PENTECOST CELEBRATION Sunday, June 9, 2019 NJ

Plz join us as we becken a Fresh Outpouring of The Holy Spirit with All His Gifts an Fruits...Sunday June 8, 2019 at 3 pm at St Matthews RC Church in Ridgefield, NJ .Mass...Worship...Healing Prayers...Refreshments after.  i will b leading music...Fr Bill Halbing is the celebrant. Come an bring a friend!  Plz pray for all involved. Ty .God bless!

COME HOLY SPIRIT YOU R MOST WELCOME!

Ex: reply to someone trying to control ur life decisions

Ty for sharing so much of ur life experience with me yesterday. Although i understand ur approach, after much discernment, rt now i need to gently walk thru this time which is enough work an suffering all its own.   
I also have to continue to evolve in the way that is deigned for me by God ...for healing continues to b a very personal an individual road according to each person's needs, make up, an background. Too much might break someone an too little stagnates growth an that line differs for all of us.  I will go forward with all the ideas an input people have given me, taking wat will work for me...wat i want an discern from prayer as applicable for my situation an safety an leaving the rest. I again always ty for all ur desire to help .

Mistreatment ..abusive relationships

No one deserves mistreatment...... We are not responsible for others lives or their happiness... or their situations and by no means should we internalize anything negative that comes out of anyone.. If we must ...separate from those abusive people who feel they have all the answers for our lives...who beat us up every time we r together.
.. We are God's children...The Lord knows us.. . loves us ...accepts us ..and appreciates us ..we should never let anything rule our peace or our joy ...and if we make a mistake...we can confess an go forward..if we still cant attain peace....we can go to mass or call our priest...go to confession ..go speak to them.. Or visit with a person who truly luvs us an who luvs God..it'll help.
WE R BEAUTIFUL...
HOLY...WISE...
growing by leaps an bounds into the person of God He created us to b....God is strengthening our muscles not to internalize any negative abusive comments any more.... We all r beautiful people who deserve to b treated as such!!!  An wen we fall into criticizing an abusing others ..let us apologize an remember how it feels to b on the receiving end.

This article may help
This article may help u stay strong
https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/10-ways-you-might-be-giving-other-people-too-much-power-over-your-life-without-even-realizing-it.html

Possibly called to b sister..nun..brother or priest

If u even have a passing thought about being called to b a sister..a nun...or a brother or priest...that thought is a good one. Do not share this with anyone who is not holy...no family...only good an holy priests from ur parish...nuns.....sisters..
.because others cannot treasure wat they do not value as Precious. ...keep growing in leaps an bounds an continue drawing closer to Christ so u hear from Him Alone wat He wants from ur life. This is a time of deep discernment. Wait on God!!

For Married Couples

Steven Curtis Chapman, a professional Christian music
artist, was on television 2 nites ago and he sang his song," I will be here". He gave the introduction explaining that when his own parents shocked everyone and got divorced after many years of marriage, he wrote this song to his wife, to assure her of his fidelity that no matter what passed their way ..he would stay true to his vows an committment through it all.

Praying hard for every man an woman joined in Holy Matrimony...hoping this song offers an encouragement, hope an rededication to one another. God bless!!

Give a listen:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2hPIwqbTk

The Lyrics:

Tomorrow morning if you wake up,
And the sun does not appear
I, I will be here

If in the dark we lose sight of love,
Hold my hand, and have no fear
Cause I, I will be here

I will be here when you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind,
I will listen and
I will be here when the laughter turns to cryin'
Through the winning, losing and tryin'
We'll be together 'cause I will be here

Tomorrow morning if you wake up,
And the future is unclear
I I will be here
As sure as seasons are made for change,
Our lifetime's are made for years
So, I I will be here

I will be here and you can cry on my shoulder,
When the mirror tells us we're older,
I will hold you and
I will be here to watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I will be here

I will be true to the promise I have made
To you and to the One who gave you to me

I I will be here

And just as sure as seasons are made for change
Our lifetime's are made for years
So, I I will be here we'll be together

I will be here

Songwriters: Steven Curtis Chapman

I Will Be Here lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol Christian Music Group

Words from Ed, my dear brother in Christ!

