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Evil is the creator of poverty. If we neglect to assist the most vulnerable and ill among us, it raises the question: why prioritize international aid when local needs remain unmet? If we fail to support those nearby, they may be driven to accept assistance from questionable sources, at a cost. We failed them by preventing direct support to our community. While financial aid is necessary for the less fortunate, it’s crucial to consider its sufficiency and impact. The true essence of support lies in the act of kindness to the ones around us, the ones who really need us. And pray the rosary that other countries could do the same. Helping others is not a GoFundMe page; it’s bringing a casserole dish when someone is feeling down. It's paying their rent for the month they were in the hospital. It’s mowing their lawn when your neighbor has a broken leg. It’s listening when someone needs to vent. Most importantly, it is giving the simple act of kindness, a sign of expression stating, you are not alone. If we do not help each other, then evil will win, and that’s how we become the opposite of a free country. Therefore, commit to one act of kindness daily, as it can create a positive ripple effect.

Life's unpredictability means that everything can change in an instant. In the blink of an eye, everything could change instantly, and not always for the best but for the worst. It's in these moments that we come to value the small things and dismiss what once seemed significant. Now, do I believe bad things happen for a reason? I believe there is no such thing as coincidence, and whether it was done intentionally or unintentionally, it may be a result of something bigger, or it could be just the end of a chapter. The most important thing is to keep the faith no matter what life throws at us. Faith is the most powerful thing we have, and it’s free. Our world may have suffering, but nothing is truly lost. Do you have faith to believe in eternal life, in heaven, in Jesus, or all the things that make this life seem short? Without faith, life is meaningless. Nobody could truly control life no matter how hard we try. Without faith, the beauty of life diminishes, much like a fading painting; as it deteriorates, so does the faith. I believe there’s more in this world that we cannot understand or even attempt to understand. The vastness of the world makes it impossible to know everything. This is why faith is so important, trust is so important, because with faith and trust, they allow us to navigate life's uncertainties, appreciate the miracles of life. We must be grateful for the miracles we receive.

I had the privilege of witnessing the remarkable Lady of Fatima Statue. Not just her beauty but how her miracles glowed, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, was truly captivating. Her beauty was so gracious I didn't want to miss a moment.  I joined the line to meet our Lady of Fatima who appeared to the three children in Portugal, revealing visions of hell and urging them to pray the rosary for the end of all wars. As I reached the front of the line, I could only think of one miracle that could save the world from destruction, and I prevailed. Her powerful strength comes from our Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. AMEN!

There are days when events occur that are beyond our control. The most detrimental response is to succumb to fear. When faced with unkindness, should we be afraid, or should we stand up taller and look ahead? Avoid being disoriented by demonic ideologies, instead stay vigilant and support those who suffer. When my child was very sick, I was going through a difficult time. It was the support of my family, church, and community that helped me through it. Being there in church for those in need is the most powerful action any of us could do. Believe me when I say it will get easier, challenges will become more manageable, and hearts will mend. Only in Gods love will we be shown the way through harmony.

“A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. In green pastures he makes me lie down; to still waters he leads me; he restores my soul. He guides me along right paths for the sake of his name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me. You set a table before me in front of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the Lord for endless days.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/psa.23.1-6.NABRE

“Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬ ‭NABRE‬‬

“Yet we do speak a wisdom to those who are mature, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away. Rather, we speak God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: “What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him,” this God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God. Among human beings, who knows what pertains to a person except the spirit of the person that is within? Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God. And we speak about them not with words taught by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, describing spiritual realities in spiritual terms. Now the natural person does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually. The spiritual person, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone. For “who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭16‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/1co.2.7-16.NABRE

“These are the words of the scroll which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon. This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans and smiths had left Jerusalem. Delivered in Babylon by Elasah, son of Shaphan, and by Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Babylon, the letter read: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruits. Take wives and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters. Increase there; do not decrease. Seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you; pray for it to the Lord, for upon its welfare your own depends. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners who are among you; do not listen to those among you who dream dreams, for they prophesy lies to you in my name; I did not send them—oracle of the Lord. For thus says the Lord: Only after seventy years have elapsed for Babylon will I deal with you and fulfill for you my promise to bring you back to this place. For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the Lord—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When you call me, and come and pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me—oracle of the Lord—and I will change your lot; I will gather you together from all the nations and all the places to which I have banished you—oracle of the Lord—and bring you back to the place from which I have exiled you. As for your saying, “The Lord has raised up for us prophets here in Babylon”— Thus says the Lord concerning the king sitting on David’s throne and all the people living in this city, your kinsmen who did not go with you into exile; thus says the Lord of hosts: I am sending against them sword, famine, and pestilence. I will make them like rotten figs, so spoiled that they cannot be eaten. I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, a desolation, a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations among which I have banished them, because they did not listen to my words—oracle of the Lord—even though I kept sending them my servants the prophets, but they would not listen to them—oracle of the Lord. As for you, listen to the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. This is what the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab, son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: I am handing them over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who will kill them before your eyes. And because of them this curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah in Babylon: “May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in fire,” because they have committed an outrage in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and alleging in my name things I did not command. I know, I am witness—oracle of the Lord. ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭1‬-‭23‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/jer.29.1-23.NABRE

“No longer shall the sun be your light by day, Nor shall the brightness of the moon give you light by night; Rather, the Lord will be your light forever, your God will be your glory.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭19‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/isa.60.19.NABRE

““Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where [I] am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭14‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/jhn.14.1-14.NABRE

““If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, [then] what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. “I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you everything and remind you of all that [I] told you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me. Get up, let us go.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭15‬-‭31‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/jhn.14.15-31.NABRE

“On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭4‬:‭35‬-‭41‬ ‭NABRE‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/463/mrk.4.35-41.NABRE