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<h1>Daily Thoughts</h1>
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<p>A daily thought is a gift from our spiritual guide that we share with you, with the same affection with which she transmitted them.</p>
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<h2>Thoughts &#8211; October</h2>
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<p><strong>October 1<sup>st</sup>    </strong><br />
Love is the prime base of our lives, and if we love we will be loved in return, and whoever does not respond to this grace, sooner or later will awaken, and will be able to give the best of his heart.</p>
<p><strong>October 2<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>All of us, absolutely all of us have been called to gather at the site of the apparition, and there is nothing left to do but faithfully answer the call of a Mother who wishes to renew us, prepare us, and reinforce the Holy Church that is the rock and foundation from the origin of a perfect God when He created the world of God and man.</p>
<p><strong>October 3<sup>rd<br />
</sup></strong>I am or I am not.</p>
<p><strong>October 4<sup>th<br />
</sup></strong>To live right is to safeguard oneself in the light.</p>
<p><strong>October 5<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>There are enemies, especially pride, haughtiness, vanity, distrust and turning back when one is reaching the point one has to step; to come to a gathering with all divided brothers.</p>
<p><strong>October 6<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>These are the greatest moments in the history of mankind, because there are so many people seeking the Lord, seeking the truth.</p>
<p><strong>October 7<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must live an authentic Christian life… giving ourselves to others; we cannot live selfishly, thinking only in me, in me, in me; no.</p>
<p><strong>October 8<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Things must be done right, never half way done.</p>
<p><strong>October 9<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us live an honest, free and worthy life.</p>
<p><strong>October 10<sup>th</sup> <sup> </sup><br />
</strong>Pulchritude is the spotlessness of the body and soul. Without pulchritude we cannot reaffirm our steps, it is one of the most important things… pulchritude in our minds, in the way we dress, in the steps we make.</p>
<p><strong>October 11<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Lord wishes us to be pure, to renew our souls; He wishes we may have a great heart so He can abide there forever.</p>
<p><strong>October 12<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>With a thought of love of God, of surrendering… you are surrendering your life, and surrendering the life of your family to the Lord, in order to help, protect, defend, and guide  them; firmly settling your steps.</p>
<p><strong>October 13<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>One can do spiritual exercises with small groups, not too big; one group today, another one tomorrow.</p>
<p><strong>October 14<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>When a mind is open to the grace of the Holy Spirit and there is sufficient will power, evil cannot make way into the body because the soul has already been freed.</p>
<p><strong>October 15<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>I wish that the conviction that the Gospel of the Lord manifests itself through the grace may enrapture you.</p>
<p><strong>October 16<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Parents, keep your children close to you, help them. We have to follow them, do not leave them in the hands of anyone else, and stay close to see what ideas they have, who they are with. Follow them with moderation and simpleness so they do not feel scared of us.</p>
<p><strong>October 17<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We all need spiritual nourishment, because our spirit is what supports us to do our deeds.</p>
<p><strong>October 18<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>These times are serious times because worldwide circumstances truly are tense, and we need much prayer, meditation, penance and the Eucharist.</p>
<p><strong>October 19<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Humility, humility, humility… this is the greatest word… humility. With humility the Lord grants us all we need, everything, everything, everything.</p>
<p><strong>October 20<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>When they say, “The Church”, I say: No, it is the Mother Church because she supports us, gives us energy, trust, serenity, light, and teaches us the details of life, the small painter strokes that make us see things clearer.</p>
<p><strong>October 21<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>Jesus is our Master, he taught the apostles who were his disciples, and today he comes to us, again in these times He is offering us bread and wine which are his Body and Blood in the Eucharist.</p>
<p><strong>October 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>You live here and I live there, thus we have communication media to understand each other and live the rules Jesus proposed to his disciples, which were: a commitment of love, unity, and of daily lived faith.</p>
<p><strong>October 23<sup>rd</sup><br />
</strong>Prayer is the support of all Christians.</p>
<p><strong>October 24<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Prayer is the base to secure our faith and our Christian condition.</p>
<p><strong>October 25<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The sacrifice of Mass is the greatest thing on earth, the love of loves.</p>
<p><strong>October 26<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Mother Mary is holding the roundness of the world with her humility, purity, comprehension, and with her motherly Heart.</p>
<p><strong>October 27<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We have to unite to save the world with our prayer, our plea, our sacrifice, surrendering to all in the midst of society, of the people, of the poorest; all of us united.</p>
<p><strong>October 28<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>You must develop great apostolic zeal for the wellbeing of human society, giving all of yourselves, the loving flame for Jesus.</p>
<p><strong>October 29<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We have to give what we have inside, the skills God has given us for different motivations.</p>
<p><strong>October 30<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>He who does not know, must be taught.</p>
<p><strong>October 31<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>The immense heaven of my Lord is ready to teach us. Have heaven in mind to prevent evil thoughts, weaknesses; nothing can touch you, evil cannot even slightly touch you.</p>
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<h2>Thoughts &#8211; September</h2>
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<p><strong>September 1<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>The force of loving rebuilds the heart of those who feel their Lord.</p>
<p><strong>September </strong><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><br />
We have to open our wings, opening new paths, so everyone may receive the grace, and we may live honestly and worthily pleasing the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>September 3<sup>rd</sup><br />
</strong>One has to be responsible of the acts one performs, not of what others think.</p>
<p><strong>September 4<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We have to remain clear in our task of being mindful, in order to truly live the Gospel as Jesus taught us.</p>
<p><strong>September 5<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
I like to think about the beautiful things in life, but sometimes we have to be mindful and look at what we do not want to see, because it is in front of us.</p>
<p><strong>September 6<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We need the will power and the capacity to work with righteousness; when you have an exact conscience of your duties, you dare not to offend God.</p>
<p><strong>September 7<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
There are things that are happening in the world, things that stir and make us nervous. Do not believe in these things. As Catholics we have to have one path, and this path leads us to the Church, and the Church teaches us to share with everyone and to live the Gospel.</p>
<p><strong>September 8<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We have to see the good things in people.</p>
<p><strong>September 9<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We cannot live in fear; we have to think that God is mercy and infinite kindness.</p>
<p><strong>September 10<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Be righteous, in order to attain perfect beauty living in harmony.</p>
<p><strong>September 11<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must always be busy in useful things, because we think about our problems too much and we go like crazy.</p>
<p><strong>September 12<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
What people want is to know about their future,; well, it is human, but it is not this… education is my concern, to form the person for the Mother Church whom we have to serve. Not only the priests have the right, now we the lay people have the right too.</p>
<p><strong>September 13<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
When we long to be with the Master, we must pray and be silent.</p>
<p><strong>September 14<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Holy Spirit blows over everyone, better yet, it blows as long as we invoke Him with Christian docility, the docility of a person who loves and feels his Lord, and wishes for his brothers to receive the grace although we are nothing… it does not matter, but it is your will, your desire that others may receive the grace, strength, motivation, and the desire to work to give glory to God.</p>