EVERY WED TWO PEOPLE JOIN ME AN WE ALL FAST..PRAY..AN GIVES ALMS FOR EACH OF OUR FAMILIES.  WE ALL CARRY MUCH AN THE WORD OF GOD SAYS 3 (OR MORE) MAKES A KNOT THAT CANT B BROKEN ..AN SO MY FRIEND ,AN DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST, ED, SENT THIS TO ME THIS PAST WED...GREAT FOOD FOR THE SOUL...

"God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son to save all who have faith in him, and to give them eternal life, alleluia."

Fasting today out of gratitude and Love---denying self to acknowledge with the flesh that He is God and there is no other! That He is the One that satisfies us! That He fills us up to the point of overflow, and even that's not enough, we want MORE of HIM.

May he shower blessings on all the intentions of our hearts.

ALWAYS Respect a non believers freedom!

Always remember...
except in the case of young children ....we never want people to b forced to go to God...we want them to experience a Deep an Lasting Conversion ...an Interior Experience with Him themselves that will Last Forever.....they r free to say no...an they need to feel our allowance of their freedom to choose. We can invite lovingly an then accept their reply an their choice while continuing to pray diligently.   Remember God Loves them Infinitely more than we do an Desires their finding Him...so we leave that Deep Interior Work to Him.

God does not take our freedom to choose....neither should we...
b peaceful...their Salvation is Gods problem...not ours...just pray for them an continue to b a gentle holy example...
remembering
IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME....THEY HAVE A PRAYING WIFE AN MAMA..HUSBAND AN DADDY...FRIEND...
GODPARENTS..ETC..

"devil GET OUT OF THE WAY...TREMBLE BECAUSE JESUS LIVES!!!!!-
THE GOD WE SERVE LIVES AN THIS SOUL IS HIS EVEN IF THEY DONT NO IT YET!"

Praised b JESUS CHRIST Now an Forever!!!

Til next time let's stay Hopeful...an use the Sacramentals...Holy Water..Holy Salt...Fasting...Prayer an Almsgiving ..an Blessed Religious Articles...in our homes an gift them to bring Gods Loving Protection down on everyone in our lives.

Easter Vigil...

OUR LORD IS RISEN...HE DID NOT STAY IN THE GRAVE...THAT EXCEEDS EVERY OTHER RELIGIOUS MIRACLE...IT TOPS THEM ALL AN THE VIGIL IS HIS NITE...AN WE CATHOLICS GET TO RECEIVE HIM AN CELEBRATE WITH HIM PERSONALLY AT MASS...THE BLESSING OF THE FIRE...THE CANDLES WE HOLD...THE READINGS AN BEAUTIFUL MUSIC...THE BLESSING OF THE WATER...
BAPTISMS...
FIRST COMMUNION AN CONFIRMATION FOR ALL THOSE CONVERTS AN PEOPLE ENTERING OUR CHURCH...
...THE LIST IS ENDLESS...
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN!!!  HE IS TRULY RISEN INDEED!!!😂🎉🎂💒

Holy Thurs, Gd Fri an Easter Vigil

 These past Days... Holy Thursday ..Good Friday and the Easter Vigil are missed by most Catholics and they are the central most glorious of all our Mass Celebrations. We go to receive Jesus Christ The King of the Universe and participate in this Vigil celebration of His Resurrection.....  when you experience Holy Thursday... Good Friday and the Vigil for the first time at a Catholic Church you will never miss it again in your life because it is life changing...

Hopefully we were able to go to these this yr...if not lets promise ourselves next yr we will attend all of Holy Week!

The Love Table Family Gathering

 Lets always try loving an respecting each other.  Familia...real familia is about...THE LOVE TABLE....it is a flavor ....it is precious an it is hard to find today . ...just sitting around a simple table an relaxing together knowing u r loved an treasured as is...just the way u r...that is the greatest holiday celebration !!!

Easter...Church Singers an Musicians Rejoice

...may the Choirs of Angels an the Heavenly Symphonies embellish our efforts this Easter Vigil that we may give GOD just a little of what HE is Worthy Of.....Rejoice all church singers an musicians an all Gods People!!!  Our God Lives!!!  Make a joyful sound!!!
Blessed Easter to all!!!
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN...HE IS
TRULY RISEN INDEED!!!!

Lets Invite the rejected, unluved, misunderstood ...

