Family Occasions, Speaking Heart to Heart

  November 3, 2026 Wikipedia Hello!   How is each and every one?   We just started a new month, second to the last month of the year 2026, and we are already on the fifth day.   Time really flies especially when the days are full of activities as in the previous days. Had been praying for what I could share with you in this introduction and once again I came across the following beautiful commentary of Pope John Paul II in 1979 on the reply of Our Lady to Angel Gabriel’s announcement (Luke 1: 34-38): “Virgo fidelis , the faithful Virgin”   “What does this faithfulness of Mary’s mean?   What are the dimensions of this faithfulness?   The first dimension is called search . Mary was faithful first of all when she began, lovingly, to seek the deep sense of God’s plan in her and for the world.   Quomodo fiet ?   How shall this be? She asked the Angel of the Annunciation… “The second dimension of faithfulness is called reception, acce...

October 29, 2026 Hello!   How is each and every one? I am so happy my personal outreach initiative is making waves.   What I mean is it is gaining interest and reaching out to other sectors or areas.   I am made to realize that the idea is good and when other persons start to reach out to those around them and share in their concerns then the initiative is achieving its objective.   Moreover my personal outreach gets to identify with other outreach projects. Well I suppose that is the whole idea behind the inspired initiative. Help me pray that it be so. Last October 27, we celebrated the 82 nd birthday of the Prelate of Opus Dei, Msgr Fernando Ocariz.   He succeeded Bishop Javier Echevarria in January 23, 2017.   He has extensive background as a physicist, theologian, and a long-standing official within the Roman Curia and Opus Dei. Having lived in Rome alongside the organization’s founder, Saint Josemaria Escriva, he possesses deep-seated roots in th...