Divine Mercy and Divine Grace

John 3:16-17 " For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him."
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Friday, July 11, 2014

For all who need healing




“I AM YAHWEH-ROPHE”

“He said, 'If you listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am Yahweh, who heals you.'(Yahweh Rophe)”Exodus 15:26

YAHWEH ROPHE

Name in English Translation: the LORD who heals you
Hebrew name: Rophe – [ro' phay]
What it means
Rophe means to heal. All through the Old Testament God and sometimes His servants heal. In the New Testament, Jesus Christ and His disciples heal.
Usually, healing is associated with God. Elijah is said to have healed the alter of the LORD (1 Kings 18:30). And the Word of God is said to have healed the people from their afflictions (Psalm 107:20).
Rophe healing is most often associated with physical healing. The household of Abimelech was rophe healed from barrenness so they could have children again (Genesis 20:17-18). Miriam was rophe healed from leprosy (Numbers 12:13). The people of the city of Gath were rophe healed of tumors (1 Samuel 6:3). King Hezekiah was rophe healedd from his illness (2 Kings 20:5-8).
Rophe healing also applies to other things besides people. Elijah rophe healed the alter (1 Kings 18:30). God can rophe heal the land (2 Chronicles 7:14). Elisha said that Yahweh rophe healed the water so it was wholesome and drinkable (2 Kings 2:21).
Rophe healing is most often associated with the physical healing of people. But it also applies to conditions of the human heart. The LORD Yahweh rophe heals the broken hearted (Psalm 147:3). Broken hearted means that your deepest feelings are made into separate parts. Your continuity of feeling is broken.
The LORD Yahweh God rophe heals backsliding (Jeremiah 3:22). Backsliding means to go back to my old (bad) ways of acting. The implication is that at one time I was acting in a way that please the LORD. That I know the difference between good and bad, right and wrong.
The LORD Yahweh rophe heals people from uncleanness (2 Chronicles 30:20). LORD Yahweh can rophe heal the uncleanness of the soul. This is the initial rophe healing that we all experience when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. Jesus rophe heals the heart and soul of sin.
Another interesting concept related to rophe healing is that Yahweh sometimes wounds me so that He can heal me. Sometimes He needs to wound me to get my attention. Once He gets my attention, I can confess my sins and restore my relationship with Him. Then He can rophe heal me. Here are some examples. When the Philistines took the ark of God, He wounded them with tumors. Then He healed them (1 Samuel 6:3). Isaiah said that the LORD heals the wounds he inflicted (Isaiah 30:26). Hosea explained that “the LORD has torn us to pieces but he will heal us;” (Hosea 6:1)
David said that being afflicted was a good thing for him (Psalm 119:67,71).
Sample prayers to praise with
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals illnesses.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals chronic health problems.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals broken heartedness.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals backsliding.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals uncleanness.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals affliction.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals agony.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals the body.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals the soul.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who can cause wounds.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals wounds.
I praise you Yahweh-Rophe because you are the one who heals emotions.
Verses to memorize and meditate on
Exodus 15:26 -- He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am Yahweh, who heals you.”
Deuteronomy 32:39 -- “See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
Jeremiah 3:22 -- “Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.”
Attributes related to this name of God
Omnipotence – all powerful


Monday, June 30, 2014





II Corinthians 17-21
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [h]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and [i]He has [j]committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.


Friday, June 27, 2014

John 3:16-19 (New American Standard Bible)
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His [a]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the [b]only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.



Thursday, June 26, 2014

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2: 9-11



Wednesday, June 25, 2014







Titus 3:5-6

New American Standard Bible (NASB)
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,


Jesus save us!

Thursday, October 10, 2013




My mercy is greater than all the sins of the world
Sister Faustina was told by Jesus to relay this to all souls:
“My mercy is greater than all the sins of the world...
For you I descended from Heaven to earth; for
you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the Cross;
for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus
opening wide the source of mercy for you
. Come then with trust and draw graces from this fountain...
Inever reject a contrite heart ... You will give Me pleasure if you hand over all your troubles and griefs. I
shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace
.”
(#1485)
http://www.miraclesofdivinemercy.com/Data/Jesus%27%20Words%20to%20St.Faustina.pdf

Friday, August 17, 2012

Today is the day!



Friday, August 17, 2012

Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 or Ezekiel 16:59-63

Isaiah 12:2-6

Matthew 19:3-12

We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.



-- Blessed Mother Teresa


Saturday, August 18, 2012

Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32

Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19

Matthew 19:13-15

Believe that others are better than you in the depths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.

