How very blessed are we to be in the company of priests from long ago and still have the honor of being in their company today.  Each priest brings forth a different fruit yet the same message.  To love God, to serve God, through loving and serving each other.  When in the company of priests something unique and special happens.  They bring to us a beautiful perspective of years of devotion to Gods children, and they love God so much their entire lives are enriched beyond measure and they teach us and correct us so that we can keep the flame of truth about our faith, burning brighter, so that every generation can benefit and grow in the faith they were given. Never, ever to discount Gods plans for all priest, but to bring to the surface a plan of perfection for souls to get to heaven.  Make no mistake, we were meant to have fraternal correction that is why we never stop growing in our faith, we keep our study constant in Jesus, and we keep our involvement with the church equally active in serving everyone.  Each of us gives back to Jesus, a part of what was given to us, by our parents, our teachers, our nuns, priests, lay men and women, we recognize Jesus in them, and in ourselves.

 Walking with God over the last five decades, I know there is a positive difference in those individuals who have recognized that being in a relationship with God holds precedence over everything else in life.  I attest to that because, when I look at my life with Jesus, and all the wonderful journeys he has blessed my life with, I know hands down with him life is structured but complete in the sense that God is with me doing everything in his power to make me the woman I was meant to be.  In my humanity I have failed.  However, in my spirituality, I have accomplished a greater life worth living and sharing with all of you.  The joy that is missing in the hearts and souls of men, women, children, who live without the guidance, wisdom, and love of God, go through a much more difficult journey.  And for what it is worth I know deep down in my spirit I must share in further detail that truth.  So that your life too can experience the rich fullness that is Jesus. You are beautifully and wonderfully made in the eyes of our Lord.  Your heart beats because he allows it to.  You speak because his voice is in you, and you walk and breathe and eat because you need to be strong and healthy and ready to do the work in his vineyard.  Nothing that you will do in your life time will mean more to you and God than your service to him.  

So are you ready to pray about and reflect deeply upon this reality in adoration in front of the blessed sacrament the future choices that you will make from this day for God, for humanity, for the future that can and will be so beautiful if you try to be a person that lives deeply in Christ, deeply in faith, and deeply in the truth.  For me personally, I want to live out my best life now.  Half of it is done.  Erased.  And I am new today in Christ because He allows me to be free in Him to do what is right, what is just, for the sake of justice, for the sake of souls, I can focus very clearly upon the path he has placed me on in 2023.  We all need to set for ourselves future goals that will transform our way of thinking, speaking, acting, in the light, in the service that makes this world and the lives living it more meaningful.  And with the help of God, we will all get there together.  We will be stronger, we may even live longer happier and healthier because of it.  Yes, together as a family, as a community, as a world.  Let us never give up hope, instead, let us be hopeful, be helpful, and listen carefully to the voice of God telling us the better way to live.  It is in goodness, the greatness, overflows in all hearts that were meant to be unified, glorified, in Jesus/Mary.