Deb's Podcast

Author of the Gospel of Matthew.  He wrote on the account of that turning point in his life.  We too need to look at our very own lives in this same manner and discern what God has done and what we need to do to live a full life in Christ.  Matthew was approached by Jesus while working in the taxing booth, he said to him, follow me, and Matthew stood up and followed Jesus. He wrote for his country...

Praying the Crown Rosary 1.  Announce the First Mystery and Say the Our Father   on the fifth bead from the Cross. 2.  Say one Hail Mary for each of the ten beads. 3.  Announce the Second Mystery and then say the Our Father. 4.  Say Two Hail Mary's to complete 72 years of Mary's Joy on the fourth and third beads from the Cross.  5.  Say Our Father and Glory Be for the intention of the Ho...

In God's perfect timing all comes to fruition.  Fruition of soul.  Today we are blessed to share my interview as I am about to be temporary promised.  God is allowing his grace to overflow through me by accepting my calling to become a Third Order Dominican.  It's a very exciting time for me, and my fraternity which just received approval from the Bishop of Orlando Diocese.  I so thank o...

Paving the way to live more fully the life God has given.  I am working very hard on perfecting the spirit living within my soul.  We all have an identity.  We all need to identify that identity with Christ.  I am in that exact crossroad.  Today I am moments away from the interviewing process that takes place prior to receiving my temporary promise as a third order Dominican.  I am sharing this mo...

What joy fills the heart of the faithful when they discover great news about a saint and the great works they were chosen to do for God while still living on earth.  No two saints were given the exact same mission to serve.  You and I are no different.  We too like the saints were given a very special task to take on.  And it is up to us to discover what that particular task is through our relatio...

Sincerity of heart, mind, body, and soul.  We are given all these wonderful gifts from God and yet I ponder this important question.  Are we respectful of these divine gifts or are we just taking each and every single one of them for granted?  Great question's to think about but much more importantly deeply reflect upon.  Are we sincere in our person, in our God?  Are we sincere in our family...

Saintly Pope Benedict XVI, has greatly inspired me today, years after his death, I am called by God for a very specific task to openly share his reflection given on Saint Dominic on  February 3, 2010. He had this to say.  Saint Dominc always spoke with God about God.  Can you imagine what that must have been like for those people who were alive during the reign of this great saint. At separate tim...

This audio is a great reflection of God at work in his people.  God does reveal his omni presence when two or more are gathered in his holy name.  This audio in particular holds great meaning to me because some of the members that shared their thoughts to the questions asked have gone onward to receive their heavenly reward.  God placed me in a group of holy men and holy women whose lives exuded s...

It takes a lifetime to really look deep within ones soul to see exactly how one had chosen to live out the precious life that God has granted.  Life is a gift.  And life should be looked at with a magnifier by each of us in order to see the goodness of God weaving greatness through the life time of every individual He has ever created specifically for this important time in the history of ones sou...

During Lent we fast from eating meat, we fast from committing sins.  It is an important part of who we are as Catholic Christians.  We receive the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, ONLY in the state of grace.  We attend mass daily and we frequently show our face to the priest and give our confession after having a well examined conscience. Something worth considering on a daily basis as you pray be...

What is Love?  Love is Christ Jesus.  Love is allowing our free will to be expendible through the love we have for Christ.  That love brings us forth into his eternal presence while still living here on earth.  His love has alot of purpose, his love has alot to teach each and every one of us.  We can be stubborn about love.  We could struggle with loving those who hurt us.  Especially our family. ...

Now more than ever we need a Saint that we can pray to on behalf of our spiritual intentions.  Who better to call upon than the Father of Jesus, the husband of Mary, the parents of our Lord.  Tonight so many prayer requests have come my way and I was drawn very closely to Saint Joseph, and I believe that you too were meant to be drawn to this Saint and learn from Him.  I have included and referenc...

We were once inspired by someone very dear to us.  And we were able to tap into that inspiration at some later point in our life.  And when we recognize the great gift it is to be inspired, we don't waste that inspiration, I believe we build upon it.  For quite some time I have done exactly that never really knowing what it was exactly God had me do but as the decades of my life evolved I beg...