-- St. Augustine




Sunday, August 19, 2012

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 Proverbs 9:1-6

Psalm 34:2-7

Ephesians 5:15-20

John 6:51-58

Salvation is shown to faith, it is prepared for hope, but it is given only to charity. Faith points out the way to the land of promise as a pillar of fire, hope feeds us with its manna of sweetness, but charity actually introduces us into the Promised Land.

-- St. Francis De Sales






St. Clare of Montefalco



St. Clare of Montefalco

Feastday: August 17
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. Clare's sister Joan was the abbess of this community, but at her death Clare succeeded her. She led an austere life, being particularly devoted to the Passion of Christ and His Cross. When Clare died in 1308, an image of the Cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt. She was canonized in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. Her feast day is August 17th. The life of St. Clare reminds us that we are all called to a life of prayer and dedication. Still, we must not expect or anticipate special favors. We are to be satisfied with the simple relationship we establish with God.

Jesus to Saint Faustina:

My dear daughter, I comply with your request.
..write this for many souls who are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions or storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul. If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. . Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasures for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgement with their mercy. (1317)


I desire that priests proclaim this great mercy of Mine towards souls of sinners. Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me. The flames of mercy are burning Me - clamouring to be spent; I want to pour them out upon these souls....Distrust on the part of souls is tearing at My insides. The distrust of a chosen soul causes Me even greater pain; despite My inexhaustible love for them they do not trust Me. Even my death is not enough for them. Woe to the soul that abuses these [gifts].







Friday, December 3, 2010

Divine Mercy and Advent

St, Faustina wrote "April 4, 1937. Low Sunday; that is the Feast of Mercy. In the morning, after Holy Communion, my soul was immersed in the Godhead. I was united to the three Divine Persons in such away that when I was united to Jesus, I was simultaneously united to the Father and to the Holy Spirit. My soul was flooded with joy beyond understanding, and the Lord gave me to experience the whole ocean and abyss of His fathomless mercy. Oh, if only souls would want to understand how much God loves them! All comparisons, even if they were the most tender and the most vehement, are but a mere shadow when set against the reality.

When I was united to the Lord, I came to know how many souls are glorifying God's mercy.

When I went for adoration, I heard these words: "My beloved daughter, write down these words, that today My Heart has rested in this convent (the Cracow house) Tell the world about My mercy and My love.

"The flames of mercy are burning Me. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!

"My daughter, do what ever is within your power to spread devotion to My mercy. I will make up for what you lack. Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart, and I will fill it with peace.

"Tell (all people) My daughter, that I am Love and Mercy itself. When a soul approaches Me with trust, I fill it with such an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within itself, but radiates them to other souls.
"Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire lives as a tender mother, her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior. At that last hour, a soul has nothing with which to defend itself except My mercy. Happy is the soul that during its lifetime immersed itself in the Fountain of Mercy, because justice will have no hold on it.

"Write this: Everything that exists is enclosed in the bowels of My mercy, more deeply than an infant in its mother's womb. How painful distrust of My goodness wounds Me! Sins of distrust wound Me most painfully."
http://our.homewithgod.com/divinemercy/book3/

This Advent may we all see the Divine Mercy of Jesus through the eyes of St. Faustina. We can through faith draw near to Jesus as she did. May Jesus grant each of us that grace. Todd



Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for the Divine Mercy and Divine Grace of Jesus upon all souls, for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, the salvation of all souls, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVII Instructions on how to pray the Rosary- http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/rosary/how_to.htm



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us,the souls of all sinners, the souls of the dying, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, the Holy souls in purgatory, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, all who are suffering and in need. May Jesus have mercy on us all.Instructions on how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet-http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the Divine Mercy and Grace of Jesus, the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary. Jesus, we trust in you.Instructions on the Stations of the Cross-http://www.cptryon.org/xpipassio/stations/


Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!






Thursday, December 2, 2010

Good Morning,
   Usually, I post either something a Pope or Saint has written. I do that because the purpose of this blog is to promote Devotion to the Divine Mercy of Jesus. A Pope or Saint can certainly do that better than me.
   Today, however, I wanted to plead with everyone who reads this that it is more important than ever to pray for Divine Mercy upon our nations and our Church.
   The world seems to be so upside down. North Korea is threatening "action" it has nuclear weapons and is allied with China who has more. We are allied with South Korea and would retaliate if anything were to happen.
   2,000,000 unemployed lost their benefits yesterday and no one seemed to notice so we start off the Advent season with those most in need being thrown under the bus. Yet, the top story was about Don't ask Don't tell being OK to repeal. As if that is more important than 2,000,000 people and their families without work or unemployment benefits. What a mess.
   Everyday, 125,000 people are dying worldwide and most of these do not know Jesus! Many are perishing having never heard the Gospel. Many are suffering with no hope in this world. Many are looking for help and there simply is no one offering it. The only One who is needs to be revealed and during this Advent season let us reveal Jesus to those who do not know Him.
   Please pray for those in need, especially those who are suffering and most in need of Mercy. May Jesus show us His Mercy this year during our Holy season. Please encourage your family and friends to pray the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Stations of the Cross, for our families, our Church, our nations, and the whole world.
God bless, Todd


Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for the Divine Mercy and Divine Grace of Jesus upon all souls, for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, the salvation of all souls, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVII Instructions on how to pray the Rosary- http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/rosary/how_to.htm


Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us,the souls of all sinners, the souls of the dying, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, the Holy souls in purgatory, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, all who are suffering and in need. May Jesus have mercy on us all.Instructions on how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet-http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm

Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the Divine Mercy and Grace of Jesus, the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary. Jesus, we trust in you.Instructions on the Stations of the Cross-http://www.cptryon.org/xpipassio/stations/


Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!






Monday, November 8, 2010

Pius IX Prayers for Peace

Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for the Divine Mercy and Divine Grace of Jesus upon all souls, for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, the salvation of all souls, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVII

Instructions on how to pray the Rosary- http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/rosary/how_to.htm


Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us,the souls of all sinners, the souls of the dying, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, the Holy souls in purgatory, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, all who are suffering and in need. May Jesus have mercy on us all.
Instructions on how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet-http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the Divine Mercy and Grace of Jesus, the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary. Jesus, we trust in you.
Instructions on the Stations of the Cross-http://www.cptryon.org/xpipassio/stations/


Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!

Please read the following in light of today's world. We never seem to change.

APOSTOLICAE NOSTRAE CARITATIS


ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX

URGING PRAYERS FOR PEACE

AUGUST 1, 1854

To the Venerable Brothers, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries Who Share Grace and Communion with the Apostolic See.
Venerable Brothers, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction.
When We contemplate the whole Catholic world with the care and affection of Our apostolic love, We can hardly put into words how deeply saddened We are at seeing Christian and civil society disturbed and thoroughly confused, oppressed and torn apart by all kinds of disasters. Moreover you know very well how the Christian people are afflicted and harassed by ferocious wars, internal discords, plagues, earthquakes, and other serious troubles. In addition, it is lamentable that among so many injuries and evils perpetrated by the sons of darkness, who are more artful than the sons of light, they try energetically to wage a bitter war against the Catholic Church and its doctrines. In this they use diabolic deceits, arts, and labors. They attempt to overthrow the authority of the Church's legitimate power and to corrupt the minds and souls of everyone. They want to spread everywhere the deadly virus of indifferentism and unbelief; to mix together all human and divine rights; to promote dissension, discord, and movements of impious rebellion; and to commit vicious deeds and cruel crimes. They leave nothing untried so that if it were possible, Our religion would be uprooted and human society itself might be destroyed.



2. Well aware of these dangerous circumstances, We have not failed to raise Our eyes to the holy mountain whence We trust every future help will come. We asked to obtain all the good things which We lack and to avoid the evils We dread. We do not cease to beseech Our merciful God with fervent prayers so that, banishing war to the ends of the earth and removing all disagreements from the Christian princes, He might grant peace and tranquility to their people. May God especially grant to those princes a pious zeal by preserving and spreading the Catholic faith and doctrine. The happiness of the people depends upon this. May He also save those leaders and people from all the evils which afflict them and make them rejoice in true prosperity. May He bestow the gift of His grace on those who stray so that they may return from the path of perdition to the way of truth and justice and may be turned toward God with a sincere heart. Moreover We have ordered that prayer imploring the divine mercy be offered in this Our beloved city. Following in the footsteps of Our predecessors, We decided to have recourse to your prayers and to those of the whole Church.



3. Therefore, We are writing this letter to you. We implore you to arouse the faithful entrusted to your care concerning the matters mentioned above so that they might strive to appease the wrath of God provoked by the shameful deeds of men. They should do this by true penance with prayers, fasting, almsgiving, and other good works. Also explain to the faithful how God is merciful to all who call upon Him and how powerful prayer is if We go to the Lord without permitting any enemy of our salvation to have access to us. To use the words of Chrysostom, prayer is "the source, the root, and the mother of innumerable good things. The power of prayer extinguishes the strength of fire, restrains the raging of lions, settles wars and fights, endures storms, escapes devils, opens the doors of heaven, breaks the bonds of death, casts out diseases, repels injuries, and strengthens shattered cities. Prayer endures the blows inflicted from heaven, all the snares of men, and every evil."[1]

