Deb's Podcast

This episode "Meet Every Soul That Desires To Be On A Journey With God"   is dedicated to my Mother and Father whom I had recently had a funeral mass, honor guard, and garden internment for, on June 16, 2026.  I am so ever thankful to my spouse undivided attention every step of the way, and to Father Patrick Francis O' Doherty, for the gift of offering the huge blessing of having a...

Consider every grace that you have been given, as a deliberate gift from our Lord.  You cannot do anything whatsoever without Him.  God is living and breathing deep within you, and yet you cant see Him, but He is there.  He guides his children, and blesses them every step of the way.  He opens doors that could have remained locked for eternity.  God does an amazing work in all of his people.  We o...

Words.  They are very important.  May yours be voiced to bless and to heal a very broken world.  Words.  Have you chosen yours carefully this day?  Did you stop to think before you spoke?  Words.  Words are sacramentals.  They were given to us to communicate the good news.  And today, you most certainly are receiving good news from above.  Let us try our very best to enter into a communion with Go...

Why is it we are in need of a great transformation?  I believe in my heart we were destined for greatness.  To be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.  Why?  Why is that?  I believe it is because Christ himself is perfection.  He made the universe.  He made you and I in his likeness and in His image.  He made us for his greater glory.  So why cant we magnify the Lord the same way Mother Mary...

I was overwhelmed by the great gifts I was receiving through my Holy Mother, through Saint Pio, and through my maternal mother who were all celebrating May 25, 2026 in a heavenly way.  For some reason, God bestowed upon me the great gift of remembrance through the Mother of Christ, and the ability to pray for the intercession of a Saint in my lifetime, an Italian Saint at that, Padre Pio of Petril...

Searching for God, searching for faith , searching for the truth, we experience a new found appreciation for the great gift of faith we were given as Catholic's.   I have learned that faith is the greatest expression of Gods love for us.   And if we are fortunate enough to catch hold of the faith and nurture the faith, we end up discovering that a life lived in Christ is the most amazing life...

This event was by far a miracle happening to my husband and I and another couple who were present at Queen of Peace Church this past week.  It was Monday May 25, 2026.  I was scheduled to lector.  It was also the birthday of my mother.  I was scheduled to visit her for the week of her birthday.  But instead she was taken up by Jesus to be with him forever.  For three weeks I had been in deep mourn...

All life begins and ends in Christ.  Whether we like it or not, believe it or not, Christ our Lord reminds us of this truth.  We can either accept him or deny him.  We can live in him or live without him.  It is Christ that gives us free will to choose.  And it is solely up to us to choose wisely.  When we choose to be in Christ, when we accept Him as our Lord and Saviour, our lives change, we mat...

I believe the mass is one of the greatest gifts and remembrances of our Lord.  Although we could not be present at the Last Supper with the Apostles, we get to re-live that experience each time we attend just one daily mass.  We are surrounded by God, for he is present in the holy tabernacle of the altar.  The priest is presenting to us Christs body and blood, and we are present to receive all the...

I think you will enjoy the content of this episode.  I have included My Cross, My Forgiveness, and My Mother's Passing From This Life To Eternity With Jesus.  Also I have included The Marian Dedication Of Saint Francis of Assisi, and an article on Father Tom Murphy OFS, the Franciscan Priest who gave me my profession as a Third Order Secular Franciscan, becoming the last person he would give...

I am alot like you.  We are both a child of Jesus and Mary most holy.  Trying to find our way back to Christ through his holy Mother Mary.  We call upon their intercession in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times of searching, deeply searching what our hearts and minds desire most at this very moment.  I desire to be in Christ.  His company,  and every day is a new day to get things right...

Why must we find ourselves?  Why must we encounter the Christ?  Why is the conversion of a soul so important to our creator?  Because, I believe we were all meant to discover our true purpose.  Catholic or not, atheist or buddist, we all need a compass in life, to genuinely help guide us, in finding out truly-- who we really are.   Nothing cuts to the core of the truth-- more than --Catholicism. ...

