FAITH The precious jewel of our heart and soul is faith. It is the entity that drives our heart and soul to experience a journey of truth, action that strengthen us to a lively faith and unwavering trust. Our faith is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and His demonstration of faith in the years He was here on earth. Our faith is an action of our belief and the strength there of. The action of our faith is driven in what we believe. We never move in faith on what others believe. Example: Several years ago my friend was talking about his difficulties to me and after he was done sharing I said,” I will pray a rosary for your intentions.” He thought about my words and said “I do not believe in the rosary.” My answer was “I pray the rosary through my faith not your belief” which he understood. One of the missions in this life of ours is to help the suffering. The criteria are simple they are suffering and need help. Our actions stem from our faith, through t...

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 again...