Family Occasions, Speaking Heart to Heart

  October 22, 2024 Hi! How is each and every one? Today we celebrate the feast of Pope St. John Paul II.   Remember it was he who “proposed the addition of the Luminous Mysteries or Mysteries of Light to the traditional pattern of the Holy Rosary in October 2002?   His pontificate lasted 27 years from 1978 to 2005.   Following is a short biography. “Open wide the doors to Christ,” urged John Paul II during the homily at the Mass when he was installed as Pope in 1978.   “Do not be afraid.   Open, I say open wide the doors for Christ.   To his saving power open the boundaries of states, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization and development.   Do not be afraid.   Christ knows “that which is in man”.   He alone knows it.” Opusdei.org Hi! How is each and every one? Today we celebrate the feast of Pope St. John Paul II.  Remember it was he who “proposed the addition of the Luminous Mysteries or M...

  October 15, 2024 It is Right and Just Opusdei.org It is right and Just:   Justice (I)   Hi!   How is each and every one? I was happy that last Sunday I was able to do my long time pending errands for things that have been due and waiting to be attended to soon as the opportunity comes.   And it did! So I took advantage to do as much as I could. Everything went fine, traffic was good, I found the things I needed without much inconvenience, I found the place where some things were available.   I am satisfied.   I appreciated the opportunity and the facility.   I started this post yesterday and this morning I am urged to justify the title I have chosen.  What do I mean by it is right and just in this specific letter? I was led to an article from Church Life Journal, A journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life entitled:  The Mass for Millennials:  It is Right and Just by Laura Camarata, April 19, 2016). The Eucharistic...

October 8, 2024                     Hi! How is each and every one?   While I could not manage to start this post, I was inspired to first look for a title and somehow I thought of Our Lady of Good Counsel.   Maybe the reason could be because in the article below Carl sought some counseling.   I thought each of us truly need some counseling on how to manage ourselves in facing different issues in our daily life.   In these situations it is always good if not best to run to Our Lady, Mother of Good Counsel when a spiritual director or guide is not at hand.   Our Lady as a good mother is always beside us to counsel us and to top it all to lead us to her son, Jesus, who will tell us what to do or what others related to the issues should or could do.   Let me just give you a background on Our Lady of Good Counsel from catholicnewsagency.com:   On the feast of...