This is a wonderful man and friend with a beautiful Ministry. music and writing. Mark has a beautiful family and resides in Canada, He has done extesnsive travel as part of his ministry work and with the Blessings of Rome and the Vatican.
Mark Mallett.
Unconditional by Mark Mallett
Mark Mallett His tribute for Blessed Pope Paul ll
Marks link to his site if you would like to check it out. 🙂
And Please Support His ministry if you can:) Look for his blog and webcast on his site. It is awesome !
Hi I just received this and thought I would put it up on my blog. It is a short beauiful prayer
Chemo Day;
Some will say you will pray because it is a nice thing to say or it is politically correct. Then there are those of you who will really do it. I’m sending this to some who will. This prayer means so much so please say the prayer for everyone and pass it on.Cancer is a strange cell. If you ever have it, you will never be free of it. If you never had it, don’t feel too cozy, you can get it. Pray for the day there will be a permanent cure.A SMALL REQUEST… Please see prayer below the picture.
93% won’t forward, but I’m Sure You Will.
A small request…..just one line
Dear God, I pray that You will guide someone to find a cure for cancer in 2014 ….. Amen
All you are asked to do is keep this circulating, even if it’s only to one more person. In memory of anyone you know who has been struck down by cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.
I would like to attempt on this blog today to bring up a point. I don’t know all , and do not think for a moment that I do. I got a call late morning from my Friend P ,the deacon from .N.Y this was on Tuesday morning. He said that he was inflight arriving in Boston on business and wanted to visit for an hour or so. He arrived and we went to a local diner for lunch. God was up to something once again. We had lunch and during that time I discussed this blog with him. I explained to him that It was in fact work and due to all my prayer the Spirit is spilling out so much so quickly. Only God knows why.
I will tell you what God had up his sleeve( in one moment ), it was very funny. God’s having a lot of fun with me lately. LOL
But first let me get back on point. I have been reminded so many times during prayer that we are all one, under God. Many Churches, many Faiths. I am not a theologian. I just know to me, that we are one through Christ Jesus.
I have heard remarks over the many years that I have lived that some people are not believers or of the same practicing religion etc. My feeling is, that’s okay. That is their personal opinion. Perhaps God has not broken through to them as of yet so they too can believe. We can all be stubborn during our lifes journey. It is easier to go with the flow than to follow Christ. We live without conscience on so many levels. We live unconvicted so we do what ever we want to do and it is great. But, it is not. It is not for us to judge others either. We need to just live a life that they will see something in us and wonder , What is it that He or She has ? You want them to see in you what might heal their lives.( God) Remember, with every person we help only God knows how many more people that they may help.
None of us is holier that thou! ( found this on the web)
When a person has taken the moral high-ground or are just up themselves, they are being “Holier-than-thou”. Holier-than-thou literally means, holier than me or better than me.
Just because I made one stupid mistake doesnt mean Britney gets to give me this holier-than-thou attitude!
There are many reasons why there are so many churches, and my explanation of why would not be substantial enough or 100 % correct.
I will say this though, the church that God built, his church, was upon his Apostle Peter.The first Pope. The church was filled with people just like us. When you have lots of people in any group religious and otherwise, there will differences of opinions, in fighting, different interpretations of the bible etc. Feelings get hurt , ego’s get hurt and in this case the church fragmented and new churches came to be. The orginal church, my church has continued to Spread the Gospel. And help so many. All these churches are following the leader Christ/ God. But we as Christians are acting like they are on opposing teams. It is very silly.
For me, I am faithful to my God and love my church, that is how I was raised and rediscovered for myself later on personally my love of the Catholic Church and its sacraments. I then shared that joy with my family and anyone that I possibly could. I do not care if some one is from a different faith or walk. We do not need to hip check other Christians or anyone else for that matter into the boards. It’s not a game, it’s life.
I spoke at great length recently to a friend who has had very deverse thoughts on all faiths and I thought it was refreshing.
Our conversation stemmed out of conversations based in the news. Persecutions of Christians, not being allowed to live their faith. They need to convert their faith to another, pay a fee or be murdered. Sometimes both anyway.
Everyone, has their God given right, to be who they were born to be and to seek and find their God through what ever faith gets them there. In my personal belief due to my upbring, that it is through Jesus Christ that is how we get to our Father, God.
