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The Worth Of Our Souls.

26 Friday Sep 2014

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As the the years have gone by especially the last 5 years for me, I have come to the understanding that the most important thing that we have to consentrate on in our lives is the condition of our souls. Personally, as a dad it also invigorated me to make this point to my children crystal clear.

I have said it before but it is the truth. You may not understand this and I can’t say that I blame you for that either, but…

Nobody wants a desease such as what I have had however,  would my soul be today in this moment where it is now if I had not had this experience ?

We are called to be prepared because the Lord could call us by name to him at any moment. People really think that  I know so so much about faith, life, it all. Let me tell you honesty, I don’t.  I have only scratched the surface of Who God Is!  I am falling in love with God so personally. Without this cancer I would not be here now and have this Spiritual Awaweness. And I still have a very long way to go.

I have the awareness of God, I have faith in God, but now God has me in the school of knowledge where His word (scripture) after study are being revealed to my heart for their use in my life. So, for the first time in my life, God is living in me. I personally own that reality. It is the intersection where my body, mind and Holy Spirit are aligned to serve God and undersrtand what he wants from me and for me. He wants me to witness him to my peers and wants me to call people back to his cross. The Holy Spirit is working with me so, I am sure that he will help me get it right. God wants the same for all of us. We are all equal in his eye’s. But we need to take Jesus/ God on our journeys daily. Pick ourseleves up, dustoff and keep going, always with an outstretched hand  from another in need of help and the need of the revelation of Jesus Christ in their lives. Christ  is our 1  hope , our life, our only hope. Jesus had done it All.

Aaron Sledge    Did It All For Me

 

What I do know is about the Mercy he has given me and all of you.

Full Question

What exactly is a soul?

Answer

The glossary at the back of the U.S. version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines “soul” as follows:

The spiritual principle of human beings. The soul is the subject of human consciousness and freedom; soul and body together form one unique human nature. Each human soul is individual and immortal, immediately created by God. The soul does not die with the body, from which it is separated by death, and with which it will be reunited in the final resurrection.

Here’s more:

The human person, created in the image of God, is a being at once corporeal and spiritual. The biblical account expresses this reality in symbolic language when it affirms that “then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Man, whole and entire, is therefore willed by God. In Sacred Scripture the term “soul” often refers to human life or the entire human person. But “soul” also refers to the innermost.aspect of man, that which is of greatest value in him, that by which he is most especially in God’s image: “Soul” signifies the spiritual principle in man. The human body shares in the dignity of “the image of God”: it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit. Man, though made of body and soul, is a unity. Through his very bodily condition he sums up in himself the elements of the material world. Through him they are thus brought to their highest perfection and can raise their voice in praise freely given to the Creator. For this reason man may not despise his bodily life. Rather he is obliged to regard his body as good and to hold it in honor since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day. The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the “form” of the body: i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter becomes a living, human body; spirit and matter, in man, are not two natures united, but rather their union forms a single nature. The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God—it is not “produced” by the parents—and also that it is immortal: It does not perish when it separates from the body at death, and it will be reunited with the body at the final Resurrection. Sometimes the soul is distinguished from the spirit: St. Paul for instance prays that God may sanctify his people “wholly,” with “spirit and soul and body” kept sound and blameless at the Lord’s coming. The Church teaches that this distinction does not introduce a duality into the soul. “Spirit” signifies that from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end and that his soul can gratuitously be raised beyond all it deserves to communion with God. The spiritual tradition of the Church also emphasizes the heart, in the biblical sense of the depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God. (CCC 362-368)

 

Answered by: Jim Blackburn

With this in mind, we need to seriously think about our Souls daily and see what the condition of it may be. The Holy Spirit will help you, if you feel guilty or realize that you have been hurtful to someone, cheated, stolen etc, we will be convicted by that sin BUT, if we seek repentance from God and are truely sorry Jesus will heal your soul of this sins and never remember the sins again.

