Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:28 PM

I am the Light

This testimony is from the Philippines and was written in 1999

It was July 1997 when I came to know True Life in God and was invited to join a TLIG prayer meeting here in the Philippines.

I was born and raised into a Catholic family but it does not mean that I was true to my faith and religion. With no reason at all, I began to dwindle and swerve away from the Catholic faith. I stopped attending my catechism class and stopped receiving the Sacraments. I put out of my system Catholicism and began to join the so-called « Born Again Christian » group. After joining that group, I started to question the importance of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Co-Redemptress and the different titles bestowed on Her, the Holy Rosary, confessing to a priest, the purgatory, etc.

At first, the feeling was good, but as time went on, I felt something was wrong especially when it came to interpreting the verses in the Bible. So I bade my exit and went back to Catholicism. I went to mass and confession when I wanted to and I even joined a group just to show off. Then I got a job in a printing company. Due to the demands in work, little by little I became tepid in my faith. Despite my success, I felt that something was missing, something was lacking in my life. I felt empty. I started to search for answers through reading books in astrology, predictions of dreams, feng shui, etc.

It was the TLIG message on 20 September 1986, entitled « I am the Light, » ( /msg/vass1.html ) that changed my life. As I was reading the message, I felt that someone took a veil covering my eyes which caused me to cry, realizing that I was lost and living in the dark for so many years; that it was our Lord Jesus that I was longing and searching for many years. It was He (Jesus) Who would fill the emptiness that I felt and that He is the One Who completes me.

The messages made me realize how much Jesus loves us and wants us all back to Him; how important the Sacraments are (esp. Confession and Holy Eucharist); how intimate we could be with Him; how we could help Him save others by offering our own sacrifices in union with His sacrifice; why we should be united with the Pope; and why we should venerate the Blessed Mother. The messages made me love Jesus more, and therefore, also love His Commandments and the Laws of His Church. By loving Jesus, He also reveals His desires and the thorns piercing His Most Sacred Heart. Until now, He still is transforming me gradually to become a better person. Hopefully, our Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, will continue to guide my path back to Them (the Holy Trinity).