MOVING…YUCK I strongly DISLIKE moving and all that entails however, the move is good for us.  We lived in a predominately non-Christian neighborhood where there is only 1.55% Catholics and 2.5% Christians over all of a country of 1.252 billion.  My point being Christian neighbors are very far and few between.  Village life in India which I wanted to experience has been experienced.  The new house has a better floor plan for an aging and cane dependent me.  It has a small compound wall area with a big gate so the dogs have outside play area and I can do some planting and make a small grotto and prayer corner.  The amazing like it is the St. Joseph Cathedral, which is four minutes from us by car.  There is an in progress an amazing DIVINE MERCY Shrine I cannot wait to see it finished it is almost done.  Daily Mass at 6;30 a.m., a 24-hour ADORATION CHAPEL. I already met associate priest Fr. Victor.  A note village churches where we were had irregular and last minute chang

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GOD HAVE MERCY Whenever, there is a photograph and /or an article posted about the suffering especially children we feel something and we say “GOD HAVE MERCY.”   However, we miss the message of Our Lord.  We His Christians are His MERCY.  We are in place we just have to move in the fullness of His grace of MERCY and be MERCIFUL.  MERCY being His grace is our ACTION.  We somehow feel this is His job; well He did His job and we are the product of His efforts. MERCY is blind who receives MERCY there are NO conditions. In the DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET are these words given to us by Jesus through St.  Faustian  …Have MERCY on us and on the WHOLE WORLD.  He did not set a mandate of certain people of the world, qualifications to obtain His MERCY.  Some of us the bearers of His grace of MERCY think we are the judge of this gift of MERCY we are NOT.  Only Our Lord judges NOT us and passes sentence on souls. He calls us to be MERCIFUL. It is only when we can take that bigger than l

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AVE REGINA PACIS This painting came to be when I saw a marble carving and fell in love with it.  Mother spoke to my heart especially with the circumstances of the world where terrorism lurks and the innocent condemn.  This condemnation comes not from Our Lord and not by His mother but from some Christians and others.  I will continue to say this until I die Christ did not die for the selective but for ALL mankind; ALL SINNERS.  Conversion is open to ALL the murder and brutal acts against mankind is not an  unforgivable  sin especially if a heart turns from sin with true contrition.  Our Holy Mother, Queen of Peace prays for us all and for conversions.  Just like Our Lord grieves for the soul lost for He does not wish to lose any, so does His mother grieves and prays for all souls. The innocent of the brutality and murderous acts from terrorism because of religion that has been radicalize and nationality cannot be held accountable or judged by Christians who know be

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ADVENT 2015 Advent is a time of PEACE and HOPE in anticipation of the spiritual wonder of CHRISTMAS.  It is a time to breathe in the beauty of the coming of OUR LORD.  We NEED to take extra quiet time and soak up OUR LORD through prayer and devotion.  The present situation in the world today CROWDS our minds with worries, fears, in occupation of all what ifs.  We have somehow allowed all the adverse activities of the world to take over our lives to the point we are forgetting PEACE and HOPE.  At times we cannot envision PEACE and HOPE for it is lost in terror of the terrorists. If I were to hit home to us we are NOT left abandon.  We have the POWER in CHRIST JESUS.  We are the children of His/ our MOTHER we are PROTECTED.  We need to give ourselves a BREAK from looking at a continual streams of news of the same things over and over again with politicians and governments having no answer on how to fix this.  We should encourage and lift one another’s spirits with po

BUCKET LIST Mercy I made notation to write on Mercy after Pope Francis announced this year starting on December 8, 2015 would be the Jubilee Year of MERCY.  I had seen the movie the Bucket List and thought this would be a great approach for enlighten of MERCY for us all using the traditional Corporal and Spiritual Works of MERCY.  However, like all blogs I pray and mull its direction over with Our Lord and He changed it.  The growing fears, prejudices, and decisions being made influenced by media and worldly views is  muddying  the waters of the teachings of Christ.   First and foremost we are CHRISTIANS and espouse the word of Jesus Christ.  There is no fear in this deep spiritual relationship with Him.  He told us to take up our cross and follow Him and that road is treacherous to say the least especially in times such as these.  We cannot or should not put conditions on MERCY because of our feeling that goes against love of  neighbor /love of enemies.  When Our Lord

