A Mother's Gift

A Mother's Gift to Her Children

"My mother was a witness to the realism of Heaven. It is a beautiful place prepared for us by our merciful God who loves us unconditionally. Moreover, it is a place that, at the time of our death, we will hopefully yearn for; a place where we will again greet loved ones who have gone before us and a place we will call our eternal home with God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."

"We will not be afraid, for Jesus promises that we will never be alone on this journey home. My mother was living proof of this. He remained with her, as well as everyone else who was in her room the night she died."

"Heaven is real, and God wants all of us with Him in eternity. However scarlet our sins may be, He stands before us with open arms, waiting to grant us forgiveness. May we all delight ourselves in the healing rays of Gods omnipotent mercy!" (Taken from Open My Eyes)

My mother left us a beautiful gift...the realization of Heaven through her visions, thanks be to God's mercy!

March 30th is Divine Mercy Sunday. Please take advantage of all the graces God is willing to give you. The graces come through receiving the Eucharist worthily on this day, meaning, you need to be in a state of grace (no mortal or venial sin on your soul).

Jesus loves you so much. May His rays of mercy shower many graces upon you!

Jesus, I Trust in You!

Kathy

Answering God's Call

What are you calling me to do Lord?

In St. Faustina's diary she refers to a group of people living outside the convent and monasteries who will pray and perform at least one act of mercy each day.

"Anyone in the world may belong to this group," St. Faustina said, "without any obligation of taking vows," they "will have a share in all the merits and privileges of the whole congregation." (Diary 1157)

If you implore God's mercy every day, perform acts of mercy and pray for the whole world, then you are an apostle of God's mercy. Being an apostle of Divine Mercy means giving witness in our lives as to how we trust in God and show mercy towards our neighbors.

The world is in desperate need of your prayers for peace and healing through the mercy of God.

May you continue to answer God's call to spread His Divine Mercy!


God be with you,

I Remember

"Open my eyes, O merciful God, and let me see with the eyes of Jesus. In my most difficult moments, let me think only of the love and peace of heaven...I pray for all the souls of my family members who have gone before me. May the warmth of God's love shine forever on their face." (Open My Eyes)

My sister and I share a common bond...we both have babies interceding for us in heaven. This is a passage from the book Open My Eyes, describing my mother's vision of the babies God took home to heaven so many years ago.

A few weeks after her admittance into the nursing facility, my mother told my sister and me that she could see our heavenly babies. She recognized that they were in the room with us.

"Jessica is here," she said.

"And Kathy, your two baby boys are here also. I can see them. They remain at your shoulders, following you everywhere around the room. Climb into my bed and get close to me so I can touch them because they will not leave you."

Honoring her wishes, we climbed into her bed. My sister and I managed to get as close to my mother as we possibly could. Unable to hold back the tears, we wept as my mother spoke about the babies God took home to heaven so many years ago...

Mom...may the warmth of God's love shine forever on your face.

Here I Am Lord

"Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will."

Today I open my heart to seek God's will, and yet a slight fear is taking hold of me.

I know God will take the fear away and all will be fine; He has done this for me so many times before.

Although the fear remains... I think fear of this kind is good.

It helps me practice humility. It is also a slight reminder that I can do nothing without God.

So pray for me as I present a seminar this evening about living the Divine Mercy as a way of life. So many people hunger for God's mercy; so many people are unaware of His willingness to grant us His mercy.

May God direct me as I open the door and seek His will. Also, please check out my Prayer's of Trust blog. I have placed some prayer requests there. Thank you!

Peace,

Blog: Prayer's of Trust

In response to so many prayer requests on my Treasures of Grace website, I have decided to create a new blog focusing on praying with trust.

On this blog titled Prayer's of Trust, I also will be taking prayer requests that are placed under a relic of St. Faustina.

I will be sharing passages of St. Faustina's diary that deal with praying with trust.

My hope is to get more people praying for each other.

Let us have the attitude of a child who simply trusts in a loving God who is all merciful.

Jesus, I Trust in You!

Peace,

So Beautiful

From the Diary of St. Faustina:

"From early morning, I felt the nearness of the Blessed Mother. During Holy Mass, I saw Her, so lovely and so beautiful that I have no words to express even a small part of this beauty." (805)

Today, I feel the need to reflect on our Blessed Mother. I could not help but ponder how my own mother, as she so patiently waited to return home to Jesus, saw Mary in all her beauty.

She said to us, "Our Lady is here!"

When asked to describe Mary my mother responded, "She is just so beautiful...so beautiful!"

There were no words to describer her. Mary, in all her beauty is indescribable. She is beyond words.


As my mother suffered from her physical afflictions, I always saw her clinging to her rosary.

By meditating on the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus through the "praying of the beads", my mother received many graces from a merciful God.

May we always pray for those in hospitals, nursing homes or even in their own homes, who may be clinging to a rosary seeking God's mercy.

Thank you Blessed Mother, for bringing us closer to your Son through the power of the rosary!

Peace,

Many Thanks

"I thank my God for you every time I think of you..." Phil 1:3

Many thanks to my new "blogging friend" Esther, for designing my signature tag. I love it!

Kevin...thank you for all of your help. You are truly amazing!