We must always forgive everyone of their debts or transgressions towards us as well. God cannot forgive someone if they are withholding forgiveness to someone else. Those are my thouhgts on that matter.

Josh Groban Remember When It Rained     Out standing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Josh Groban.. My Confession. Beautiful.

 

God Bless You and Have a wonderful Day.

Danny 🙂

The Things little kids can do.

25 Thursday Sep 2014

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I am going to touch on the first time I remember crashing my life/boat/car onto the rocks/into the tree. My family alway’s reminds me of this event. 🙂

I wrote in a earlier blog about our free will choices that we make can potentially make us crash our lives onto the rocks. Well, in this next account I really did it.

Patience is a virtue that I am still learning but at the age of around 6, I did not possess any at all. I frankly did not care and for good reason!! 🙂  I had a orange and green plastic boat that I was determined on christening it in a tub of water.

Well you see ,  back in the day like 1968 for boys, boats, planes, little green army men and live turtles ruled the day.

I wanted to get my boat into water and make it float. So……

I did what every kid would do and went in to the kitchen where my mom was with my grandmother, siblings and a few cousins. My grandmother and mother were hemming pants etc, I was driving them crazy so my mom scolded me and I and was told this is not the time! Go play for a few minutes with the other kids.Well, Bozo and Willie Whistle was not working for me!       Ready for a flashback ? LOL

Willy Whistle Show

 

Bozo the Big Top.

I hatched a better plan 🙂  So I thought.

 

And being the good boy that I was, I weeped and left them alone. I snuck out of the house and got into my mothers pontiac safari station wagon, it was very new. It was also turquoise in color . Man, it was the cat’s meow !  lol

It was similar to the picture below.

So any ways, Just danny got scolded for being impatient so, I got out of their hair and got into my moms car.

Well, I climbed into my families dream boat /car with my boat in hand and my voyage began. I started to pretend I was floating my boat. I decided to climb into the back seat where I belonged ! For gosh sakes I am only a kid. 🙂 Then the un thinkable happened. I caught the silver gear shift with my foot and away I went down the driveway it was a hilly one too and my grandmother was holding on for dear life to the outside of the car door as was my mother screaming. Fortunately for me there was a really big tree across the street that stopped my boat. My mom took me out crying and said don’t you ever do this again. She hugged me and then I got punished. I deserved it too. We were instructed never to leave that house. I unlocked the door and snuck out of house. The car talgate was damaged but thank God , my Grandmother, Mom, siblings or cousins did not get hurt. My mother and grandmother where so attentive to all of us always. Having 4 kids of my own and working opposite schedules than my wife, there were moments I am sure the angels watched over my kids when I was on duty. My mom had a way of controlling here temper she would take your arm and look into your eyes and you knew, you learned.  She was a treasure to our family. Still is for that matter and she is watching over my family for sure.

God was there that day and his angels protected us all. As a final thought. When the car was stopped by the tree I fell over and landed on the back floor. I am not certain what happened to that  toy boat. 🙂

Watch this video, I guess I wasn’t that bad. !!

Action Kid Movie . very cute.

 

God Bless You,

Danny

 

 

 

God Loves Us So Much! Another Song Anointed.

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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What a day ! God’s got my Spirit flying, love tears the works. Praise you Jesus ! Amen.

With God’s love,

Danny

 

 

Simon And Garfunkel Bridge over troubled water.

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Full OF The Holy Spirit. He Ain’t Heavy Anointed

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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I had already posted my daily post today. I was praying and refecting on those who are sick in my life and their needs.The memory of this song came to me and I got up to get some chicken broth for lunch. Why, I need to tell you that I really don’t know lol but, thats okay. 🙂 So, I sat down and put the computer on and I had received an email as a reminder and invite to a meeting of people living with Chronic desease etc. A support group, I have gone once before. It was such an inspirational experience for me. My faith was built by each and everyone that was present that evening in that room. Their are no victims or Matyrs present there either. They are God’s children and Jesus Christ has already won that war for us. We Already have Victory Through Christ, Jesus. They are people loving and caring for eachother and carrying one anothers crosses through prayer. It lightens their loads and burdens ultimately building their faith. A strong foundation!. Its simple and not dramatic. Its LOVE.

