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BY MEMBERS


CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS!
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE IS CALLING US TO PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, TODAY! Today is Tuesday, June 24th! It is the Solemnity of the Nativity of...

Marilda Hugo
Jun 242 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER, MAY 29, 2025
"When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead." (Rev. 1: 17) As Christians we strive to have a close, even personal, relationship...
Roosevelt Morales
May 291 min read


SILENCE AND PRAYER
Silence and prayer are the lifeblood of our relationship with God. We want to pray; the spirit indeed is willing, but, the flesh is weak....
Roosevelt Morales
May 61 min read


ST JOSEPH
Allow me to say a few words about my spiritual father, Saint Joseph. May 1, 2025 was the Memorial of "Saint Joseph the Worker", worthy of...
Roosevelt Morales
May 21 min read


JESUS IS OUR KING APRIL 18, 2025
“...You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do...
Roosevelt Morales
Apr 181 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 161 min read


PASSION WEEK REFLECTION
"The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up...
Roosevelt Morales
Apr 161 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 91 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Apr 22 min read


REFLECTIONS BY MEMBERS
"O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for...
Roosevelt Morales
Apr 11 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER
"Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 301 min read


REFLECTIONS BY MEMBERS MARCH 29, 2025
"The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore." (Ps. 121: 8) Peace of mind is golden! As we...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 291 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER MARCH 28, 2025
“Emotions and feelings can be taken up in the virtues or perverted by the vices.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Para. 1774) Do you...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 281 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 262 min read


REFLECTION ON JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS, MARCH 24, 2025
Joseph and his brothers "Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 242 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 192 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 123 min read


TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, MARCH 6, 2025
Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23)...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 62 min read


THE SEVEN HEAVENLY VIRTUES/ THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS
1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride) 2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy) 3. Third: Be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Mar 51 min read


REFLECTIONS BY MEMBERS, MARCH 3, 2025
It is good to remember our smallness and nothingness contrasted by the greatness of our God who is kind and full of mercy to the humble...
Roosevelt Morales
Mar 32 min read


JUDGING AND GIVING LIBERALLY JANUARY 18, 2025
Judging and Giving Liberally: "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will...
Roosevelt Morales
Jan 181 min read


FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 1, 2024, YEAR C
MASS READINGS: GOSPEL Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on...
Ann Tran
Dec 1, 20242 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER, REVELATION 3:1
“I know your works, that you have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead." (Rev. 3:1) (Jesus speaking) As the Church nears the...
Roosevelt Morales
Nov 20, 20242 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER ON MATTHEW 13:23-27
"...you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness."...
Roosevelt Morales
Nov 19, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER-LUKE 17:26-37
They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.” (Luke 17:37)...
Roosevelt Morales
Nov 16, 20241 min read


THANKING GOD, NOVEMBER 13, 2024
It’s natural to thank God, and man, when we receive good things but, not so when receive something that hurts. God, however, is perfect;...
Roosevelt Morales
Nov 13, 20241 min read


Are you envious because I am generous?'
Are you envious because I am generous? (Catholic NAB, RE) "Is thy eye evil, because I am good?" (Catholic Douay Rheims) Jesus admonishes...
Roosevelt Morales
Aug 21, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER
"He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised."...
Roosevelt Morales
Jul 22, 20241 min read


SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, JULY 18, 2024
"But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise! Awake and sing, you who lie in the dust!" (Isaiah 26:19) "Think well. Speak well. Do...
Roosevelt Morales
Jul 18, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER
"...unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."...
Roosevelt Morales
Jul 6, 20241 min read


FEAST OF ST THOMAS, JULY 3, 2024
""But he (the Apostle Thomas) said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and...
Roosevelt Morales
Jul 3, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER JUNE 29, 2024
"And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."...
Roosevelt Morales
Jun 29, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER, JUNE 19, 2024
When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask for whatever I may do for you, before I am taken from you." Elisha answered,...
Roosevelt Morales
Jun 19, 20241 min read


REFLECTION BY MEMBER, JUNE 17, 2024
Reading 1 1 Kgs 21:1-16 Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. Ahab said to Naboth,...
Roosevelt Morales
Jun 17, 20243 min read


PENTECOST SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Pentecost 2024 is on Sunday May 19. On this day the Church celebrates the day that the Holy Spirit - the Third Person of The Holy Trinity...
Roosevelt Morales
May 19, 20241 min read


HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! MAY 12, 2024
Profound and absolutely true statements about Mothers by great Saints and great minds: St. Thérèse of Lisieux: “The loveliest masterpiece...
Roosevelt Morales
May 12, 20242 min read


FEAST DAY OF SAINT CLEMENT MARIA HOFBAUER, MARCH 15, 2024
Today we celebrate the Feast Day of St Clement Maria Hofbauer, a Redemptorist. He helped spread the early Redemptorist congregation...
Olivia M Bannan
Mar 15, 20241 min read


HEAL ME.....
"And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him... He put his finger into the...
Roosevelt Morales
Feb 9, 20241 min read


PROTECTIVE PRAYER......
When someone hurts you intentionally or not, pray, Lord give me the grace of holy indifference. This helps you to not harbor anger or...
Roosevelt Morales
Feb 9, 20241 min read


ENTERING LENT WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
Not as we see ourselves but as God sees us! -----/// "Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a...
Roosevelt Morales
Feb 5, 20241 min read


“...Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”(Mark 4:38)
Events in life, whether at a personal level; such as, serious illness or death of a dear one; or at a social level; such as, economy or...
Roosevelt Morales
Jan 28, 20241 min read


Efficacious Novenato the Sacred Heart of Jesus
This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked for prayers. The faithful are invited to recite it daily,...

PAPA Mio
Oct 11, 20232 min read


"MARTHA, MARTHA"
Mary sat beside the Lord at His feet listening to Him speak. Martha being a good host preparing food for her visitor complained to the...
Roosevelt Morales
Oct 10, 20231 min read


OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS
"...(earthly) fathers take care to call upon the help of those who can look after them and come to their (children's) aid in adversity. ...
Roosevelt Morales
Oct 5, 20231 min read


LOVING OUR MOTHER MARY
In closing this day, I'll give you some wisdom, beautifully expressed by Saint Maximilian Kolbe: "Never be afraid of loving the Blessed...
Roosevelt Morales
Oct 4, 20231 min read


SUFFERING FOR GOD
Philippians 3:8 " ...I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as dung, that I may gain Christ" (Douay Rheims Bible) I assume...
Roosevelt Morales
Oct 4, 20231 min read


CAN WE FORGIVE SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES?
A few months ago, a person that has hurt me in the past, hurt me again. I was beyond anger because as always, this person hadn’t meant to...

Maria Knox
Sep 17, 20231 min read


What happened to “Never Forget”?
Up until only a handful of years ago September 11 was still remembered as “Patriot Day”. School children would dress in patriotic...

Maria Knox
Sep 11, 20232 min read


A PILGRIMAGE
When I first heard about our Guadalupe pilgrimage, I wasn’t so excited about it. You see, many of us have been to the Villa (home to the...

Maria Knox
Jul 4, 20233 min read


FORGIVENESS, NO EXCEPTIONS JUNE 22, 2023
"If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your...
Roosevelt Morales
Jun 22, 20231 min read
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