<p><strong>September 15<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We have to live the Gospel everywhere. We do not have to hide, no. The Lord is asking us to run, not to hide; to go before the people: the rich, the powerful, the government, the poor, the sick, the innocent; before everyone, but in silence.</p>
<p><strong>September 16<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We cannot scold a child every moment. We must reprimand them, but not harshly, but rather trying to calm them, sharing with them, so they can speak and say what they feel, developing in their hearts the commitment of always saying the truth to their parents.</p>
<p><strong>September 17<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The source of life is the hope of complying with our duty, performing with simpleness, in order to stimulate our hearts by loving and by being loved in return.</p>
<p><strong>September 18<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The world awaits a difficult time, and we have to improve the environment with our prayers to halt wars.</p>
<p><strong>September 19<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Humility is the prime base for a human being to win many people.</p>
<p><strong>September 20<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Our Church is the Church where the Lord put his firm and deep foundations, so we could all lean on her. Let us defend this Church.</p>
<p><strong>September 21<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>It is Jesus who lives among us; perhaps we do not see Him, but we feel Him in our hearts. He loves all of his children, He loves the little innocent ones, He loves the virgins, He loves family mothers, He loves family fathers, He loves the youth.</p>
<p><strong>September 22<sup>nd</sup> </strong><br />
The true joy of a human being is the nourishment of Christ, it is the force that assesses our faith, that helps us be firm and constant in our daily chores renewing us, strengthening us and teaching us to be fair at all times in life.</p>
<p><strong>September 23</strong><strong><sup>rd</sup></strong><br />
We truly are going to need teams of many holy souls, souls that surrender to prayer, meditation, penance, and to the Eucharist. We must meditate upon this issue very much.</p>
<p><strong>September 24<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Prayer is the positive force that reaffirms the faith of the people.</p>
<p><strong>September 25<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Eucharist is our nourishment, our prime base in life. I invite you to receive it everyday if possible, because it is the living bread of heaven, and it is the food that keeps our soul fresh, the heart full of love, tenderness, dreams, and our mind open to the grace of the Holy Spirit.</p>
<p><strong>September 26</strong><strong><sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Cover yourselves with the mantle of Mary Reconciler of People so you may be saved.</p>
<p><strong>September 27<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We have to prepare ourselves in the world as columns of light; a column because no one knows who you are, but you are giving your contribution, because of your intention to save, to reach the hearts, to touch the souls, and minds so they may have the capacity of acknowledging themselves with their weaknesses and strengths too, so they may begin to stand, pondering on kindness, comprehension, loyalty to the Church, and love of Jesus Christ.</p>
<p><strong>September 28<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Remember this, to serve constantly without complaining that we have been bothered. ¡O!, they are bothering me, no… a glance, a holding of hands, a kiss, something, something, always give something… a medal, a prayer, a rosary…</p>
<p><strong>September 29<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us make a great construction, the construction of a new mankind that beats, feels its brother, and is able to thrust itself into space to touch the stars, immediately land, and then slightly touch the waters giving light from the immensity of a shinning sun.</p>
<p><strong>September 30<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
I have offered my life to the Church, priests, religious ones, the Pope; my life to them and to the People of God, of course, but for the first because they left it all behind.</p>
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<h2>Thoughts &#8211; August</h2>
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<p><strong>August 1<sup>st</sup> </strong></p>
<p>Forgive each person who has offended you. Forget it all. Everything is behind you. Now, you are going to fight and defeat difficulties as new people.</p>
<p><strong>August 2<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>Where you work, regardless of your job, it is your job, and you must respect and love all the people who have given you work, despite the fact they may be selfish. This does not matter, forgive, forgive everyone. So, then, in simple words let us all love each other and respect each other.</p>
<p><strong>August 3<sup>rd<br />
</sup></strong>Everyday we have to learn a little bit more of how to share and how to live the Gospel.</p>
<p><strong>August 4<sup>th<br />
</sup></strong>Endurance and go on. Some of us have to bear more than others. This is the reason why we have to be decided, and blessed be the Lord there are people who are decided, strong, constant, and with the enough courage to bear, overcome, and overcome themselves. This is what is important, to overcome oneself.</p>
<p><strong>August 5<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>God lives in each one of us; because this is his great moment of calling mankind, for his Mother is leading the barge as Captainess of the World.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>August 6<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The time for social communities, spiritual communities will come.</p>
<p><strong>August 7<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The time of times is coming and Jesus will make Himself felt all of a sudden. Where, when, how? These are the designs of God, but the hour is coming and we all must rehabilitate ourselves and truly live the Gospel, trustfully waiting, knowing that He is the Redeemer of the World who has come to save us again, so we may not perish in the midst of the darkness of the world.</p>
<p><strong>August 8<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We are children of light, we are People of God.</p>
<p><strong>August 9<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>It is the time of the People of God, so they may stand working with mindful charity that with love we will achieve it all; if we are loved or not, it does not matter, we are going to work living the Gospel, loving one another, bearing each other, and strengthening our lives by means of the Eucharist.</p>
<p><strong>August 10<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We are in times of reconciliation. The great moment of reconciliation is coming.</p>
<p><strong>August 11<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us love everyone, let us love our divided brothers too. Let us love and respect all the faiths of the world, and not scorn anyone.</p>
<p><strong>August 12<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We have to respect people and their positions, each one in their place, each one where God has placed them to develop a task of brotherly unity, of a coming together in a holding of hands.</p>
<p><strong>August 13<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Our pastors, our priests temple our spirit so we may contemplate the merciful love of Jesus, Jesus in the Eucharist, to truly live a worthy and simple life according to his doctrine.</p>
<p><strong>August 14<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Priests are the representatives of Jesus Christ on earth, and we must love them with much humility.</p>
<p><strong>August 15<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Silence and prayer for each soul, for each heart that we see, for each person with an intention, for each person in need.</p>
<p><strong>August 16<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Our Holy Father the Pope, John Paul II, the great, with a beautiful soul, with a childlike open heart, and a mind open to the grace of the Holy Spirit has come to enlighten the world in these times of spiritual depression.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>August 17<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>From the see of Saint Peter, the Pope goes out giving his message of love, and then returns to the Vatican to continue studying. He is tireless; he always has his book open. The Lord enlightens him and strengthens his back.</p>
<p><strong>August 18<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Human condition is weak and frail, but when it considers that the doctrine of the Son of God is its hope, this man renews himself because he receives the spark, and this spark fully enters into the mind of man, and with it he can see through the eyes of the Lord coming to know who he has by his side.</p>
<p><strong>August 19<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us be useful serving our mother the Church, because the Church knows how to answer.</p>
<p><strong>August 20<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Lord loves us very much and he has taken us into consideration.</p>
<p><strong>August 21<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>Let us be fair, reflective and mindful in order to live soundly with the Lord of lords, who enters into our homes giving us his holy blessing every morning.</p>
<p><strong>August 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>Prayer is the constructive force of man, a thought… it is the thought of God in all of his children, a thought which is reflected in each one of our souls, our hearts every single day.</p>
<p><strong>August 23<sup>rd</sup><br />
</strong>Rise and listen to the canticle from the choir of angels and the sweet melody of a prisoner of love, Jesus on all the altars of the Churches of the world continues waiting for us. The Lord is waiting for us to receive Him.</p>