I can see the writing on the wall here as well in this country. God is being pulled from the culture and the bedrock is shifting. .We better stick together as Christians because if we don’t, before long we may be facing the same fate as other Christians world wide.. Remember, we are part of a flock not part of a gang. Evil is on the prowl. And the sheep of the flock are running around not paying attention.
So, in conclusion, My friend P took me to my schedules PT appt after lunch. He walked in with me into the office. I wanted to introduce him to my PT staff. He is in the medical field also. I told P you may see V here today too, he is a deacon also 🙂
We walked in and he met everyone, and P saw V they knew eachother and immediately engaged in conversation. They were exchanging information about others and ministry stuff.
Meanwhile, I stood at the glass window of reception and my pt therapist was like hi and smiled you do not have an appointment today and laughed. I stood there and knew God wanted these two men P and V to meet today, that is part of why he came from NY to my PT appt, only God could do this. Paul had business but God added my pt visit to his agenda. God wanted P and V to meet for his reason.:)
I came right home grabbed my calander and realized that I was looking at next Tuesdays date by accident. God is awesome. it was a great day.
God Bless You All !
Danny
Video below :
I really like Joyce a lot, I spent alot of time trying to find God early on in my life, I saw her years ago then moved on. I told Father I think that she is really good. When I became ill with Glio Blastoma , I was stuck here in my chair for along time. I rediscovered Joyce again and she really helped me to make it through this life situation too. I love who she is and what she does. It is God.
Joyce Meyers, God’s Love
Please watch ! She even mentions psalm #139, no coincidence. God’s talking. Amen!
I do a lot of different prayers during the week. This is one of the prayers I do a whole lot, it is so beautiful, Peaceful and you are all in my prayers for all of your needs when I do. God knows who you are, and what you need . I purchased this DVD years ago. It has built my faith and trust in our Lord with wonderful prayer and song. Its is beautiful. So relaxing. My dad as I said in the past blog brought The Divine Mercy Chaplet to our home.
The life of St. Faustina Very Beautiful
The Divine Mercy Chaplet Generations Unite in prayer part 1 of 3
The Divine Mercy Chaplet Generations Unite in prayer part 2 of 3
The Divine Mercy Chaplet Generations Unite in prayer part 3 of 3
St. Peters Parish Divine Mercy in Toronto Canada
You can follow this link below to read much more about its origin.
I had a wonderful client some years ago, He had what you would imagine you wanted financially in life but he lacked one more important thing, he had a very bad heart disease. He was so kind, he had a lovely wife and little dog FiFi, and small white poodle. It was his baby wheras they were unable to have children.
Paul was in his 40’s when he woke up in the middle of the night soaking wet in the middle of a heart attack. His heart was so badly damaged that he could not be helped. He was now permanently disabled. It was very difficult for him and was warned to stay calm. He was a man of faith, and was a real a gentleman. A man who would shake hands and make eye contact with you, that type of guy. I know he was suffering from pains in his chest all the time but had to except it and keep living. Again, an inspiration to me. A brick in my foundation.
I remember, talking to Paul about life and stuff but I only pray that I was able to help him. I was so young and I am not sure that I was that great of a witness. I just know that he was a loving and kind man Good to his , wife, mom and dad who were quite elderly too.
Paul was away with his wife mom and dad and stepped out to pick up pizza after a while he had not returned they went out and found him lieing beside his car he had gone out and collapsed. I remember his wife calling me and I visited her and Pauls parents to offer my condolences. Going back to my writing on losing something Sacred , the loss of a child . Pauls mom and dad were devestated, this was there baby that was lost.
We need to validate those we love and let them know daily. I remember these beautiful people and also know that they are with God.
I would like to remember someone wonderful that graced my presence years ago. A wonderful client that touched my heart.
