O Jesus, how many generous souls. . .have kept Thee company in the Garden, sharing Thy bitterness and Thy mortal anguish. . .How many hearts in the course of the centuries have responded generously to Thy invitation. . .May this multitude of souls, then, in this supreme hour, be a comfort to Thee, who, better than the disciples, share with Thee the distress of Thy heart, and cooperate with Thee for their own salvation and that of others. And grant that I also may be of their number, that I also may offer Thee some relief.

Padre Pio

I recieved an e-mail from a friend today and this was what's written.

God indeed is ever-loving - no matter what your religion would be.

A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and 8-year old daughter. The girls were buried alive! He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids! . 15 days later, another family member died. When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under the sand - ALIVE!

The country is outraged over the incident, and the man will be executed. The older girl was asked how she had survived. "A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands, came every day to feed us. He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister," she said. She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by a veiled Muslim woman news anchor. She said on public TV, "This was none other than Jesus, because nobody else does things like this!"

Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean He really was crucified, and it's clear also that He is alive! But, it's also clear that the child could not make up a story like this, and there is no way these children could have survived without a true miracle. Muslim leaders are going to have a hard time to figure out what to do with this, and the popularity of the Passion movie doesn't help! With Egypt at the centre of the media and education in the Middle East , you can be sure this story will spread.

About three years ago  I had a most unusual dream. In this dream I was a proud owner of a huge modern style house, most probably a mansion or a nice spacious villa. Whatever it was it looked absolutely good inside. Well, the building was really big unlike my actual dwelling at that time. And in this MAGNIFICENT house I had a most MAGNIFICENT visitor too.  Jesus Himself came for a visit. Can you imagine that? Wow, I felt privileged, honoured and really proud. I was the lucky one Jesus wished to visit in person. So, extremely delighted,  I was showing Him all the rooms of the house . We moved from one room to another and  I seemed to be concentrated more on the beauty of the rooms than on the Visitor.I wanted to make a really good impression on Him with all the things I owned there. And there were plenty of them. All of them MAGNIFICENT!!!We came close to the stairway. Suddenly my Visitor insisted that he wanted to see the basement of my house.We started walking down when  I became upset. Suddenly I knew that this most incredible house had a most uninteresting bottom. The basement of my house looked grey, empty, also unfinished but at some areas- extremely untidy! I was ashamed to show my visitor such an ugly place. But He insisted. He did want to go there. Why did He demand to see the place I had nothing to boast about??? I was really depressed and the dream finished here or at least I do not remember anything else.

I miss YOU

signed: Jesus Christ