Welcome, , to the Combined News from Alyce-Kay, Isaiah Cadre, and Threshold of Hineni.
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When I surveyed my readers a few months ago, one of the things many of you said that you wanted more of was sharing what I'm learning spiritually. I can't do this in every newsletter (time-wise), but I'm trying to provide more of that for you. After all, the most common comment I get from people who read my books is along these lines: "I want to know how to have the kind of
relationship with God that your characters have."
That comment makes my heart sing, because it's WHY I write. Yes, I hope you enjoy the stories. But more than that, and oh, so much more important to me than that: I want to provide you with a peek at what it's like to really live out our faith, maybe in different ways than you already do, and quite possibly in more radical ways than you've been exposed to. These are just examples
of ways various Christians live out their lives. It's impossible to do all of these things, but I hope they'll inspire you to take your faith and how you live it to the next level.
So along those lines, in this issue, I want to talk about one of the two main themes of "To Love Mercy" and that's the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. (The other is abortion reversal.)
This Chaplet was written almost 100 years ago as a prayer to prepare the World with Grace and Mercy before the Final Judgment. None of us knows the day or the hour. We don't know if that Judgment will take place tomorrow. Or if it will be another 2000 years. All we know is that we're closer. Closer than we were at the time of Pentecost. Closer than we
were this morning. Praying for mercy and grace to prepare our world is such a powerful thing! But wow, oh wow: We can really see the need for this now, can't we?
This very powerful prayer became especially popular around the year 2000 and has brought about renewal and revival among many Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, on both individual and institutional levels. I may tell more about the history and present use of this Chaplet in another newsletter, but today, I want to explain why I think it's so important ... and why I think you
shouldn't skip reading it in "To Love Mercy", even though it's there a few times. (Obviously, it's totally up to you whether you read or skip it, but I want to explain why I have it in "To Love Mercy" a few times ... and why I think it's good for you to read it each time it's there. Then, you decide.)
I'm going to tell you a little of my personal background with this chaplet and then I'll explain one of the most common misunderstandings (and why it isn't biblical), and give you some solid examples of how to use this incredible prayer.
In this issue ...
- The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
- Meaningless Repetition?
- Some Ways to Use the Chaplet
- Resources for the Chaplet
- What I'm Reading and Watching
- GPS Walk Update
- Free Books
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My Personal Experience with
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
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I had never even heard about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy until I was halfway through writing To Love Mercy. Something unimaginable happened: My absolutely wonderful husband Bill, the one whom my soul loved, was killed in a car accident. My world was destroyed and I was thrown into despair. Because of a friend, I started listening to Relevant Radio’s app.
(Long story on that, too, which I'll tell someday.)
One day, I heard the Chaplet of Divine Mercy being led by Drew Mariani and was drawn to it. I tuned in at 4 each day (Eastern) to hear it. At the time, I was struggling to be able to pray. My relationship with God had not suffered from Bill’s death, it had grown dearer, and I pressed into God for survival … but I was having problems putting things into words. I believe God knew what
was in my heart, but I have a personality that desperately needs to be able to talk. The Chaplet provided me with the words, in a very comforting way.
When I learned that the Chaplet is commonly used as a prayer for the dying, and that it's usually prayed at 3 pm (wherever you are in the world, in your own time) the thought struck me that somewhere in the world, someone was sure to have been praying the Chaplet when Bill died. It was a consoling thought.
The Chaplet has grown my faith by compelling me to pray, not only for myself, but for the whole world. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can get quite self-centered in my grief. No one else may be aware of it, but I’m having the mother of all pity parties. When I pray the Chaplet, God gently invites me out from that party into a prayer meeting of immense proportions with global
consequences. When praying with the Divine Mercy Intercessors on Relevant Radio (3 pm Central each day), I hear prayer requests and miraculous answers to the prayers we’ve prayed: missing people found, cancer (big, hopeless cancer!) suddenly cured, etc. Drew encourages us to “hold out a big cup to the Lord,” and at the same time, humbly accept His will, whatever that may be. Faith understands and believes that God can do anything. Trust allows us to give God the
reins to our lives, even when He doesn’t do things the way we think He should. Trust acknowledges that He knows better than we do … and He loves us. And so, my faith and trust in God has grown exceedingly.
At a time when I’m feeling very helpless and sometimes kind of hopeless, praying this has allowed me to know that I can have an impact on THE WORLD. It brings me out of that hopelessness to know that God hears and answers us. It moves me beyond the little corner of my bed where I huddle in grief.
I’ve found praying the Chaplet to be a deeply moving and worshipful time. After praying “For the sake of Your sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world” fifty times, the power behind that explodes in worship and sometimes, when we come to “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One …” I have to jump to my feet and hold my hands up to God!