I will start with Mrs. Genese
I had a client around 30 years ago that hired my brother B and I to do some decorating in her home. She had to have been around 90 at the time. She was an adorable old Italian women wearing her little cotten flower dress with a small lace apron over it. She had one leg shorter than the other, so one shoe was taller than the other. My brother and I were working and she appeared and said to come in to the kitchen. She had very broken english. We walked in and she said sit down. On the table was fine china cups with coffee and homemade biscotti. She would not take no for an answer. It was a moment that I will never forget. She stood there with her hands clasped and smiling. She was relishing the moment of us enjoying her service and delicious cookies. That was one of lesson that we learned early on in life by my parents. It was instilled in us how valuable our seniors are and should never be forgotten. I guarantee you that she did not feel 90 either she was maintaing her home like she probably had been doing for 50 or 60 years at that point. God is good. Amen.
God Bless Her lovely Soul.
In memory of Mrs. Genese A song from her generation.
This is a very true account and as you will see it contains more that one Miracle.
On a very rainy evening complete with lightening back at the end of April 2012, My wife came home late afternoon after work and it was not raining to badly at that time she asked me, would you like to go down to adoration at the chapel/church today? Adoration for a Roman Catholic is when the Holy consecrated Eucharist is put into a monstrance to hold it and protect it. The monstrance is then placed on the alter of the church or chapel, my parish has both. It allows us to sit in the presence of our Lord. The priest or deacon will normally handle it. We as congregants would not touch it, I certainly do not feel worthy to.
This is a picture of a monstrance, in the center of monstrance the Priest or Roman Catholic Deacon would place the consercrated Euchrist in the center it is protected by glass.
In our Roman Cathoilic tradition and faith in adoration we believe that Christ is present with us, and he is.. It is a beautiful gift to us as believers.
The chapel is very relaxing and generally you can hear a pin drop, a very, very peaceful place.
Fr. Leo Clifford The Blessed Sacrament
Very well done.
Well, my response to my wife was, I don’t know. I was in the midst of treatment , I was tired, did not care about food etc. My wife was trying to get me to eat something . She is a very good cook but nothing appealed to me. By this time the whole family was sitting there with their appetites waiting and my wife said we have a gift certificate that was given to us for the 99 restaurant. But, I said that I did not feel like going out. They do pick up orders as well she said 🙂 So, she asked my daughter to go pick up the food and she said sure. Next, I took about 20 minutes staring at the menu again looking for something that would possibly appeal to me. Finally, I selected the country chicken with brocolli and garlic mashed potatos 🙂 My daughter drove over to pick it up I was sitting here waiting to strap the feed bag on . LOL It arrived home here and One bite later, it was someone’s left overs. lol.,My poor wife. You see, the meds for my cancer treatments made everything taste like 100% salt to me. Don’t worry, I survived and lived to eat another day:) That dinner now tastes good once again too, so way to go 99! and yeah, no more meds!
One very stange thing that I told my Dr. R was my wife was so desperate to get me to eat that she stopped one evening and bought Chinese Food for dinner, a mixture of stuff and came home and said, I have a surprise for you! I said no thanks,( She calls me a brat for good reason) So funny! The smell made my stomach feel a little sick after a while she coaxed me into the kitchen and made me a plate. I ate the whole thing, with lots of mustard sauce. My food was so spicy and it hot! Not usually my choice in foods but as I told my Dr on more than one occasion that It was so hot that my whole head was tingling and nose ran. But the sensation did not scare or bother me. The salt in the food did not bother me either. It was like I was drawn to it and loved the food.Very Strange. Everyone is always telling me some foods are healing by their natural properties which, I do believe. God created a masterpiece in nature and we added chemicals etc. The doctor kind of chucked but I said, I know it sounds weird but I think that it acted in aiding my body to fight the cancer, I may be wrong. But twice over a lengthy period of time I felt compelled to announce this to my doctor. So who knows? Here is the information on the hot mustard sauce, I guess you can decide if it has any medicinal purposes on your own.
The following is off the web.
What makes hot mustard hot? Readers frequently ask this question. I can understand their confusion. After all, the recipe for hot mustard is quite simple: dry mustard, cold water, perhaps some rice wine. What is it about this seemingly simple preparation that gives China’s most popular table condiment its strong bite?
The answer lies in the chemical properties of mustard seeds. Mustard seeds come from the mustard plant, a member of the cabbage family. They contain two sulphur compounds, myrosin and sinigrin, as well as an enzyme, myrosinase. When the seeds are broken and water is added, the enzyme breaks down the sulphur compounds. The result is the sharp tasting oil that gives mustard its pungency, and helps explain why the name mustard comes from the Latin words mustum (much) and ardens (burning).