4. We strongly desire that when you pray to the Father of Mercies about these matters you do not forget to pray to Him humbly, ardently, and zealously, following the guidelines of Our encyclical letter dated February 2, 1849. Pray that He will desire to enlighten Our mind with the light of His Holy Spirit by which We might issue a decree as soon as possible concerning the conception of the Most Holy Mother of God, the Immaculate Virgin Mary. This would result in the greater glory of God and the praise of that Virgin, the loving mother of us all.
5. Indeed We have decided to offer the treasures of divine gifts, whose dispensation the Most High entrusted to Our care, so that your faithful may pray with more fervent love and more abundant fruit. For this reason, by the mercy of almighty God and trusting in the authority of His blessed apostles Peter and Paul, We confer, by the power of binding and loosing which the Lord gave to Us, a plenary indulgence of all sins as in a jubilee. This indulgence will be granted to all the faithful of your dioceses who accomplish the following acts within a three month span to be determined by each one of you and computed from the day which you decide upon. They must have humbly confessed their sins with sincere regret for them, and after being purified with sacramental absolution, they must have reverently received the sacrament of the Eucharist. They must also visit three churches designated by you or one of the churches three times and must say prayers there for the exaltation and prosperity of Holy Mother Church and the Apostolic See, for the elimination of heresies, for the peace and harmony of the Christian princes, and for the tranquillity and unity of the whole Christian people. Moreover they should fast once within the same period and give some alms to the poor. This indulgence can also be applied to the souls in purgatory. Since We desire even cloistered nuns and other people permanently in cloister to participate in this indulgence, as well as people in prisons, invalids, and other people prevented by any handicap from carrying out some of the aforementioned works, We grant the confessors the ability to exchange one work of piety for another or to defer it to another time. In addition, the confessors will have the power to give communion to children who have not yet had their first communion. Therefore, We authorize you on this occasion and during this three month period to bestow on the confessors of your dioceses all those same powers which We gave in the other jubilee announced through Our encyclical letter of November 21, 1851. We published that letter which begins with "Ex aliis nostris" and sent it to you. All those things which We excepted in that letter must be observed. In addition, We also grant you the favor of giving the faithful -- both laymen and clerics -- the ability on this occasion to choose their own confessors, either secular or regular, from those approved. We also grant this same power to the cloistered nuns exempt from the jurisdiction of the Ordinary and to other women living in cloister.

6. Set to work then, venerable brothers, since you have been called to share in Our cares and have been placed as guardians over the walls of Jerusalem. Do not cease night and day to cry to the Lord Our God with Us. Implore His divine mercy so that He may turn away the scourge of His wrath, which we deserve for our sins and may mercifully bestow the riches of His goodness on everyone. We do not doubt that you will be totally content with these wishes and requests. And We know for certain that everyone, especially the clergy, the men and women in religious orders, and the faithful laity who worthily walk in the vocation to which they were called, will send prayers and supplications unceasingly to God. Nor would We neglect to ask the help of those who have obtained the palm of victory so that God might more easily bend His ear to Our prayers. Above all, We constantly call upon the Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God, who is the most suitable and most powerful intercessor with God and who is the mother of graces and mercies. Then We invoke the patronage of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul and of all the saints who reign with Christ in heaven. Nothing should be more important, nothing more preferable to you than to exhort the faithful entrusted to your care so that they, daily more firm and immovable, may persist in the profession of the Catholic faith; avoid the snares, lies, and deceptions of their enemies; advance more quickly in the ways of God's commandments; and carefully abstain from sin. From sin comes all the evils of the human race. For this reason never cease to inflame the zeal of the parish priests so that in discharging their office diligently, they may never stop instructing the Christian people entrusted to them in the principles and teachings of our faith, nourishing them through the administration of the sacraments, and exhorting them in sound doctrine.


7. Finally, as a sign of all heavenly gifts and as a witness of Our ardent love for you, receive the apostolic benediction which We affectionately impart to you and to all the clergy and laity entrusted to your care.
Given in Rome at St. Peter's on the first day of August in the year 1854, the ninth year of Our Pontificate.



2 Chronicles 7:14 (New American Standard Bible)
14 "If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land."


Matthew 28:19-21 (New American Standard Bible)
19"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Today we celebrate the sacrament of annointing the sick



Please attend the Mass as often as possible and Partake of the Holy Eucharist as much as possible. This is our daily bread from the Father. Jesus the bread from Heaven was born in Bethlehem (literally the house of bread). It is the most important thing we can do. Pray at the Mass for the salvation of souls.

Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, the salvation of all souls, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, the Holy souls in purgatory, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, all who are suffering and in need. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.


Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will receive the salvation of their souls, fulfill their baptismal promises, attend Mass, partake of the Holy Eucharist, and be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!


October intentions from the Holy Father-
General Intention

Catholic Universities. That Catholic Universities may increasingly become places where, in light of the gospel, people may experience the unity of faith and reason.
Mission Intention


World Mission Day. That World Mission Day may help Christians realize that the task of proclaiming Christ is a necessary service to which the Church is called for the benefit of humanity.