I mentioned in my blog last Friday I believe that it was that that I could not go to Dana Farber this past Monday. I saw my primary on Monday instead and I have a cold that got pretty heavy. So,I am just riding it out and I will go To Dana next week for the scan . It will happen at God’s appointed time. That, I do know.

It was no coincidence that God brought me to this song today it is for this moment. So turn up the volume of your speakers and go full screen. Let the Spirit of God heal you in this moment . AMEN!

Please pray today 

For : Paul S and his family

for Anne K and her family

for Jenn C and her family

For All of Our Hospitals, medical doctors, nurses, support , Physical therapists and scientists

For the group of those from my parish  living with cancer and other chronic illnesses.

For all of the sick in this world, all of those in pain and despair. For world peace and peoples hearts and souls to turn back to Jesus Christ/ God in this moment. Amen.

 

It Is The Time Of Miracles !

God Bless You !

Danny

I believe that this is an anointed  song.

The Hollies.  He Ain’t Heavy , He’s My Brothers.

Every Storm Runs out of Rain.

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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Greet The Day, no matter what is going on and kick it!!  We are alive in Christ ! Amen

 

In the video below ……………………………

We can do anything !!!!! God is here !!!!!! Nuns found Emmanuel and his brother in a park in Iraq. They were in a box left to die, In a war zone and the nuns saved them. They were  then adopted by their mom who is Australian and she is clearly an angel ! God Bless Them All !

Emmanuel is his name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Emmanuel is: God with us.

 

Do not give negative thoughts a moment, like the next song says…. Beautiful.

Gary Allan.

 

God Bless,

Danny

Its how we deal with things. Acceptance, if you will.

21 Sunday Sep 2014

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Life is not a cake walk and we have to see the positive in it and not allow ourselves to become down and put out in any way shape or form. No Way ! God calls us all to Victory through him.

News Boys Stay Strong.

I just had to cancel my Dana Farber appointment for tomorrow because I not only have a recurring sciatic nerve condition that has been with me for at least 4-5 weeks now, but I also had a tooth extracted and its effects are lingering. The final piece was a sore throat that started Saturday a post nasal drip arrived and finally the cough.So, tomorrow I will not go for a scan but will see my Regular doctor for a sick call.

This is just lifes twists and turns and a reminder that we need to hang tough and be flexable. My family is disappointed because they kind of count the days to my scans. And my wife has altered her work schedule yet again.

As part of my last writing on 9-15 about the effects that I feel that my illness has had on my life and those that are part of it is.

There are so many guy things I used to do, husband things, dad things etc. You will understand what I am saying.  My wife, kids and family have had to assume so many of my responsibilities .

But I am not allowing this to change my mind set. Not one bit. I am kicking this life in the butt and finding out the new person that God is creating in me. Amen !

For my beautiful bride 🙂 xox

Love never fails.

 

My wife does not complain too much even though she is tired alot. She just does  what needs to get done.

God gave me his peace but he not only made me a witness to everyone of what he can do but more importantly God has opened my eyes to witness everyone in my life to see what true love is and what true sacrafice are all about. Starting with my wife, children, family and all of friends from so many areas of my life some have been friends for decades now. The type of friend you pick up the phone and talk to and it could be years and that does not matter, time collapses back and we are in the moment. Now, that is a gift !

This week my wife had to go places on her own. Church, grad party etc. I find myself all the time just saying , go and have fun. I want her to, but I also know that she is longing too for the good old days when being spontaneous and in the moment were the norm..

As far as the scan goes, I am not worried. I would prefer to go tomorrow but, obviously that is not God’s plan. So, we will see what is in store for the day.

