Family Occasions, Speaking Heart to Heart

October 28, 2025 Hello!  How is each and every one? Yesterday, the 27 th of October, was the birthday of Msgr Fernando Ocariz, the Prelate of Opus Dei.  We celebrated with Holy Mass, simple Benediction and Holy Rosary praying for his person and intentions. We are approaching the month of November, the month of suffrages for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Holy because they are a step away toward Heaven.  With our prayers, Holy Masses and Holy Rosaries for them during the coming month we can send many of them soon to their heavenly home.  I believe my devotion to the Holy souls in Purgatory will see me through when the time comes. With faith, hope and love nothing is ever lost.  So let us keep them very much in mind in the coming month which a couple of days ahead. Meantime let us proceed to the next chapter or segment of the superhabit of self discipline, on the related superhabits to understanding our desires ( From SUPERHABITS, The Universal System for a Suc...

  October 21, 2025 Pngtree   Hello!  How is each and every one?  I am presently reading and bringing into my prayer the class of Father Ocariz on hope “Nothing is Lost” .  Finally hope is joy.  Hope in love of God for me. Hope in generous self-giving. Hope in what the others can do.  Concrete love is the criterion of holiness, Dilexi te.   Praying and caring, contemplating and healing, writing and welcoming everything is an expression of the same love for Christ. I am at the same time reading the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV on Dilexi te “I have loved you”. Yesterday was a day of favors for me.   God is truly a God full of surprises. I experienced the love of God in many ways.   Of course I asked Him to accompany me do the errands of sourcing out items for an outreach I am looking forward to. As I was going to do it on my own without any car but commute, I asked Him to accompany me and facilitate everything.   The f...

  October 14, 2025 Linkedin Hello!   How is each and every one? Yesterday, I participated in the Mass for the preservation of peace and justice. It was also yesterday that peace and joyful celebrations were happening in Israel and the Middle East. As I listened to the news the following words “Hope Springs eternal” came to mind and I searched its source and found the following:   "Hope springs eternal" means that people will always hold onto hope and remain optimistic, even in the most difficult circumstances. This phrase comes from Alexander Pope's poem  An Essay on Man ,  where the full line is "Hope springs eternal in the human breast". It emphasizes the enduring and resilient nature of optimism as a fundamental part of human nature.   Original context :  Pope originally wrote the full line, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest," to highlight the human tendency to believe that a b...