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The Name Of Jesus

22 Sunday Mar 2015

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I will be taking up to a week off from my daily blog. During this Season of Lent I have been so busy with life stuff and this blog that I have found myself a bit strapped for time. My focus for prayer time has been very strained.

I am at a life intersection where I need to stop the daily process and sit with God in prayer. I can not serve God or others if I don’ t stop talking, and  typing for a period of time.

I have been on a bit of a personal high with myself being cancer free, the dawn of a new Spring Season and getting my license back. I have been very distracted  by the fruits of this life.

But I have learned through life experience  that I cannot afford to be too invested in this life. I believe that for us to be successful in anything that we need do that we need to stay in balance. For me my faith in God is the ballast that keeps me stable through all of this life’s situation.

So, it’s time to be still and know that I now need to listen for his guidance.

 

Aaron Shust – The Name of Jesus

 

God Bless,

Danny

its spring, it is snowing so lets just laugh.:)

21 Saturday Mar 2015

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I was sitting in my chair minding my own business and received this email from my daughter. So funny.

I have a 13 year old pug Jeremiah who watches tv and barks 🙂 Their personalities are very real and I find that dogs are such beautiful gifts to us.

Magic door prank

Funny wedding singer

Tim Hawkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxKeCmTCDV4

See,  don’t you feel better!  🙂

God Bless You,

Danny

THE BEAUTY OF NEW ENGLAND

19 Thursday Mar 2015

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We are all born of our parents by the miracle of God’s design of creation. I am sitting here today with Spring outside and I am just  so enamored by its beauty

I was thinking about the fact that it is no coincidence as to where we are born and live. God predestined that for us before our birth that fact is stated in Psalm # 139.

Our lives are mysteries to us  but they are not a mystery to God.

I love being a New Englander. The snow never bothered me until I became handicapped and have been reminded to be careful not to fall on the ice because if I hurt my right arm I can not take care of myself.

I love that I again live here. Since my illness almost took my life I am very cognizant of Everything around me like I have New eyes looking out, like a new sense of smell and a crisper ear to hear nature. I have been in essence a prisioner in my own home. The one thing I counted on was to watch the Seasons Change with anticipation of it and then projecting forward to the next season to see what would come.

NEW ENGLAND IN THE SPRING

When I was diagnosed with terminal cancer nearly 3 years ago, I projected my self towards the different Seasons that were coming birthdays and anniversaries. Projecting gave me a reason to fight for life. None of us knows what tomorrow will bring including me. I have my next scan the end of. April. 🙂

Okay, the bottom line is this I look at each day and each opportunity to experience the moments of the day in a new way. To stop and look at the  beauty surrounding me , the smells,sights, and sounds of nature.

I came by this beautiful video of New England and it still does not capture its full beauty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2n-_FZhb3o

Enjoy, and God Bless You All,

Danny

Like I have said my mother and mother Inlaw,really loved this singer. I find great comfort of remembering these things when I write.

Barry Manilow

TOMORROW IS SPRING 🙂

TOP OF THE MORNIN TO YA . HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY. :)

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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  1. Irish blessing
  2. Cappella barbershop quartet
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uli4qfH07Io

St. Patrick

Be thou my vision ancient Irish hymm

St. Patrick’s Day

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=zJx_Lu4PymE

Irish Dance Group Governance.

Oh Danny Boy.  The IRISH TENORS

THE IRISH TENORS .WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING

God Bless You,

Danny

Friends, Dinner and The Diner

16 Monday Mar 2015

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My wife and I got out of dodge for the night Saturday and it was very nice. It seems that since I got sick, I kinda dread going anywhere over night from my home. It just seems like a lot of work physically and emotionally. It is a bit of a hurdle for me.

My New York trip this past  Dec made me realize how much I needed to push myself to go, live and experience. And, as I did that in New York I was also confronted with the reality of my disabilities. It was something that I needed to confront and more importantly my wife and I spent priceless time with our friends who hosted us.

A couple of weeks ago a dear friend of my wife called and asked if we would come to dinner to her home in Peterborough NH ,she suggested that we should stay in her guest room so that we would not have to drive home late in the evening.

My wife really wanted to go and I said yes. In my mind I thought to myself God, it’s a long ride, what will the environment be like? Ice, stairs etc.