During Lent our Pastor Father Patrick and our Associate Pastor Father Paul bless us tremendously every Friday following mass.  We all gather in the main sanctuary as a church family to recite together the Stations Of The Cross.  The Stations of the Cross, are special prayers.  They bring to our attention our Lord's suffering.  Yes, greatly did He ever suffer so that you and I can have life et...

I pray that you are experiencing the greatest peace during this Holy Lenten Season!  The peace of Christ is meant for everyone.  Christian, non Christian, believers, and even those still searching.  I know from personal experience if one chooses to search far and wide for the truth, they will stumble upon Christ.  I also know that deep down we are all searching for more than what this life has to...

During Lent we are drawn ever closer to God, and ever closer to the truth about ourselves.  (Yikes)  Who we truly are is yet to be determined. And I say that because we have yet to become our very best self! Yet to be .......  Fully in Christ!  When we look up to Christ for all the answers we are never disappointed, disciplined yes, but never dissapointed in the outcome and the journey we begin to...

May these holy novena's bless your life abundantly during this most holy season of Lent.  May our Lord dwell deeply into your heart, mind, and soul.  We know as Christians, as Catholics, the power each and every one of these prayers hold deep within us, offering the gifts we need to continue living the life we are called to live in Christ Jesus. In time, God will reveal to us perfectly all th...

A Saint in our lifetime.  Mother Teresa.  How fortunate we are to know of her life  and her great works. She is an inspiration to us all.  Mother could be found in the slums, in search of the most destitute people, poor, abandoned, forgotten were highly sought after by this great woman of faith.  My first recollection of her was on television she was sitting on the curb of a street holding in her...

I so thank God for the gift  of knowing the word and the meaning of holiness.  I just think of Mary the holy Mother of God and her Son and instaneously I am brought into their holy presence.  I just need to sit there within their company and listen to the silence, the calm, the peace, yhe love that is truly available through our Lord himself.  Faith too is the greatest gift to mankind.  So very fe...

Blessed are we as Christians to pray these prayers together during this most holy season of Lent.  A time of great awareness.  A time of great repentance.  We should be making a forty day fast.  Fasting from food, fasting from negativity, fasting from anything that is preventing us from being in a holy state of mind, body, soul, or spirit with our creator.  If you are struggling to fast in this fa...

We will never fiully know the impact of every single prayer we recite from our heart for ourselves, those we love, and for those we never met.  But I would imagine someone up above is listening with the utmost greatest compassion.  We will never know why we suffered here on earth, but as the saints remind us not even our sufferings go to waste.  They are being used somehow someway for the greater...

How very blessed we are to have these special prayers known to us over the decades as Novena's.  We are so encouraged by them as we remain faithful to Christ and our life as Christians.  We desire to go deeper into the prayers and as a student myself currently studying within the Dominican Lay Group, I have greatly experienced the countless blessings of being united in prayer with fellow Domi...

The Holy Infant Jesus Of Good Health is Venerated At His Shrine In Morelia, Mexico.  How This Devotion Developed...About 1942 a small wooden statue of the Holy Infant Jesus in a private home in Morelia, Mexico, began to cause astonished surprise.  The LITTLE Infant seemed to respond in wondrous ways to prayerful petitions, especially in matters of health.  These special favors were first granted t...

In the early 1990's I belonged to a Marian Cenacle.  It was there that my  personal devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary increased greatly.  I was introduced to these Marian devotions through Judge Schmitt and his lovely wife.  God rest his soul.  We gathered after mass  to say the Rosary and deeply meditate upon each mystery.  Then we recited together the Act Of Consecration and sang  Marian...

Why the urgency for so much prayer?  Good question.  We desperately need purification.  We don't see our self as sinners. We have become desensitized to our sinfulness, we are disgraceful when it comes to not wanting to work on the inside of our heart, mind, soul, and body.  As our skin gets dirty on the outside, so does the inside of our body. Sure we can wash our skin with soap and clean it...