Indeed you are!!!  You are the greatest treasure that ever lived, you are a son and or  are a daughter of a King!  Never ever forget, you are of great worth!!!

 You are deserving of every happiness, and every joy known to God.  You belong to Him.  He has given you the gift of eternal life.  A gift so special, so worth knowing about and preparing for.  

Today, I welcome you into the realm of living truly in the almighty presence of God.  It is through God, we come to know the great and many truths that are His, and we are an important part of his perfect plan.  A plan that reflects the soul that he placed within each and everyone He has ever created.

Your soul's purpose is unique and different from any one He has ever created.  Have you taken the time to discover His true purpose for your life?  Now, could be that perfect time to rediscover God living inside of your soul.  Perhaps you have never taken the time in getting to know him, and maybe you were not ready then to do so.

Today make every moment count investing in a relationship that is true to Christ living in you.  He is an amazing lover.  He wants us all to himself, and once you get to know him, you are no longer intimidated but overjoyed by his presence, he wants what is best for you, when you lose sight of what is best for yourself.  He makes all things new again.  And for those of you who have carried decades of hurt, uncertainty, and loss, God is waiting for you to come to Him and place every burden at his feet.  Come to the altar again, where all life begins anew.  He will heal your heart, soul, mind, body. He will love you and create in you, a newness that will  go on to living inside of you better than you ever imagined.  Understanding the Lord and understanding yourself and the role each of us has in living and learning, and prospering in faith as one.

Do not delay in responding to this beautiful invitation,  it is given to you for a very special reason and purpose.  Gods greatest desire I believe is to connect your heart to his heart, so that your soul can live forever.  Do not disregarding what your eyes have just seen, but regard this message as something deep and personal coming to you from God himself.

The legacy of early Christians, has definitely inspired me to research further the rich history of our Catholic faith.  If only we (our brothers and sisters in Christ) would greatly desire to  expand our knowledge we would certainly have the ability to engage in healthy dialogue, when it comes to reading books that prepare the mind and soul for spiritual growth as we live out the life, we were given, by God.  

The more we learn together, the easier it becomes for us to carry on with great growth and deeply meaningful discussions about our faith with other like minded Christians who really desire to help each other prosper, while living out their faith. 

Today we have an edge through technology and the ability to research anything we want at and with our fingertips, something that the early Christian's did not have.  I believe technology can be used for the greater glory of God!  

This is God's podcast, and my fingers write, type, edit, and publish, because he wills it!  Pray for me, as I continue this journey toward him, pray that I too receive the grace needed to continue enriching the lives he has created that do not yet know of His existence.  Those are the souls I hope to inspire,  pray for, write for, and believe in!

They are "HIS" own.  They are not forgotten. Pray with me for them to understand their true existence. They are loved.  They are worth more than they realize!    

Saint Ignatius of Antioch gave his life to Christ.  He knew that there was no other way to live.  He knew he needed to follow Christ.  To die for Christ at the appropriate time of his death.  He could for see the truths of Christ happening in his own journey as he knew he was about to leave this earth and so he left this earth by leaving for us a wonderful legacy.  He was divinely inspired by Christ to write us 7 letters total.  And those same seven letters are written to help us before we exit this life to be with Christ for all eternity.  

I am not sure if our earlier Christians took advantage of this knowledge about him while they lived during the time of this amazing saint whose example exemplified the true grace of God. However, I am truly grateful that the words of this Saint himself were in fact preserved for future generations to learn from and live by.  

On the other hand, some one knew the importance of preserving these most important letters.  And although I have not read them yet, I am so looking forward to sharing those letters with you my beloved podcasters in my next episode.

 What ever Jesus himself is presenting to me, I am forwarding to you so that your journey is most enriching and most fulfilling to you and to Christ and to our brothers and sisters who are brought to us for the sole purpose of learning the importance of  truth, the importance of faith, and the importance of our sincerity towards our selves first and foremost and then towards one another. 

 It is the only way we can save this world from itself when it becomes destructive, we know those traits are not of God, but of the enemy of God.  We are worth so much more than we realize.  And we learn about our great worth when we follow Jesus Christ!

When I was 12 years old, my mother gave me a journal to write in.  It was there my thoughts, dreams, ambitions, were all written, hidden, locked away, with a key in a draw.  This gift my mother gave me was truly a wonderful idea, but it was one that continued silently in the dark.  

An idea that didn't grow beyond her gift or beyond my gift to write, if that makes sense.  Then, one day, several decades later, I shared with someone my ability to write and how I would love to share my writing with others.  And when I had spoken to this special person about my idea, she in turn was excited, she jumped to the opportunity in showing me how this can be done. For years my writing was left hidden inside the pages of a book, several for that matter, collecting dust on the shelf in my closet, never to experience the light of day , the light of Christ, until now!  

