“If God sends you many sufferings it is a sign that He has great plans for you, and certainly wants to make you a saint.” Saint Ignatius of Loyola

“If the Church stays silent in the face of what is happening, what difference would it make, if no church were ever opened again?” Blessed Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) Martyr

“Sometimes living with memory, with the thought of what friends, those who shared your soul and dreams, will do to you is worse than taking a bullet or having someone stab your flesh. There is a way of bleeding from one's soul.” ― Megan McKenna, The New Stations of the Cross

When God gives you some opportunities, it is almost like a process that you do not even realize what is recurring at the moment. - Author: Barbara Padilla

God is a Father who never abandons his children, a loving Father who supports, helps, welcomes, forgives, saves, with a fidelity that immensely surpasses that of men, opening up to an eternal dimension. (Pope Benedict XVI)

Ephesians 4:29  Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear

Yes.. I am busy ...you are busy....every one else is busy..yaadaa..yaadaa SO WHO THEN REACHES OUT? 

STEPS TO TAKE TO BRING AND INVOLVE JESUS IN MY DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES

Do we still love God for what He has to offer us ....

What futile activity takes up most of my time that I should think about uninstalling??

Harpei Dei - Rosario Cantado de los Pueblos

Let's make that intentional effort to gaze at Nature and in the process enjoy the Creator of Creation itself

What is man if he does not have the time to meditate, to self-reflect and to ponder on what has been!!!

God is the Master of Creativity - all creation evidences this. As a child of my Father, what talents do I have and pursue?

The focus today is to think deep about relationships and the extent of how much we would travel with another even in those dark days when they most need us!

My devotion to God should show through my body language and my posture during my prayer time. Am I a devoted disciple?

So what drives and propels me at different points of the day? Do I give enough time for prayer and my daily devotions throughout the day?

Different ways to approach prayer!

How well am I managing my emotions and who controls them? 

TO VENTURE OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN TO GO WHERE OTHERS ARE HESITANT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A GOD WHO CAN'T WORK MIRACLES. LET'S NOT COCOON OURSELVES AND DEFLECT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT GOD BRINGS OUR WAY DUE TO A LACK OF FAITH. 

This is the time when I should stay strong and seek the Lord as His Church is being put to trial once again. See Jesus looking sadly at His Church and embracing all Her children who were wronged - May the Lord's will be done.

I am my own master. If I don't will to change my lifestyle and my habits, then even God can't as He will not force me to do something I resist UNLESS I am already accountable to Him each day and have allowed Him to take daily control of my life!!!

it is with a sense of consolation that I record this last episode and I pray the Lord bless you for blessing and encouraging me all these months. Let us continue in our walk with Jesus and remain steadfast in prayer and devotion

Paul referred to our duty to respond to that offer of redemption by cooperating with the grace we are given. Such cooperation means seeking holiness, caring our crosses, patiently enduring redemptive suffering, and keeping the moral law. 

Without the Cross there is no Jesus and vice versa.