Today we celebrated the wonderful sacrament of anointing the sick with oil. What a blessing. So, today I was able to receive reconciliation, the Eucharist (feast of thanksgiving), and the anointing. How wonderful is our God! His love is beyond my understanding.

How many people deserve the sacraments and need them? How many people have never heard of them? Who will tell them? It will have to be us. We can not expect the Priests and all Religious to make this happen, it will take all of the mystical body of Christ to do this. That would include me. That is why I am doing this. Everyone needs the salvation of Christ, everyone needs the grace and mercy of God, everyone needs our prayers. It can almost be overwhelming, but if 3 million of us joined together we certainly could get a lot done. I ask daily for the intercession of Mary, St. Joseph, St. Michael the Arch angle, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Faustina, and Blessed Mother Teresa for each of us, to include you.

Some facts for your reference:
There will be over 250,000 babies born today.
There will be over 125,000 deaths today.
There will be over 115,000 abortions today.
There are over 1 billion malnourished people (hungry) right now.
There will be over 20,000 people die from hunger today.
There will be over 4,000,000 die from bad water this year.
There will be over 8,000,000 children under the age of 5 die this year.
There will be over 1,000,000,000 people who have no clean drinking water in the world today.
There will be over 35,000,000 abortions this year worldwide, of which slightly over 1 million will be for the health of the mother. http://www.worldometers.info/


Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.


At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day

The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income

According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”

Based on enrollment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 per cent of them were girls. And these are regarded as optimistic numbers
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

Infectious diseases continue to blight the lives of the poor across the world. An estimated 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with 3 million deaths in 2004.

Every year there are 350–500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa accounts for 90 percent of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide
http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

It is just too much only the Father,Jesus, the Holy Spirit can help us with Their grace and mercy. Please spread this to others. God bless, Todd








Friday, October 15, 2010

Contemplating Christ with Mary

Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, the salvation of all souls, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, the Holy souls in purgatory, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, all who are suffering and in need. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.


Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!

APOSTOLIC LETTER


ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE

OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF

JOHN PAUL II

TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY

AND FAITHFUL

ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY




CHAPTER I




CONTEMPLATING CHRIST WITH MARY



A face radiant as the sun



9. “And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun” (Mt 17:2). The Gospel scene of Christ's transfiguration, in which the three Apostles Peter, James and John appear entranced by the beauty of the Redeemer, can be seen as an icon of Christian contemplation. To look upon the face of Christ, to recognize its mystery amid the daily events and the sufferings of his human life, and then to grasp the divine splendour definitively revealed in the Risen Lord, seated in glory at the right hand of the Father: this is the task of every follower of Christ and therefore the task of each one of us. In contemplating Christ's face we become open to receiving the mystery of Trinitarian life, experiencing ever anew the love of the Father and delighting in the joy of the Holy Spirit. Saint Paul's words can then be applied to us: “Beholding the glory of the Lord, we are being changed into his likeness, from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit” (2Cor 3:18).



Mary, model of contemplation



10. The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In a unique way the face of the Son belongs to Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was formed, receiving from her a human resemblance which points to an even greater spiritual closeness. No one has ever devoted himself to the contemplation of the face of Christ as faithfully as Mary. The eyes of her heart already turned to him at the Annunciation, when she conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the months that followed she began to sense his presence and to picture his features. When at last she gave birth to him in Bethlehem, her eyes were able to gaze tenderly on the face of her Son, as she “wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger” (Lk2:7).



Thereafter Mary's gaze, ever filled with adoration and wonder, would never leave him. At times it would be a questioning look, as in the episode of the finding in the Temple: “Son, why have you treated us so?” (Lk 2:48); it would always be a penetrating gaze, one capable of deeply understanding Jesus, even to the point of perceiving his hidden feelings and anticipating his decisions, as at Cana (cf. Jn 2:5). At other times it would be a look of sorrow, especially beneath the Cross, where her vision would still be that of a mother giving birth, for Mary not only shared the passion and death of her Son, she also received the new son given to her in the beloved disciple (cf. Jn 19:26-27). On the morning of Easter hers would be a gaze radiant with the joy of the Resurrection, and finally, on the day of Pentecost, a gaze afire with the outpouring of the Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).



Mary's memories



11. Mary lived with her eyes fixed on Christ, treasuring his every word: “She kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:19; cf. 2:51). The memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of her life at her Son's side. In a way those memories were to be the “rosary” which she recited uninterruptedly throughout her earthly life.