Over a period of time I had always dreamt of spending my later years devoted to writing but I wasn't sure who it was I was suppose to write for.  Until very recently it was revealed to me, that I was in fact supposed to write for God, for his church, for all the faithful following in his truth.  This was my duty that God had called me to and I was ready to serve God here.  Most of my life I never felt I was living out the exact life that God had wanted until now.  My true purpose had been discovered.  And my hope and prayer is that your purpose to serve God is discovered everyday and in everyway that you live on this earth for Him, expands throughout the universe, all  for his greater glory!    

We are so connected to the saints in heaven.  Today we rejoice, again I say rejoice, because we all get to participate with Saint Dominic and all of the Dominican Saints here at Queen of Peace.

At holy mass, we all beautifully received the holy word of God, and we celebrated together the holy Eucharist.   After this beautiful mass, Filomena received her perpetual promise, connecting her and everyone more closely to one another through Christ.

Christ,  is our best example to follow.  Christ is leading us to heaven.  We have great hope in Christ , it is He who is making this journey joyful beyond what we could ever imagine as his faithful follower's.

His love, his purpose, connects us all the the apostles, the saints, our ancestors, and they too celebrate with us the triumph of truth given to us at our holy Baptism.  We build upon this sacrament everyday as his followers.      
 

I am sharing this amazing discovery with you from a dear person in my life whom God brought to me, a gentleman who greatly has inspire me in my faith walk over the last four years .  

Thank you Allen, for the loan of this wonderfully written book by Father Benedict.  The Reform of the Renewal states openly and freely the truth about our faith, and what is expected of us.  This book opened up my eyes to the truth and I hope that the highlighted portions of this book that you have shared with me will definitely open the hearts and minds of everyone listening to this important podcast.

I believe that God is counting on each and everyone of us.  God is  expecting great things from you and from me.  We cannot rest until our duties in Christ are fulfilled.  It is up to us to figure out exactly what God is asking of us to do.  I believe we enter into the kingdom of God through the many works of charity we offer his children.  As a child in parochial school I recall being given an assignment from our mentors who were nuns and when we went home after school we were given an assignment to do at least one good deed every day to help our mother and father.  And on the following day and we would individually stand up in front of the entire class and share the good deed that we did that day.  Mine always had to do with washing or drying the dishes or sweeping the floor, but in the eyes of God because our God is a God of order, offering help of any kind was something great in the eyes of God.

Because I was taught to serve at a very young age, service became a very important part of my life.  I went from serving my parents, to serving my parishioners, to serving cancer patients in the hospital, to becoming a caregiver, to facilitating cancer programs, hoping to touch lives and change lives the best way I knew how -through life skills and basically caring truly caring about the well fare of others.

 Fast forwarding to today I am being asked to serve God in a more serious and important way when it comes to saving souls of everyone He has ever created.

If I can assist God in this capacity, and touch just one life through prayer and service and a loving example, if I can be the light of Christ illuminating one persons path, I have done for God the greatest service of all!   

The power of prayer, may we all come to desire it and place ourselves in the silence of our Lord.  We do receive the power of the most high Jesus Christ through every mass, holy communion, confession, adoration, because Christ is alive in us!                              

Let's do this more often!!!

This power is for the greater glory of God and his children.  Propelling us to live out our best life in Him.  That power was meant for the sole purpose of lifting each other up.  Looking after the best interest of every one we meet.  What can I do to be a better neighbor.  A better son or daughter.  A better person in my relationship with Christ.  

Only God can make us powerful in Him.  Only God can take away our cross.  Only God can correct the wrong we have taken into our lives.  Only God can forgive what we ourselves are not willing to let go of.  

So if every answer brings us back to God, it makes all the sense in the world that God will bring us back to ourselves.  We turn toward him.  And not away from him.  When we turn away, we face hardship.  And that road that appears free, turns out to be very costly placing our soul in grave danger.  

We don't pay enough attention to our soul, maybe it is because we cant see it.  But it exists, and it suffers greatly from the poorest of choices we make.  

So it pays to make great choices in life, because God only gives us "ONE"  life.  Wouldn't it be great if we deliberately chose not to louse it up?  Wouldn't it be great if from here on in we deliberately only made great choices?  Wouldn't it be great if every choice benefitted the great good of another?  We have this ability to choose correctly, and deliberately but we for some reason don't prioritize our choices.  We make the wrong ones, and suffer greatly from them.  

There has to be a better way to stop making deliberately poor choices in this lifetime.  Lets make it a point to recognize the choices we make each and every day that enrich the life we were given.     