So anyway, back to that night, it was now thundering and pouring out. It was around 8:00 at night and the phone rang. It was my friend from NY the deacon once again checking out how everything in Danny’s world was going. 🙂
We spoke, I hung up and said, I want to go to the chapel. My wife said Dan, it is so late it was about 8:15 p.m. I said I have to go, she oh, alright. Remember my wife left for work at 6 am in the morning and was still serving me. She started down the stairs she in front of me carrying my walker, and heard the rain outside and said , Dan, this is crazy. It is pouring buckets and thundering out there. I responded I need to go again. So she relented, sighing. Down we drove to the church in horizontal rain. We pulled up in the handicapped spot, there were plenty of cars in the church lot. My wife said, lets wait until it slows down a bit. And, I just said J take the umbrella for yourself I don’t care about the rain as I got out of the car. She came around the car and got my walker out of the rear of the car and was covering me with her umbrella. She is an amazing wife, I said no, cover youself honey, I am fine, it is healing rain, I love it. So we crossed the parking lot through huge puddles of water. When we stepped into the chapel there were a lot of people there for Adoration,to our Lord. They were reciteing the Rosary etc. Just resting in the Lord. very Beautiful.
People saw us come in and it was like the parting of the sea, a very beautiful gesture, a couple of the older parishoners got up to give myself and my wife two rocking chairs next to one another towards the back of the chapel and took seats elsewhere in the chapel.
You see Miracle # 1 of this account was set to take place. I did not know why I had to go in that moment to the Chapel , or why my wife had brought it up that day but, God did.
So, my wife and I were sitting in our rocking chairs, I was focusing on the body of Christ exposed on the alter in the monstrance. It was so peaceful. My eyes were closed listening for God and I heard the word Holy. I remember being at such peace. I opened my eyes and heard Holy once again. My head turned slightly to the right looking ahead of me and there was a person sitting off to the right of me about I guess 4-5 feet away. Again, I received the word Holy. I began to pray and was trying to figure out the words to a prayer that I felt I should say and suddenly my wife without a word passed me a prayer card she had and had been useing herself and It was the prayer that I was silently attempting to think of and recall. 1 card after another the same story, came from her hand. It was breathe taking for me to see my wife praying these prayers on the these prayer cards and passing them to me. She had no idea what she was doing in conjunction with Heaven. She looked to me and saw that something was happening my face I am sure was in awh. I just leaned to my wifes ear and said unbelievable. God uses us all to help one another and my wife is by far my greatest God given gift. We were there at the church and it was now 10 pm the church bells were sounding and the rain was pounding the roof of the chapel. I tapped my wife on the knee as said are you ready ? She said yes, So, I stood up and my wife passed me my walker. As I began, to move the man that God had told be was Holy popped out of the rocker in front of me and now was face to face with me. My wife and I knew F. from an Arise meeting at my church and he is a very nice person. This was our exact exchange while standing in the chapel.
He was talking at a whisper being in the chapel but when its quiet everyone hears everything crystal clear. Plus I have a voice like a fog horn it is a strong voice. Lol There are times that when I am in the confessional Father has to quiet my voice a little bit, I think the old ladies outside the confessional were dropping like flies. lol Sorry, I could not help myself. 🙂
I am sure God wanted everyone in the chapel to witness his presence in that moment through us. You know psalm #139, He new we all would be here in this moment by his will. Amen.
F said,
Dan, I felt called by God a few weeks ago to get this medallion. I have been in prayer on my knee’s asking for Gods guidance he said, this is for you. It is the face of Christ.He put it over my neck and gave my wife the papers that came with it. I said no F, I cannot accept this. And, In that very moment my wife and F can attest that the Holy Spirit took over and out of my mouth came, thank you F, you will get it back when Dan is healed. With that he hugged me prayed a prayer for healing over me, hugged my wife and we said God Bless You. We still marvel at this event. That is a Miracle in itself.
When the Holy Spirit speaks whether verbally or through writing He speaks declarations to us and there is authority to it, there is a sted fast resolve to get it right for God. The Holy Spirit through us gives life to God’s words to one another. Through testimony and witnessing. Everyone of us does it if we are in Christ Jesus. THe Holy Spirit is not wishy washy. He brings only good and only the truth. It is very simple.
