Deb's Podcast

God is everywhere.  God is in all of creation.  God is in us.  God wants us to recognize his presence.  I think when we walk closely with God, we can see our life through a very special lens, and watchful eye of God.  God can do anything.  Especially in and through us, his greatest of all creation.  He wants what is best for our lives.  And we can really live out our best life yet, if we choose hi...

Today I would like to honor a dear friend and share with you her beautiful legacy.  She was very instrumental in bringing Christ closer to me.  Although honestly, at that time , I had no idea this was happening.  It was definitely Christ living in her touching and enriching every life she was coming into contact with.  On the very first day entering into our church, she just so happen to be leavin...

How do we experience God's love to the highest degree?  It isn't as simple as one might think.  First we need to recognize that we have an important role to play in that process.  You and I, whether we realize it or not, we are children of God.  And on one very fine day, we will return to God.  He will come for us and take us back to himself.  It is, a very beautiful reality, being a Chr...

Like Mary, all mothers love their children.  Like Mary, we are called to follow in her footsteps.  Her fiat.  Do whatever the Lord tells you!  But how do we hear the voice of God calling?  Is it possible?  All things are possible in our Lord!  All things are possible in our Blessed Mother Mary.  I am excited to speak with you about her.  She is veiled and robed in glory.  Conceivd without the stai...

The beauty of service is profound in the eyes of the beholder.  The past five days have been a glorious experience in serving God through serving our youth.  Jesus must be very pleased with the outcome of the efforts of every adult and teen participating in this important mission of retreating in Christ.  Christ began to touch the hearts of everyone in the room.  We all walked in shy and at the en...

Holiness.  Delving deeper into the holiness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  How do we go deeper into the faith that we were given?  Desire.  We must desire Christ first.  We must place Christ first in all things.  When we make this decision an important part of our life on a daily basis, we are no longer the same.  We are one in Him.  And a newfound journey begins in us through that relation...

One hundred and twenty two pages of truth being shared to the faithful, a priceless reference for anyone seeking to grow in their faith with our holy and our blessed ever Virgin Mother Mary.   Quote of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on The Apostolate of Holy Motherhood... "From reading portions of this book, I can see how well it is written, so true to the teaching of Mother Church and such an aut...

In this episode of the reflection of our Blessed and Holy Mother Mary, Father John Paul Mary had more to share, I only overlooked it in my notes.  Israel is found by the grace of the church.  Virgin made Church or Virgin who became church, spouse of the the holy spirit, the new eve, mother of the new creation.   Saint Ireneaus.  God does not force himself into the world.  Mary's consent is cr...

Taking our eyes off of our selves and placing our very eyes upon Christ.  Look at him on the cross! What do you see?  What is Jesus saying to your heart?  Gaze upon him.  And go deeper into the silence.  Stay there for just a while.  Give this time personally to Jesus.  Setting aside time for yourself.  You now desire to give your time to Jesus.  What exactly does that feel like to you?  How is th...

Gut level honesty is necessary in life to overcome the pain in ones past.  A clean heart create in me O' God!  Does your heart need to be cleaned?  Your sins are red as crimson, but Jesus wants to make you white as snow.  Allow him the honor to step in and clean up house!  Your spiritual house, your interior soul!  Something amazing awaits the person who has the courage to step forward and co...

The Cross.  After mass,  I had decided to spend extra time in the sanctuary with God.  After receiving the holy eucharist I wanted to enter into more deeply the silence of Christ.  It was difficult.  Reverence in the church after the mass dissapates.  It's a problem when you have great concern and need to speak directly to God about it.  I had to ask the congregation to be silent!  I went bac...

This is perhaps the most beautifully written meditation dedicated to all Catholic priest's.  I was given a copy of this priceless gem on November 5, 2003.  And our Lord has brought it to my attention today to encourage all of us to a deeper prayerful life devoted to prayer and devoted to the priesthood.  Fr. Gobbi of the Marian Movement of Priests has blessesd us with his writings and reflect...