<p><strong>August 24<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Few are the lives that surrender to the task of Our Mother accompanying her, respecting her, appreciating her.</p>
<p><strong>August 25<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>I love all the apparitions of my Mother… my Blessed Mother, my Mother of Lourdes, my Mother Reconciler of People, my Mother of Fatima. I love her under all of her titles – in Medjugorje – every where. My Lady and Mother, I wish everyone would love you, feel you, and invoke you with much humility and serenity.</p>
<p><strong>August 26<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must unite with each other, help each other, soothe our burden, and the burden of the brothers who come to us.</p>
<p><strong>August 27<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must give. Never leave anyone empty handed… give, give, give. Do not let them leave with nothing; give them a word of consolation. There are so many souls in need of a word, of something to look forward to.</p>
<p><strong>August 28<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>To serve and not to be served.</p>
<p><strong>August 29<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The softness of the breeze softens my heart, preparing my soul to speak with the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>August 30<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>An apostle is obedient to the Lord in a constant service of giving of himself in love.</p>
<p><strong>August 31<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>The Lord is perfect, his work is perfect. The work of the Lord is raised by perfection. We are poor and weak, but when He grants us good will to do things He calls us to reflect, He gives us a motive, He guides us, and helps us to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit with the gift of understanding to truly understand what God wants from us, what we are good for, and is it that we must do.</p>
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<h2>Thoughts &#8211; July</h2>
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<p><strong>July 1<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
The love of Jesus is so vast that He still is waiting for us in the tabernacle.</p>
<p><strong>July </strong><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><br />
Let us lead an authentic life, a life full of concepts that urge us to answer the good news of the love of God.</p>
<p><strong>July 3<sup>rd</sup></strong><br />
Betania is a place to improve our inner life, to improve our true life, and transform it into a life that makes us feel all united.</p>
<p><strong>July 4<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
This is the time of the awakening of all consciences.</p>
<p><strong>July 5<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We come to know a person when we live with that person.</p>
<p><strong>July 6<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us give a mortal leap.</p>
<p><strong>July 7<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We all have to learn how to live a better life. We have to improve everyday, improve our human frailty so our will power may grow stronger and energetic by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit, in order to cling to the Lord and to his Mother.</p>
<p><strong>July 8<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Our development must be a daily one, and our desire for spiritual overcoming must be intense. Yes, because if we overcome all the small things of our daily life, we will be able to give of ourselves the best, which is the capacity with which Jesus is teaching us.</p>
<p><strong>July 9<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
God is the greatest among all the great ones.</p>
<p><strong>July 10<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
It is important to come to these Marian gatherings of our mother the Church and Jesus Christ, to once again live and feel his presence among us, calling us to a spontaneous and natural spiritual growth, and leading us to the great truth of the commandments of the Law of God where the life of all Christians is summarized.</p>
<p><strong>July 11<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
There are methods, each one has their own. I love Saint Ignatius of Loyola very much, his spiritual exercises are fruitful, great; righteousness is the rule – that is to say – an exact conscience of our duties that is love and fidelity to the Church.</p>
<p><strong>July 12<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
For men to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, they truly have to come to a complete knowledge of themselves, and cleanse all that may harm them.</p>
<p><strong>July 13<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us pray to the Holy Spirit for the gift of understanding so it may open our mind helping us truly to discern what the Lord wants from us.</p>
<p><strong>July 14<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Evangelization, self-donation, this is what the Lord is asking from us.</p>
<p><strong>July 15<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
When we get married, one has to live with our husband and plan everything with him. We have to converge in ideas in order to overcome the trials of life, getting right what is truly convenient.</p>
<p><strong>July 16<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must unite in order to prevent war. What do we – the Catholics – have to do? We have to live the Gospel, especially help one another grow spiritually in family, and intone a canticle of love and thanksgiving to the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>July 17<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us think about our families and children. Let us think about You, Lord, as the only solution to our weaknesses and frailties, Who encourages us to continue with the battle… it is a battle of love, a battle of the exact conscience of our duties.</p>
<p><strong>July 18<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The basis to communicate with Jesus is humility.</p>
<p><strong>July 19<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us be useful serving our Mother the Church, because the Church knows how to answer.</p>
<p><strong>July 20<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Lord is with me because He is watching over me, He is my Father.</p>
<p><strong>July 21<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
I want to be very fair. I would not mind loosing my life in the name of justice so men can react.</p>
<p><strong>July 22<sup>nd</sup> </strong><br />
To pray in group reaffirms the trust of the son who is waiting.</p>
<p><strong>July 23<sup>rd</sup> </strong><br />
Penance reestablishes order in the human organism; strengthens the heart; gives light and intelligence to the mind; grants peace; gives security, energy, and supernatural life.</p>
<p><strong>July 24<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must think about the greatness of the love of Jesus Who continues giving of Himself, and is waiting for all of us in all the tabernacles of the world. Everyone must receive Him, do not stop receiving my Lord. He is nourishment, fire, flame, and new life.</p>
<p><strong>July 25<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is with us. She has stayed with us to this day since we were baptized, Mary Virgin and Mother Reconciler of all People and Nations.</p>
<p><strong>July 26<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us raise our voices, because perhaps those who are in slumber may awaken.</p>
<p><strong>July 27<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We are here to serve one another, praying and teaching the Gospel. Some of us are good for some things and others for other things, but we are useful and this is what is important. We all need each other.</p>
<p><strong>July 28<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Age and life have taught me that we must stand firmly as soldiers, because we do not know when God needs us to perform. He gives us tasks and we must understand what He wants.</p>
<p><strong>July 29<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Nature suffers: rain, strong snows, and cyclones. These are natural manifestations of nature. We cannot say: “These are chastisements”, no.</p>
<p><strong>July 30<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must practice obedience by all means. Obedience is strength for the weak, and hope for those who have a hardened heart.</p>
<p><strong>July 31<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
Let us put ourselves in the hands of Jesus. And if it is the will of God for us to be healed, the healing will take place to give glory to God, for the well-being of our souls, and for the salvation of the whole world.</p>
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<h2>June Thoughts</h2>
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<p><strong>June 1<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus gave his life, and man continues to deny Him, and continues forgetting his commandments.</p>
<p><strong>June 2<sup>nd</sup></strong><br />
To follow the model Jesus left us, helps us live th e Gospel.</p>
<p><strong>June 3<sup>rd</sup> </strong><br />
My initiation is my identification with  the Divine Master. I am identified with  the Master.</p>
<p><strong>June 4<sup>th </sup> </strong><br />
My relief is in the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>June 5<sup>th </sup> </strong><br />
Jesus is light for my mind and fortitude to my soul.</p>
<p><strong>June 6<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
I also speak about the Sun of Justice. It is the sun of truth ; once again it is the sun of the love of Jesus Christ, the blessed sun that has come to enlighten us, and to refresh our memory. To think how much He suffered and how much He still continues to suffer, because man truly does not want to enter into an order of ideas of conversion.</p>
<p><strong>June 7<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Son of God is the greatest, no one is going to replace Him, no one else can carry upon his shoulders the weightiness of mankind.</p>
