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 thenshe 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.
There is a question that seems to go from Age to Age and generation to generation. It Is … this,
Doesn’t every generation think that the world is losing moral and societal footing. My grand parents did, my parents did, and I am now of the age that I too would have to agree with some aspects of their obversations. They saw it in their day’s and I am seeing it personally in our lives today. To me years ago my nana and papa were awesome but at that time I was young and when they expressed their concerns seeing what they were seeing in society I figured they were squares and old fashioned. I then watched my mom and dad go through the process of saying that this world was just getting so terrible as they watched their world changing. Well, now it is my turn and I am Watching the direction that society is taking. Guess what? I see it going in the same direction down hill.
It seems like society is on a voyage to the bottom of the sea! Pretty scary.
Flash forward 30 plus years at I now look at elements in this world and say OMG, what is going on? I understand why my grand parents said what they said, why my parents said what they said too. I believe that once I began to have children, I began to notice things that were happening with more accuracy.
I understand that times change and “time marches on”, as they say. New technologies have come about to advance and inhance our lives, Heck, I benefitted from these things during my treatment for cancer, I also am benefitting from technology through this blog to spread God’s good news for all of us, but the flip side is the amount of crap that is prevading our culture, country and world. The kids are being exposed to so much graphic sexual stuff images and language in this culture etc. Foul, foul language, the dumbing down of society as I see it. Their is domestic violence, broken families,shootings, robberies and murders. We have one scandal after another in government from the top right down to local government, who is telling the truth, who do we trust with our lives? You know, my feeling is that we will reep what we all sew as a people. As far as the motto that ” time marches on” goes, Its my opinion, looking at what is going in in the weather, globally, disease, wars, all the starving people in this world that we have walked away from God and stopped caring for our brothers in need. I guess that time is marching us off a cliff. Back to tecnology for a second. Not all technology is good either, when do you unplug? Sometimes I wish that cell phones and email would end for a least a day or so to allow people to un plug and get reacquainted with oneanother. It is a sad day when neighbors do not know eachother and you cannot eat dinner or take time away without the world barging in. There is always a text coming and every tv has urgent breaking news! Where is the time for prayer in our lives to listen to God ? We are in a prayer dessert as a country. With music constantly pounding in the background. I don’t get it, thats for sure!
God created us all with free will and desires our relationship with him.The Holy Spirit is working as the Guide for our personal good and for the good of society. Yet so many people aredead to the Spirit of God.
Meanwhile, I have written and said to many people that I know personally that I believe that If your not in God trying to grow towards perfection with him that you are open to fall for the liar ( devil ) and fall for all that he offers (nothing but pain suffering and your loss of your eternal soul.) and accept that everything that we do is okay. There are no boundaries and when struggle or adversity comes to us , and it will, that you do not have the faith and strenght through God to get ya through.We cannot save ourselves. When darkness comes God brings the light and joy through Jesus Christ. He is the way the truth and the life. We are then healed.
So, I now really feel that my grandparents were not square nor that my parents were incorrect in saying what they said back in their day. They were sick and worried about their children and grandchildren. I see it and feel it now myself. I do worry for my kids and their kids that they too will hold up and stand in the storm of life with a society who is less supportive of Godly values.
Finally today, I would like to touch on a topic. The topic is Suicide. Hopelessness that reaches a point that causes some poor souls to a tragic action. I do not care where a person comes from, money, poverty etc. I am by no way a professional on this topic but have heard and seen so much tradgedy in my life. Suicide knows no age, it can be caused by depression,drug, alcohol and chemical imbalances of their bodies. People lose hope. It is again my personal feeling that, no loved one or friend is to blame when this tradgedy occurs to their loved one. It is often seems to comes from out of the blue.
Every life is very precious, we need to watch the people in our lives, familiy, friends, co workers etc and get them a lifeline of hope and to get the help they need if they are in trouble. God did not intend for us to be defeated. He conquers all. Another thing that I grappled with when I was younger was, the idea that if someone committed such an act of suicide that they were destined for hell. Some faiths teach/taught that.
I personally could not accept this so I did seek the knowledge of a dear friend of my faith who was a bible scholar. I loved this man he was in his late 70’s at this time and I was maybe 35 ish. My friend L was posed this question during my bible study with my group. He was always thoughtful, prayerful and measured in his response. My friend B called him sensi. lol He said to me as he ran his fingers along the edge of his bible No, only God can judge such a thing and said that He knows the heart of the person and where they were psychologically at the moment that they acted. I felt the truth of that resonnate with me. As always, God knows all and is the just judge. I just realize how tender we all are and how fragile we all are. We are all broken so we need encouragement along our journey. God is my capitan and I am a passenger on his bus of life. Just seeing where he is taking me next. Amen.
