How often does it happen to families that when the patriarch and matriarch are gone, the children go their separate ways? Even worse, they fight each other over property. We have all heard stories and can just shake our heads in disbelief about what a sibling can do to another sibling. Jesus was about to…
Category: Church Traditions
God First
If there is one thing that Jesus always taught, it is about peace. He told his listeners if you’re going to make an offering and you and your brother are not on good terms, leave the offering first and settle with your brother first. He also said, instead of an eye for an eye, a…
Prayer and Healing
Every time I get a prayer request, I will stop for a moment and say a prayer immediately. Why? Two reasons: first, there are so many prayer requests that I do not want to have a huge backlog; second, there is so much power in prayer. Consider these findings from a study: Hospitalized people who…
Mary and the Priests
Luke 10:1-12 In these times, one would notice that the world has lost its moral compass. We do not know what is right and what is wrong. Even worse, the wrong is made right and the right is made wrong. Hence how important and urgent are the words in the Gospel: “The Harvest is Great…
Faithfullness
One of the things that we look for in any relationship is faithfulness. There are good times and there are bad times, but what a great blessing is a friend who is faithful. Sometimes we are up, sometimes we are down, but what such a great blessing if a friend is faithful. In any relationship,…
God is Victorious
Matthew 17:1-9 When people find out that I am involved with the ministry of deliverance and exorcism the typical question – “Isn’t it scary?” This too was the very question I asked when they were asking me to help. The answer I got then, is the very answer that I too give after about 2…
Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel
It is said that before Vatican II, after the Mass, the people said a prayer to St. Michael: Saint Michael the Archangel,defend us in battle;be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil;may God rebuke him, we humbly pray;and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,by the power of God, cast into…
Spirits
When things happen that are so hard to explain, we become fascinated and amazed. Recently in shows like Asia’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent we have seen a number of magicians. Very interesting acts. But the question is: Are they tricks or are there spirits behind these acts? When we hear of a statue…
Follow Jesus
There is a saying that when times are good, there are many people around you. Why? You have something that they want – it could be money, it could be the fame, it could be the power. Then when you hit rock bottom in life, they are nowhere to be found. In the Gospel, there…
I Prefer Heaven
Matthew 13:36-43 In medicine, they have a term known as NDE otherwise known as Near Death Experience. These are experiences of sick patients who have been flatlining for a while but eventually regain consciousness. Three things are typically experienced: They do not remember anything They were in a very nice peaceful place but were told…
3 Ways 2 Your 1 God 