<p><strong>June 8<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus was so grand, pure, so cleansed that He gave Himself to the crowds; he would not waste a day, all of his days were devoted to the People of God.</p>
<p><strong>June 9<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Seek the Lord in your hearts with  deeds of love.</p>
<p><strong>June 10<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
To enkindle the flame of your heart is to find Jesus Christ in a brotherly and friendly embrace, in which your hands will be united with  His and with  the hands of your brothers.</p>
<p><strong>June 11<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus lives among us, perhaps we do not see Him, but we feel his presence.</p>
<p><strong>June 12<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Let us say: I am nothing, what I am is because of You, Lord. I surrender it all.</p>
<p><strong>June 13<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Moses received the commandments of the Law of God. But who else was able to fulfill them but Jesus Christ?</p>
<p><strong>June 14<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus is locked in the tabernacle waiting for us. There we can talk to Him and tell Him how much we need Him and how much we want to change and improve our inner life, in order to serve Him, love Him and make Him be acknowledged by all of his children.</p>
<p><strong>June 15<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
There will always be someone to say, “they are mad.” But that does not matter, Jesus was the most beautiful madman and the most splendid one of the world. His madness of love was to save us. And what else can we do, in these times, but to be just as mad loving Him and feeling Him with  his Mother, who has come to bring us together to save us?</p>
<p><strong>June 16<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Such unmatched beauty when the voice of Jesus spoke, “I am thirsty.” He meant that He thirsted for souls. And Jesus continues to have that unquenched thirst on the Cross, because He truly wants to meet us just the way we live.</p>
<p><strong>June 17<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus comes again in these times to prove to us that He is palpable and is there in the Eucharist. With  his open Heart, He has come to enlighten man, to make him mindful, and to restore his lost joy due to so much grief that he has undergone.</p>
<p><strong>June 18<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Lord is my love, and this love gives me wings to fly to heaven.</p>
<p><strong>June 19<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The love of Jesus is so grand that he wishes to let Himself be crucified again in order to save this century that is dying; to make Himself felt in all the hearts, so love, the living faith  of each day, and constant charity serving those who need us can take place.</p>
<p><strong>June 20<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus calls us all to withdraw into prayer, so we may grow foundations in our evangelic doctrine, which will help us in the future to undertake the path  of evangelization.</p>
<p><strong>June 21<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
This is one of the most beautiful things, the greatest of all devotions: the Hour of Adoration to Jesus in the Eucharist. I beg you, do the Eucharistic thursdays. Father Pio taught us that it is difficult for a Eucharistic soul to go astray; they will never do so because Jesus will be sharing with  them continuously… Host souls.</p>
<p><strong>June 22<sup>nd</sup> </strong><br />
I long for an immense blue sky to open, so the luminous rays of Jesus like the sun of truth  and justice may penetrate in all the consciences of men, so they may all raise living the Gospel.</p>
<p><strong>June 23<sup>rd</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus was wise, powerful, great – the greatest Master of all times and of all eras. – However, his humility and obedience took Him to the Cross to save us all.</p>
<p><strong>June 24<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus was born, He grew, He was the Master of masters, his apostles followed him, and then, He surrendered his life to those Pharisees who knew nothing about love or fear of God.</p>
<p><strong>June 25<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must wait trusting that there will be a gathering with  the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>June 26<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We must reaffirm our trust in the Heart of Jesus.</p>
<p><strong>June 27<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus loves us so much, that if we could understand such a great secret, all men would lay their heads on the floor to thank Him.</p>
<p><strong>June 28<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Jesus came to give us the hope of living the Gospel and to teach us, to call us, and to look for us. And He made use of his twelve apostles who followed Him faith fully, honestly, worthy of his appreciation and esteem – perhaps some were weak – but others followed his steps.</p>
<p><strong>June 29<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Lord makes Himself felt, He is crying out with  desperation, because man is not heeding the call.</p>
<p><strong>June 30<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The soft loving yoke of Jesus helps us look up to heaven.</p>
<h2>May Thoughts</h2>
<p><strong>May 1<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
It is Mary who has come to save us. Mary is the barge, the holy barge that wants to pick us up to carry out the great miracle of the multiplication, as her Divine Son did.</p>
<p><strong>May 2<sup>nd</sup></strong><br />
Mary continues to be so beautiful! She sweetens each hour of our days, she makes us cling to her motherly Heart, in order to softly sweeten it, and to soothe the burden we carry upon our shoulders!</p>
<p><strong>May 3<sup>rd</sup></strong><br />
My Mother Mary is for everyone, my Mother is so humble, generous and compassionate with her children that she wants to gather us all. This is why, she has come to reconcile us, to unite us; so we may love, bear, and help one another, and live in her Heart appraising the faith of our brothers.</p>
<p><strong>May 4<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is the Mother of God whom we have to follow, so we may receive her counsel, and above all, so we may follow her steps as Mary of Nazareth, the humble wild violet, the white rose of the gardens in heaven.</p>
<p><strong>May 5<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary, she is the flower of Mount Carmel, the star of the morning, the light of our souls, the balance of our thoughts. A lively light springs forth from her Heart to touch ours, and give us the grace to feel her in all our daily acts in life.</p>
<p><strong>May 6<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The presence of Mary appraises the faith of man.</p>
<p><strong>May 7<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary comes to reconcile us, to teach us how to live the Gospel, and to give us the best of her smiles to soothe our souls, prepare our spirits, and fertilized the good grape vine plant in each one of us.</p>
<p><strong>May 8<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is one same Mother under different titles.</p>
<p><strong>May 9<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We have to trust in Mary, in that Mother, so she may lead us.</p>
<p><strong>May 10<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Pray to the Immaculate Heart of Mary… I love all of her titles, but the Heart of Mary is so sweet, soft, tender and generous that there are not enough words to truly acclaim her divine protection.</p>
<p><strong>May 11<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
When we feel Our Heavenly Mother, our impulse is to fall on our knees and ask her for much humility and patience.</p>
<p><strong>May 12<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is so humble that she is concerned with the details of each person, of each human being who invokes her, calls her, of each person who receives her Son in their heart, and lives in peace and in harmony with their family.</p>
<p><strong>May 13<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The love of Our Mother Mary is the hope of her children, so they may follow the steps of her Son.</p>
<p><strong>May 14<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is pure, she is the only pure woman of the world, she is the only one who has come with all the graces of Our Father to soothe us all.</p>
<p><strong>May 15<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
We all are instruments in the hands of Mary, because Mary is the Queen of Heaven, the most precious of all women, who in these times, together with her Son, is announcing herself.</p>
<p><strong>May 16<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The warmth of the love of Mary, protects me, develops my mind, strengthens my heart, and gives me the softness and the tenderness of the Mother of God, because she is the only one who grants tenderness… The tenderness of the Virgin is infinite and merciful.</p>
<p><strong>May 17<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary was the spouse of the Holy Spirit who worked in her the great miracle of love, the greatest of all times: In a pure and holy virgin, in a simple flower of the holy path of Nazareth, the Father worked through the grace of the Holy Spirit so she would conceive the Son who was awaited for by all generations.</p>
<p><strong>May 18<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Lord is choosing his places throughout the whole world with the apparitions of Mary, so all nations may hold hands.</p>
<p><strong>May 19<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary of Nazareth, the flower of Mount Carmel is the humble and generous woman who gave it all, especially at the foot of the Cross, when her Son was drawing his last breaths on the arms of that Cross.</p>
<p><strong>May 20<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
My faith in Mary is big, because she is my Mother.</p>