But, having watched my wife sacrifice and struggle so much over the last three years for my needs and those of my families I said, if she wants to go then I am going. It is her turn for joy. I cannot be selfish.

So yesterday , Saturday , we packed the overnight bag and went to the four o’clock mass. After mass we were off to Peterborough N.H. to see our friends C and her significant other R at their home . We arrived at their home around 6:30 pm and the driveway was heavily sanded so I was relieved that it was not as slippery as it could have been. When I went into  the door I saw that there was  a 16 step stairwell up to the main level that had no railings. They were in the process of renovation and did not have them up for painting. I took a deep breath and my wife and I headed up. Going up was fine but  my immediate question to myself was,how do I get out? I said to myself that’s tomorrow’s concern.

We settled in for the evening and had a wonderful dinner. We shared and talked ubout life our families etc.

I was so pleased to see my wife out of her every day element and just enjoying herself.  It made my effort well worth it. Our friends there in NH are very kind and caring people. We ended the evening at 1:00 am and the time just flew. I was awake most of the night but was praying. The accommodations were very nice.I just was not very tired. At 4:00 am I quietly sat up in bed and with no lights grabbed my kindle it was time to get my blog ready for Sunday so it got done and I posted it.

We started out on Sundahy morning and I said okay I need to figure out how to negotiate this stairway they then thought oops they had not thought-of that particular delima.  My friend Rick said no problem I will stay right in front of you just use my shoulder so down the stairs we all went. The outside had been sanded again so it was not icy for me and Rick had warmed my wife’s car for us too.

We next followed them to downtown Peterborough for breakfast at the Peterborough diner which is in an old train car. It was packed with patrons  and the food was excellent. Apparently the Soprano’ s was filmed there too  and every politician seems to drop in there too. It was fun.

We then headed home and my wife made a boiled dinner for the family. She may be Italian but she sure knows how to make a wonderful Irish boiled dinner.

I am finding that I need to say yes to the nicer things in life. God wants us to enjoy this life. It’s not just about surviving life. Not only that but by saying yes to the offer to visit our friends. God gave me a deeper appreciation of our friends and we shared conversation that revealed a faith in God that was really beautiful.

We need to be open to receive. We do not know what God may have planned for us in any given moment. If I had just stayed home on Saturday evening it would have been a real shame a lost opportunity.

The Peterborough Cafe, Peterborough NH

Home

Peterborough

So check it out sometime it was really great, the food, atmosphere, service and price. The diner is a small piece of Americana.

A boiled dinner…

God Bless You,

Danny

MY, MY, MY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY. :)

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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Beautiful Sunday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXu3_jK4QEM

The voice  CHOIR

Lynda Handle  Sheltered in his arms of love.

AND FOR FUN A REALLY OLD SONG REFERRING TO SUNDAY. LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzNIG5BXmm0

God Bless You,

Danny

This morning in the light, closer to thee

14 Saturday Mar 2015

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You know, this morning after prayer I sat down to work on this blog and began to write after 3o minutes or so I hit the delete button. It was not my typical writing and was junk. So , I decided that I would just forget about the posting today.

A short while later I visited my draft folder and found an untitled draft with this song link that I saved a long time ago. I am talking nearly a year ago.

The writing that I scrapped earlier today was based somewhat on a very special sense of God’s presence in my prayer early this morning while I was in bed. I was having a difficult time quantifying how beautifully safe I was feeling as I was praying for all the sick, those who died and everyone’s needs. I felt and saw a visible light that enveloped me for a few moments. When I tried to write earlier about this account I just went in circles trying to describe it.

And then I found this song tucked away. How fitting.

Just a closer walk with thee. Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson

God Bless You All,

Danny

Saint Padre Pio

13 Friday Mar 2015

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I like many Roman Catholics feel very blessed to have our Saints of our church.

We are charged by God and the Holy Spirit to try and become Saints ourselves..

I really got to know about Padre Pio through my mother in law and by a friend. My friend lived in Italy and knew then Padre Pio. She went to confession with him. My friend was a healing minister for the Boston archdiocese.

So, I remember him and ask him to advocate for my healing as well.

St.  Padre Pio  Biography

https://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/man/biography.htm

The Last Mass of St Pio of Pietrelcina

Padre Pio-Miracles

This next link is a very good witness. The beginning announcers sound silly but the guest witness is awesome.  It is very uplifting. 

