In Continuation of Yesterdays post on all of the Holy men and women devoted to our Lords service to the church. Here is an interesting look into the daily routine of a few different orders and servants of the Lord.
The gifts that this lovely lady has really make you realize how important a connection to oneanother is. The elderly can become invisible to so many of us.
At a quick look, one would never think that this person would be so accomplished, but God is in everyone of us. And thats why we cannot judge a book by its cover. 🙂
God is pouring out the Spirit to us all! So speak up and let people know the Good News ! . Share this blog with anyone, if you feel compelled.
Just for the record, This blog is and always will be for God’s purpose only. He has got me here in the moment to help others. I am watching God and the Holy Spirit knit these magnificent blogs entries together to help others.
I am not a tech guy, I do not tweet, facebook etc, I did not know what a blog was until recently.But, God showed me what a blog was. I can now contribute to help others towards his kingdom. He took my disability away. What I cannot do physically, he allowed me to do right from here. This blog has the breath of God on it as well as the Holy Spirit’s guiding hand.
So, I told God if you want this message to get out then you need to make it happen. So, I will say this once again. If you believe in this blog message than you need to be the feet and hands who get his message of Glory out there to others who will never hear this message otherwise.
I am his hands here on the key board who is so very grateful for his mercy and love in my life. Amen. I will not ask you again, to do this. Just follow your heart through prayer. God will do the rest. Amen. 🙂
Coming off of the writing on the Spooky emails. I have had 2 days of prayer and reflection on the whole situation once again. When I felt that I needed to write about this experience on my life journey,I envisioned having to pour out every fact to that event. It went on for a while and it would have been a pain in the neck.
As I began the writing through prayer, I had to descern where to go and how far with it’s detail. I honesty had no interest in writing on it but realized again in was not my choice and God wanted it. I felt peace as I wrote.
God as usual was good and just as I hunkered down and committed myself to get it done during the 3 rd part of the spooky writing I knew right away that the graphic description of this long event was not what this writing was all about. God wanted to show people through my life experience what can happen when we are angy , broken and in despair. That satan will raise havock with us. I will tell you emotion can be a very bad thing we make bad descisions when our emotions are running a muck and satan gets a grip on you. He lies to us and we act out in anger. It is heck on earth.
And, it did unfortunately happen to me and my family had to deal with those repercussions back in the 90’s.
re·per·cus·sion
ˌrēpərˈkəSHən,ˌrepərˈkəSHən/
noun
plural noun: repercussions
1.
an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
“the move would have grave repercussions for the entire region”
synonyms:
consequence(s), result(s), effect(s), outcome; More
2.
archaic
the recoil of something after impact.
Also another fact , This situation was necessary for me to be here in this moment. It is part of who I and my family are today. We know evil exists which cautified our relationship with God in a very Special way. Amen.
I came across this song and it fits my situation at that time of my young life. I was steeming ahead hurt and angry after my sons loss and was not listening to God. I just wanted answers WHY! those answers sometimes take years to get.
One of my loved one’s said People might think this is crazy. my response was this. Did it happen? they said yes. So, I said the truth needs to be said because Gods got me here in this second.He wants it done so, I will do it. If people do not understand or believe then, thats okay. It does not make my /our life story any less true.
This could have been my song to Godback then, lightening struck me and I did not know what to do.
The moment when my 2nd son Brad went to God, was the most bitter life experience that both my wife and I had ever had.
This Post is truely a serious subject to me. Let me frame this situation up to the best of my ability. It will take more than one writing, that is for sure. But it is true, it contains the Shrine in Boston, A priest and my landlord. A spiritualist came to my apartment too. Life was scary thats for sure! This event took place around 26 years ago while my wife and I were renting a beautiful apartment in Belmont.
Life was beautiful my wife and I were engaged and we rented an apartment in Belmont. One of my clients was a realtor and she had this listing. It was a beauty.