When I get to “Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible …” Oh, this is the part that attracted me in the beginning! Over the past year and a half, I’ve delved into the depths of this prayer and it’s taught me a faith-full way to grieve. I highly recommend learning and praying this prayer so that when you’re unexpectedly hit with trials, you’ll be
prepared. I talk about that in this video and break it all down for you:
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On more of a physical level, I’ve found repetitive activities to be very comforting during this time. Sorting my supplements into daily divided modules, sewing my journals, hanging clothes, and praying the Chaplet are some of the things that have offered that physical comfort during this time. Jesus
spoke against “meaningless repetition.” The Chaplet has not been meaningless to me … even after almost two years of praying it nearly every day, sometimes more than once a day. God reveals different things to me through it at different times … as He does for many others as well. It’s anything but mind-numbing. (I'll talk more about that later.)
That's my personal background, but it's not why this prayer is so important.
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The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is being prayed by Catholics and Protestants all over the world. (The one part that is not acceptable to many Protestants is the single Hail Mary. If you don't want to ask Mary to pray for you, or if you don't understand what that's all about, just pray, "Come
Holy Spirit.") The Chaplet is a prayer that helps bring unity to the Body of Christ to pray for what's important: The mercy of God on a world that desperately needs God's divine mercy, grace, and hope. It helps put our lives into perspective. For me, personally, it has also served to convict me when I do things that work against that unity. Yes, conviction isn't pleasant, but I want to be purified by God!
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Why Do I Have This Prayer Prayed A Few Times During the Book?
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A minor reason is because it's rhythmic and I wanted that prayer rhythm to undergird the book, to have the things that were happening in the book experienced in the light of that prayer: For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. If I just told about the prayer, or had them pray it once, it wouldn't be the prevailing theme over what the
characters were experiencing. Praying this prayer puts their situation into more of an eternal perspective.
I wanted it to be a refrain that you would hear again and again: For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Kind of like Psalm 136, which says over and over: For His love endures forever. That Psalm has always been comforting to me. It's like God's picked me up and is holding me close to His heart, rocking me. In that Psalm, various
situations are held up against that repeated phrase, similar to what I've tried to do in "To Love Mercy."
And I wanted you to hear it enough to learn it: For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Sometimes, we have to say something over and over to let it soak into our wounds to heal us, to let it seep in between the cracks of our hearts.
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Isn't it meaningless repetition?
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Only if you make it that.
In His sermon on the mount, Jesus said, "“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.”
Note that Jesus didn't say, "Don't use repetition." (Remember Psalm 136, which repeats For His love endures forever twenty-six times.)
Whether or not something becomes meaningless is completely up to you. I can imagine being in the congregation of Israel chanting Psalm 136, looking around at what other people are doing ... and that lovely phrase, For His love endures forever just becomes meaningless. Or I can put my heart into it all 26 times and the phrase brings me to tears one day and another day, I'm
jumping to my feet in praise! It's all what I put into it.
I grew up saying, "Dear Jesus, thank You for this food and bless it to our bodies. Amen." We said that before every meal. Eventually, we said it as fast as we could. It became meaningless repetition, not because it was a bad prayer, but because we children often didn't take the time to mean it. We could have prayed that prayer 3 times every day and it
could have been very meaningful. Our choice. Just because we chose to make it meaningless doesn't mean it's meaningless repetition for someone else. And if I chose to mock that prayer because it became meaningless for me ... Honestly, I think that would be sin. The prayer isn't sin. My mocking it and saying it's meaningless is the sin.
In some churches, we sing praise songs and at one point, maybe the praise team leads us in the same phrase over and over. I've heard people complain that that's meaningless repetition. Yep, it is to them ... but it's their choice for it to be. That's totally within their control to practice discipline in themselves to mean it or not. Many people in that congregation are in deep
worship, savoring those words, delving into the depths of meaning, and coming back up with a stronger relationship with our Lord. It's their choice.
Maybe that's hard for you. (I'll let you in on a secret: That's kind of the point. It's called Spiritual Discipline.) I challenge you to work at it.