Saint Padre Pio   Amazing miracle healings

Prayers of Padre Pio

If you would like to print these prayers, please click here.

Stay with me, Lord

Prayer of St. Pio of Pietrelcina after Holy Communion

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have
You present so that I do not forget You.
You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak
and I need Your strength,
that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life,
and without You, I am without fervor.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light,
and without You, I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice
and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You
very much, and always be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,
I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;
death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,
so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.
It is getting late and death approaches,
I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.
O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!

Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You.

Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread,
so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness,
the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You,
if not by communion, at least by grace and love.

Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,
but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!

Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,
Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.

With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth
and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.

Stay with me, Lord – Prayer of St. Pio after Holy Communion

Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pio of Pietrelcina


Dear God, You generously blessed Your servant,
St. Pio of Pietrelcina,
with the gifts of the Spirit.
You marked his body with the five wounds
of Christ Crucified, as a powerful witness
to the saving Passion and Death of Your Son.
Endowed with the gift of discernment,
St. Pio labored endlessly in the confessional
for the salvation of souls.
With reverence and intense devotion
in the celebration of Mass,
he invited countless men and women
to a greater union with Jesus Christ
in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.

Through the intercession of St. Pio of Pietrelcina,
I confidently beseech You to grant me
the grace of (here state your petition).

Glory be to the Father… (three times). Amen.

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Efficacious Novena To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

(This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked his prayers)

I. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, ask and it will
be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be
opened to you.’ Behold, I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…

Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

II. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, if you ask
anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.’
Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…

Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

III. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, heaven and
earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.’
Encouraged by Your infallible words, I now ask for the grace of…

Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be to the Father…
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have
compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us poor sinners
and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate heart of Mary, Your tender mother and ours.

Hail, Holy Queen… St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

God Bless You Danny

WHY ME ? I Say, Why Not Me? and Saint Pio

13 Friday Mar 2015

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I hope you are enjoying this fine day.

Why ME? This is a frequently asked question that we all ask in this life. My feeling is as I have matured in so many aspects in my life is that I now say WHY NOT ME ? Life is life and things happen randomly good or bad all the time to everyone.

I think that we need to live in the faith and knowledge that we are human and cannot control all things that happen to us. A few years back a wonderful friend of mine was ill with cancer and she told me why not me ? while in conversation with me. She was a very beautiful,bright and Holy women. She was originally from Italy and saint Padre Pio was her confessor. C was  Very devoted to her faith and the Catholic church in so many ways. She was also a healing minister.God used her for great service to his people but more importantly she said yes and gave herself as a witness to his magnificence. She was a Fisher of men.
She was happily married and had 3 wonderful children and grandchildren too. She was another brick in my foundation and helped me to think and feel how I do in this moment of my life. She opened my life up to the story of St.Pio. She made her life account with him personally known and because she shared him with me. I too believe that he is with me and you all through our prayers too.  So, remember to pray to him for assistance. Amen.

Saint Padre Pio  There is so much info about him here . He was Just awesome.

https://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/coverage/index.htm

St. Padre PIO

God Bless You,

Danny

EASTER IS COMING :)

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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On a personal note. Wednesday was my best personal day in 3 years.:)

I got up got ready and went off to see my primary care DR. The drive was great it was so nice out. It was just me,myself and I in the car so I could just drive and think.

I went into the Doctors office and had a great visit and spoke to my Doctor . He is a very nice person as well. And off I went to have a minor repair done on my newly acquired used car. 🙂

My next stop landed me in my father’s home and my dad was vacuuming. He was thrilled to see me and surprised to see me so soon. I had just seen him 3 days ago 🙂  We had a cup of coffee and talked for a while. It was great to be with him as always.

I went home and decided to do some stuff around the kitchen and my phone went off !

I was needed immediately to pick up my daughter from work. I had my first job in nearly 3 years !

So, I flew out and picked her up and because I still felt great I took her to get a few things she wanted at the store. It was my 1st truely normal day.

There is only one reason for my having a day like this. God’s grace and blessing in my life.

Here comes Peter Cottontail. 🙂   for the kiddies

For the older kids 🙂

From 1934 Easter bunny 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMAp54cchQ

God Bless You,

Danny