Praying a Novena is a powerful way of entering deeply into the Holy Presence of Our Lord and Our Lady.  We are so blessed to have these prayers as guides to help us make our journey much more meaningful, through are reflections, meditations, and ritualistic repetitions that bring us into the veil of our holy mother as we rely on her to bring all our petitions and concerns and requests to her Son.

We have three very special Angels that we know of who God has assigned to his people to help in fighting the spiritual battle as we know it today.  Saint Michael, Saint Raphael, Saint Gabriel, are ready, willing, and able to protect us, shield us, and go directly into battle for us in protection of our very souls.

I believe in my heart God always knew the battle was a fierce one to be reckoned with and so he assigned the very best to fight the spiritual realm for us, and although we cannot see the spiritual battle, we as Catholic's know it exists!    

We must be battle ready.  Nothing frightens the devil more than the Rosary!  Carry it with you everywhere, say it daily, nightly, and especially at the hour of our Lord's crucifixion.

Evil forces are stronger than in years past.  Pornography, abortion, are at an all time high.  Christ has been forgotten by our brothers and sisters, and they do not see themselves as living in sin of darkness surrounded by murder, riots, gangs, drugs, drug overdose, broken family life, mental sickness, that only God himself can cure.  

We as a church family need to pray away the evil of this generation.  Our prayers for peace must never stop.  We are God's children, who remain in Him and He in us.  We will never forget God, and our prayers for this next generation and the outcome depend on our unceasing prayers.

Never give up on Jesus, because he allowed you to be born in this time, for this purpose, search Him, know Him, love Him, serve Him, in this lifetime and well into the next.  

We traveled to Poland by airplane, by bus, and on foot,  we walked where my ancestors walked.  We prayed where my ancestors prayed.  Above  ground we saw streets filled with beautiful polish men, women, children, whose lineage is one of great faith, great strength, great talent, whose minds and hearts greatly loved Christ first and foremost.  Professional in every sense of the word, God gave them tremendous talents, as Writers, Artisans, Musicians, Chefs, Bakers, Wood carvers, and last but not least a Polish Priest, who became a Polish Bishop, and lastly a Polish beloved Pope, the great John Paul II.  We saw him in Saint Peter's Square and our lives were transformed.  My father in law, my mother in law joined us.  It was the greatest gift I ever encountered in my faith walk with Christ.  My devotion to John Paul II over 45 years now and going strong have done a great work in me so that I can do a great work in the world for our Lord and Holy Mother Mary.  Seeing JPII in Poland, very aged, yet still with us bringing forth the word to our brothers and sisters, like JPII, I too feel in my heart, chosen to feed our Lords sheep.  And when you are in the holy presence of Gods chosen, there is something to be said about it.  God chose us for this particular point in time to do his work.  And I can only pray and hope my Lord is pleased as I continue to serve Him through this apostolate.  Saintly JPII, served us in love, and we must serve each other in love.  Only love heals the wound, and the wounded are many.  When JPII died, his holy relic was brought to our church, and my husband was one of 4  who carried a replica of the holy bible we saw on live television the day of his funeral in Rome,  pages blowing in the wind, an exact replica was casted into bronze holding his vile of blood.  A first class relic of JPII came to us, and I saw a vision of JPII, kneeling at our altar, after receiving holy communion, and in tears of joy, I said to my Lord, you knew I could not be there to see him at his funeral and you brought him to me, once through a vision, and once with his first class relic. 

This is how much our Lord loves us, and reveals himself to the faith full.    

Sing  "All  Praises Be To Mary our Blessed and Holy Mother!

Father Patrick Francis O' Doherty reminds us quite often of this truth, " Heaven Is Not A Place, Heaven Is A Person", and that person is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

One of our beloved parishioners whose name is  Mark, randomly cantors for us before we receive the Holy Eucharist at daily mass.  Just today he looked up at the stain glass that read Ave Maria, " and said to my spouse, If it weren't for our Blessed Mother Mary, there never would have been Jesus".  Our lives without Mary, without her Son, would have been so lonely, difficult, confusing, I can go on and on.  Instead, we are shown Mary's love for her son, and what a powerful legacy and remembrance she gave us.  We have her Son to turn to and now more than ever rely upon during our life time.  

Mary is very much alive today, in our hearts, in our prayers, in our walk towards her Son.   It is He and only He that can save our soul.  Never dismiss this truth given to us directly from Jesus, from the Old testament, the New testament, the Catechism of the  Catholic Church, The Liturgy of The Hours, we have at our fingertips the answers, all truths given to us directly from Christ, His Apostles, All The Saints, and we have an obligation to step up as we are next in line to serve as they served for over two thousand years and Christianity has and will continue to save souls from the evil entering into the hearts of man and woman.