During the month of November, we especially remember our loved ones who have gone before us. We recollect those dear to us and we pray for their souls and all in purgatory to be granted eternal peace and joy with the Lord, Mother Mary, St. Joseph, and all the Angels and Saints.  For many, this is […]

Monday, October 11th, was the Feast of St. John XXIII. He was was Pope from 1958-1963. Some interesting facts about this amazing, faith-filled Saint. He was a papal diplomat in 1925 in Bulgaria, Turkey, and France. 2. With the assistance of Germany’s ambassador to Turkey, he helped save approximately 24,000 Jewish people when he was […]

Most of us are familiar with the unpleasant occurrence of turbulence when flying. I for one am not a fan and usually Vulcan grip the person’s arm next to me whether I know them or not. Yeah, you don’t want to sit next to me on a plane. Recently, my sister Lety was traveling and […]

Pope Francis declared 2021 the Year of St. Joseph! I admit, dear friends in Christ, that I did not have a close relationship with St. Joseph in the past. It was certainly my loss and as I look back on my life, I realize that the joke was on me! The Blessed Mother’s chaste spouse […]

Dear Friends in Christ, I pray that your Lenten journey is bearing great fruit! When I wrote the blog, “Keep Moving Forward,” that particular phrase kept bumping into me over a very short span of time. I felt that the Holy Spirit wanted me to meditate on it and share it with you. This has happened […]

Dear Friends in Christ, Years ago, my sweet husband and I went on our honeymoon to Prince Edward Island in Canada. People thought it was quite odd since most folks headed to Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Europe. Do you want to know why we went there? I am a big fan of Anne of Green […]

I have come to love Lent. I like a challenge but I need accountability and structure. So the Church in her wisdom gave us this beautiful opportunity to take a look at our souls and sweep away the weaknesses, sins, and habits that enslave us. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Interestingly, the […]

Although I have never been to Lourdes, I feel that the beauty, mystery, and graces of Lourdes came to me and my parish.  A couple of years ago, I was privileged to help out with the high school girl’s group and I met a teenager named, Emma. You just had to look at her face to […]

In 1844 France, there lived a gentle, poor, and uneducated girl named Bernadette Soubirous. The family lived in inhumane conditions because her father had lost his job and had been accused of stealing. Their home was a concrete room in a building that used to be a prison. Bernadette was often ill. She was 14 years […]

Dear Friends in Christ, The past year has been filled with uncertainty, disruption, and fear. The evil one would like for us to fret constantly but worry has no power here because we have Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Savior, the Prince of Peace. He has conquered sin and death so we know that ALL […]