Saint Louis, Missouri. Georgia, California, North Carolina and Florida May 06

Being back in Saint Louis, Missouri for me is meeting with a group of Catholics with whom I have developed a beautiful mission in Christ Jesus. We agree in the Immaculate Heart of Mary and praise the Lord through her, sharing the wonders received by all of us from our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje and other many miraculous holy sites around the world. And when this is said and done, we concentrate on spiritual growth.
We held a two-day retreat directed by father Mark Bosada. We were able to internalize our faith in a way that brought us to a most humble state of reflection, bringing all of us to a personal realization of our sinfulness, limitations, and much more. It was good to be able to look at each other knowing how much we all have to work on changing so many things that are still within us and that do not belong to God, nor please God in any way. It was great to re-discover that with new eyes, knowing also a bit more about God's mercy and forgiveness in Jesus. Knowing that we have to do much more. That we haven't done enough. That the way of the Cross with Jesus is much more demanding than any other way. But realizing that it is the only way of eternal graces, of eternal salvation.
The Lord was so present in every second of the retreat! We felt great company from all heaven. We came out renewed and enjoying new blessings to face what lies ahead of us.
Please pray for all of these families in Christ, so that they may continue as strong soldiers of Christ!

CALIFORNIA May 06
North Hills was the first mission this time and I went back to MOM ; the Gospa prayer group.
A Filipino community guided by a very strong and faithful Catholic lady by the name of Juliet. It is a strong place for deepening the faith. During a two-day retreat we worked very hard on growing beyond being religious. We talked about realizing how long we have been in the church as Catholics and how much we have really grown as a persons of Christ. How much better as human beings we have turned out to be through the many or little years of being Catholics. How much have our hearts really changed. Have we really understood above religion what being spiritual means.
I spoke about Purgatory, presenting my mystical experience on Purgatory, leading everyone to understand the seriousness of this very painful state of the soul where we all good Catholics can end up, if we do not pay attention to what meticulous means. We spoke about Christ Jesus never padding on the shoulders his apostles about any thing. He kept them always on their toes, alert and awaken at all times. We meditated on doing so much more, on giving so much more, on growing so much more. Oh! It was a blessed retreat. We pray that everyone that was present and everyone that will be able to listen to the retreat in any of the recorded formats, will highly benefit from it. The Lord was demanding of a much stronger commitment, of a much deeper faith. He was demanding much more than being a practicing Catholic. He was demanding Sainthood and perfection.
Please pray for all of these souls that come to this great community and for their leader, so that the good Lord Jesus keep her faithful and strong.


CONYERS, GEORGIA May 06

Going back to the Farm for the fifth time was a joy. We had a series of talks in English and one in Spanish. I was blessed to be there for May 13. Many pilgrims from all over came to the celebration of this wonderful gift. The Gift of Fatima. It was so uplifting to see so many Spanish immigrants that came from so many places in big buses, some came as far as from New Jersey.
It was clear that it was not necessarily about a specific geographical place anymore. It is about the thirst for God. His people are looking for nourishment everywhere. Getting together to celebrate a date as transcendental as the apparition of our Lady of Fatima, gets us to contemplate a sad picture of the world today: It has not changed much since the last warning of Fatima. After that warning world war II began and devastated a great part of the whole world. We wonder what is going on today?. Is it possible that today's world is already undergoing the last chastisement and it could easily be the total degeneration and secularism of the people? The great apostasy! People are either growing hungry for Jesus or desperately hungry for the things of the world. The ones hungry for Jesus are a very limited number comparing the total world population. God's Mercy is so large, that the handful of faithful that receive Holy Communion daily, had made it possible for this world to still have another chance in spite of being worst than any evil empire in the whole human history.
One thing is for sure. Growing spiritual is concentrating on being prepared to see Jesus today! Not tomorrow.
May the Lord Jesus and our Lady of Fatima bless all of the pilgrims and their families who traveled a long way to come and praise the Lord at the Farm.

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA May 06

My second visit to Raleigh. This time we reunited at Avila convent in the outskirts of town. A beautiful set up surrounded by a lush greenery filled with beautiful trees. We had a two-day retreat. The retreat was concentrated also on internalizing the faith. We began by setting up a spirit of reflection on realizing the sense of eternity of our soul. The Lord Jesus was present very strongly throughout my conferences, making sure that we all focus deeply on what is eternal. Leading us way above our mortality, so that we can begin to grasp the real air of the spirit, to be able to cope with the times. He was showing to how vital it is to fix our eyes on Him, exactly the same way Saint John the apostle did. He didn't understand a thing about why the good Lord Jesus his master, whom he knew to be God Himself, was allowing this whole thing of Calvary to take place. But he remained put to the stations of the cross, in spite of his not understanding it. It was his love for his master that kept him moving along side by side until Golgotha. Jesus wants us to be alike in our daily life. To be real warriors of His army by living a life filled with a sense of direction focused on the celestial home. The City of Jerusalem from above.
It was clear to all of us that Jesus wanted to make us understand how vital it was to view each other as souls. That alone will bring about a transcendental change in our behavior towards one another. If we lift our eyes up to what is spiritual and begin to be less and less of the flesh, our whole life will take a definite turn to the light. Jesus was very clear on showing us how it is that today, one cannot afford to be a lukewarm Catholic. One will not be able to stand what is coming upon us in the very near future.
Please pray for all of the persons that came to this retreat, because if they went out to fulfill the mission with their lives, that was clearly pointed out by the Lord, they will definitely transform their environment around them, they will bring about transcendental change in every one they will meet and their families.


MIAMI, FLORIDA May 06

I came to preach again in this city. This time to the Spanish community only, to prayer groups.
I can see how each one of the cells of the parishes they belong too, are real lanterns in the midst of this darken desert of materialistic living. There is very little doctrinal formation in this groups from the hands of the clergy. Most of them have to find their own way of educating themselves in the faith. One sees that most don't know what the Church wants from them and how much are they allowed to do and not to do. Even though this is what is happening, I observed a meticulous desire to be obedient to the Church in all aspects. This is a very good sign all around. I noticed how the Catholic church in North America, has grown more and more corporate like and less and less spiritual. Priests are petrified to think about losing their parishioners and having to face their Bishops afterward. Bishops are putting pressure on the priest to be "prudent" and charitable to the faithful. They have been known to say: "We do not want to scare them away with sermons of demons and tales of hells. We do not want to call them a bunch of sinners want to make them feel welcome and to meet a mercifully Jesus". Unfortunately, all of this is nothing other than the Protestantism of the church. A church that is more and more a feel good church than a true fighting one looking to become a Holy and perfect church.
There are hardly any local Spanish priests in these Spanish communities in Florida. Most of the priests are borrowed from abroad. These priests have to be careful as to what they say from the pulpit. If they are very spiritual, they will have to tame their holiness and be subjected to rules and regulations of politics. Fortunately this is not the case with every parish or with every Bishop, it's just a factor that has becomed more and more common over the years.
I finished the mission in Florida in the city of Orlando with the charismatic renewal. I preached in several churches for a whole week and then met for the Charismatic assembly in the Saint James Cathedral. A very large congregation gathered from all parishes in the area. The Bishop of this dioceses is of Polish and Cuban descent, he has been very open to the ethnic groups and kind and giving to the Spanish community. Hope is in the area and please pray so that the good Lord Jesus continues to bless this Bishop, so that he understands the importance of reaching out to this very large community of Spanish people who need their shepherd.