God bless you all !
Danny
Rascal Flats Why
Hillsong Age to Age
There is nothing so dire in life that cannot be figured out you are all very loved. !
I had the pleasure of going with my wife and son to my wife’s company outing to Kimballs Farm in Westford today. It was very hot and the threat for thunderstorms were a possibility according to the newscasters.
Well, off we went with sunny skies and arrived to the outing, it is a very beautiful place so being outside even in the heat was fine. We were greated by my wifes bosses, employee’s and their guests. Year after year it proves to be such a nice gathering. One of the nicest groups of people that I have ever met. God blessed my wife with her employer and co-workers. She is so happy. Which, only makes me more happy and grateful.
There was a barbeque running, with a huge ice cream bar. Alway’s amazing. We felt the breeze pick up and we all were saying how good it felt. Kimballs has huge weather proof tents and tables so we were not sitting in the sun. Well within a half hour of that beautiful breeze’s arrival nature let loose with lightening, torential rain and thunder. We, were all dry and actually stayed dry in the hearvy duty tents. It was wild . The smell of the rain was just so beautiful. Everything smelt so good. It smelt like trees and earth.The rain cleared out about one hour after it began, there was actually a tonado warning issued for where we were. When it was over, we hit the road for home. I said to my wife and son when we got into the car, I hope we got that rain at home and they agreed it has been a little dry lately. On approach to our home before our exit off the highway there is a movie theatre. I saw that the far end of the parking lot was flooded. It must be pitched that way to keep the cars from sitting in it. I was so happy because I knew that we too benefited from the rain as well.
We all need the rain in our lives no matter what form that it takes. Water and adversity purifies us all.
My final thought that I would like to say yet again is that we need to acknowlege and be grateful to those in our lives daily that make life a beautiful experience. They are a gift !
I mentioned that I had received the face of Christ from a friend in the chapel one rainy night and that my friend was told by the Holy Spirit thay he would get it back when I was healed. As an update to that event. About 4 months ago, I saw F by chance at the church hugged him and said, F God said that when I was healed you would get this back. He looked directly into my eyes and his eyes filled up and I said that this is that time. He wants you to have it back and I took it off, kissed it and passed it to him he then placed it over his head and kissed it. And we embraced. I am cancer free from the brain cancer and will be going for a scan In a few weeks again to keep at eye on it. But God has got his almighty hands on both you and I all of the time regardless of whatever comes to pass in our lives Soooo
Worry Not ! 🙂
I was down at my church around a year and half ago for a healing service, I stood and prayed with the healing ministers for the sick that were coming in. I at this time was useing a walker. And I remember trying to stand and lean towards the person being prayed over, I wanted the physical contact of my hand to touch that persons shoulder. It was an effort but, God will give you what you need every moment. Well, while I was standing there praying a women walked beside me and stood to the right. I did not focus on who she was. Well, we finished the prayers over the beautiful person who was sitting and being prayed over. So, I looked again at this women to the right of me and she looked stunned and said Danny? I said yes, and then I said, Oh my God, J. how are you I had not seen her in at least 14 years, she had moved to another town.
She looked at me standing with my walker and said what happened my response was a little cancer. Gods got everything , including my fear 🙂
She looked so distressed , I gave her a hug and asked her what was wrong, she said it is really weird but, I feel like I can talk to you. You see , she was in that church that night for a reason as was I. Our personal psalm #139 put us there by God’s design. An intersection in life.
She said that she had been in her church on Ash Wednesday and God spoke directly to her that she would be given the gift of healing through Jesus and would see peoples desease’s. She looked so scared, my reaction was, I know its God my Spirit was resonating inside telling me of the truth. She said that as part of this calling was to create plaster art work and they are given to people that God had intended them for with scripture passages attached. Many were people that she did not know.
She also has 5 or 6 kids and they were so frightened as to what she was suddenly compelled to do. You see, she had never done art work before and was suddenly a master at it. I told her I understood because of how God was useing me as well. He uses all of us by the way 🙂 So, I think that she had a lot of peace before she left the church that evening.