There are lots of different ways I keep it meaningful. One of my favorites is to use my imagination and "see" whatever is being prayed about. (I thought I was being original, but it turns out this is what a lot of Christians have done throughout the ages during their prayer times.) In the case of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the simplest and probably most profound thing to see while
I'm praying is Jesus suffering on the cross. That was His ultimate passion. There are other parts of His passion, too. Try meditating on a different part of his passion for each decade. (A decade is 10 repetitions, counted out with beads or with your fingers): 1) His prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane; 2) His scourging; 3) The crown of thorns; 4) Carrying His cross; 5) The crucifixion. To go even deeper with these five aspects of Christ's suffering (otherwise known as the
Sorrowful Mysteries), there are five fruits: 1) Gethsemane: Accepting the Will of God; 2) Jesus' being scourged: Mortification of my flesh/purity; 3) Crowning with Thorns: Jesus as King of my Life; 4) Carrying of the Cross: Patience/Endurance; 5) Crucifixion: Perseverance in Faith/Forgiveness. That's a lot of deep stuff to meditate upon, and it definitely fills with meaning: For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole
world.
Something else that I often meditate on has more to do with the second part: Have mercy on us and on the whole world. I think about things that are going on in the world today that need God's mercy. I bet you can come up with quite a list. I'll imagine one of those things for each decade -- For example, the pandemic. As I pray for each of these things, I
envision Jesus' blood covering them. I see the disease and people suffering from it; I see the other suffering that's come about because of the lockdowns and quarantines -- loneliness, businesses lost, depression, and suicide. I see the fighting between people over various aspects and interpretations. I see the fighting between Christians over these things. I see Jesus' blood pouring out and over all those things. (This also goes with the first part of the
prayer.*) I see Satan trying to tear Jesus' Body apart with arguments, harsh judgments, and division ... and I see Jesus striking Satan down and the Church rising up to conquer. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. Revelation 12:11
Other times, my theme in praying the Chaplet is abortion -- as I showed in To Love Mercy. During the various decades, I might pray for and imagine Jesus' blood covering: 1) Babies who are in danger of being killed; 2) Moms who are, for various reasons, under temptation or pressure to abort; 3) The other people in these babies' lives who may be going under a lot of pressure;
4) Abortion doctors, especially for their repentance and salvation; 5) Those moms who have aborted and those in their lives who participated in various ways. All of these people need God's grace and mercy!
*The first part of the prayer that I was referring to: You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. One time, as I was meditating on this part of the verse, I saw Jesus standing over the Earth, the blood and
water pouring out of His side, like a flood. Some people raised their hands in worship as it covered them. Others dove into it, wanting more and more of whatever He would give them. Others shook their fists at Him, complaining about the blood and how it was ruining their lives. Seeing that made me pray more fervently for the souls that I know and love, as well as some that I might not be as fond of. (As I was driving home from church today, I also thought about how
this is similar to Noah and his family in the Ark and how it symbolizes baptism, as we read in I Peter 3:18-22. Those who were diving in and worshiping were celebrating their baptism and recommitting themselves to Jesus' Lordship. Those who were shaking their fists were like those who mocked Noah and died.) Please note that I'm not claiming this to be prophetic, but only what I was imagining as I prayed.
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Q: Is it okay to pray something that's already written out?
A: It takes humility.
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I used to think it was much better to pray my own words from my heart, and I have to confess I kind of looked down on people who used pre-written prayers. I figured they were okay, but not really heart-felt. What I've learned over the past couple years is that, again, it can be if you make it that. So can the Psalms and the Lord's Prayer or praying anything in
Scripture.
Some people believe that the only or best kind of prayer is one that you make up yourself. It's more meaningful to them and that's fine. However, that doesn't mean that someone who prays prayers that are already written out is less devoted or sincere, or not at all. Those who pray the Psalms or other parts of Scripture or prayers that have been written and used by many are no less
sincere or devoted to God than they are, any more than those who sing only songs they write and refuse to sing songs others have written are better than those who sing songs that have been sung over and over for centuries.
I pray straight from my heart most of the time, but I've also learned that praying something that some members of the Body of Christ have prayed for many years is powerful. Those words have lasted and been used over and over because they are so heart-felt and powerful. People have seen results in their own lives as well as miracles.
I prayed this prayer every day for over a year with a group on the radio. The host, Drew Mariani, took phone calls where people shared their prayer requests. He always reminded us to "hold out a big cup" to God (ask for miracles), but also be willing to accept whatever God gives us. We saw people cured from cancer (quite a few times), missing people found (also quite a few times), as
well as many other dramatic and not-so-dramatic answers to prayer when we prayed this together. I've always been really big on prayer, but praying with this group grew my faith in ways I'd never grown before -- and not just because of the miracles, but because of God working in my heart through the prayer itself. He had mercy on me, He increased mercy in me, He taught me forgiveness and mercy toward those who have deeply wounded me, He helped me to confidently submit myself to His
Holy Will, and He continually saves me from despair and despondence.
