Our lives can go beyond the deep wound and hurts that we have experienced. With the Lord's help, we can make history.

GN: Behind a great achievement lies a significant experience of failure

Usually, behind a great achievement lies a significant experience of failure. Experiencing the worst enables us to hope and to reach for something better. Such moments can make us more aware of God's activity in our lives.

Recall the difficulties you had lately. Can you see the Lord in those trials?

GN: A good way to determine whether an experience comes from God

A good way to determine whether an experience comes from God is to examine its effect in our lives. Whenever the Lord touches us, we feel a great urge to aspire for what is more virtuous.

Do we become more faithful, more hopeful, more loving?

Are our heart engulf by a desire to do more for God?