Keep Moving Toward The Light!

The Star is There, Trust!

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy…
Matthew 3: 10

Happy Epiphany Sunday!

The above selection from the Gospel of St. Matthew points out the feelings of the Magi who had come to follow the Star. This light was a message for them of something great happening in the world. But then the Star disappeared!

The Star remained, but they could not see it!

They walked into a place of great darkness that covered their vision of the light of the Star!

The Wise Ones passed through the darkness in Trust!

Experience the joy they had felt! Their perseverance was rewarded, they met and adored the “Source of the Light “, Jesus!

May we follow the example of the Magi, when darkness comes our way, remember the Star is still there!

Move forward in Total Trust!

Pax.

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Happy 2023!

We Begin Anew!

But Mary kept all of these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2: 19

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, give us many important lessons, however little is recorded of her words. Mary’s actions speak loudly and are helpful for us to live in the world with peace.

Mary pondered!

In this Christmas reading above, we hear that Mary pondered on the shepherds’ visit and what they said about Jesus. She meditated on this experience and kept it in her heart. She would use it in her future. These ponderings would help her deal with whatever came her way.

May we follow this example as we begin a new year! Events will happen in our lives, good and not so good, but they still provide a lesson for us.

We do not stay in the past, but we ponder it’s significance!

The last three years have been often difficult, and pray God, this year will be less challenging! However, let us not forget the lessons we have learn, have an attitude of gratitude that we are still here, and appreciate one another!

New Year’s Blessings!

Pax.

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Christmas Blessings!

Please Love Each Other!

The Word became flesh and made its dwelling among us.
John 1:14

We come again to the wonderful Christmas Day and the beginning of the Christmas Season. This day is emotional full of past experiences and present realities. However, it is a day so full of emotions, good and not so good, that the love it presents may be lost!

The Word Became Flesh!

The Divine became one of us so that we can have the choice of becoming more Divine in the way we treat each other!

We are challenged to love unconditionally! This is not an easy task for us naturally, but It is possible. The Baby we celebrate today, as an adult, showed us how to treat one another.

Once again we can change the World! It sounds like a tremendous task, but it begins if we individually choose to love one another!

Choose Love!

Pax.

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The Circle is Completing!

We Are Enclosed In Love!

“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23

Advent is coming to a close and it helps to see each week as part of a circle that culminates in Love. We are in the most important love affair of our lives, and this love, when we surrender to it, will be the source of how we live; the source of our Peace!

We celebrated Hope the First Sunday of Advent. We know Jesus is coming in a special way to our lives. Jesus is eternally the same, but each Christmas we are different!

We celebrate Faith the Second Sunday of Advent. Faith helps us to open ourselves to Jesus! We must prepare ourselves to receive Him!

We celebrate Joy the Third Sunday of Advent. The days of waiting are coming to an end! Excitement is rising in our hearts!

We celebrate Peace the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Jesus, Our Peace, will be experienced in a powerful way in a few days!

The result of these Four Sundays of Advent is Love!

Jesus is Love! As we come to these last days before the Great Feast of Christmas, may the act of Divine Love, Love joining us in the Babe in the Manger, lead us to a deeper love of God and all people.

We need Christmas! We need to be inundated in Love! May Love overflow in us and change the World!

Pax.

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Our Purpose

Our Lady of Mount Caritas Ministry and it’s Hermitage of Peace work to make a difference in the world, one person at a time.

Presently we house three family at our headquarters at 54 Seckar Road, Ashford, CT. These families have at least one member who is from Brooklyn and / or Queens, New York.

Dr. Christopher Coleman have worked with these families and helping them to remain out of homelessness. There are issues of health and poverty that necessitated this intervention.

The environment is one of rural Connecticut. They do work on the property that helps them pay for their time there and give them a sense of purpose.

The end goal would be for each family to find appropriate housing and be able to maintain their living conditions. They will continue to be connect to Our Lady of Mount Caritas Ministry and with Dr. Coleman.

https://gofund.me/a1d90db2

Our Purpose

Our Lady of Mount Caritas Ministry and it’s Hermitage of Peace work to make a difference in the world, one person at a time.

Presently we house three families at our headquarters at 54 Seckar Road, Ashford, CT. These families have at least one member who is from Brooklyn and / or Queens, New York.

Dr. Christopher Coleman have worked with these families and helping them to remain out of homelessness. There are issues of health and poverty that necessitated this intervention.

The environment is one of rural Connecticut. They do work on the property that helps them pay for their time there and give them a sense of purpose.

The end goal would be for each family to find appropriate housing and be able to maintain their living conditions. They will continue to be connect to Our Lady of Mount Caritas Ministry and with Dr. Coleman.

https://gofund.me/a1d90db2

Be St. John Like

Change the Narrative!

“This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who shall prepare your way before you.’”
Matthew 11:10

Jesus needed His cousin St. John the Baptist! St. John was to prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus. He was a prophet, the last Prophet of the Old Testament, Jesus begins the Nee Testament with His life and ministry.

St. John’s preparation was very clear for those who could hear him. His message was revealed in all that was about him. Even the clothing he wore and the food he ate revealed a radical turn to the Divine.

To make the way to receive the Lord, we must repent of the things that block the Divine Presence in our lives!

Repentance is important and we must remove the things that keep us from receiving Jesus in our lives!

We must be St. John like in the way we live, in our total being! We may be the only ones who can bring Jesus to people.

May we be the best St. John like people, because the world is in desperate need of the peace, joy, and love that Jesus brings!

Pax.

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Receive Peace!

Prepare Our Hearts!

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ”Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:1-2

Christmas brings us back to the base, our hearts must be prepared to receive peace! Peace is a choice and it does not come from things.

Peace be with you!

This is a very important greeting and we do not use it enough and we certainly do not live it enough!

Repent from the things that keep us from peace!

This Second Sunday of Advent, let us remember, even in all of the shopping we must do, and in all the parties that we partake of, and in all the hours we spend in the kitchen preparing wonderful delicious meals, that we need to receive peace in our hearts! We must give ourselves the time to receive Jesus. We must find the time to pray, read Scripture and to love one another!

We need Christmas, and the only way to receive it, is to stop the frenzy and allow the heart to be open to receive the peace that Jesus brings!

Happy Second Sunday of Advent!

Pax.

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