One of the reasons that this type of prayer is particularly powerful is because we often don't know what we need. In my pride, I think that I know exactly what God needs to do for me. It takes humility to admit that God knows what I need better than I do -- and it might not be what I want. (This is a very vital lesson that I've learned through Bill's death.) In my pride, I think
I know exactly what the world needs, too. It takes humility to understand that God has a plan and His ways aren't mine. Sometimes, a prayer that has been prayed literally millions of times might be closer to what God wants us to pray. And what happens when we do that? Often, we consciously realize what we need to pray for God to do in our lives when we pray a prayer that someone else has written. And other times, He brings things about in our lives, our hearts,
our attitudes through prayers like this without us even realizing it until we're down the road with it. God has changed me so much through this prayer, showing me His love and mercy and protection, but also showing me things in my life that aren't good, that need His divine mercy to change.
This doesn't mean that we shouldn't pray our own prayers. There are definitely times for that. But don't scorn the prayers you don't feel comfortable with just because someone else wrote them. It very well may be that they are closer to what God wants you to pray for yourself and the world than you think.
When I first started praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, it seemed that during the Lord's Prayer each day He showed me someone else I needed to forgive. Wow. I thought I'd forgiven everyone who had ever hurt me, but as He showed me these people, I found that I really hadn't. He poured His mercy into me: mercy for me, to heal my unforgiveness, and mercy towards those who had hurt me,
and also His forgiving mercy toward me once I had repented. It seemed like this conviction and redemption pattern went on for months. Sometimes, it was hard, but as I gave myself over to it, it brought so much peace and healing. Eventually (long story), it brought me to the place where I could say in my heart (and in person if I have the opportunity): I forgive you. I love you. I want to see you in Heaven. (If you would like to hear about how that process
took place for me, please let me know.)
Even more, God has profoundly helped me to receive His mercy and compassion in my grief over Bill's death. He's helped me to receive His love poured out for me. He's continually rescuing me from despair and despondence. He has helped me to submit to His will with incredible confidence that I didn't have before.
Many people use prayers from their own hearts along with prayers that are already written. Some people only use prayers from their own hearts. Others use mainly prewritten prayers for many different reasons. It's not whether you make up your own prayers or pray something someone else has written that matters. What matters is your heart. Are you truly talking to God? Are you
sincere in praying this? Is it from your heart, even if someone else wrote it? Or perhaps it isn't from your heart yet, but you want it to be? Are you allowing God to change you as you pray?
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Let me encourage you: Don't think of this prayer as programmed, boring, or meaningless.
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It will only be those things if you choose for it to be. If you're open to God working in your life through this, it's powerful. Don't skip over it in the book because you think it's boring and "I've already heard it." If you do, you'll be missing the power of this prayer. I show you something different about it each time it's prayed in the book, To Love
Mercy.
The books I write are transformational fiction. They aren't just interesting stories. I write them to help you grow closer to the Lord. Their point is to change you, specifically to help you draw closer to God, and if you open yourself up and want to be changed, you will be. Not because I'm a good writer, but because God can and will work on us if we let
Him.
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What exactly are the prayers in the Chaplet?
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1. The first part is a prayer acknowledging the power of Jesus' blood.
2. The Lord's Prayer (known by some Christians as the "Our Father"). This is the prayer Jesus taught His disciples.
3. Hail Mary. If you don't want to ask Mary to pray for you, that's understandable. Just say, "Come Holy Spirit" instead.
4. The recitation (or reading) of the Apostles Creed, the bottom line of Christian faith, held by both Catholics and Protestants. It's super helpful to pray back to God, affirming what exactly we believe. This helps us focus on what's truly important, and as we handle this statement of real faith, it helps us to recognize the subtle untruths that are being presented in our society
today. (One thing that sometimes trips people up is the word "catholic" in the creed. It simply means universal, and isn't talking about the Roman Catholic Church, but is saying that there is one Body of Christ.)
Next comes five sets of prayers. They have a first prayer and then the theme of the prayer which is repeated 10 times. Hence, it's called a "decade." You can use a rosary if you want ... Or just use your fingers if you have ten of them. I sometimes move my wedding ring along from finger to finger to help me keep track of which decade I'm on, and use my fingers to count out the
ten prayers. This part is the heart of the prayer and has been incredibly powerful in my own life, despite my original attitude of looking down on people who pray prayers written by others. (God has forgiven me.)
After these five decades, there's a short time of unabashed worship: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One ... I usually have to at least lift my hands at this point, but sometimes, I can't help but jump to my feet.
Next is my very favorite part -- the part that talks about God's Mercy. We ask Him to increase His mercy in us, to help us submit ourselves to His holy will.
