I Surrender All

 Come Oh Holy Spirit, please fill the hearts of Thy faithful, please enkindle in us the Fire of Your Divine Love, please send us forth Your Spirit Oh Lord and it shall be created and You shall renew the face of the earth.

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Hi!

Welcome back to reading my thoughts and reflections.

The temperature now in Winnipeg is +14*C. Lovely to start working  in the front and back lawn and plants.

But, wait, not too fast! Forcasts say it will hit a low of +1 by Thursday.

For the budding vegetable garden enthusiast, planting outdoors will have to wait until a nice mini green house structure will be prepared. If not, I will just have to resort to sturdy, less care flowering plants like my Zinnias and Marigolds.

I eagerly await the resurgence of my Asiatic Lilies, Hydrangeas, 4^th of July sunburst flowers and my Catnip mints.

Ruel has not checked on our baby Apple shrub.

My indoor lemon shrub of almost 5 years is  in Intensive Care right now.

My Ikea Ficus is history. So sad!

Today, marks  my dad’s 94^th birthday.

I look out the windows right now and admire the overcast skies in the west windows, and the east, show pale blue and puffy clouds.

The 1pm sun is indeed bright.

I send kisses to dad.

I thank him for the devotion of the Divine Mercy.

I thank him for loving my mom for 41 years.

I offered my  complete rosary earlier for the repose of his soul and continue to pray that our Great God’s eternal light shine upon him.

I continue to thank him for the memories of him being my father.

One of our last conversations  in  2015,  a few months before he died was he had no fear of dying.  He tells me that our faith in God, His Son Jesus, the King of Divine Mercy should assure us of that promise that we will enjoy the afterlife with Him.

We must simply trust.

We must continue to seek Him out, to know Him more deeply,  love Him enough to serve His purpose in our lives.

For His greater glory and the good of our souls.

Today also marks more than a month of journeying up close and personal a young  mom of three children ages, 8,7 and 3.

Husband of 17 years has filed divorce proceedings from her.

I surrender every prayer, every conversation, every counseling attempt to the  Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lord, I let go and let You take over.

We did our part in trying to work for the preservation of the marriage, the healing of the hurts, the spot lighting of Your presence in their family life, the wellbeing of their children.

All may fall short.

Take over Lord.

I surrender.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04Bx9pKwpU 

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Today's Kerygma Daily Reflections link:

https://kerygmafamily.com/modules/dailyreadings/read.php?date=2026-04-21

My reflections based on the proposed reflection questions:

Do you seek the Bread of Life daily, or are you more focused on temporary rewards?

Which among Jesus’ deeds and traits is the most life-giving to you? Why?

Are you ready to get out of your comfort zone and allow the Spirit to lead you into new places and experiences? 

I try my best to seek God, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit before I start my day and before I end my day.

Seeking Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist during the celebration of the mass is something we try to do each Sunday.

To be a daily mass goer is the target even online for now.

I wish to make good this resolve if I will claim that His Last Supper deeds and words are very important for me.

The power of His Resurrection is what I try to remember more often especially when I feel my prayers are not being answered in a timely manner since I am surely focused on a lot of distractions and temporal rewards.

As I surrender to Him, His Holy Will, His purpose in my life...it is an act of bravery and full trust just like the time I did paragliding in Gudauri, Georgia.

I try to always be ready for His Holy Spirit's workings and leadings in my life.

Praise to Your Oh Lord Jesus Christ.

Mama Mary, please continue to cover my family and I with your Guadalupe Tilma.

St. Joseph, terror of demons, pray for us.

St. Michael, by your light, enlighten us.

St. Michael, by your wings, shield us.

St. Michael, by your sword, defend us.

Easter Tuesday

 Come Oh Holy Spirit, please fill the hearts of thy faithful, please enkindle in us the fire of Your Divine Love, please send forth Your Spirit Oh Lord, and it shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth.

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April 7,2026

The skies are overcast today.

Yesterday, we enjoyed blue skies and puffy white clouds. The sun was shinning beautifully. 40% of the snow in the front and back yard thawed.

Was thinking of keeping the winter jackets, but then again, it might not still be a good idea.

Today, let us focus on Mary Magdalene and Jesus asking her not to touch Him yet.