<p><strong>May 21<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
Mary is appearing almost everywhere in the world in order to save all people and nations.</p>
<p><strong>May 22<sup>nd</sup> </strong><br />
My Lord, drawing his last breaths, told Mary, “Woman, behold your son; son, behold your Mother.” He then bequeathed us Mary, our true Mother through his Body and Blood; and John as our brother.</p>
<p><strong>May 23<sup>rd</sup></strong><br />
All of us united in one heart must hold hands to walk hastily, silently, and put ourselves under the tutelage of Mary so she may teach us how to walk better.</p>
<p><strong>May 24<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Each one of us is looking for their truth. What is this truth? The truth of feeling their God intimately in the heart, in serenity and in the sublime and wonderful peace that Mary grants us.</p>
<p><strong>May 25<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Harmony brings the security that is granted to the son, who humbly has surrendered in the arms of Mary.</p>
<p><strong>May 26<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
This is the secret of Betania… the falling petals of a Mother. Where do they come from? Who throws them? What is going on, Lord? It is Mary, my God.</p>
<p><strong>May 27<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
Mary, in her apparitions around the world is making herself felt, she is calling her People, she is calling all of us; but only with her priests, and her Church, regardless of persecution. Jesus was persecuted and continues to be, because many still deny Him. However, He continues to await trusting that his children will come to his presence seeking the nourishment of the wonderful doctrine he brought us, to free us from sin.</p>
<p><strong>May 28<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The Gospel cries out in these times, I would call apocalyptic times. There is great noise in the world, guerrilla, asphyxia among people, fathom, misery, spiritual nakedness, so many things that clash with a climate of peace; this brings unbalance when man, in the midst of the noise, yells, “Stand up, soldiers, for the battle.” But there is a soft, delicate and peaceful voice that comes from the Mother of Jesus, from Mary who has come to prepare us, to reeducate us teaching us how to live in these days of social injustice.</p>
<p><strong>May 29<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
The holy rosary is our salvation, it is hope for the people, it is new life for men. It represents the Immaculate Heart of Mary that gave itself in Fatima to the little shepherds, trying to prevent more tears shed due to the lack of trust of the People of God.</p>
<p><strong>May 30<sup>th</sup> </strong><br />
At this very moment and everywhere in the world, people are rising and holding hands to work. Do you know why? Because Mary, Our Mother, is giving us her Heart, she is offering it once again, as she did at the Cross.</p>
<p><strong>May 31<sup>st</sup> </strong><br />
My beloved ones of this journey, here I am among you: the elderly, adults, youngsters, children and infants, so you may hear the sweet and tender voice of a Mother who has come to collect us all under the title of Mary, Virgin and Mother Reconciler of all People and Nations, so we all may spread the message of her love with the divine gifts of a new world.</p>
<h2>April Thoughts</h2>
<p><strong>April 1<sup>st</sup> </strong></p>
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<p>The priest is the fiber of the vertebra of the back of Christ, because he is born with that seal from the womb of his mother.</p>
<p><strong>April 2<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>Silence brings withdrawal, light, and peace to our hearts in order to meet with our loved ones.</p>
<p><strong>April 3<sup>rd<br />
</sup></strong>We must work silently, without making to much noise.</p>
<p><strong>April 4<sup>th<br />
</sup></strong>Others can make attempts against us, but we Catholics cannot. Have you not seen the Holy Father going from one place to another shedding blessings and graces? They did it, they tried to kill him, they have done so many things to him, and he stands with such humility. This is what touches my heart.. his humility and simplicity.</p>
<p><strong>April 5<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>While we have flesh, blood, and senses, the soul cannot be perfect, but what we can do is give the best of our lives to our families, mates and friends.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>April 6<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The highest force a human being has is the freedom of his thoughts, in which the Lord and the Holy Spirit work with the needed gifts that will help him fulfill himself.</p>
<p><strong>April 7<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>When the soul is healthy, the body grows strong.</p>
<p><strong>April 8<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Death is like awakening from a bad dream.</p>
<p><strong>April 9<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Virtues are sources that spring from the ocean of the mercy of God. The ocean of his mercy will make itself felt in each one of us.</p>
<p><strong>April 10<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Our Lady is asking us to unite as the waves of the sea do when they approach the beach, when they approach the sand to rest there. This is what she wants, she wants us all to be united with all the seas of the world, on all the land of the world.</p>
<p><strong>April 11<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must develop our will power so the unpleasant things that we see do not affect us so much, and so we can receive the pleasant things with a nice face, smiling, and thanking the Lord.</p>
<p><strong>April 12<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The most important thing is to be in peace.</p>
<p><strong>April 13<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Lord loves human docility very much, because He is in it; He was so docile that He went to a Cross to save us.</p>
<p><strong>April 14<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Joy rests on the glory of the Lord; this is our joy, everything rests on Him.</p>
<p><strong>April 15<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Our faith and devotion must be to the Father who created us, to his Divine Son who gave Himself on the Cross to save us, to the Holy Spirit who enlightens the safe path, and to Mary, Our Mother.</p>
<p><strong>April 16<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Your goal is the theological virtue of faith, following the work of hope, accompanied by charity.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>April 17<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Faith saves, hope is the dream of living, and charity is love. These are the three theological virtues that we must trust in.</p>
<p><strong>April 18<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The love of Christ is so great that is makes us overcome everything.</p>
<p><strong>April 19<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>I do not ask to be matched in my love, but I do ask you to do things right, to live righteously, to be honest, worthy of the love of God, with human qualities. These are the most sacred things a human being can have with the incentive of living the Gospel.</p>
<p><strong>April 20<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Betania is the house of my Mother, all this is her home, the plantations and that temple that has been erected are hers.</p>
<p><strong>April 21<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>There is a law of cause and effect; therefore, we must live a very correct life in all senses.</p>
<p><strong>April 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>To share is beautiful, this is why families have to continuously share, to look forward to getting together… set the table, prepare a good meal, have some fruit and get dressed up as if you were to go out.</p>
<p><strong>April 23<sup>rd</sup><br />
</strong>Do not get angry or get heated by any circumstances, although it may be difficult to control yourself. We must slowly tame our nature.</p>
<p><strong>April 24<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Father calls us, counsels us, gives us enough strength to undertake the path we must follow, giving us courage, divine energy and great charity.</p>
<p><strong>April 25<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Hour of Adoration on the Eucharistic Thursdays is what has strengthened me; the Holy Hour, the great hour of meeting with Jesus at the foot of the Blessed Sacrament of the altar, kneeling there, and asking for mercy on the world.</p>
<p><strong>April 26<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>How do we do away with temptation in communities? With constant prayer and by following the people. It is not that you are going to tell the person: Look, do this. Follow him; this is how to work our spiritual life.</p>
<p><strong>April 27<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Holy Spirit works in me as apostle of the Heart of Mary, and I bow my head as a symbol of humility to receive the grace.</p>
<p><strong>April 28<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Life has taught me to live the Gospel, not to read it, but to live it and carry it in my heart as a blessed treasure from heaven, that inflames the heart, soul, and spirit to compensate the difficult hours of life.</p>
<p><strong>April 29<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Children, our parents are the greatest thing we have; do not deny them anything. If you have a problem, they will be there ready to help you, protect you, to assess you, and to give you the place you deserve.</p>
<p><strong>April 30<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>It is so beautiful when we feel in our heart that there is joy in our family, that there is a canticle, a hymn, a song, an emotion that makes us live and think that we still are young, and that we can play with our children as if we were brothers, lifting our steps to the understanding of what the Family of God truly means!</p>