Even now, amid the joyful songs of the heavenly Jerusalem, the reasons for her thanksgiving and praise remain unchanged. They inspire her maternal concern for the pilgrim Church, in which she continues to relate her personal account of the Gospel. Mary constantly sets before the faithful the “mysteries” of her Son, with the desire that the contemplation of those mysteries will release all their saving power. In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community enters into contact with the memories and the contemplative gaze of Mary.



The Rosary, a contemplative prayer



12. The Rosary, precisely because it starts with Mary's own experience, is an exquisitely contemplative prayer. Without this contemplative dimension, it would lose its meaning, as Pope Paul VI clearly pointed out: “Without contemplation, the Rosary is a body without a soul, and its recitation runs the risk of becoming a mechanical repetition of formulas, in violation of the admonition of Christ: 'In praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think they will be heard for their many words' (Mt 6:7). By its nature the recitation of the Rosary calls for a quiet rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual to meditate on the mysteries of the Lord's life as seen through the eyes of her who was closest to the Lord. In this way the unfathomable riches of these mysteries are disclosed”.(14)



It is worth pausing to consider this profound insight of Paul VI, in order to bring out certain aspects of the Rosary which show that it is really a form of Christocentric contemplation.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae_en.html

Monday, September 20, 2010

The trouble with choices


Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers, the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.

Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.

Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers, with the intercession of Mary and Jesus this can actively change our world for the better!



   This morning as I write this I am reminded of Jesus forgiving those who crucified Him from the cross" Father forgive them, for they know do not know what they do." Luke 23:34. Will we need to be as forgiving, the answer is yes. It is a choice and it is hard.
    There are days it is hard to forgive those who through their "freedom of choice" and "constitutional right" have ended the lives of over 50 million Americans, who have destroyed our economy, who have called good - evil and evil - good, who have turned our country from being the richest and most productive in the world to being in debt to everyone else in the world. It is hard to see the government sworn to uphold and defend the constitution not defend the citizens who can not defend themselves, it is just plain a hard choice to deal with.
     Yet, here we see Jesus forgiving those who killed Him.That was His will and His choice. Subjecting ourselves to His will is not always easy. It is His will that we forgive, it is in the Our Father..."forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" I must remember it is not people who are the enemy all of this evil has a source the devil and that thing  is the source of all evil. Jesus wants to save all souls, that is why He came and died. Praying for the salvation of the souls of those who are against Him is what we can do to help redeem those who are lost. St. Faustina understood this. With God's help maybe I can too. Remember to go to mass this week and forgive those in your life who need it. All of God's best to you and yours, Todd


Sunday, September 12, 2010

ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE Pope john Paul II

Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace,the salvation of expecting mothers,  the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.

Please pray that we help the New Evangelism and reach 3 million who will be devoted to these prayers,



APOSTOLIC LETTER

ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE

OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF

JOHN PAUL II

TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL

ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY

INTRODUCTION
1. The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit of God, is a prayer loved by countless Saints and encouraged by the Magisterium. Simple yet profound, it still remains, at the dawn of this third millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness. It blends easily into the spiritual journey of the Christian life, which, after two thousand years, has lost none of the freshness of its beginnings and feels drawn by the Spirit of God to “set out into the deep” (duc in altum!) in order once more to proclaim, and even cry out, before the world that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour, “the way, and the truth and the life” (Jn 14:6), “the goal of human history and the point on which the desires of history and civilization turn”.1

The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium.2 It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
The Popes and the Rosary
2. Numerous predecessors of mine attributed great importance to this prayer. Worthy of special note in this regard is Pope Leo XIII who on 1 September 1883 promulgated the Encyclical Supremi Apostolatus Officio,3 a document of great worth, the first of his many statements about this prayer, in which he proposed the Rosary as an effective spiritual weapon against the evils afflicting society. Among the more recent Popes who, from the time of the Second Vatican Council, have distinguished themselves in promoting the Rosary I would mention Blessed John XXIII4 and above all Pope Paul VI, who in his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus emphasized, in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, the Rosary's evangelical character and its Christocentric inspiration. I myself have often encouraged the frequent recitation of the Rosary. From my youthful years this prayer has held an important place in my spiritual life. I was powerfully reminded of this during my recent visit to Poland, and in particular at the Shrine of Kalwaria. The Rosary has accompanied me in moments of joy and in moments of difficulty. To it I have entrusted any number of concerns; in it I have always found comfort. Twenty-four years ago, on 29 October 1978, scarcely two weeks after my election to the See of Peter, I frankly admitted: “The Rosary is my favourite prayer. A marvellous prayer! Marvellous in its simplicity and its depth. [...]. It can be said that the Rosary is, in some sense, a prayer-commentary on the final chapter of the Vatican II Constitution Lumen Gentium, a chapter which discusses the wondrous presence of the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church. Against the background of the words Ave Maria the principal events of the life of Jesus Christ pass before the eyes of the soul. They take shape in the complete series of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries, and they put us in living communion with Jesus through – we might say – the heart of his Mother. At the same time our heart can embrace in the decades of the Rosary all the events that make up the lives of individuals, families, nations, the Church, and all mankind. Our personal concerns and those of our neighbour, especially those who are closest to us, who are dearest to us. Thus the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the rhythm of human life”.5

