How wonderful for you Michael, and for giving thanks to God right away! God will bless you abundantly! Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?"
Yes, thanks to Holy Family indeed. My wife and I have a vision for the shrine, it will go in a little bank by our house. This will be in a secluded space close to our back door. I hope Our Savior Jesus Christ, His Holy Mother and her Most Chaste Spouse will like it. As an update, I learned over the weekend that my medical exemption will have to be approved by a government panel. I understand this panel has only approved about 300 medical exemptions for the whole country so far. Whilst this has dampened my enthusiasm, I am still very grateful. I spoke to my manager today and he is very supportive. He said they will look to see what they can do to keep me going. God bless you all, and Merry Christmas to all of you and your loved ones!
Yes, we had a wonderful novena. We were on time for the first time ever to this novena (it was about our fourth time), I must admit somewhat ashamedly. The whole family prayed along from their hearts.
Brilliant news Michael! God is so good and loving. May He continue to bless you and your family. God has shown me these, above attributes of His today. The Lord in His great Mercy has allowed me to experience suffering for many years and sometimes the suffering, becomes like a child's building blocks, piled one on top of the other! ready to tumble at any time, this is what I fear the most, that I will crack under the weight and be dissolved in utter despair. Lord Jesus preserve me from this I pray. It is the seeming small sufferings that tend to mount the greatest battle for me. I have pondered this and believe it is because I am allowed to see/experience the end result of these small sufferings, I am somehow given a glimpse of the future, therefore knowing that if this is left unchecked it will become a mountain of anguish for the loved one. I had to rush my disabled husband to the emergency room at 3am about 3 weeks ago, he had suffered a heart attack, I was not allowed to be with him in the emergency room nor the ward as I am not vaccinated . All my children decided to come home as they were worried their father may die and lockdown had finished in NSW. This gathering of my seven children and their partners was a real test for me (in so many ways), because some are not getting on with others at present; but the Lord was generous and kept things in check, He gave the proviso that I follow only His inspiration, which I did, it was like walking on razor blades but God provided. My husband Michael was transferred to a larger hospital but was released after a week of tests, even though most people would consider that my husbands heart attack was the hardest cross, I can truly attest that after the first day, it was not, and it actually paled into insignificance in comparison to the other sufferings Getting back to today, my prayers were focused on one particular son who has many needs (temporal and spiritual) and I was particularly requesting a certain material thing that seemed impossible to attain given the circumstances and there by would affect many others in the family including myself. I prayed in earnest, and I felt the Lord say..... Do you not trust me? I will provide! Do not fear nor fret, I have you and your family in my control. Continue as you have and offer all to me, I will supply! I could not see how the Lord would supply other than our family winning the lotto! However this afternoon, my son says something amazing has happened in his finances today and he really doesn't believe it to be a reality but it appears his finances may be now sorted until he gets a job! I have St Joseph on the case! Thank you St Joseph.
From Michael: “, I learned over the weekend that my medical exemption will have to be approved by a government panel. I understand this panel has only approved about 300 medical exemptions for the whole country so far.” Any word yet Michael? Still praying