WE did not live there until we got married. We would not have but the landlord told us that we could not anyway, they did not go for that stuff. We just bought stuff mainly 2-3rd hand who cares. 🙂 and furnished the place.We earned our pay and liked to save for the proverbial rainy day. We were wed and moved into our apartment together. Married life began. My wife and I had our first son D. My wife worked nights 6pm and arrived home by 2 :30 a.m. I left for work at around 7:00 a.m. so my wife was on duty at that moment. Things were very good at the apartment for the three of us. Our landlords were old school and very family oriented. We loved them.
My wife and I were expecting our second son Brad Michael and he was found to be ill and my wife also went into labor and was put on bedrest. I spoke about this on the July 29th blog entry.
Well, my son Brad Michael passed away and the day after his burial we moved home to Belmont after 6 months of living with my parents.
Life was very bitter, and we were angry with God as many people would be. It is not God’s plan for children to die, it was brought on by original sin. I was also at this this time in search of my faith and even though I had been attending church I started a boycott on God. I was lashing out and getting revenge on God, how stupid ! I left God just when I needed him most. My wife was so devestated that she kept praying and crying. I will continue this, I can only go so far with each writing, what spiritural stuff that I brought upon my family was horrific. I tried to tell Fr. R about them years ago, and just could not. It was an open wound still, to me. Like I wrote in a past blog we need to be careful what we expose ourselves to. Evil is for real !!!!!!
This song is very good, I walked away from God in anger and hurt. I left him , but he never left me.
And we are his salt and light to each other . Amen.
Listen to the words and realize that there are people who struggle with their faith and belief that there is God waiting to meet us when he calls us. So, we need to shine his light on others and speak about his love for them .
You know, I went to church this past weekend and I saw an older gentleman that I know there. He leaned into me and said there is a person that keeps confronting me on faith based stuff and God. This man was stressed out he could barely stand he is very handicapped. I said B, Do not worry, I made this mistake years back too I said. You cannot save anyone, only God can. We are called to live our lives in a way that people will want to say what do you have, That I don’t?
I told him if this non believer is coming after you then that is not God, if this person has a Spirit of Opression then that too is from a different master. I said to B, do not give your peace up, don’t respond to the attacks, pray for this person. Not because you feel your right or better but because he is lost. Amen.
Why he confided in me in that moment only God knows. The bottom line is that I am proud that he trusted me enough to come to me. These are situations that we all face. It is life. Because B came to me with this issue before mass, I was able to pray for them both so it made that Holy mass even more special. Amen.
England Dan and John Ford Coley . Love is the answer
A song came back to me today and I went in search of it and tried to find what the meaning of the song was. I remember being in grade school and this song was very popular. It was in regards to St. Michael the Archangel. God and his angels are with us constantly. This song is the part of the rich fabric of my Catholic upbringing.
And, I loved the nuns too. A writing for another day.
The highwaymen Michael Row Your Boat Ashore.
By Kim Ruehl
History of “Michael Row the Boat Ashore”
“Michael Row the Boat Ashore” is an old American folk song that hails from the slave era, and became a popular anthem during the civil rights movement. Its existence was first noted in the early 1860s, although the song itself is probably much older. The song was noted in letters between teachers and abolitionists, who heard it while on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.
“Michael Row the Boat Ashore” Lyrics
Most people nowadays probably only know the refrain from this traditional song, which repeats “Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah” twice. The full song, however, talks about crossing the River Jordan, and Michael is the archangel Michael. While there are many versions of the song—due to the fact that it was passed down orally for a long time before being recorded—the lyrics basically talk about finding God and one’s family on the other side of the river in the promised land:O the Lord he plant his garden there.
He raise the fruit for you to eat.
He that eat shall never die.
When the river overflow.
Pete Seeger has noted that, since the song was found in the islands off South Carolina, it may be indicative of a work song that the slaves sung as they were rowing to the mainland. In the more mainstream version recorded by Seeger (purchase/download), he sings also of the familial calls of the song:
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Who has recorded “Michael Row the Boat Ashore”?
Several popular versions of “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” have been recorded through the years. In addition to Pete Seeger’s version, the song has also been recorded by Harry Belafonte ( purchase/download ), Peter, Paul and Mary (purchase/download ) and the Nields ( purchase/download ).
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.
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 !
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