What does that mean?

https://kerygmafamily.com/modules/dailyreadings/read.php?date=2026-04-07

Kergyma Family explains that things that distract us like jobs, toxic people, painful situations,  and everything that the world offers may compete with our sole focus on Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am now asking the grace from Jesus, to surrender to Him all my dreams, plans and intentions. I  place them all at the foot of His Holy Cross and ask that His love directly flow back to my heart, body and soul.

May all our Good Friday's reach Resurrection Sundays.

Reflection questions:

Do you miss out seeing Jesus in others? Make a list of these people and think of ways they manifest Jesus’ character to you.

What experience allowed you to “see” the Lord powerfully at work in your life?

In what moments of your life have you felt like Mary—grieving, disoriented, or lost? How did Jesus meet you in that darkness?

My prayer:

Lord Jesus, please touch all leaders of this world, especially the warring factions :

  U.S.A-Israel versus Iran.

Ukraine versus Russia.

Nigeria.

Taiwan.

Gaza.

China grabbing islands in the Philippine archipelago.

May your peace reign in all our hearts and may we continue to welcome YOU Oh Lord in our hearts so our sorrows will turn into Joy, our confusion to CLARITY and our despair to Hope in You and in You alone.

Maundy Thursday 2026

 

Maundy Thursday 2026

Come Oh Holy Spirit, please fill the hearts of thy faithful, please enkindle in us the fire of Your Divine Love, send forth Your Spirit Oh Lord, and it shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth.

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Today, my mom and dad would have celebrated 66 years of married life.

Unfortunately, in 2001, mom succumbed to the big C .

They had a total of 41 years married. Mom was 64 years old.

Dad survived her for 14 years more, and finally passed on in 2015 at age 83.

Yesterday, I got to pray and chat with a 60 year old mom of 3 grown up children. She had her first born at 19 years old.

I loved her philosophy in her children choosing their partners in life.

One of her children was just served divorce papers after 17 years of married life.

I was inquiring if she had an inkling or a vibe that this would happen.

I was trying to see if she was able to see some red flags early on.

I guess what I want to see first of all are the following:

1.       Was God a central figure in their life choices?

2.       Did service to one another figure in  their day to day choices?

3.       What was the couple’s end goal?

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I want to put out first and foremost, that I am a believer and follower of Christ Jesus.

As such, I check in on Him for His thoughts and words on Marriage.

I believe that God, The Father, Creator of heaven and earth instituted marriage.

Thus, what He has joined together, no one must break.

There are 3 parties in the union. God, the husband and the wife.

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Dad and mom had a lot of challenges in their married life. They had 9 children as products of this union.

When I was in 3^rd year high school, the challenges came one after the other.

There is the hint of infidelity that resulted in a possible  offspring.

Mom was super stoic about it.

She chose to stay in the marriage.

Dad said, only time can tell. He did not say yes or no to the question of his extra marital affair.

Their life after the supposed betrayal, was marked by a radical change in lifestyle and direction.

Dad supported mom in her activities to draw closer to the Lord and serve Him.

When one is in rock bottom, there is no way but to look UP.

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I hope this particular story of our family, will inspire this young mom on the process of divorce.

I had the chance to be the 2^nd person to read the divorce papers that was just served to her 2 hours earlier.

It made my head spin.

April fools day to be so coincidental!!!

My mom’s steady and calm reaction to the case of a possible extra marital affair was a super power.

I just hope that it did not cause her own health deterioration.

The kryptonite that killed her eventually?

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The decision to forgive is not easy.

It requires a continuous and super natural effort not to lash out and put matters in your own hands.

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This young husband, made a promise to his young wife, that he will never allow what happened to him, a product of a broken relationship, happen to his own children.

And what has happened now?

He runs off with another young mom he met through online gaming.

The son of whom is the age of his 2^nd child with his legal wife.

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My prayer and my hope:

The world is really lost and confused without the knowledge and relationship with Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

He came so that we can have life. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

We can do nothing good apart from Him being in our lives.

He is the Word made flesh, who died for our sins as a ransom for us so we can be redeemed from the snares, traps and fight of the Evil One.

We all have a God shaped hole in our hearts brought about the pain and trauma of living in a fallen world, and only God can fill it with His healing graces.

United with Him, we can conquer all our wounds with His graces.

May we have the grace to go to Him, this Holy Week and endure our Good Friday with the hope of Easter and salvation every step of the way.

He is the answer.

He can save us.

Praise to You Oh Lord Jesus Christ.