Our Lady of Guadalupe…Amnesty BLESSED BIRTHDAY Mama it is with love and joy I send this greeting from my heart. This special day holds extra memories for me. My grandson was baptized on this day and given your name (Ayezeyah Marie) and this is the day I arrived in India for the first time. I chose the painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe to express the unity many have with our sisters and brothers in South America who hold and cherish the love for Our Lord and His Mother. Many are members of our Christian family being of one mind and spirit. Many struggle in poverty, living under repressive governments, enduring many sufferings, hardships making many sacrifices for the vulnerable the elderly and children. Family members disappear or found dead in mass graves. Desperate situations call for desperate decisions. I believe the illegal immigrants (not criminals) who have been here working and providing for their families should be allowed amnesty. What would be the point of uproot...

BLESSED MOTHER TERESA…SAINT 2Kings 2:9 Now it came about when they crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.”  And Elisha said, “Please, let me a double portion of your spirit be upon me.” Mother Teresa was the most unpretentious soul of the suffering.  Her calling came to her a woman with a pure love seeking only to serve Jesus through the suffering, dying, and children.  Her five senses in serving the poor was overridden by the grace she had to see only Jesus.  The magnitude of that grace to see nothing but Jesus as she served was always she was doing it for Him.  It is a deep meditation to understand getting past one’s own knowledge, understanding, values, prejudices, etc. and react and love the suffering because Jesus was in them and she saw Him.  Whomever they were, whatever their faith or not, whatever their lifestyle or weakness concerned her not.  She saw her suffering Savior...

Jubilee Year of Mercy…Second Half The Jubilee Year of Mercy is nearly half over and it is here we should look at how we progressed in our knowledge and understanding of mercy and how our actions are lining up.   When this Jubilee Year of Mercy was proclaimed by Pope Francis hopefully we looked at the word of Our Lord to make the journey in mercy one of joy thus moving our spiritual lives to a new level of knowledge, understanding as the reward of blessings and grace filled our souls.    Mercy being the core gift from Our Lord where all other graces flow finally ending with the free gift of salvation.   In all that we are, all we do and all that separates us from our Lord on a daily basis His mercy waits for us to repent and turn away from our sins.   His mercy is personal not collective in the sense our heart is what He looks at and moves from there.   Even if we believe the same as others or are connected to the good and evil of others ...

Pope francis  Love, Compassion, mercy I love Pope Francis and since day one of his pontificate he sings my songs.  His love of the suffering and deep commitment to their  well-being  unfortunately falls on the deaf ears of all Catholic nations.  It is so easy to come up with excuses why the bob wires and virtual casting out of humanity that are in grave danger.  It is shameful and I for one cannot understand the teachings of Christ being portrayed in this way without the same He has given us.  It is upsetting to me to read the hatred spewed and vengeance.  Why is this for many of us have not experience this kind of suffering with rejection in its highest form.  These refugees did not want to leave their homes, possessions, family life and take a perilous journey to find hope and a new life.   The Holy Father speaks of this situation in many of his homilies however, the majority have turned their backs on this crisis...

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 agai...

WELCOME PAPA FRANCIS TO THE USA…WE LOVE YOU! VIVA PAPA © Linda Mary Liotino ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION 2015 © Watercolor painting by FRANCO JOSEPH…Owned by ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION 2015