The wedding vows my wife and I took over 28 years ago are being lived everyday by us here. Because God is here with us. God’s love is perfect.  As difficult as it can be in our lives in any given moment , life  is still very beautiful.

Love is….

It boils down to this today at Casa del Danny 🙂

I look as my medical circumstances today as a challenge that will in Gods time be straightened out. My wife feels that way as well . My doctor has told us that if the cancer was to re-e·merge that I would know it. And asside from the throat, mouth and my back I feel great !! 🙂   LOl Aint life beautiful. 🙂

 

Lets have some fun 🙂    My wife loved this song, when were younger. 

 

Smile !!!

Oh Babe What Would Say  by Hurricane Smith

 

God Bless You, your in my prayers,

Danny. 🙂

 

 

 

The Courage , The awareness, and keeping what you have.

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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One important thing that came to me as I ate my 1/’2 sandwich for lunch on Monday was a conversation that  I had with an older friend of mine years back. She was a walker. She walked 365 day’s a year with a friend who was committed to doing it with her.

She had various illnesses that were possible if not probable of effecting her due to genetics. He physician told her to use it or she could  lose it. He was speaking about her body. I can attest to that point as I sat here side lined with this cancer that I have never owned.

The bottom line is this according to her doctor, and I agree 100%, once the legs go then the rest of the body follows.

When cancer took my left side. I went from 150 miles per hour to 5 miles an hour physically. When my legs could not walk , my arms did not move involuntarily either, my lungs shrunk from sitting and my bodies energy withered too. When we walk, all of our muscles are involved stomach, back, legs, arms, chest, buttocks, heart and lungs included. Your mind is renewed by what it is sensing in smell, sight and sound it is a win, win for life. Your mind and Spirit can connect easily.

What I did have was God’s Peace, Faith and the knowledge that when this curtain falls on my life here that Act two with God and Jesus Christ will be absolutely Beautiful and will never end. Being united with all who have gone before me, including my pets. Love just does not die, thats my belief anyway. Last but not least, God gave me the Holy Spirit and the will to see things in my life through a magnificent prism. I love my wife, children, family and friends so much that my desire to live and conquer my  adversities to be physically whole once again is as large as a mountain. I can see it. .  My goal makes life, a sheer joy. If I get an inch forward , I will stretch that gain to   a mile. It is very simple. I can only imagine what God could use me for if He blesses me with my physical healing that I see.. God has already peirced my heart, humbled my life and has grown me in relationship with him. Its the same for you all too 🙂 The Holy Spirit has transformed and renewed my mind and has convicted me of my sins and any of the the crap that was in my life. That stuff was left on the confessional room floor. So in life bring the stuff to God and he will heal that wound. I have said it before yet, I feel once again compelled to write these words so, I would love to live and be here to love and support my wife, to love my kids and witness who they grow to become, weddings grandchildren the works but none of us truely knows what God’s plan is.  So, I take comfort in knowing that I am doing everything in my power now to faciltate that desire to happen. But, I also am grateful to know that should God call me to him then he knows the reason, and I believe that I will still be with my loved ones and friends, watching over them and perhaps in my purified state having accounted for my lifes errors To God . My prayers will be even more valuable for my loved ones and all of you 🙂

So, Sitting down constantly was not an option. By Gods grace, I fought to my feet and dragged my left side up and down the stairs with me. I began to try and empty the dishwasher and vaccuum the hard woods on the 1st floor. If I have a little energy I try to expell it and to cause my body to have to rise to the occasion and make more energy, I made a roasted chicken dinner for my family complete with vegetables that hit the kitchen floor. Too heavy for one hand, but I was hours in the kitchen doing what I used to do cooking and it was a labor of love. We all had a wonderful dinner too 🙂 What they did not know, did not kill them:) Everyone was raving about it. I must keep that recipe! LOl.  I began to walk the track when someone can drive me down and be with me, a safety net. I must say the first time I looked at the 1/4 mile track I almost stayed in the car. Question?, what if I in that moment I had said no, I can’t do it ? I probably never would have walked. I have walked two laps now which is 1/2 mile so again, my legs were moving my arms were moving and my lungs were talking deep breathes because I was winded. What a wonderful feeling that is. I have been taking it to the limits because God has called me to be bigger than myself! He has called me to be God strong for everyone. If I can do this, then you can too. 🙂

