Don’t ever just be Catholic.
Be PROFOUNDLY Catholic! God is so
in love with you!!
Last night just as I had gotten into bed, scrambling before
the hour became even more advanced and the night turned into early morning,
Jesus came and knelt by my bedside. He took my hand, and held it in His.
Jesus is incredibly kind, and presented Himself so clearly
to share a very special moment of Divine Intimacy and together, we celebrated
Alyssa’s life. It was incredibly beautiful, peaceful, and very very touching.
My favorite girl was in her bed sleeping, already having been given the final kiss of her 13th year.
My favorite girl was in her bed sleeping, already having been given the final kiss of her 13th year.
Lord, thank You for coming, for creating Alyssa, for valuing
her life, for dying for her and for me, and for taking time out of Your busy
schedule (smile) to share such a significant moment.
How often do you celebrate God's love, generosity, and creation? The Lord very much wants to celebrate with you! Welcome the Lord into your life, don't block Him from acting, and He will!
Jesus will keep coming and coming and coming. He even told us that He remains with us always.
God is the source of all love and goodness. He is also the source of sacrificial love.
How often do you celebrate God's love, generosity, and creation? The Lord very much wants to celebrate with you! Welcome the Lord into your life, don't block Him from acting, and He will!
Jesus will keep coming and coming and coming. He even told us that He remains with us always.
God is the source of all love and goodness. He is also the source of sacrificial love.
Sacrificial love is the most powerful force in the universe. Sacrificial love is so powerful that the
bonds formed by it cannot ever be broken.
Allow this force to bind your soul to God, forever. To learn how to live sacrificially, all we
have to do is follow the examples of Jesus and Blessed Mother.
“Ask to know Me better,” Jesus petitions us. He comes where He is welcome.
Jesus remains with us through the gift of life.
Alyssa on her Baptism Day with brothers Nick and Andre.
Have you spent precious moments with the Lord celebrating
His love, generosity, and His creation?
He is so in love with you.
Today my children and I celebrated Alyssa’s life during a
quick breakfast before school at a local bagel place. After dropping the birthday girl off at
school, I traveled on to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Slovak Catholic Church in
the Archdiocese of Detroit to spend more time with Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament during a Holy Hour before Holy Mass.
Assisting at Holy Mass on someone’s birthday is always a
very powerful experience, especially when the birthday being celebrated is
for one’s child.
When the student soul is ready, the Teacher appears, and
Jesus has so much to share with us!
There is always so much more of God’s love to discover or rediscover. He absolutely delights in this grand adventure of discovery, and we should, too!
Discover or rediscover the Love of your eternal life. He is so in love with you!
While walking up the side isle toward the altar for Holy
Communion, very eager to be unified with Jesus’ Real Presence in the Blessed
Sacrament, Body, Blood, Soul, AND Divinity, I wondered which Jesus would be
waiting for me at the altar. It can vary
based on the occasion or the day.
Did you know that He waits there for each one of us? He does!
Did you know that He waits there for each one of us? He does!
Today, on my daughter’s 14th birthday, our Risen
Savior was waiting. I told Him that I
was bringing Him flowers to thank Him for creating Alyssa and for choosing me
to be her mother.
As I knelt, my life
became the bouquet offered to our Lord awaiting each one of us personally, with
His arms outstretched, welcoming us, so happy to see us and to come to us.
How much joy we give to Jesus when we welcome Him very eagerly, gratefully, and reverently into our hearts.
How much joy we give to Jesus when we welcome Him very eagerly, gratefully, and reverently into our hearts.
As I offered our Lord the bouquet of my life, from which He
was allowed to create Alyssa’s life, Jesus gave Himself to me completely, and He also presented me with a bouquet of flowers ( one dozen long stem red roses).
As I returned to my place in church, with the
Creator of the Universe reposing on my tongue,
I thanked the Lord for the Holy Apostolate of Motherhood and asked the Lord as
I progressed to help me advance toward a second motherhood.
While passing a new mother holding her tiny baby, I left the beautiful bouquet given to me by Jesus with
them. True love leads to life, and so many other beautiful things.
Then, while kneeling and paying homage to the Lord of life and love, actually unified with Him, I asked Jesus with a very eager heart to once more conceive something very, very beautiful.
Thank you, Lord, for the precious gift of life, every life.
Please protect every new life on this, my daughter’s birthday.
Happy 14th birthday to my Alyssa Maria!
What a treasure you are to us,
so loving,
compassionate, giving, and full of joy.
We love you forever.
In honor of Alyssa's birthday,
Joseph Karl Publishing presents to you
the link to the pro-life book
"God Moments III: True
Love Leads to Life."
Her story is on page 71. Enjoy!
GOD, THE CREATOR
OF LIFE, IS PRO-LIFE. ARE YOU?
http://media.wix.com/ugd//ab9410_be10bb731df633daae207845b7274d18.pdf
Joseph Karl Publishing team member and today's birthday girl Alyssa Bottesi
with other members of the Lord's team
including Paul A. Ray, Andre Bottesi, Nick Bottesi, Michele Bondi Bottesi,
Nancy Carabio Belanger, and John-Paul Belanger
(both from publishing partner Harvey House Publishing in the Archdiocese of Detroit).
Joseph Karl Publishing team member and today's birthday girl Alyssa Bottesi
with other members of the Lord's team
including Paul A. Ray, Andre Bottesi, Nick Bottesi, Michele Bondi Bottesi,
Nancy Carabio Belanger, and John-Paul Belanger
(both from publishing partner Harvey House Publishing in the Archdiocese of Detroit).
© Joseph Karl Publishing/Michele Bondi Bottesi