Let us b sensitive to inviting an sharing time this Easter especially with those who do not have anyone, r alone, r misunderstood or r different.  Scriptures remind us wat good is it to invite the rich or famous...those who can repay u?...invite the poor ...the ones who r harder to luv.  Lets make sure no one ever feels unloved...
rejected...
unwanted ...
on our watch. ..."misfits", as the world calls them, usually have great lessons to teach us...like mayb we all r misfits...or mayb we r the misfits an they r whole .Either way we get to give hospitality every time we do unto others to Jesus Himself,...especially in the more difficult situations. Lets be courageous...lets invite someone new an different to our tables this week....God promises a lesson we will never forget!!!  An He surely knows we have lots to learn.
Blessed Easter!!!

No Greater Love...

"NO GREATER LOVE HATH ANY MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"....this is the Price Jesus Paid for us to 1 day enter The Gates of Heaven. May we allocate these next few days before celebrating His Victory over death an His Great Miraculous Resurrection to meditating on how much He Suffered for us...for u..for me!!!...an therefore well up great gratitude for So Great a God ..for So Great A Love never before experienced by us an never to b experienced from another again..not like this.  WE R LOVED...
HEAVEN CAN B OURS...WE CAN MAKE BIG DIFFERENCES IN OUR OWN LIVES AN THE LIVES OF EVERY ONE AROUND US IF WE RUN AFTER...SEEK OUT...DEVOTE OURSELVES TO OUR SWEET GOD TURNING OUR LIVES OVER TO HIM!!!  THIS WEEK IS CALLED HOLY WEEK FOR A REASON....LETS TREAT IT AS SUCH. B assured of my sincerest prayers 4 u an all those u luv an care for.  Mayb we can watch our favorite movie on The Life Death an Resurrection of Jesus....it can help us enter deeply into prayer with Him....angie

Sin...confession...contrition...Holy Week begins

We all desperately need the Mercy of God everyday.. every minute. Sometimes we fall hard ...God allows the fall an then tries to get our attention to make us realize that we better watch ourselves that maybe we're becoming prideful and we think maybe we don't need God. Confess...lets begin with a good confession this Holy Week...tell him we r sorry...cry an wail....look at a Crucifix an b reminded u an i put Him there...watch Passion of The Christ Movie an own our own contributions to His Death an Sufferings.  Then beg for help to do some more prayer ..fasting an almsgiving to thank Him an beg again for help to sincerely amend our lives...

I luv this act of contrition prayer i found online;

"Forgive me my sins, O Lord,
forgive me my sins;
the sins of my youth,
the sins of my age,
the sins of my soul,
the sins of my body;
my idle sins,
my serious voluntary sins;
the sins I know,
the sins I do not know;
the sins I have concealed for so long,
and which are now hidden from my memory.

I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal and venial,
for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour.

I know my sins have wounded Thy Tender Heart,
O My Savior, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through
the most bitter Passion of My Redeemer.

Amen.

O My Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been.

Amen.."

Til next time...lets look up
Is 58...on fasting...an chew on those Words...

HOLY WEEK BEGINS...THIS WEEKEND PALM SUNDAY...LETS GO TO CHURCH...LISTEN WELL...ENTER INTO THE HOLIEST WEEK ON THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR...MANY GRACES AN BLESSING AVAILABLE TO THOSE OPEN TO RECEIVE .

BE A MAN by Fr Larry

Fr Larry is a great teacher an speaker on faith an i wanted to share a video with his famous talk, BE A MAN .  This is part 1. If his style speaks to u look up part 2 an his other talks on youtube. Enjoy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykq3xvRs-CQ

God...self care...then others.. A calling on

Just cking in...stay the course....work as if it all depends on u...while praying knowing  it all depends on God....God first..chase Him...no excuses...He Alone is the Source of all that is Gd...then holy self care second...rest ...
eat well ...exercise b kind to urself...

then if married..ur spouse...luv them...watever u did wen dating...double it now...we dont swoon them to catch them an then give up the chase...get romantic in a holy childlike way...cards...
poems..music
texts...flowers...chocolates...
little acts of kindness an luv consistently....

Then family.. friends.. an all others luv like recommended in the Word of God...

take no one elses inventory than ur own...eyes on the mirror...
remember Lent is a time to repent an convert...a 360° turn not 180°....an always remember in the end it will b us an God...no one else...our life will b judged on how we Loved...God first...
ourselves... an then others.

Peace an healing of Jesus b urs an to ur families. I am praying for u. Plz remember me an mine in urs. angie

Catholic Mystic beginners booklist

I really think that we should start to read more of the mystics.

