I have always felt guilty because I have a hard time praying the rosary. I am so easily distracted during the rosary….I don’t know why, but I have always been that way. It must be my personality. I find my mind wandering so often, and I feel like I have never prayed a really “good” [...]
For Discernment: A Chat with my Dead Father
July 26, 2010 5:30 am We were seating on a dining table eating Filipino food at an unknown place. My oldest sister Ritz was on my left side. We were talking to each other. When I looked at her, my father was sitting in between us. I did not recognize him immediately because he looked [...]
How you can be a prayer warrior through your suffering
“I’m having more surgery tomorrow… an ablation in my hip, since my cancer makes me not a candiate for a replacement or a fusion. I am ever so worried about it, because it’s the best they can do under the circumstances, but it’s not always effective. I just don’t have the stamina to go through [...]
Treating the Divorced in our Midst
One must be filled with grace in order to comprehend the sacrifices required by God so we can reach holiness and be one with Him. God gives us tribulations re: spouse, or children, parents ( to what and how God thinks He can reveal Himself to us). No one wants to have a difficult marriage, no [...]
How to End Your Day
I have to share you this. The past few days, my husband and I are beset with complaining, negative feelings, resentments from our 12 year old boy. We think it has something to do with his puberty hormones. There were days that he really got into my nerves that I just have to react to [...]
You can be part of 2010 March for Life. See how…
Heavenly Father, in Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless little ones to whom You have given the gift of life. Touch with pity the hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of motherhood. Help them to see that the child they carry [...]
Does praying for someone actually works?
I belong to a Catholic discussion group for large families (magnum-opus@yahoogroups.com). Our goals are to support each other in raising our many children to become Saints. We chat daily through an email notification system. If I have a problem with my children, I let them know and they intercede for me. Intercession, is praying on [...]