At this time I was in my 6 week radiation schedule, it ended around 6-16-2012. So this event that I will detail took place at around the end of May /the beginning of June. I went into the radiation room as I did so many times for treatment they swiped my card and loaded my radation therapy program into the computer like they did everyday. I always took off my cross and anything medal for my wife and brothers to hold before treatment. it was always done without fail.
The attendants rolled me in my wheelchair up to the treatment bed and I got on with their assistance . They were a wonderful group of people.They made me comfortable and strapped my body down to prevent my body from moving accidently. They snapped the mask that was made to tarket the cancer for treatment to the table tightly,so again, I could not move my head by accident. They exited the chamber and said as they did okay Dan , see you in a few. I thanked them all as usual. The machines started in an auto sequence with my treatment. This machine was just doing a ballet around my head the full circumference shooting radiation into the center of my brain to get this in operable brain tumor. Suddenly, I said awh OOOOOOO, to myself. I realiized that the cross was around my neck still as was the face of Christ Medal. It sounds crazy but I stayed calm and in prayer, I knew God had it. No matter what ! I still feel that way ! I did not create the universe, he did. Meanwhile, my wife was outside the vault with my brother and said S, did you get Dannys cross? S said no. They jumped up and ran to the desk to inform them. They said do not worry, his radiation is above the neck so its okay.
Meanwhile back in the Vault as I call it, The treatment only took a few moments and I had my prayers down to the second, I was praying fast and with such fervor, for everyone that needed prayers, giving my stored graces in Heaven to God for others who may need them etc. Thats what I was called to do then and I am still a prayer warrior for God that is my current. job and responsibility.
Well back to the the night before for a second. sorry, I was praying for hours and was finally going to bed.I had shut off the light and was getting out of my chair. I noticed this folded white paper. I thought ,what is this? I opened it up and it was the paperwork given by F in the chapel to my wife, the night that I was given the face of Christ medal. I turned the light back on and sat down. It is from the Holy Face society. I read about what it means it origin and and the protection it gives the wearer. They medals wear extremely popular during World War Two.
Another thing, I would like to say right now as the Holy Spirit is guiding me. A number of years ago, I had an employee a wonderful worker, and a christian man and a good family man. For some reason he would come against me from time to time and say you know, you do not have to wear a cross. I said, I know that T but I am conforted by it . It is a reminder of what God and Jesus did for me. That was it. he would badger me from time to time. I will say this, no peice of medal, wood etc has magic powers. What they serve as is a reminder for the wearer of an event that happened a sacrafice beyond our true comprehension. The face of Christ that I was wearing for instance that was given to me was prayed with to God, was given to me in the chapel for a reason I might add, I then prayed with it and it found its way around my neck and was there for my radiation treatment, it had never happen before that metal was ever in that room with me. It is the prayers of that beautiful man F, my prayers and the faith that God gave me that the following account could ever be possible in my life.
The next Miracle….
I was getting ready to complete my treatment, the medal was around my neck I knew the machines by the way they were moving that I was almost done( the machines mades like a robot sound as it spins turns and swivels around my head. It was always amazing to listen to.( relaxing ) God inspired so much through the Holy Spirit to some very beautiful scientists. So, I was wrapping up my prayers to Heaven, as God as my witness, All of a sudden in my head I heard Face Of Christ Protect Me. And, There was a huge flash so bright with my eyes shut and mask on that my head lit up inside I just remember white light I said thats not good to myself. The staff came back and said okay Dan your all set, I did not say one word to them getting off the table , I just said thank you and God bless you as I always did. You see I was seeing my radiology oncolgist next. God had me in such a peaceful place. He was in charge! No hesteria it was like breathing , no big deal. So, I came out and my wife said Dan, you have your medals on, I said, I know. She said , we got so nervous and told the secretary and she said no worry they are below the neck. We had always been instructed to remove them and I had. We rolled out of the radiology suite and started down to the doctors appointment my wife said Dan are you all right? Your face is all red. I said yah, the machine screwed up and I can’t see out of my left eye. My wife and brother were like what !? I said its okay, my left eye was a very soothing white whirlpool type of vision. I said I will talk to the Dr. We waited in the waiting room my wife fed me a yogurt because I have 1 hand to use, so it made it easier for me. she was calm considering the circumstances but not thrilled obviously. Meanwhile,I was sitting and facing the television and eating the yogurt and I said hey to my wife, somethings happening with my eye, it seems to be clearing. She said really? I said yes. My brother S went up to the desk and said my brother Dan has an appointment with the Dr. The secretary said, let me check and and my brother said he does, it was canceled yesterday on him so they changed it to today instead. She responded oh yes, we will bring you in to the office shortly. We were brought into the room and by that time my eye was back to normal. The Dr. A came in with his head assistant they were both awesome.My wife, brother and myself were there and the doctor asked me how I was and the Holy Spirit spoke directly to him, Dan was just blinded in his radiation treatment, he looked shocked, his mouth literally fell open, they both did as a matter of fact. The doctor panned over in disbelief at what he was hearing to my brother and my wife and they said it is true. Again, their eyes were fiiled with concern and were watery, I said that I can see now I would say that it was about 25 minutes before it cleared from when the machine malfunctioned.