So any way’s 🙂 , fast forward maybe 3 weeks or so from that night, my front door bell rang at like 6:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning and I could not get up and move that quicky, my wife was laying there half in a coma from all of her hours of work. We heard a vehicle pull away. About 45 minutes later the phone rang and we did not recognize the number so I did not answer. I fell asleep and when I awoke I took the phone and saw that there was a message. I listened to it and I found that it was J, the women from the church.
One thing that I need to say to set up this miracle was this, I did not sleep well that night a lot of Spiritual warfare was taking place and I began to pray to God and was complaining about my life. I was bellying acheing about everything!, a good old fashioned pitty party. That was around 3:00 am and at 4 am I began to do my Holy Rosary and I believe that it has saved my life! It calms me and puts me into union with heaven. Amen.
Okay, back to J. I called her and when she answered she apologized for coming by so early and calling, She said she had to. I understand that. WhenGod compells you to do something, it must be done!
She told me that she had been woken up by God at 4:00 am and was told that she needed to get a plaster peice that she made to me right away. She left it between the storm door and was afraid that it might get broken. It was funny when my wife found out that J had called my wife said as I was dialing J back on the phone, maybe she made an art peice for you. I said nahhh. Well, she had.It is beautiful.
My wife ran down to get it before something happened to it, it had a card with it .
When I pulled it out of the bag it was the face of Christ just beautiful! She did not know about F and the medallion ( Face of Christ ) that I had been given in the chapel nor did she know about my vision where I saw the shroud of Turin either.( Jesus face)
Here is the scripture that God gave her for me in that very moment that went with the face of Christ sculpture.
Galatians 2:20King James Version (KJV)
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Now If that is not God, then what is???????????
The bottom line :
While I struggled with sorrow ,brain cancer and body failure and was thinking about my plight and that of my family the devil was toying with me all night. I retreated to a safe harbor Jesus Christ at 3 am and began to beseech of him what I needed and by 4 a.m. feeling still a little oppressed I called on My Blessed Mother as well. God heard my silent prayer and pleas and answered me immediately. My Blessed mother aided in that as well. I feel her presence and from time to time smell her roses too. Amen. 🙂 I called out to the Lord and J was sent to respond. Thank God, J listened to God’s call. God bless Her !
I believe that we are all Miracles from conception and just by our births. There is nothing more valuable than a baby.
I have Never heard this song before but listen and I agree 100% No matter what situation a young lady or man finds themselves in. That the Miracle of life that you may be carrying may be a gift from God that is meant to save you!
God wants us to heal. Pray for his revelation and rewenewal daily of your body ,mind and Spirit.
My mom as I began to tell you was very engaged in life and very committed to God. Growing in the generation that she did it was a very common practice to smoke. It had a social component too, so many people did. I too confess that being brought up in a family and culture that touted its use, that I too smoked for a while. But, fortunately for me the non smoking message was getting out to my generation. I also had gotten married and my wife did not want to have children and have them exposed to it. So, I gratefully was able to stop the smoking. I was not a heavy smoker , but then again as the years unfolded I came to realize that one cigarette was really one too many.Here’s why,
About I guess 15 years ago, while my wife and children were vacationing on the beach in N.H, my mom and dad took a day trip up to see us. We thought that we would take a walk with our kids and stroller up to the boardwalk for ice cream.
My dad came up the stairs to our unit on the second floor and said Hi, we are downstairs when you are ready. I said wheres mom? He said she could not do the stairs she is not feeling well. I remember running down to see her, she was standing there smiling and said hi, I could see her breathing was labored. I said, mom whats wrong? She said nothing and took out her inhaler that she supposedly had for allergies. Well, I do not think that we got ice cream with her that night because she could not walk 10 feet without being winded. My family was devestated. She told us it was allergies for the longest time and my father respected her wishes and did not tell myself or my siblings a thing. Finally, we all got together and told her we need to know. She said that she had C.O.P.D. from the smoking. My mother did not want to burden us, typical mom. You see, both my mom and dad smoked probably 40 years of their lives, they had both quit 8-10 years prior to the onset of her COPD. It came from no where. When you smoke the lungs become clogged and you go from breathing okay and suddenly you cannot breathe. As she would say, the damage was done. She would often say darn cigarettes.
