Family Occasions, Speaking Heart to Heart

May 30, 2023 Aleteia Hi!  How is each and every one? The Spirit of Love has just descended on us on Pentecost Sunday and the day after we celebrated the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. Mary, Mother of the Church, Opus Dei           Remember?  Jesus addresses his Mother as “woman," as at Cana of Galilee, and says with reference to the beloved disciple:  Woman, behold your son!  ( Jn  19:26). Then looking at John, Christ says:  Behold your mother!  ( Jn  19:27). Opus Dei We are back to praying the Angelus instead of Regina Coeli , since Easter season is over and we are now going to continue 8 th week in Ordinary Time. Tomorrow, last day of May, we celebrate the Visitation of our Lady to her cousin Elizabeth and let us sing her Magnificat with her. “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon h...

May 25, 2023 O Felix Culpa – Oh! Happy Fault, The Coming Home Network             Hi!  How is each and every one?  Who said love means never having to say you’re sorry? In fact,  apology and forgiveness  may be a hallmark of a healthy, loving relationship. In our relationship with God, our Creator and Father, we see how great His love is for us.   Our first parents disobeyed Him and turned against His love. And yet what happened?   Happy fault!   Our Lord sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be born like us and die for each one of us, thus redeeming us from the sin of our first parents.   And now you and I are children of God. Jesus Christ covered for us, apologized and sought forgiveness from His Father for our sins with His life. Greater love than this no one has, to die for his friend. Indeed the greatest love of all!   True!   God loves you and me to madness.   But you and I must kno...

 May 16, 2023 Best Health Magazine   Happy Mother’s Day blessings!!!   Allow me to send you this flower arrangement that was given to a friend by her sons last Sunday, Mother’s Day. "Say it with flowers" and so they did and said their love and affection to their mother with flowers which always move the hearts of mothers. How is each and every one?   The title of this post may sound negative but the past is a reality in life that contributes to the maturing process or maturity of a person.   I remember the words of St. John Paul II in his apostolic letter Novo Millenio Ineunte :   “I will remember the past with gratitude; I will live the present with enthusiasm; and I will look forward to the future with confidence.” (cf. Family Occasions , Speaking Heart to Heart, 25 th Anniversary Edition).   Indeed, you and I should be grateful for the past without which you and I wouldn’t be the way each of us is at this present moment, that is, h...