Below is a photo of myself and brother in law at the relay for life, Cancer walk this past May 2014. I walked the survivor lap with my brother in law C, he is another one of my hero’s 🙂 Oh BTW, I am on the left, no wheelchair, no walker, no 4 prong cane. God wants the best for all of us !!!!  Amen !

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I am on the road to recovery and like I said it is a long and winding road, I have my family and friends who see me in the down moments that I may have and  they give me a kind word or a  slap on the rear end LOL and I am back in the saddle again. So we are all helping oneanother 🙂

The Eagles  Take it to the limit! I am always running back to God !

 

God adores us All, Don’t leave him standing there !!

Believe in the Miracle that you are and see the the day of endless possibilties that lies ahead !

Even if you move one inch further on your road  today  then you are gaining your Victory through God. Amen !!

The Long and Winding road  The Beatles

Gene Autry. Back In The Saddle Once Again 🙂  Try not to smile, I double Dare You !!!

 

With The Love of Christ,

Danny

 

 

 

The Love Of My Mom. Her love for God and Her Miracle Part Four

12 Friday Sep 2014

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My Mom was at Spaulding Rehab Cambridge,  in the Ventilator unit for quite some time and it was decided that they needed to try and withdraw the vent and the likelihood of her coming off it was not good because when you are on a ventilator for an extended period of time your body becomes use to the machine doing the work and sometimes will not pick up the function of breathing on its own, once again. My mom was awake and alert and the weining process began, slowly seeing if her body would in fact support her, The weing was a slow process,  took several days of reducing the ammount of support that the ventilator was doing and then she was off the ventilator, breathing on her own. Praise God!  Dr.S and all of us in our family were just so happy! God is faithful to those who love him. Amen !

The next obstacle that she tackled was that she could not speak. Her doctor explained that when the ventilator is in place  you cannot talk and it was in her throat for so long that damage could have been done to the vocal chords etc. Doctor S.  removed the plug in her neck,  I  guess you call it? She began to speak immediately words from of her mouth. The doctor was so impressed and we were so happy hearing moms voice once again. It had been months! The Holy Spirit of God took care of that need immediately. Like I said, it was and is the time of Miracles for all of us. 🙂 This whole health crisis/ event that occurred started at around April in her home and  it was now the Fall of 2011, She had been in Mt. Auburn, and at Spaulding this whole time with a very low expectation of survival. But, she had the peace of Christ and did not think that way. She saw Hope and had such Faith, She saw Victory. She was very ill, but still saw Victory through Christ/ God. Her Rosary was always in hand and her friends St. Michael and St. Raphael were right there with her .

I will continue shortly with my blog entry…. Mom, Mary, Michelle, Dotty, Elizabeth and Georgie what a beautiful story to share, God is just amazing in all that he is doing.

God Bless You,

Danny

Newsboy’s Jesus Paid It All.

Yesterday, Eye On The Sparrow, You Are I Am

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Hi All, I used these songs to end my day on Monday. I was lead to them after prayer and decided that they would be nice to share in this moment. Enjoy this beautiful Day. 🙂

 

Beautiful songs just enjoy. God is so good.

Yesterday:  by ,  Mary / Mary

Laren Hill and Tanya Blount

This song reminds me of a lovely women that went to the Lord . God Bless you . C

Mercy Me, You Are I Am

Matt Maher Lord I need you

 

God Bless You All.

Danny

There will be a Day.

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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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.

God Bless You,

Danny

Jeremy Camp

There will be a Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8gkDiTvloc