Building the Kingdom of God

08/16/2026

Please keep Brendan in your prayers. A devout Catholic and father to several young children, Brendan was found by a priest yesterday unconscious in the gym from a ruptured fistula and he remains unresponsive. We are asking for total and complete healing through the intercession of Blessed Stanley Rother. 🙏

As a sign of hope to his wife, Mary, please like this post as a mark of your prayer and share far and wide.

08/15/2026

08/15/2026

The SURRENDER Novena

Day 6
You are sleepless; you want to judge everything, direct everything and
see to everything and you surrender to human strength, or worse – to
men themselves, trusting in their intervention – this is what hinders
my words and my views. Oh, how much I wish from you this surren-
der, to help you and how I suffer when I see you so agitated! Satan
tries to do exactly this: to agitate you and to remove you from my pro-
tection and to throw you into the jaws of human initiative. So, trust
only in me, rest in me, surrender to me in everything.

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you,
take care of everything! (10x)

Mother Mary, I am yours now and forever.
Through you and with you
I always want to belong completely to Jesus.

08/15/2026

The Virgin Mary and Theology of the Body

08/15/2026

The Glories of Mary by St. Alponsus Ligouri (1696-1787) is one of the greatest Catholic books ever written.

Actually, it is five complete books in one volume. Here the great Doctor of the Church has assembled the very finest information about Our Lady that he could find, all taken from many writings of Saints, Doctors of the Church and other holy authors, as well as from Sacred Scripture.

08/15/2026

In this riveting collection of true stories, Catholic speaker and spiritual director Christine Watkins inspires readers with stories of conversion and healing linked to the intercession of Mary.

In Full of Grace, Watkins tells her own dramatic story of miraculous healing and conversion to Catholicism, along with the stories of five others, including a homeless drug addict, a stripper, and a modern-day hero. Each story is accompanied by scripture, prayer, and discussion exercises designed to remind readers of Mary of Medjugorje's intercession on their behalf and God's personal love for them.

Ideal for use in parish faith-sharing groups, addiction recovery support groups, and for parish retreats.

08/15/2026

The Immaculate Conception describes the sinless conception of the Blessed Virgin in St. Anne's womb. But if there were nothing more hidden in this mystery, it would be only her unique privilege. It would not affect our lives nor touch our hearts. The Holy Spirit continues to imprint this mystery on our hearts by purifying us of all sin and healing its effects, so that we too may be immaculate like the Virgin. Through these 40 days, we tap into the living reality of this mystery, so that the Holy Spirit may accomplish in us what He first wrought in the Immaculata. She invites us not only to ponder the mystery from the outside, but to enter into it as into a fire. When we allow the fire of the Holy Spirit to touch our hearts, as He filled the Immaculate Heart, then everything in us is transformed into divine life and love. With filial trust, let us ask the Father for this grace to be immaculate like the Blessed Virgin and consecrate ourselves to the Immaculate Conception.

08/14/2026

The SURRENDER Novena

Day 5
And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see, I
will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will let you find your-
self, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s arms, on the
other bank of the river. What troubles you and hurts you immensely
are your reason, your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs
to deal with what afflicts you.

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you,
take care of everything! (10x)

Mother Mary, I am yours now and forever.
Through you and with you
I always want to belong completely to Jesus.

08/13/2026

The SURRENDER Novena

Day 4
You see evil growing instead of weakening? Do not worry. Close your
eyes and say to me with faith: Thy will be done, You take care of it. I
say to you that I will take care of it, and that I will intervene as does a
doctor and I will accomplish miracles when they are needed. Do you
see that the sick person is getting worse? Do not be upset, but close
your eyes and say, You take care of it. I say to you that I will take care
of it, and that there is no medicine more powerful than my loving in-
tervention. By my love, I promise this to you.

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you,
take care of everything! (10x)

Mother Mary, I am yours now and forever.
Through you and with you
I always want to belong completely to Jesus.