Tricia Marquez-Roxas

somewhere extraordinary in the sidelines.

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@DaisyIsNotHere you belong to God. He is always there for you. ❤️🙏 prayers up.

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@DaisyIsNotHere theyre giving you purpose and a reason to live. God gave you them for a reason ❤️

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Amazon sells these tiny house kits for around $20,000

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

"Be patient with yourself and your weaknesses."

[Father V @father_rmv]

Ven. Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan of Vietnam:

I was in prison for 13 years, 9 of which in solitary confinement. Two guards watched me but never spoke to me; just yes and no.

But I knew that after all, they were my brothers and I had to be kind to them. I had no gift to offer as a prisoner. I had nothing at all, nothing to please them. What to do? One night, a thought came. "You are still very rich. You have the love of Christ in your heart. Love them as Jesus loves you".

The next day I set to work, first, by showing gladness and by smiling. I began to tell stories about my journeys in countries where people live in freedom and enjoy their culture and great technical progress. That stimulated their curiosity and they asked many, many questions. Slowly, very slowly, we became friends. They wanted to learn foreign languages. My guards became my disciples! The atmosphere of the prison changed considerably. The quality of our relationship changed for the better.

At that time, in another part of the area, a group of twenty people were learning Latin to be able to read Church documents. Their teacher was a former catechist. One of my guards was in the Latin class, and one day he asked me if I could teach him songs in Latin.

"There are so many", I replied, "And they are all so beautiful".

"You sing and I’ll choose", he retorted.

And so I sang Salve Regina, Salve Mater, Lauda Sion, Veni Creator, Ave Maris Stella - You’ll never guess the song he chose. The Veni Creator!

I can’t begin to tell you how moving it is to be in a Communist prison and hear your guard, coming down the stairs at 7 AM every morning, on his way to the gymnastics yard for physical exercises, singing the Veni Creator!

I will speak one language: Charity.

In another prison in Hanoi, I became friends with my guard and was able to request a piece of metal wire. He was terrified. "I studied in the University of Police that when someone wants electric wire, he wants to kill himself!" he cried. I explained that Christians, and most of all priests, do not commit suicide.

"And so what are you going to do with electric wire?" he asked.

"I need a chain to wear my cross."

"But how can you make a chain from wire?"

"If you bring me two little pincers, I’ll show you."

"Much too dangerous!"

"But we’re friends!"

He hesitated and finally said, "It’s too hard to refuse. Tonight at 7 PM we’ll do it. But we have to finish before 11. I’ll have my companion take the evening off. If he knew, he’d denounce the both of us."

That evening, with the tools he brought, we cut and shaped and worked together to make my chain and we finished it before 11 PM!

This cross and chain are not only my souvenir of captivity, as precious as that may seem. They are a constant reminder that only Christian charity can bring about a change of heart. Not arms, not threats, not the media. It was very hard for my guards to understand when I spoke about loving our enemies, reconciliation, and forgiveness.

"Do you really love us?"

"Yes, I really love you."

"Even when we cause you pain? When you suffer because you’re in prison without trial?"

"Look at all the years we’ve spent together. Of course, I love you!"

"And when you get out, will you tell your people to find us and beat us and hurt our families?"

"I’ll continue to love you even if you wish to kill me."

"But why?"

"Because Jesus taught us to love always; if we don’t, we are no longer worthy to be called Christians."

There is not enough time to tell you all the other moving stories which are proof of the liberating power of the love of Jesus.

You wear one uniform and speak one language—Charity.

Charity is the sign by which you will be recognized as one of our Lord’s disciples. It is a badge which costs little but is most difficult to find. Charity is the most important language. Saint Paul regarded it as far more important than being able "to speak the languages of men and even of angels".

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

"God will always give us more than we deserve."

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

"Stay with me Lord, for it is You alone I long for ..... Your love, Your grace, Your will, Your heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward, but to love You more and more!"

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

"Remember that one does not win the battle without prayer. •••• The choice is yours."

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

"Do not fear ..... JESUS is more powerful than all hell!

[Coworkeroftruth @coworkeroftruth]

St.Padre Pio shedding tears during Holy Mass

During the course of the Holy Mass, Padre Pio would cry almost continuously. To an inquirer about this he said: "I don't want to shed small tears. I want to shed a flood of tears. Don't you see the great mystery of the Mass?"

[PeterSweden @PeterSweden7]

Why are so many people suddenly dying from heart attacks? 🤔

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Due to the Covid restrictions in 2021, Australian farmer Ben Jackson couldn’t attend his aunt’s funeral. So he laid grain for his sheep to gather around in the shape of a ♥️ so she could see it from heaven. Despite the attempts of our governments, love will never be suppressed.

[Ascension @AscensionPress]

Happy Feast Day of St. Padre Pio!

[Paulo Coelho Quotes @PauloCoelho_DQ]

"Go ahead, take your risks and enjoy your freedom."

| Paulo Coelho

[Kennedy Hall @kennedyhall]

My favourite part about June is that it is about the Sacred Heart and literally nothing else!

[Sr. Miriam James @onegroovynun]

On this feast of the Visitation, may the Holy Spirit fill each of us with hope, joy and newness of life in every way.