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MORAL HIGH GROUND Do we stand on a MORAL HIGH GROUND the answer is a resounding…YES!  We are CHRISTIANS and we have this MORAL HIGH  GROUND  mentality that DOES NOT QUIT.  It JUDGES without MERCY for we lump everyone in the same culture as EVIL with those who are EVIL.  We have done this throughout the history of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  Every immigrant that dare to seek FREEDOM in coming to America have been discriminated against and NOT welcomed here such as the Italians, Irish, and Polish to name a few Europeans.  The Japanese BORN Americans were in concentration camps in the LAND OF FREEDOM because of lumping them with the evil attack on Pearl Harbor. Then there is the modern day condemnation of those from SOUTH AMERICA.  Let us NOT speak of the AFRICAN AMERICANS dragged over here treated less than an animal and suppressed by WHITE CHRISTIAN hate groups, given no rights they were NOT considered HUMAN  and  told by state governments they cannot have the same freed

MONSOON 2015 TAMIL NADU My Life in India Praise God the Monsoon finally rested upon Tamil Nadu, India.  It has been a long drought which caused all rivers, lakes, ponds, and brooks to literally dry up and become pasture land for livestock.  Then there was the stealing of the sand from the riverbeds for the corrupt “Sand Mafia” while lining the pockets of many who look the other way.  The drought chased away the bird migration to the sanctuaries making them close down for over a year.  The water began reseeding in 2012 with full drought in play by the beginning of 2014 to present day.  I made a conscience commitment to pray for the end of the drought at the beginning of 2015 daily and for every drop of water that fell from the heavens I PRAISED GOD even if the rain lasted for a few minutes.  I prayed prayers of thanksgiving.  I will admit I was disappointed in the long wait between rains and the lengths but I was not giving up for I trust Our Lord was hearing my praye

  CYCLONE 2015 TAMIL NADU My life in India 11/10/15 November 9, 2015 was the day a Cyclone hit Tamil Nadu, India leaving us without power for 16+ hours.  The winds knocked several large trees and we were not spared.  Fortunately for us there was no damage leaving us the tedious job of removing it from the outside courtyard. We spent most of the day taking photographs from the front porch.   The photograph is of me and my German Shepard, Emmanuel  under  the fallen tree.   MY COMMENTARY:  I have spent a number of blogs recently on intolerance, social justice, persecution and the like coming out of India.  I am believer that it is not likely the common man/ citizens of any country that is the problem but very often governments.  Just as adamant as I was/ am about the circumstances in India I am same the same way with the problems in the USA.  The way I write here is with the same heart I tackle my own countries injustice and others as well for they all come

INFANT CHILD JESUS I have always wanted a statue of the INFANT CHILD JESUS and I am on search for the one I saw in a gift shop some twenty years back.  When I saw the statue I wanted it was about 18 inches high with the most amazing red colored layered dress  exquisitely  made with precious stones.  It just took my breath away however, at that time so did the price over 100$.  I would go to the shop and buy other things keeping an eye on my statue (that I was saving to buy) making sure it was still in the shop. One day while driving home I saw the shop window was bare and shop vacated.  I cannot tell you how sad and heartbroken I was.  To this day I keep searching but in the meantime I bought a small ceramic statue. My friend Franco was trying to come up with a subject he wanted to draw but to no avail.  I suggested he draw me the INFANT CHILD JESUS and he did.  Although it is not a statue it is the best and most beautiful drawing.  I am so bless to have such a t

SEDITION/PROTESTS This blog is written purely from COMMON SENSE.  I read some writings on sedition in general and from the angle of India and if you want to explore these writings they are found on the web. There are better authorities on this subject than me. When I read that a minstrel (from South India) wrote a song about his thoughts and dissatisfaction with the government of his state including the CM and at 2 a.m. was taken from his home and charged with sedition.  SEDITION???? In a Democratic Country???? My words was “You got to be kidding.” I went on to state to my friend SEDITION!  I who live in the oldest Democratic Country, USA with all the protest, verbal discontent, marches, and the like, 80% of the country would be imprisoned serving big time sentences.  I could NOT wrap my mind around how a Democratic Country the largest in the world touted around the world from the Prime Minister to other governments referral of India is working a two oxymoron fronts SED

