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NOTICE: I am a practicing Catholic Layman, very active and in good-standing with the Diocese of Honolulu, who professes faith and loyalty to the Church. This ministry - my "little work" - is strictly a personal expression of that faith and loyalty, and not an officially recognized ministry by the Diocese.

~ Peter, Ministry Administrator


Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Monthly Messages from the Queen of Peace of Medjugorje: September 2019



Our Lady's Monthly Message to the World on September 25th:
   "Dear children! Today I am calling you to pray for my intentions so that I may help you. Little children, pray the Rosary and meditate the mysteries of the Rosary because, in your life, you are also passing through joys and sorrows. In this way, you are transforming the mysteries into your life, because life is a mystery until you place it into God’s hands. In this way, you will have the experience of faith like Peter who met Jesus and the Holy Spirit filled his heart. Little children, you are also called to witness by living the love with which, day by day, God wraps you with my presence. Therefore, little children, be open and pray with the heart in faith.  Thank you for having responded to my call."

Our Lady's Special Message to Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo on September 2nd:
   "Dear children, pray! Pray the Rosary every day - that wreath of flowers which, as a mother, directly connects me with your pains, sufferings, desires, and hopes. Apostles of my love, I am with you through the grace and the love of my Son, and I am asking for prayers of you. The world is in such need of your prayers for souls to be converted. With complete trust, open your hearts to my Son, and in them He will inscribe the summary of His words - which is love. Live in an unbreakable connection with the Most Sacred Heart of my Son. My children, as a mother, I am telling you that it is high time for you to kneel before my Son to acknowledge Him as your God, the center of your life. Offer gifts to Him - that which He most loves - which is love towards neighbor, mercy, and pure hearts. Apostles of my love, many of my children still do not acknowledge my Son as their God; they have not yet come to know His love. But you, with your prayer pronounced from a pure and open heart, by the gifts which you offer to my Son, will make even the hardest hearts open. Apostles of my love, the strength of prayer pronounced from the heart - a powerful prayer full of love - changes the world. Therefore, my children: pray, pray, pray. I am with you.  Thank you."

Sunday, September 22, 2019

We are not alone: a sign in nature?


"And I will show wonders in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and
fire, and vapour of smoke ..."

- Acts 2:19

God and our Heavenly Mother never cease to amaze - wonders and signs are being given in profusion in our present time!

I snapped this enigmatic photo just after Mass, as I drove away from the church.  It was a another "spiritual serendipity" moment for me, since for clear reasons, it reminded me of Our Lady's maternal presence; that we don't walk our faith-journey alone.  It left me smiling and feeling big-time gratitude.  GOD IS GOOD.


... and this photo seems to accurately fulfill the message below given by our dear Blessed Mother:

Medjugorje Message, August 25, 2003

  "Dear children!  Also today I call you to give thanks to God in your heart for all the graces which He gives you, also through the signs and colors that are in nature.  God wants to draw you closer to Himself and move you to give Him glory and thanks.  Therefore, little children, I call you anew to pray, pray, pray and do not forget that I am with you.  I intercede before God for each of you until your joy in Him is complete.  Thank you for having responded to my call."

Thanks and Praises be to God Almighty!

Thursday, September 19, 2019

2019 Annual St. Lorenzo Ruiz Novena


Happening now - the annual St. Lorenzo Ruiz Novena at my home parish of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Kailua...

 

Please join our Kailua Filipino community in celebrating and honoring the first native Saint of the Philippines through the Holy Rosary, and prayers of petition and healing.  There is also an opportunity to venerate a special "relic-stone" from the actual site of the torture pit in Nagasaki, Japan, where St. Lorenzo suffered martyrdom in 1637 (shown above-right).

The novena's schedule of events is, as follows:

    9-DAY NOVENA
   
 +  Dates:  9/19 (Thursday) to 9/27 (Friday)
 +  Place:  St. Anthony of Padua Day Chapel 
 +  Time:  7:00 PM (refreshments after)

   FEAST DAY POTLUCK CELEBRATION
   
 +  Date:  9/28 (Saturday)
 +  Place:  St. Anthony of Padua Parish Hall
 +  Time:  6:00 PM (after the Vigil Mass)


Some of the parishioners and guests
present on Day 7 of the novena.


Come join us - all are welcome!