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In Communion

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April 1, 2025    Hello!   How is each and every one? I am doing my annual spiritual retreat starting tomorrow evening. May I ask for your prayers for my person and intentions likewise for all my other co-retreatants? Four days ago, March 28, we celebrated the 100 th Anniversary of the Priestly Ordination of St. Josemaria, Founder of Opus Dei Prelature.   He was ordained priest a couple of months after he turned 23 years old in March 28, 1925. It was a day of thanksgiving to God for the gift that Saint Josemaria’s priesthood has been for the Church, in memory of his dedication and fidelity. A commemorative prayer card has been designed for the occasion. Opus Dei Let us continue with what we have started in the previous post on the seventh of the divine longings we have - our divine longing for Communion (From Broken Gods , Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart, Gregory K. Popcak, Ph. D. Ch 10).   Lust:  A Distortion of the Div...
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The Wedding Banquet

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  March 25, 2025 Aleteia Parable of the Wedding Garment Hello!  How is each and every one? Happy Feast day!!! Today we are celebrating the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. “The Annunciation to Mary inaugurates ‘the fullness of time,’ the time of the fulfillment of God’s promises and preparations.   Mary was invited to conceive him in whom the ‘whole fullness of deity’ would dwell ‘bodily’. The divine response to her question, ‘How can this be, since I know not man?’ was given by the power of the Spirit:   ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you’.” (CCC, 484).   From the Daily Roman Missal: The feast of the Annunciation goes back to the fourth or fifth century.   Its central focus is the Incarnation:   God has become one of us.   From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become man.   Now, as Luke 1:26-38 tells us, the decision is being realized. The God-Man embraces all humanity, indee...
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As You Father, in me and I in You…

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  March 18, 2025   TAN Direction On the Great Desire of Jesus Christ…   Hello! How is each and every one? Tomorrow is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus.   The entrance antiphon of the Mass reads:  ‘ Behold a faithful and prudent steward whom the Lord set over his household”.   The Collect reads:  “ Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, by Saint Joseph’s intercession, your Church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation, whose beginnings you entrusted to his faithful care”. The Communion antiphon reads:  “ Well done, good and faithful servant:  Come, share your master’s joy”. He is the universal patron of the Church, Guardian of the Holy Family (cf.   article below from the DRM). Today, the eve of St. Joseph’s feast day, we are celebrating a custom of entrusting our friends to the guardianship of St. Joseph. We ask the Holy Spirit to grant ...
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“Constancy that Nothing Can Shake”

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March 11, 2025 Hello!  How is each and every one? Before anything else, give me this moment to express my gratitude and appreciation to each one of you for all the prayers and warmest birthday greetings last Saturday, March 8.  I am confident we kept each other much in mind as it was also International Women’s Day. During this Season of Lent that we just started last Wednesday, we are challenged to be more constant in our chosen struggles to maintain and sustain our desires to practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving. How are you and I going to succeed bit by bit within and during these days of the Lenten Season?  Allow me to share with you some ideas I gathered from The Way , best seller among the writings of St. Josemaria.  Challenges against the title of today’s post are the following: Discouragement is an enemy of your perseverance.  If you don’t fight against discouragement you will become pessimistic first, and lukewarm afterwards.  Be an optimis...
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