Opening up the bible, changed the very course of my life.  The guidelines were all there, answers to every question imaginable, and yet, something some how, always abruptly stopped or interrupted the process of completely entering into the holy presence of God.  It was God himself asking me to give him my heart and in turn I gave him ultimate control of my life.  I surrendered upon the death bed o...

Living out the Best Easter of my life, this too is my wish for all of you in 2026!  Yes, we can overcome our blindspots, we can overcome our unforgiveness, we can do all good things, in Christ Jesus, because He lives in Us!  Happy Easter to all, during  this wonderful powerful and holy time of year.  When we trust everything to Christ, we are FREE.  No longer has the sting of sin caused us to be s...

In this weeks Lenten Missal, Fr. Richard Veras, Director of Pastoral Formation at Saint Joseph Seminary in New York beautifully reminds of the the truths we should be reflecting upon deeply as Christians as this Holy Easter arrives.   Why consider this deep reflection?  I believe it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of our souls to keep their our eyes solely on Jesus!  Our mind and heart i...

During Lent, let us take this time to look deep within ourself and examine our conscience in preparation of Palm Sunday and Easter.  Christ endured a great crucifixion, I truly believe, so must we, in order to get to heaven.  Was it all for nothing, or was it all for us?  Gods perfect plan to save us, to save our very souls from final damnation? The answer is yes!   We may not have peronally have...

O Patron Saint Of Families, pray for us.  One can always rely heavily upon the intercession of the Saints.  There is a Saint for every cause/concern imaginable.  We have Saint Gerard, Patron Saint of Pregnant Women.  I have yet to see a statue of him in any Catholic Church that I have been to.  My hope is to bring about an awareness of each Saint to you so that you can grow in the knowledge of the...

Conversion.  A conversion is necessary in the life of every human being.  It helps us to realize how messy, difficult, confusing, life is, without having Jesus.  Having Jesus is very centering.  Very real, very mature, and gratifying! We learn the truth of our existence when we have a real relationship in Christ.  Our desire to be Catholic, to be faithful, and to be living in a daily commitment wi...

Saint Patrick's Special Feast Day.  An Italian Saint who converted men/women of Ireland in becoming Catholic.  Fortunately a remenent of authentic Irish priests actual desendents of Ireland have devoted their entire lives in serving God with their very lives by preparing/nurturing the very souls of men and women interested/commited to engaging in the Catholic faith!  Their  interest, their co...

In the book of Luke we are reminded "Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house.  Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."  Just reading scripture from the bible in this case, magnificat, is alarming!  We hear the words and yet we go against what our Lord is telling us.  Why is it we choose not to...

Compassion...  A really great trait to have!  Sometimes we just need to be inspired by the good works of another in our midst.  I once read "Keep yourself so busy that you will not have time, nor the desire, to ever speak ill of another".  Those words still remain true as the day I first read them.  Words we could and should all live by!  I have learned one of the greatest of all discipl...

To be Catholic-Is to be responsibile/accountable to Christ who gave us breadth and life.  To be responsible/accountable, is knowing that any assignment given to us personally by God, can be achieved as long as we remain prayerful, truthful, and faithful, in Him.   Jesus is counting on us to be open to HIS truth and share HIS truth with all  humanity !  I believe that we all are destined to be in C...

Saint Peter pray for us!  Pray that all of God's truths be revealed.  Bless and protect our priests, deacons, spiritual directors, lay people.  May nothing stand in their way of contributing to Gods most perfect plans.  There is a massive attack on traditional family life and values.  Gods people are lost, broken, deceived by the evil one.  Our mistakes have cost us everything, we have delibe...

May the power of the most high be with you!  Just exactly where you are.  For you were beautifully made in his image and in his likeness.  You were not a mistake.  You were born out of love.  A love larger than your comprehension.  And God allowed it to be.  We are imperfect people, seeking perfection through Christ.  Only he can make us holy.  And he has a way of drawing us into his holy presence...

Guidance.  We all need to be properly guided in the faith and learn from our ancient christian writers.  How else are we going to fully understand who we are in and through them, all of the faithful.  Our ancestors within the 1st and 2nd century have alot of good advice for us to adhere to.  We need this awareness.  We have fallen asleep when it comes to the great gift we were given.  Jesus Christ...