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Each of us are called to an intimate relationship with Our Saviour.  He wants to guide our lives and help us each step of the way.   Jesus tells us “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do... Read More →

Having been a lost sheep I understand quite a bit about being lost.  So if you are a Christian who would like to help Jesus the Good Shepherd let me tell you a bit about the ‘psyche’ and personality of the lost sheep. Firstly lost sheep often don’t know they are lost and they... Read More →

God has a plan for each of us: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  Jeremiah 29:11 I believe that while God has a plan for each of us, He will not force His plan or... Read More →

Please read the following.  It is a message that was given to Fr. Gobbi, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests via the Virgin Mary: “Today, beloved, I am bringing you with me to Calvary; with me beneath the Cross of my Son, where I became your Mother. Here I want to teach you... Read More →

How many choices have you made in your life without any emotional involvement?  You may be thinking what a strange question.  Bear with me as I tell you how Jesus converted me. I was 40 years old.  I had spent 40 years in the wilderness of the world and I had suddenly a deep... Read More →

We live in a world that sometimes conveys to me “be tough…never let them see you cry!” So we are trained to bottle up all our emotions. It’s possible to see little children on television with tummies that are swollen from malnutrition and not connect with their pain. I remember... Read More →

Have you ever built castles in the sand? They are pretty fabrications but they don’t last. The wind and the water quickly break down the little fortresses revealing them for what they are—imitations. To me lies are like castles in the sand, they don’t sustain the forces of time... Read More →

In the front hall of my tar-paper house where I lived when I was five years old we made a small altar and placed a picture of St. Theresa the Little Flower with a small vase of fresh-cut flowers.  It was such a joy to kneel on the floor in front of the little altar and pray….... Read More →

I had a “near death experience” during a surgery I had many years ago. I had elected to have a surgical procedure under “local anesthetic”. That was a mistake because the anesthetic was insufficient to alleviate my pain, but it was sufficient to make it impossible for me to... Read More →

In High School I studied the play Julius Caesar.  I had to act out a part of the play when Mark Antony finds his friend Julius Caesar murdered. These are some of the words I had to memorize and I still know them by heart today… “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I... Read More →