They excused themselves and ran out of the room right away.I was sure they went to the radiology lab to check the machine and the event that had occurred. I will continue this tomorrow.
Just a quick post on this one, Life as we all know is challenging. Lets please pray for those people young and old who are discouraged and are suffering from depresson, loneliness and are showing signs of fatigue. They may need a helping hand over a bump in life etc. Churches have healing ministers who can help.They also generally offer counseling in some cases. If they do have it available they know where to find help. It seems to be a trend with people just giving up. And we are hearing about these tragidies not just for the people down the street by people who are higly acclaimed. It crosses all barriers into every segment of society. Every life is precious.
We are all eachothers keepers so we need to try and be viligent in watching our loved one, friends and neighbors to make sure they are all okay and to give hope. We are Love in action through Jesus Christ. Amen.
I was talking to my brother tonight and told him how uncomfortable I am with all of the I’s in my blog.
As I have stated before I am not a career writer, I don’t have that kind of finesse. This blog is Gods Victory that we all share and is being put pen to paper which so many people said that I needed to do. I am personally grateful to be here in this moment to write this account, but at times with the use of all of the I’s as I said to my brother, it feels very gratatuitous and anyone who know me knows that I cannot stand that stuff. I am not computer savy and did not even know what a blog was until a couple of days before my first post.
While speaking to my brother tonight we spoke about a topic that is very real that we all deal with whether it is a illness or a death. The people , sometimes the ones you would think of when something happens to be there for you , run for the hills and never look back at you (or so it feels) like you did something wrong.
This happened to us years ago when we lost our son Brad Michael. Again, we were younger and so were those individuals. We were really young kids back then by todays standard. So, we just figured they were not our friends.
I am older now and, I am getting a little wiser as I go 🙂
When cancer came barreling down the road a few of my friends just plain disappereared from our lives. It has taken a long while for me to work through my feelings on this issue. Through a lot of prayer, assistance from my family including my conversation tonight with my older brother, I have come to understand what I knew anyway, that I had done nothing wrong. It is funny how our minds will deceive us sometimes.(devil) Everyone as I have written in my blog before is a summ of all of our life experiences and shapes who we are as people. So, some people aren’t able to cope with certain life experiences especially if it includes death or the possibility of losing a friend.Some people look at me and let’s face it say, God this couldbe me ! It scares them.Some people have felt death so close to them before that they just cannot bare it again.They could not deal with another loss. I don’t judge that. I am also so glad that I now have an understanding of that situation. Life is a healing experience in so many ways. Everyday, if you choose can be a day of getting your thoughts in a place where you are stronger and healthier. Prayer plays an essential roll in that process for me. With prayer comes peace, understanding,wisdom and healing from God.
Another very important thing that I really need to say is how many people who are too numerous to count ran to our sides in that moment and are still with us today, so we count them as our friends and blessings in our lives today too. God has been extremely good to us. Amen.
In closing on this issue, I am putting this behind me and for any of us that have had this experience, like my brother said what would Jesus do? How right he is! I will say that I for one still love them all very much, and pray for them thats what friends do 🙂
Friends Michael W. Smith
Casting Crowns Prayer for a friend. Just beautiful
Just Danny Speaks 