WHAT DO YOU THINK…FREEDOM? The statement about FREEDOM is not an absolute in all things is very true used in the right context.  However, when one tries to stretch this to cover personal beliefs, religious for sure then FREEDOM becomes a moot point.  Let me try to educate the educated who try to bully the common man to accept things that infringe on their FREEDOM.  Many so called FREEDOMS are not freedoms such as one cannot kill, threaten, bully, discriminate, force views, threaten the FREEDOMS of others, break secular laws and the list goes on.  However, no one but no one can FORCE their religious views on anyone else.  It is one’s FREEDOM to accept or reject their religion, convert to another or not. The “COW” BELIEF OF  DEITY  is the belief held dear to the Hindu Religion but NOT at the expense of another’s belief it is not.  Murder, bullying, false accusations as a warring excuse to rule the minds of the common man in a society is oppression and suppression a

BLESSINGS FROM POONDI Last week end I spent two days at my favorite retreat OUR LADY OF LOURDES BASILICA POONDI, South India and like every time I go there I experience a presence of God that surpasses all understanding with a grace, miracle and or blessing.  This time I was used as an instrument of God; this is what happen: When I arrived at basilica I went to my room and outside the door of the next room was a man whose leg was bandaged up from the knee to his toes.  His face was all cut up actually he looked a mess.  I smiled at him but he just looked at me and so I went in my room.  The next day while sitting in my room with the door open a young women said hello and I invited her in.  She spoke a little English and my friend interpreted the rest for her and me.  She was the wife of the man next store and she told the story of what happen to him.  He was in a bad bike accident which caused the muscle in his calf of his leg to be crushed.  The doctors had to use the

INTOLERANCE /DEMOCRACY The path of the destruction of Democracy in India boils down to one thing POWER and WANTING to be the POWER of the WORLD, it will NOT HAPPEN.  The reason is simple a government CANNOT rule with an IRON FIST of INTOLERANCE.  A government CANNOT successfully plow down the COMMON MAN to satisfy this hunger of POWER.  Humanity has its RIGHTS and one is freedom of religion.  Has the scholarly government  OFFICIALS  so they say have NOT read or live through the COMMUNISTS go at this, HITLER’S big try, FASCISM’S hope as well as ancient cultures.  We now have our WORLD TERRORISTS currently vying for the ultimate POWER, the WORLD?  INDIA has a long way to go before it sees a remnant of being taken seriously because simply it CANNOT govern its own country as a DEMOCRATIC FREE SOCIETY where ALL are EQUAL. The BJP came into power with GUNS BLAZING and now has to contend with the undertows of citizens of INDIA understanding SOMETHING is wrong.  The party they v

MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity Sister Mary Prema decided not to continue the adoption services because of the new Indian government guidelines.  These guidelines go against the belief, children up for adoption should be adopted by married couples’ a father and mother if you will.  There is also the picking of a child from a group of six when the applications online is presented.  Sister Mary Prema believes that a child born is not known as should a child adopted.  The Missionaries of Charity is run by the guidelines set forth by its foundress Mother Teresa, which in their view will not be changed.  It is suggested by an India moderator on NDTV show THE BUCK STOPS HERE that the Missionaries of Charity views should change with the times.  The moderator worked hard at trying to cause a ruckus towards the sisters with her guest however, the guest being often of a different opinion of the sisters spoke with respect.  All agreed and fin

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI The world is in turmoil on many fronts and the suffering seems endless.  The poor, marginalized, vulnerable, helpless, unborn, children and the like are victims of abuse, hatred, governmental red tape, war, environmental concerns, and the like.  Many are not given their humanitarian rights, freedom of expression and or religion.  They are pushed around seen as a non-entity and live in poverty.  The help given keeps many pushed down and those in refugee camps are there for generations to come without hope at the merciless hearts of others.  Babies are being born in some of these camps such as the ones in Turkey whom are not given documents such as a birth certificate.  They are babies without a country or proof they were ever born.  However, in the horror of this surly brief example of what is going on there are the people of God who keep the plight of the forgotten alive and those who serve them.  Many work against all odds and conditions serve God as