My mom showed so much courage through out her battle that it was just so amazing to witness but it was heart breaking to us all. My mom eventually was on oxygen at her home. She had portable tanks that she in the beginning would get into her car and go to the store for short stints. She used to pull up at my work in her car and she would call me from her cell phone and say, Hi honey, are the other boys in the office too? She was referring to two of my brothers that worked with me. She said come out to the car, they had sales at the store so I picked up stuff for all your families with my coupons, hurry because your father is probably getting worried he’s going to kill me .LOL My mom as she would say, just kept on trucking along. So loving, so generous. As she was ready to leave the parking lot she would blow me a kiss and to tell the boy’s the same, I know that there was no way that she could carry those bags and place them in her car, there must have been an angel loading them at the store for her. I would alway’s start to say mom, this is too much and she would flail her hand at me and smile. She then took her index finger put it straight up over her lips and gently shushed me. She then would do a 10 point turn in my driveway before she left. She did it her way 🙂 My brothers would walk into the office and say whats this, meaning all th bags? And, I said mom was here and sends her love eachone of us has bags here and theres chicken packages and stuff in the refrigerator too. My brothers would look at me and would fill up with emotion then each one would call my mom to thank her. She was Christ in motion. The progression of COPD to full blown emphysema was slow and steady. In about 2008 she was now pretty much in the house, she started to attend St. Eulalia Parish for church because it was easier for her to park and get in to the sanctuary. Plus outside of the church is a large statue of the Blessed Mother so when she was too tired to walk etc, my sister would take her up and sit in front of our Blessed Mother and do the Rosary. It brought here so much confort and joy .
My Father, prayed with my mother everday and she was suffering you could see it but she would say I am fine and smile. She would say offer up the stuff. She did her St. Raphael oil from the healing ministry at church and the prayers etc. We did it with her all as a family when we were together. You see, Prayer to us is not an embarassing thing. It was not ackward. It was no accident that God selected my dad for her and gave her the 5 children that she was told that she would never have. We were there to comfort, honor her, and love her in the time of her need as God was preparing her for her salvation and glory that awaited her, God himself. She had her Christian music on and watched a little tv, EWTN etc. She was more of a reader always looking to read something. A very bright women. The last movie that I remember her seeing in the theatre was I belive Jaws. LOL More importantly she had all of her family surrounding her as she so richly deserved.
When I see people regardless of their age smoking, I always think, God I wish those things were outlawed. Especially seeing what it does to beautiful people. My mom did not deserve it thats for sure, I will continue this shortly .
God Bless You !
Dr. Cohen presents “Smoking Stinks”
A song for my mom. We need to remember and celebrate those that we love. Amen 🙂
Another Miracle from God happened this evening that I will share shortly. As I have said before God is closing the circle in so many of our lives right know. bringing people back together it is breath taking to watch and experience.
God loves us all so much, and wants the best for us.
I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful Labor day Weekend. I had these particular things and thoughts in mind and when I was in church this weekend was inspired by My Pastor Fr. Rons sermin and thought to myself, I need to put theses links on to this blog. So watch, and enjoy. God is talking and we all need to be fed Spiritually. Amen.
As far as Danny world is concerned. My wife and I have been going non stop , my youngest daughter moved to college on Friday. Beautiful , yet a little sad for mom, dad and her little pug Jerrimiah too. 🙂 So, we trust that we tought her the best that we could, values and our faith. We also trust that God’s got a plan for her and that all will be well.
And to put the cherry on the Sundae this weekend here at the homestead is that the Ac is here is caput. I guess that will be next springs project. It is currently 90 degrees in the bedroom upstairs. yikes LOL That’s life, I told my wife we will offer it up 🙂 Another reminder that this is not Heaven here. 🙂
Its All Good.
You will love these messages.
God bless You,
Danny
Father Leo Clifford: The most Important Commandment.
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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. 🙂
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Hello, today I wanted to present to you my second vision/ Vivid Dream that I had back over two years ago. I will draw the canvas through the Holy Spirit and tell you in exact detail what I told Father right after this blessed event took place back over two years ago.
Okay, here we go…..
Back to the day in May 2012, I had been diagnosed with the inoperable brain cancer. I was feeling so tired I honestly did not really care if I passed away or not. I know it sounds strange. Obviously, I want to live as long as possible to be present for my wife, kids, dad and family. But I was feeling a fatigue that I could never fully describe. Also, God put me into such a peaceful state that I was not and am not worrying about it.
Well, that day I was sitting down in my family room and just wanted to go upstairs. My bedroom is a place of real serenity,(truely a prayer room) It has skylights, a door out and large window that look out into my rear yard. I have a massive Beech tree with a 12 foot trunk. It has a massive canopie of leaves. God’s masterpiece. In my prayer/ bedroom I can see God and connect with him through his stars at night just by looking up through the glass in the sky lights. At night, The beech tree is constantly moving in the air and looks so majestic. If you have seen the picture Jesus Wept, I can envision him in that moment and can relate to his agony to a certain degree, I could never have done what the Lord had done for us all. That, I do know.