With these words, dear brothers and sisters, I set the first year of my Pontificate within the daily rhythm of the Rosary. Today, as I begin the twenty-fifth year of my service as the Successor of Peter, I wish to do the same. How many graces have I received in these years from the Blessed Virgin through the Rosary: Magnificat anima mea Dominum! I wish to lift up my thanks to the Lord in the words of his Most Holy Mother, under whose protection I have placed my Petrine ministry: Totus Tuus!


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Do we realize our blessings? Will 3 million pray?

Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace, the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.


Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.

      This topic is worn out by over use. Yet,  here are some statistics that may interest you. Only 5% of the world's population lives within the United States. Of that approx. 25% are Catholic and 75% total are Christian. If you are a Catholic in the U.S.A. you have been blessed more than 98.5% of the World's population. So we American Catholics have been blessed more than all of those people with living in the greatest country on the planet and having the fullness of the graces of Christ in His Church. This indeed is an awesome blessing and responsibility.
      I for one do not live up to the measure of that grace. God is merciful and allows me to function in society as a free person able to worship Him as a Catholic without fear. So what is expected of me? To do what is right to live a Holy, Devote, Consecrated, Sanctified, and Obedient life. To defend the cause of the widow and orphan, the poor and the oppressed. To defend the cause of the innocent.
      Our nation has sinned and what have we done to stop it? I submit all the demonstrations in the world will not change the act of abortion in our country. Only the intercession of Jesus and Mary will accomplish that. Please pray the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and the Stations of the Cross for peace, the ending of abortion, and the intentions of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict. Do this daily it takes about 30-40 minutes of time. You can do it at different times, whenever you have a moment. Pray for Jesus to have mercy on us. Talk to others who do not do this and see if they would be interested. Together our prayers can make a difference. Please do it today. God bless, Todd

Monday, July 12, 2010

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE ROSARY pary II


Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace, the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tragedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.


ADIUTRICEM


ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE ROSARY

SEPTEMBER 5, 1895

To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See.

6. The mystery of Christ's immense love for us is revealed with dazzling brilliance in the fact that the dying Saviour bequeathed His Mother to His disciple John in the memorable testament: "Behold thy son." Now in John,as the Church has constantly taught, Christ designated the whole human race, and in the first rank are they who are joined with Him by faith. It is in this sense that St. Anselm of Canterbury says: "What dignity, O Virgin, could be more highly prized than to be the Mother of those to whom Christ deigned to be Father and Brother!"[2] With a generous heart Mary undertook and discharged the duties of her high but laborious office, the beginnings of which were consecrated in the Cenacle. With wonderful care she nurtured the first Christians by her holy example, her authoritative counsel, her sweet consolation, her fruitful prayers. She was, in very truth, the Mother of the Church, the Teacher and Queen of the Apostles, to whom, besides, she confided no small part of the divine mysteries which she kept in her heart.




7. It is impossible to measure the power and scope of her offices since the day she was taken up to that height of heavenly glory in the company of her Son, to which the dignity and luster of her merits entitle her. From her heavenly abode she began, by God's decree, to watch over the Church, to assist and befriend us as our Mother; so that she who was so intimately associated with the mystery of human salvation is just as closely associated with the distribution of the graces which for all time will flow from the Redemption.



8. The power thus put into her hands is all but unlimited. How unerringly right, then, are Christian souls when they turn to Mary for help as though impelled by an instinct of nature, confidently sharing with her their future hopes and past achievements, their sorrows and joys, commending themselves like children to the care of a bountiful mother. How rightly, too, has every nation and every liturgy without exception acclaimed her great renown, which has grown greater with the voice of each succeeding century. Among her many other titles we find her hailed as "our Lady, our Mediatrix,"[3] "the Reparatrix of the whole world,"[4] "the Dispenser of all heavenly gifts."[5]



9. Since faith is the foundation, the source, of the gifts of God by which man is raised above the order of nature and is endowed with the dispositions requisite for life eternal, we are in justice bound to recognize the hidden influence of Mary in obtaining the gift of faith and its salutary cultivation-of Mary who brought the "author of faith"[6] into this world and who, because of her own great faith, was called "blessed.""O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, attains salvation except through thee; none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee."[7]