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<h2>March Thoughts</h2>
<p><strong>March 1<sup>st</sup></strong><br />
I am in Jesus Christ, I am all in Him and He is all in me.</p>
<p><strong>March 2<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>Let us be humble, generous and compassionate with those who help us be better in life.</p>
<p><strong>March 3<sup>rd<br />
</sup></strong>The struggle that nations are undertaking grants them the time to reflect, meditate, stand up and allow the Word of the Lord to come forth from their mouths, “Thy kingdom come”.</p>
<p><strong>March 4<sup>th<br />
</sup></strong>Christ is the truth, and until He is acknowledged there will be no peace in the world, we will live in constant war.</p>
<p><strong>March 5<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Humility is the crystal bridge that leads us to heaven.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>March 6<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us work together, this is what the Lord and his Mother are asking for in Betania; for people and Church to be together in an apostolic work.</p>
<p><strong>March 7<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Jesus tempers the hearts so they will draw closer to Him.</p>
<p><strong>March 8<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Be columns in the world and for the people, to defend the rights of justice and peace.</p>
<p><strong>March 9<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Prayer is the column of light that enlightens man in the midst of the darkness of the night.</p>
<p><strong>March 10<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Discernment is the motive of our thoughts to move towards the light of the New Dawn of Jesus.</p>
<p><strong>March 11<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us surrender to prayer and penance, this is how we must carry out and preserve our work. Jesus did penance and prayed to face the world.</p>
<p><strong>March 12<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>The Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ will be my nourishment to enliven my soul.</p>
<p><strong>March 13<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Holy Mass and the Eucharist are the loving invitation to the people of the world.</p>
<p><strong>March 14<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Call Mary to be your counselor, your guide, your teacher, and your advocate.</p>
<p><strong>March 15<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>To help others is the constructive force of the love of God, which helps us be firm and devoted to evangelize.</p>
<p><strong>March 16<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>It is beautiful to feel the sky, it is beautiful to see the stars, the moon at night and the sun in the morning… the shinning sun that helps us light the votive lamp we have in our hearts.</p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>March 17<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>To heed is an order because it is a duty in life.</p>
<p><strong>March 18<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must accept illnesses when they come, then we need a doctor because they have gone to the university and are scientists. But we must accompany the doctor with a prayer to the Lord and to the Holy Spirit so they may be enlightened with the proper treatment.</p>
<p><strong>March 19<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>It is not great tasks that we have to accomplish, it is the day to day small details, the little paint strokes here and there. When one comes to realize the value this has, one feels free as a bird… no one can touch you, no one can scratch you because you are fulfilling your duty, that is the duty of a Catholic.</p>
<p><strong>March 20<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Without having anything your can do a lot.</p>
<p><strong>March 21<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>If there is selfishness, betrayal, and pride, man cannot improve his attitude in life.</p>
<p><strong>March 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
</strong>It is forgiveness and mercy that you receive from God if you repent, if one wants to live a life in accordance with the Mother Church.</p>
<p><strong>March 23<sup>rd</sup><br />
</strong>It is so hard to go to heaven, but let us try with the little things of our daily  life. We mothers in our house, our husbands at work, our children learning in school, and by being taught customs and the small things of life.</p>
<p><strong>March 24<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Conversion in the world will take place, it must. We all will be a gigantic mass of faith, of  love, and of noble and generous feelings to our brothers.</p>
<p><strong>March 25<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Mary, Our Sweet Mother, the Flower of Mount Carmel, the Wild Violet of Nazareth,  the Humble Woman of Calvary wishes us to live sharing together as brothers, preparing ourselves to evangelize.</p>
<p><strong>March 26<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>We must give all religious communities warmth and love, so they may all feel united to their people, our people… People of God.</p>
<p><strong>March 27<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Mary is here to reconcile us, because without reconciliation there cannot be peace in the world.</p>
<p><strong>March 28<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Let us all hold hands and respect one another. I always say, I do not want to be loved, no… respected and esteemed.</p>
<p><strong>March 29<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Priests left everything behind – their families – everything to consecrate themselves to the Lord. Priests, with all the weaknesses they could have, have the power no one else in the world has; they are the representatives of Jesus Christ the moment they are at the foot of the altar.</p>
<p><strong>March 30<sup>th</sup><br />
</strong>Silence is the best way to know the Master, and the best way for the Master to penetrate the disciple and make him learn how to live righteously.</p>
<p><strong>March 31<sup>st</sup><br />
</strong>The Holy Father, the Pope of Rome, is light of the world, because Jesus has given him this light, strength, wholesomeness, will, and human warmth to help us walk better in life. His teachings are fruitful, beautiful, and clear with the content of the responsibility of the man of today.</p>
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<p><strong>Message of October 02, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; Also today my motherly heart calls you to prayer, to your personal relationship with God the Father, to the joy of prayer in Him. God the Father is not far away from you and He is not unknown to you. He revealed Himself to you through my Son and gave you Life that is my Son. Therefore, my children, do not give in to temptations that want to separate you from God the Father. Pray! Do not attempt to have families and societies without Him. Pray! Pray that your hearts may be flooded with the goodness which comes only from my Son, Who is sincere goodness. Only hearts filled with goodness can comprehend and accept God the Father. I will continue to lead you. In a special way I implore you not to judge your shepherds. My children, are you forgetting that God the Father called them? Pray! Thank you.&#8221; 10/02/2011</p>
<p>Mirjana said: I have never said anything before, but are you aware, brothers and sisters, that the Mother of God was with us? Each of us should ask himself: &#8220;Are you worthy of this?&#8221; I am saying this because it is difficult for me to see Her (Our Lady) in pain, because each of us is seeking a miracle, but does not want to work a miracle in himself.</p>
<p><strong>Message of September 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! I call you, for this time to be for all of you, a time of witnessing. You, who live in the love of God and have experienced His gifts, witness them with your words and life that they may be for the joy and encouragement to others in faith. I am with you and incessantly intercede before God for all of you that your faith may always be alive and joyful, and in the love of God. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221; 09/25/2011</p>
<p><strong>Message of September 02, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; With all my heart and soul full of faith and love in the Heavenly Father, I gave my Son to you and am giving Him to you anew. My Son has brought you, the people of the entire world, to know the only true God and His love. He has led you on the way of truth and made you brothers and sisters. Therefore, my children, do not wander, do not close your heart before that truth, hope and love. Everything around you is passing and everything is falling apart, only the glory of God remains. Therefore, renounce everything that distances you from the Lord. Adore Him alone, because He is the only true God. I am with you and I will remain with you. I am especially praying for the shepherds that they may be worthy representatives of my Son and may lead you with love on the way of truth. Thank you.&#8221; 09/02/2011</p>
<p><strong>Message of August 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! Today I call you to pray and fast for my intentions, because Satan wants to destroy my plan. Here I began with this parish and invited the entire world. Many have responded, but there is an enormous number of those who do not want to hear or accept my call. Therefore, you who have said ‘yes’, be strong and resolute. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221; 08/25/2011</p>
<p><strong>Message of August 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; Today I call you to be born anew in prayer and through the Holy Spirit, to become a new people with my Son; a people who knows that if they have lost God, they have lost themselves; a people who knows that, with God, despite all sufferings and trials, they are secure and saved. I call you to gather into God&#8217;s family and to be strengthened with the Father&#8217;s strength. As individuals, my children, you cannot stop the evil that wants to begin to rule in this world and to destroy it. But, according to God&#8217;s will, all together, with my Son, you can change everything and heal the world. I call you to pray with all your heart for your shepherds, because my Son chose them. Thank you.&#8221; 08/02/2011</p>
