Immaculate Life with God

25/11/2025

21/11/2025

Today we honor The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering the moment when Mary, as a little girl, was offered to God in the Temple—prepared from her earliest days to become the Mother of our Savior.

Holy Mary, lead us closer to your Son.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (November 21) is a beautiful tradition rooted in ancient Christian memory. According to early writings, Saints Joachim and Anne presented their young daughter Mary in the Temple in Jerusalem, dedicating her entirely to God.

While this event is not recorded in Scripture, it has been cherished since the early centuries of the Church. By the 6th century, Christians in the East celebrated this feast, and it later spread to the Western Church.
The feast reminds us that Mary was prepared by God from her earliest days—formed in purity, faith, and obedience so she could freely say yes to becoming the Mother of Jesus.

As we remember Mary’s offering of herself, we are invited to offer our own lives to God with trust, humility, and love.

Holy Mary, presented to God from your youth, pray for us.

17/11/2025

God sees the poor, protects them, and provides for them — but He also calls each of us to be instruments of His justice.
When leaders of nations, especially the wealthiest, truly hear the cry of the poor, peace becomes possible.
May our hearts never grow indifferent to those who suffer.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit…” (Mt 5:3)

🙏 Lord, make us attentive to the forgotten and generous in love.

13/11/2025

Born in Italy in 1850, Frances Cabrini came to the United States in 1889 to work with Italian immigrants. She established dozens of schools, orphanages, and hospitals across the country before her death in 1917. In 1946 she became the first US citizen to be declared a saint.

Prayer of Saint Frances Cabrini
My Jesus, I have not always recognized your loving plans for me. Every day, with the help of your light I learn more of you loving care. Continue to increase my awareness of the gentleness of your loving plans. I want to follow the purpose for which I was created. See, I am in your hands. Help me to choose the best way to serve you. Walk with me, Jesus. Stay by my side and guide me. Amen.

01/04/2024

Gospel - Mt 28:8-15

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb,
fearful yet overjoyed,
and ran to announce the news to his disciples.

And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.
They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
and there they will see me.”

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had happened.

The chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’

And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. This story has circulated among the Jews to the present day.

Reflection 

The guards were bribed by chief priests to lie about Jesus' body being stolen. Similar deception occurs in society, causing harm to relationships. Stick to the truth as Jesus instructed, "Do not be afraid." 

So whatever the situation is, do not be afraid. We are not to worry about the trouble that we may face. If we are with Jesus, we are with the spirit of God, not of the world. Our faith leads us to righteousness and salvation. Those with Jesus will see Him.

For Christ is the end of the law, that everyone who has faith may be justified. (Romans 10:4)

By believing from the heart, you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips, you are saved. (Romans 10:10)

Jesus told the women: "Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

We are His brothers and sisters that Jesus mentioned. If we are with Him in truth, in our hearts and lips, we will see Him.

Today is Easter Monday. We had pronounced our belief that Christ has risen, that He is the Son of God, and that He sits at the right hand of the Father.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High: for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his path,
to let his people know their salvation,
so that their sins may be forgiven.

13/12/2023

It's not too late to begin praying this beautiful prayer, in anticipation of Christmas.🌟 It is traditionally prayed 15 times each day from November 30, St Andrew's feast day, until Christmas, for a special intention.🙏 Far from being empty repetition, praying this way sinks the words of adoration and petition deeper into the soul each time, opening our hearts to the coming of the infant Saviour.❤

04/12/2023

First Sunday of Advent: Dec 3, 2023

Lord, I thank You for the graces that You have given me each day of my life. There are days that are more difficult, but because Your Spirit dwells in me, You give me the strength and power to handle them. I thank You not only for the better days, but more so for the bad days because that is when I can truly feel Your presence in me. And I know that You teach me a lesson and grant me a virtue on every single thing that happens in my life, whether by hearing, feeling or seeing that You allow me to experience in my life.
I pray that this would be the year that my heart is most prepared to celebrate Your nativity.

Is 63:17a
Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,
and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?

Is 64:3b
No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you
doing such deeds for those who wait for him.

Is 63:4
Would that you might meet us doing right,
that we were mindful of you in our ways!

1 Cor 1:5-9
…in him you were enriched in every way,
with all discourse and all knowledge,
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful.

Mk 13:33-35
Be watchful! Be alert!
You do not know when the lord of the house is coming,
whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.

🕯️

Are you ready for Christmas?

11/11/2023

Did Saint Martin de Tours touch your own life?

18/10/2023

14/10/2023

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