I told one of my kids, I need to go up and lie down and made my way upstairs with one of my kids. I was fully dressed and layed on the bed. I was on my side looking out the window it was a windy day and the tree branches were swaying. I was praying and said, God, I am so tired. How can I take care of my family? I was not crying I was just asking. I was too exhausted for emotion. I drifted off to sleep and the next thing that happened was this. It is a message for all of us! He loves us all so much 🙂
I was suddenly laying in a small boat, It did not have a sail. I was laying on my left side in the center of this small boat and I could hear water lapping off the side of the boat. I was again laying on my side so my right eye was able to see over the top edge of the boat and off into the distance. I heard in my head the word, Galilee. It was a male voice and was deep, soothing, and a little dragged out. I felt such exhaustion yet so peaceful laying there and was just listening to the lapping water, again, so peaceful. I saw on the distant shore a stone ruins coming up and it had green vines climbing it. I could see off white and white stone the slabs that the wall had been made from. I then noticed trees above the stone ruins. along the ridge. The trees were unlike anything that I had ever seen. My eyes now looked above and notices a pretty blue-ish sky with little birds flying around. It looked like a sky we would see here.
I could not move due to the fact that I was so weak, I remember so vividly that I decided to try and look in front of me all the while I was thinking, what am I going to do to help my family? Again, it was not desperation, just quiet surrender I guess. I managed to turn my neck upward a bit and caught the view of two legs and feet in sandels, The man was sitting sideways but looking ahead of the boat. So, I worked very hard to turn my neck further yet to see more. I saw that this man was wearing a robe and it was very heavy looking, heavy texture with beige, white and gray looking fibers like from a lambs coat. I just remember straining my neck forward further and I saw that the man was looking forward away from me. His hood was on. He had dark hair, with a reddish color to it ( maybe the sun effect ?) and it was blowing back in the breeze. He then turned his head to the right showing me the profile of his rugged tanned face.
I then got this message in the silence of my mind yet they were words again, a gentle authoratative male voice. Do not worry,God created you, He knows the ending. I felt such peace I remember that I put my head down and was resting my neck. We just drifted along in this boat and it was so beautiful, once again I decided I need to look again so I turned my neck once again passed the tanned medeterranean feet and legs up the coat to the gentleman again he was still looking to the right andthen he turned directly to me and smiled. It was Jesus Christ ! As, I sit here The Holy Spirit is leaping inside me .
When Jesus Christ looked at me as I said to Fr. so long ago, His smile was the most beautiful smile, his skin was that of a fisherman from all the sun, his beard and hair where different colors dark black with red tone mixed in. When he smiles his peircing blue eye’s exploded this feeling of love in to me that I will never be able to ever accurately depict. Just know one thing, this is awaiting all of us when we met our Lord 🙂
I awoke when my wife came in to the bedroom to let me know that she had soup for me to eat. I told my wife and the next person I spoke to was Fr. R. I made my way down to the rectory shorty after this miraculous event for confession and to speak with Father. I sat on the chair and said to Father, I want to tell you about a Dream/ Vision that I had and as I began to recount the experience that is detailed above, God filled that room and our Spirits with so much joy that I exploded from the love and was crying so deeply! I could not sit up straight. When I looked up Father was crying a bit too and said, Danny this a very special and rare gift that God has given you.
You see, I am, at my heart a very square conventional person, if you know what I mean. Anything extraordinary that I achieve is through the Holy Spirit.
Getting myself to understand that God would use me to write for his church, write for his people would not be something that I could easily accept. I was not worthy.
Father said, God is confirming that you are doing all they he wants. It was a gift !
I will say this,
Thank you God for telling me otherwise, I really think that I would have perrished from the thought of being disraspectlful to my God and My Lord Amen.
Thank you God for loving us so much. And anyone that might read this, just trust and know that if you are doing good that you feel God is compelling you to. Just pray and do it in the glory of God and he will know !! He will bless you for it as well.
In Gods Love,
Danny
I came across this video just now, led by the Spirit. This young prodegy has done a painting it is the closest to what I can describe Christ as looking like from my vision.
When you go to the link below watch and it is about 1:41 on the link you will see her painting of Christ.
Just Danny Speaks 