After that, we affirm: Jesus, I trust in You.
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Resources for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
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I’ve started recording a YouTube series about the Chaplet, where I’m explaining each aspect of it. I invite you to check it out. Leave your comments and give it a thumbs up or down. Subscribe if you’d like to know when I produce new videos for the series. (The Apostles Creed series that I'm recording right now is actually part of this series, as the creed is recited near the
beginning of the Chaplet.) You can find the playlist so far here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-Cj39fb04&list=PL-qJGkcLR7n628exZ0_qL7k-OAjHUSbjb Stay tuned (subscribe) for more.
I'll put the rest of the resources at the end of this newsletter.
If you’d like to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, it really helps if you pray along with someone else, either live or recorded.
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If you haven't yet read "To Love Mercy" you can get it in paperback, Kindle, or Kindle Unlimited (for a limited time). Just click on the picture of the book below.
Note that if I'm currently reading a book, I may recommend it based on what I've read so far. I have had some go bad, to the point that I wouldn't recommend them, after I've recommended them. So please use discernment. Read the description and the reviews. If
you want my thoughts about the book after I read it, please let me know ... but also understand that it may be a few weeks before I answer. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Click on the picture to be taken to the book.
I haven't read any of the other books in this series (yet), but enjoyed this. It's very sweet.
One of those books with a really strange twist. Loved this!
There's much much more to this book than what I'm going to tell you here, but a couple things that were extremely fascinating to me: 1) How God has used Poland in incredible ways. (Who knew?) 2) Some really amazing and surprising ways that God uses prayer. The end result of reading this book was a stronger dedication to the Lord, wanting to be used in Him,
praying for Him to mold me for His use.
My brother recommended this book to me. I'm only 25% of the way through it, but it's already inspired great changes to my life and has helped me to be much more effective.
Another book with profound impact. Burke has even inspired me to change my home in order to orient myself more toward prayer.
One of the best love stories I've read in a long time.
I haven't really watched any movies lately. I've been stuck more on YouTube. These are single videos from some of the channels I've been bingeing on. I generally watch a lot of DryBar Comedy because it's clean and I really need things to laugh about. I like Dr Ekberg's explanations of things. Recently started watching Ben Shapiro and am super impressed with his
ability to think logically. (I don't usually actually watch videos. I speed them up, put my phone in my pocket, and listen while I do things that don't require a lot of brain power.)
GPS Walk Update
by Lyn Hanush
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Things have been a bit of a whirlwind for us since April. We traveled mid-April by car to CA for my sister, Gail's, memorial service. (See picture) Since we were in CA we took time to visit many relatives and friends in that state, and some in AZ on our return trip. So glad we got to see so many, and sorry we had to by-pass some on this trip, but I was really exhausted by
the time we got home.
About a week after getting home my Five Faithful Friends group arrived here, and I picked them up at the airport to have our 26th annual retreat at our house. The men and dog (husband, Dave, and son, Darrol, and our dog Pearl) moved into the motel just outside our Senior community for the week.
Amazing week of time individually and together with God. We did a few outings late most days, exploring, and hiking and just having fun. Then, sadly, they had to fly back to CA. It was a magnificent week.
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A few days after they left Dave and I took off for a weekend of just rest and relaxation for us in Red River, NM. Wow, was it beautiful. If you think New Mexico is only desert, think again. Northern NM is green and mountainous and beautiful.
Our part of NM is enchanting and beautiful. We have the Sandia mountains here and an amazing amount of beauty surrounding us.
A few days after we returned home we had guests from a group we belong to called Wayside - all seniors who are followers of Jesus. What a delight.
I think now I am just trying to catch up. We both had doctor appointments this last week, together, seeing our primary care doctor in person rather than on the computer screen, for the first time since we moved here.
Dave will be starting up a second round of physical therapy for his balance in a week or so. And I will be starting physical therapy for a rotator cuff problem (right shoulder) and bursitis in my left hip.
We are tentatively planning a trip to see family in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah in July, and family in Washington state late summer or early fall. Washington state will include a memorial service for my oldest sister that has been put off for quite some time.
Hoping to do some landscaping at our home here in between all this sometime. We have tiny yards, but I really want to make some drastic changes to both front and back that will make a huge difference. and brighten the look. Some of the homes in our community have such beautiful yards.
We continue to pray for our nation and our leaders, even though we're not able to be out there on the road in that way right now. Hopefully in 2022 we'll be able to concentrate more on that.
Love to you all!
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Here are a few of my favorites. Click on the blue words -- they're links that will take you to the various websites, videos, and articles.
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Some great resources if you’d like to learn more about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy:
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