10. It is no exaggeration to say that it is due chiefly to her leadership and help that the wisdom and teachings of the Gospel spread so rapidly to all the nations of the world in spite of the most obstinate difficulties and most cruel persecutions, and brought everywhere in their train a new reign of justice and peace. This it was that stirred the soul of St. Cyril of Alexandria to the following prayerful address to the Blessed Virgin: "Through you the Apostles have preached salvation to the nations. . . through you the priceless Cross is everywhere honored and venerated; through you the demons have been put to rout and mankind has been summoned back to Heaven; through you every misguided creature held in the thrall of idols is led to recognize the truth; through you have the faithful been brought to the laver of holy Baptism and churches been founded among every people."[8]

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13adiut.htm

Saturday, June 26, 2010

50,766,331 abortions 1973–2008 and the judgement of the Father


Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace, the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.



Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.

Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tradgedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.



   Some people say that God will judge our country for the murder of over 50 million of our own citizens. I contened it has already started. The greatest strength of a nation is its people. The measure of that strength is economic activity.
   Of the 50 million who have been slain, around approx. 30 million would be in the workforce and be having children of their own. So we are seeing a second generation that is being eliminated as well. 1973 and Roe v. Wade was 37 years ago, I have people I know who were grandparents by then, so a third generation is being affected.
   If we use the economic statistics that are released by the gov. then 50 million people would represent 1/7th of our population and if this group was just average then that would be another $2.2 trillion dollars contributed to the GDP. It would represent nearly $880 billion in taxes for the Fed, State, and Local governments. They would purchase 1.5 million new vehicles a year. They would occupy 16.5 million homes. Their debt load would be in excess of $750 billion dollars, their interest payments to banks (no need to bail out) would be over $50 billion a year. Their ecconomic activity is reflected in what was lost in this recession. The totals are staggering and the number coincide very well. So here we are.
   What is next? Repent, Pray, Reconcile, Redeem. Have hope that Jesus will hear our prayers. If we all pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet as well as the Stations of the Cross something marvalous will have to happen. Christ will hear our prayer and heal our land. Will you be a part of the vision and spread this message of hope? Todd

Friday, June 25, 2010

Do you believe in Rosary miracles?


Please pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary EVERY DAY for peace, the ending of abortion, and for the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.




Please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Daily for the mercy of God upon us, the faithful, the Pope, all Bishops, all Priests, all religious, those who do not believe in God and who do not yet know Jesus, the Holy souls in purgatory, all in need, those who have left the Church, those who attack the Church, and those who seek the ruin of the kingdom. May Jesus have mercy on us all.


Please pray the Stations of the Cross daily to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us and to encourage us to do the same for others. Abortion is a national tradgedy and will not end without the intercession of Jesus and Mary.

    Today, I simply wanted to talk a little bit about my journey home. For those who do not know, I am fairly new to the Catholic Church and by most standards would be considered a rookie. I am, however, totally committed to the Church. I also firmly believe in all of the teachings of the Church and without a doubt am "home at last".
   For 20 years I was raised a methodist and studied to become a methodist pastor as an undergrad.
After joining the Army I went through 12 years of the desert of non-denominational Christianity. When Michele and I became married, I became a Lutheran. For 16 years we were Lutherans except for about 2 1/2 when we pastored a Friends Church. 
   It was June 6, 2009 when during a time of prayer I felt the LORD telling me to start praying the Rosary. I had heard of it, but never knew anything about this wonderful prayer. After a week of research I started to pray it in earnest. A week later My Mom told us she had cancer. She had heard the week I was told to pray the Rosary!
   It was quite invasive and Mom was brave, brilliant, faithful and all things good. She did not want Chemo and so we hoped and prayed. At this time I started the habbit of praying at least 10 decades a day and also started praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily as well. It was also in Aug. that the ELCA choose to ordain practicing homosexuals and sanction their marriage in the Church.
   Needless to say Mom had an awesome recovery and did not need Chemo. I credit this to the Blessed Virgin who interceded for my Mother and to Jesus whose healing touch has been so marvolous for my family. At confession before lent I asked Father if he thought this was a Rosary Miracle and he said that he surley thought it was. Why would God have me pray this prayer if it is not the prayer for the Church?
   I had started this blog about the same time. In Oct. we left the ELCA and have faithfully attended mass ever since. I have averaged ten decades a day and feel it a vital part of my life. After Easter I felt a need to include the Stations of the Cross. This reminds us of the cost of the cross and of our redemption. Jesus is so good, His mercy is unfathonable.


  So here we are today I am a true believer in the power of the Rosary and of the intercession of our Lady. I love her as my patron and the mother of our LORD. May her love help end abortion and may we recognize the work God has given us to participate in the ending of this terrible tradgedy. May the Divine Mercy and Grace of Jesus be with you all. Todd