I am greatly honored to share with you the holy experience we had at the Shrine in Hanceville.  It is a real treat for anyone interested in the great work of one wonderful human being who heard the call to serve Christ globally, and listened, and as she listened God's perfect plans unfolded.  Mother Angelica was in tune with our Lord.  She is a  saint in my day, devoted to prayer, devoted to...

Finding our way to humility.  I think it is one of the most important ways that you and I can rediscover ourselves through learning, through listening, through understanding ourselves and others much better than we do.  In Michael Caseys book "Living In The Truth",  he states this.    Humility brings fundamental happiness that is able to cope with external difficulties and sorrows .  Sto...

Christ desires to live in all his people.  What creatures desire altogether is another story.  But we need to remain on point.  We must decide whether we are going to live this life within the power of prayer that opens up our soul to the spirit that lives deep within us.  Cracking open our inner desires to know about the spiritual forces that surround us.  We cannot remain oblivious to this most...

I am truly blessed to have a friendship among the faithful.  I have a wonderful group of married couples who gather every month to celebrate the friendship we share with our precious Lord.  Every day that goes by I am most blessed to be amongst these men and women who feed me the truth about life, faith, friendship and most importantly the friendship we all share in Christ.   Christ has brought us...

Needing, desiring, and living in God affects the very future of our eternal life.  We will in the end, end up in purgatory, heaven or hell.  The most optimum decision within our lifetime,  will impact the future of our soul.  So today, I am greatly encouraging you to peal open wide your eyes, for it is necessary to see the truth I am talking about with open and honest concern.  It is important to...

Spiritual Warfare -  It is a very real occurence happening day in and day out to many of Gods people.  Why would God allow this to happen to us, in the first place, isn't that a really great question?  I believe evil can bring us closer to God  if we are drawn to the light, and equally we can be drawn to the darkness out of curiousity.  That is the danger of not knowing God, and not knowing y...

The power of our choices good, bad, indifferent.  How they affect you the person, and the rest of your lineage, and the lineage of humanity.  Destruction and death are just around the corner, if we do not turn our hearts, our minds, our faith beliefs back to Jesus Christ, we are in for a rude awakening, I kid you not!  Today the church was jammed packed with people, unusual for this time of year. ...

Say the name of Jesus.  When we do there is alot of power in our Lords name.  He will help you in your deepest darkest moment.  Trust.  We must trust in our creator.  He is our shepherd.  He is everything and nothing else matters more than to be in a relationship with Christ.  We can go to his Mother Mary and pray, and all our prayers will be sent to her Son on our behalf.  Jesus sees us every sin...

What does it mean to belong to a cenacle community?  I can remember being invited decades ago to join the Marian Movement of Priests, lead by Father Gobbi.  There were about a dozen parishioners who gathered in the church of San Pablo before the mass to pray the rosary, receive the Eucharist, and when the church cleared out, the hour belonged totally to Christ.  We began with singing Marian hyms i...

Holy Communion.  The precious body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  We remember you always!  We celebrate you and the great life you have given to us.  Your holy bread, this communion we receive daily is a gift from you to all of your children, to remain deeply connected to your love for us.  We are drawn daily to your love, to the holy eucharist, to the mass, to reconciliation, and in every...

Draw me ever closer to your love Jesus!  Make my soul pure again.  Remove from my soul the very stain of that first SIN that separated me totally from you.  That sin that had turned my life upside down, that it had caused me to lose all sense of you, all sense of myself.  Why did I allow myself to remain so far away from you for all those years?  Why Lord did the evil one have such a strong hold o...

Beyond the gift of receiving delicous chocolates we receive the gift of Jesus reigning in our hearts.  Christ is everything, everywhere and in everyone.  We remember, we revere him this day, this holy day of his resurrection.  This day belongs to us and we celebrate the life death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.   You and I were both born into the likeness and the image of Christ.  We were creat...

Easter Vigil Saturday  March 30, 2024 The church once again brings the life of Jesus to light!  And a great light shone today at Queen of Peace Catholic Church.  All the mothers and fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, grand children and great grand children from all over the world gathered to experience the beautiful blessing of the Easter Baskets. Father Patrick pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic...