The Holy Spirit inspired our blog.
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
The Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel. Emphasis mine: Alleluia Refrain Mark 1:15
How many times a day do you remind yourself that The Kingdom of God is at hand?
By reminding yourself it makes it easier to see and appreciate that you are living in the Kingdom of God, and that’s “Fantastic!”.
Many times when we are in the jail we ask the men where the Kingdom of God is. The answers we get are very interesting.
Up there.
I don’t know.
I’ll go along with what the last man said. A very easy way to get out of thinking.
And we ask this question because if you don’t know where it is, how can you get there?
The Our Father clearly states “Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”
So the Kingdom is here on earth.
And,
Just look around at all the beauty you can see in everything God has established. Clouds, flowers, trees, mountains, the sea, the list is endless.
But,
We believe that the kingdom of Heaven was established in YOU when you were Baptised and received The Holy Spirit, and became a living temple of God.
And when you’re filled with the Love, Joy and Peace of the Holy Spirit, you experience Heaven here and now, and you know this by looking at those around you who are not filled with Love, Joy and Peace.
We pray YOU will find that The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Prayer:
When satan knocks at your door, Pray: “Jesus for you.”
Sidebar:
We mentioned in a prior blog that this prayer was mentioned in the book Daily Meditations for Christians by Rebecca Hastings.
The minute I read this prayer, I knew we would start praying this powerful prayer.
Why?
Every time we pray this prayer I smile, and as we pray you all know by now the smile tells me The Holy Spirit is back in my life.
I have also noticed that the attacks seem less frequent, and this I enJoy also.
We reflected recently that this is the only time, while I am here on earth, that I will be fighting the attacks of satan. Once I have jumped on the Hallelujah train home, the fight is over.
Yes, as C.S. Lewis wrote, I will be accepted by Jesus as I am,
but,
I will request my sins be purged so that I can be like the other Saints in Heaven. The purgation may hurt, but we also related that the Joy in Purgatory is only surpassed by the Joy in Heaven.
But,
The fight with satan is over! We have been justified by the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus our Brother.
And that my friends is “Fantastic!”
News Flash:Today 9/16/26 in The Portland Press Herald, Maine’s largest paper, it was reported that Payton Tolle, a Red Sox pitcher, who had pitched for the Portland Sea Dogs, and is now with the Red Sox, will pitch to the best hitters and “have a stone cold blast, doing it, and if it doesn’t inspire Joy (our capital J) why bother?”
His Joy propelled Payton to the front page center.
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The offer for the cards is sadly for American readers only. The Post office won’t accept foreign stamps.
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Disclaimer:
We decided to share with you that I do use Google AI for spelling, punctuation, and helping me find a Bible verse. BUT we go to the Bible to print out the verse we find. If we do use Google AI it will be noted. I believe in a while this type of disclaimer will be needed on all created works.