<p><strong>Message of July 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! May this time be for you a time of prayer and silence. Rest your body and spirit, may they be in God’s love. Permit me, little children, to lead you, open your hearts to the Holy Spirit so that all the good that is in you may blossom and bear fruit one hundred fold. Begin and end the day with prayer with the heart. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221; 07/2011</p>
<p><strong>Message of July 2nd, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; today I call you to a difficult and painful step for your unity with my Son. I call you to complete admission and confession of sins, to purification. An impure heart cannot be in my Son and with my Son. An impure heart cannot give the fruit of love and unity. An impure heart cannot do correct and just things; it is not an example of the beauty of God&#8217;s love to those who surround it and to those who have not come to know that love. You, my children, are gathering around me full of enthusiasm, desires and expectations, and I implore the Good Father to, through the Holy Spirit, put my Son &#8211; faith, into your purified hearts. My children, obey me, set out with me. As Our Lady was leaving, to her left she showed darkness and to her right a Cross in golden light.&#8221; 07/02/2011</p>
<p><strong>Annual Apparition to Ivanka &#8211; June 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2011. At Her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year.</p>
<p>The apparition, which lasted 8 minutes, took place at Ivanka’s family home. Only Ivanka’s family was present at the apparition. After the apparition, Ivanka said: &#8216;Our Lady spoke to me about the first secret and, at the end, said: &#8220;Dear children, receive my motherly blessing.&#8221;&#8216;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; June</strong></strong> 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages. Many of you have responded, but I wait for, and seek, all the hearts that have fallen asleep to awaken from the sleep of unbelief. Little children, draw even closer to my Immaculate Heart so that I can lead all of you toward eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; June</strong></strong> 2, 2011</strong><br />
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<p>&#8220;Dear children! As I call you to prayer for those who have not come to know the love of God, if you were to look into your hearts you would comprehend that I am speaking about many of you. With an open heart, sincerely ask yourselves if you want the living God or do you want to eliminate Him and live as you want. Look around you, my children, and see where the world is going, the world that thinks of doing everything without the Father, and which wanders in the darkness of temptation. I am offering to you the light of the Truth and the Holy Spirit. According to God&#8217;s plan I am with you to help you to have my Son, His Cross and Resurrection, triumph in your hearts. As a mother, I desire and pray for your unity with my Son and His works. I am with you; you decide. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; May</strong></strong> 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! My prayer today is for all of you who seek the grace of conversion. You knock on the door of my heart, but without hope and prayer, in sin, and without the Sacrament of Reconciliation with God. Leave sin and decide, little children, for holiness. Only in this way can I help you, hear your prayers and seek intercession before the Most High. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; May</strong></strong> 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; God the Father is sending me to show you the way of salvation, because He, my children, desires to save you and not to condemn you. That is why I, as a mother, am gathering you around me, because with my motherly love I desire to help you to be free of the dirtiness of the past and to begin to live anew and differently. I am calling you to resurrect in my Son. Along with confession of sins renounce everything that has distanced you from my Son and that has made your life empty and unsuccessful. Say &#8216;yes&#8217; to the Father with the heart and set out on the way of salvation to which He is calling you through the Holy Spirit. Thank you. I am especially praying for the shepherds (priests), for God to help them to be alongside you with a fullness of heart.&#8221;<strong><br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>April 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! As nature gives the most beautiful colors of the year, I also call you to witness with your life and to help others to draw closer to my Immaculate Heart, so that the flame of love for the Most High may sprout in their hearts. I am with you and I unceasingly pray for you that your life may be a reflection of Heaven here on earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;<strong><br />
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<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>April 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; With motherly love I desire to open the heart of each of you and to teach you personal unity with the Father. To accept this, you must comprehend that you are important to God and that He is calling you individually. You must comprehend that your prayer is a conversation of a child with the Father; that love is the way by which you must set out &#8211; love for God and for your neighbour. That is, my children, the love that has no boundaries, that is the love that emanates from truth and goes to the end. Follow me, my children, so that also others, in recognizing the truth and love in you, may follow you. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p>Once again Our Lady called us to pray for our shepherds (priests) and said: &#8220;They have a special place in my heart. They represent my Son.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>March 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! In a special way today I desire to call you to conversion. As of today, may new life begin in your heart. Children, I desire to see your ‘yes’, and may your life be a joyful living of God’s will at every moment of your life. In a special way today, I bless you with my motherly blessing of peace, love and unity in my heart and in the heart of my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;<strong><br />
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<p><strong>March 18, 2011 &#8211; Annual Apparition to Mirjana</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! I am with you in the name of the greatest Love, in the name of dear God, who has come close to you through my Son and has shown you real love. I desire to lead you on the way of God. I desire to teach you real love so that others may see it in you, that you may see it in others, that you may be a brother to them and that others may see a merciful brother in you. My children, do not be afraid to open your hearts to me. With motherly love, I will show you what I expect of each of you, what I expect of my apostles. Set out with me. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>March 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; My motherly heart suffers tremendously as I look at my children who persistently put what is human before what is of God; at my children who, despite everything that surrounds them and despite all the signs that are sent to them, think that they can walk without my Son. They cannot! They are walking to eternal perdition. That is why I am gathering you, who are ready to open your heart to me, you who are ready to be apostles of my love, to help me; so that by living God&#8217;s love you may be an example to those who do not know it. May fasting and prayer give you strength in that and I bless you with motherly blessing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>February 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! Nature is awakening and on the trees the first buds are seen which will bring most beautiful flowers and fruit. I desire that you also, little children, work on your conversion and that you be those who witness with their life, so that your example may be a sign and an incentive for conversion to others. I am with you and before my Son Jesus I intercede for your conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>February 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; You are gathering around me, you are seeking your way, you are seeking, you are seeking the truth but are forgetting what is the most important, you are forgetting to pray properly. Your lips pronounce countless words, but your spirit does not feel anything. Wandering in darkness, you even imagine God Himself according to yourselves, and not such as He really is in His love. Dear children, proper prayer comes from the depth of your heart, from your suffering, from your joy, from your seeking the forgiveness of sins. This is the way to come to know the right God and by that also yourselves, because you are created according to Him. Prayer will bring you to the fulfillment of my desire, of my mission here with you, to the unity in God&#8217;s family. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>January 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! Also today I am with you and I am looking at you and blessing you, and I am not losing hope that this world will change for the good and that peace will reign in the hearts of men. Joy will begin to reign in the world because you have opened yourselves to my call and to God’s love. The Holy Spirit is changing a multitude of those who have said ‘yes’. Therefore I desire to say to you: thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>January 2, 2011</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; Today I call you to unity in Jesus, my Son. My motherly heart prays that you may comprehend that you are God&#8217;s family. Through the spiritual freedom of will, which the Heavenly Father has given you, you are called to become cognizant (to come to the knowledge) of the truth, the good or the evil. May prayer and fasting open your hearts and help you to discover the Heavenly Father through my Son. In discovering the Father, your life will be directed to carrying out of God&#8217;s will and the realization of God&#8217;s family, in the way that my Son desires. I will not leave you alone on this path. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong></strong>December 25, 2010</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! Today, I and my Son desire to give you an abundance of joy and peace so that each of you may be a joyful carrier and witness of peace and joy in the places where you live. Little children, be a blessing and be peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong>December 2, 2010</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; Today I am praying here with you that you may gather the strength to open your hearts and thus to become aware of the mighty love of the suffering God. Through this His love, goodness and meekness, I am also with you. I invite you for this special time of preparation to be a time of prayer, penance and conversion. My children, you need God. You cannot go forward without my Son. When you comprehend and accept this, what was promised to you will be realized. Through the Holy Spirit the Kingdom of Heaven will be born in your hearts. I am leading you to this. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong>November 25, 2010</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children! I look at you and I see in your heart death without hope, restlessness and hunger. There is no prayer or trust in God, that is why the Most High permits me to bring you hope and joy. Open yourselves. Open your hearts to God’s mercy and He will give you everything you need and will fill your hearts with peace, because He is peace and your hope. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong>November 2, 2010 </strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Dear children; With motherly perseverance and love I am bringing you the light of life to destroy the darkness of death in you. Do not reject me, my children. Stop and look within yourselves and see how sinful you are. Be aware of your sins and pray for forgiveness. My children, you do not desire to accept that you are weak and little, but you can be strong and great by doing God&#8217;s will. Give me your cleansed hearts that I may illuminate them with the light of life, my Son. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; October 25, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for you. My call, little children, desires to be for you a call to decide to follow the way of conversion; therefore, pray and seek the intercession of all the saints. May they be for you an example, an incentive and a joy towards eternal life. Thank you for having responded to my call. &#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong>October 2, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children; Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion. Your hearts need to be just. May your crosses be your means in the battle against the sins of the present time. May your weapon be patience and boundless love &#8211; a love that knows to wait and which will make you capable of recognizing God&#8217;s signs &#8211; that your life, by humble love, may show the truth to all those who seek it in the darkness of lies. My children, my apostles, help me to open the paths to my Son. Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds. Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; September 25, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children! Today I am with you and bless you all with my motherly blessing of peace, and I urge you to live your life of faith even more, because you are still weak and are not humble. I urge you, little children, to speak less and to work more on your personal conversion so that your witness may be fruitful. And may your life be unceasing prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call. &#8221;</p>
<p><strong><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; </strong>September 2, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear Children, I am beside you because I desire to help you to overcome trials, which this time of purification puts before you. My children, one of those is not to forgive and not to ask for forgiveness. Every sin offends Love and distances you from it &#8211; and Love is my Son. Therefore, my children, if you desire to walk with me toward the peace of God&#8217;s love, you must learn to forgive and to ask for forgiveness, Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; Aug 25, 2010</strong><br />
&#8221; Dear children! With great joy, also today, I desire to call you anew: pray, pray, pray. May this time be a time of personal prayer for you. During the day, find a place where you will pray joyfully in a recollected way. I love you and bless you all. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; July 25, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children! Anew I call you to follow me with joy. I desire to lead all of you to my Son, your Savior.You are not aware that without Him you do not have joy and peace, nor a future or eternal life. Therefore, little children, make good use of this time of joyful prayer and surrender. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s message &#8211; June 25, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children! With joy, I call you all to live my messages with joy; only in this way, little children, will you be able to be closer to my Son. I desire to lead you all only to Him, and in Him you will find true peace and the joy of your heart. I bless you all and love you with immeasurable love. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s Message &#8211; June 2nd, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children, today I call you, with fasting and prayer, to clear the way by which my Son will enter into your hearts. Accept me as a mother and a messenger of God&#8217;s love and of His desire for your salvation. Free yourself of everything from the past which burdens you and gives you a sense of guilt; of everything that brought you to error &#8211; darkness. Accept the light. Be born anew in the justice of my Son. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Our Lady&#8217;s Message &#8211; May 25th, 2010</strong><br />
&#8220;Dear children! God gave you the grace to live and to defend all the good that is in you and around you, and to inspire others to be better and holier; but Satan, too, does not sleep and through modernism diverts you and leads you to his way. Therefore, little children, in the love for my Immaculate Heart, love God above everything and live His commandments. In this way, your life will have meaning and peace will rule on earth. Thank you for having responded to my call.&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Higher Calling She could soar above the net and smash the ball. She had the size, the power and a college volleyball scholarship with enough smarts to become a coach. She dated a football player, partied with her friends, and watched &#8220;Beverly Hills, 90210.&#8221; Then, in a moment, it happened&#8230; God pierced Sharon Heidland&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>She could soar above the net and smash the ball. She had the size, the power and a college volleyball scholarship with enough smarts to become a coach. She dated a football player, partied with her friends, and watched &#8220;Beverly Hills, 90210.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then, in a moment, it happened&#8230; God pierced Sharon Heidland&#8217;s soul. That day she saw the light at the end of the tunnel, suddenly she had a deep desire to do something that really mattered. She knew that she didn&#8217;t want to be ordinary and now felt that there was something greater.</p>
<p>She had heard A HIGHER CALLING&#8230; No longer called coach, she&#8217;s called Sister. She&#8217;s a 6-foot-1 nun who wears tennis shoes and writes a blog. That&#8217;s truly a Higher Calling and That&#8217;s our FOCUS.</p>
<p>You can purchase this show on DVD in the <a href="http://shop.focustvonline.com/p-728-a-higher-calling.aspx">Focus Online Store</a>.</p>
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		<title>Filmed Live on Location by Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Kelly, a former construction foreman, reveals how his life mission was changed by a literally shocking occurence and its astounding aftermath. Read and download the Prayer of Padre Pio at Focus TV Online.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21528232?byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="601" height="397" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Frank Kelly, a former construction foreman, reveals how his life  mission was changed by a literally shocking occurence and its astounding  aftermath.</p>
<p>Read and download the <a href="http://focustvonline.com/infocus/padre-pio.aspx" target="_new">Prayer of Padre Pio at Focus TV Online</a>.</p>
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		<title>Anniversary of First Apparition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 25, 2011 Friday Anniversary of First Apparition at Betania, Venezuela to Maria Esperanza. 5:30PM – Soup 6:30PM – Stations of the Cross 7:00PM – Rosary &#38; Mass 8:00PM – Special message from the family of Maria Esperanza / Prayer – Maria’s Intercessory Prayer &#160;]]></description>
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<h2>Friday</h2>
<h2>Anniversary of First Apparition at Betania, Venezuela to Maria Esperanza.</h2>
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<li>5:30PM – Soup</li>
<li>6:30PM – Stations of the Cross</li>
<li>7:00PM – Rosary &amp; Mass</li>
<li>8:00PM – Special message from the family of Maria Esperanza / Prayer – Maria’s Intercessory Prayer</li>
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