There is a book 1. Armchair Mystic by Mark Thibodeaux and it is a book about easing into contemplative prayer...
2.  Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean Pierre de Caussade...
3.  An old book is called Spiritual Diary ... selected sayings and examples of saints ..it was put out by Saint Paul Editions.. I hope you can find it
4.   A Desert in the Ocean by David Adam ..it is the spiritual journey according to Saint Brendan the Navigator.

These books are not ordinary I only recommend them to those who hunger for more of God. In order for us to go deeper we need to read from the lives of those who went deep before us... the mystics... the martyrs ...the saints that walked before us. There's lots of wisdom and years of experience in these types of books. I hope these few help.  Always in my prayers....plz keep me in urs. ..if u r ready for the meat an potatoes..then start with these...😊🙏💒 God bless!!!

Lenten Retreat April 11, 2019

I will b preaching a lenten retreat Thurs, April 11 at St Josephs Church 65th an Palisade Ave. In West New York , NJ at 7 pm....it will include Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament...
music...a Gospel reading, preaching .. Confession...an private prayer...it is free...fyi... bring a friend..plz keep all involved in ur prayers. God bless...

LEARNING TO DISCERN THE 'VOICE' OF GOD...

Learning to discern Gods Voice starts with praying sincerely looking for His answer an then doing wat feels right deep inside...lets join together in prayer today for God to b clear wat is best ..for He has the Whole Picture which we dont. Then wen u revisit should i or shouldnt i...u see wat feels rt for u an if 1 thing still ping pongs with joy deep down...then that is it.. that is wat God wants...the process is that simple. This is a process of learning a different way to live than the way we were raised...God has the Right Answer every time...we just have to ask ,listen an then proceed.

And we quiet those noisey voices that continue to think God will tell us
indirectly thru them.  He needs no inbetweens...if we stay close to Him...He will relay His Messages directly to us....

talking with others is always gd cause many minds r better than 1...an it is gd to see all options ...but the ultimate choice is always ours. Even God does not take away our freedom to choose.. .so always go to those people who talk with no demanding that their way is the only way...go to people who will talk an then push u into the arms of God to finalize ur decision. An always wait til it feels rt....wen in doubt... stand still an pray some more. ..this is a Great life Principle.....LEARNING TO DISCERN THE 'VOICE' OF GOD...

What this is...is a session in Spiritual Direction which is what I help many great people do. It is different than counseling but can be extremely helpful in life. Majority of the Saints before us all had spiritual directors to help them stay the course to God and fulfilling their purpose and Mission in this life. People often ask why i want to help everyone...why do i care...every person is my little sister ..brother ..my friend... a child of God.. therefore we are related...of course i care!!!

If the idea u r discerning is a good an holy idea....keep asking God which choice is better for u..but we need to separate rt an wrong an if neither is a sin or a bad decision...then it is just a beautiful option. ...an we can calmly wait on the guidance from God....wen it feels so right...wen u no because u no...That is God...THAT is Him...ur joy an energy may explode...or it may just sit well in ur heart....

I pray we learn to sit at The Masters Feet in silence waiting patiently on His Instructions alone......

If u r interested in Spiritual Direction pray to God to help u discern who it is u should go to.....He has the perfect one to journey with u...an if i can help feel free to leave me a note here on this site.

Til next time...lets try to learn how to discern every choice before us...so that more an more our lives become alligned with God's Perfect Will for us.

Be assured of my continued prayers for all of u...an plz remember me in urs. angie

To a young couple preparing for Marriage

Wen a man an woman r being led by God to begin a new life truly as ONE that is the time to forego ur pasts to journey forward doing wat ur souls hunger for...ignoring all the noisey voices around an following God in ur hearts. Wen in doubt stop...stand still...an pray...If u dont start to stand against the tide an stand on ur own journey...u may find urself fighting with others ur whole life to evolve an live FREELY to fulfill ur mission an purpose...they will sadly continue to interfere an dominate in every decision that lies ahead. Cant plz everyone ...an it is only necessary to plz God first an follow His Lead which He shows us in our hearts an desires wen we stay close to Him.  Stay true to who u r.

....There r always lots of possibilities...
keep dreaming ....Wen we stop dreaming miracles slow down....as we get older we become more limited an practical in our dreams rightly so...but u r young...DREAM...PRAY...AN DREAM SOME MORE...

Hope this helps!