Greetings and blessings, beloved family. Happy Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time!

We thank God for His love and the gift of this day, praying for His grace and mercy upon us all. 🙏🏽

FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

SAINTS OF THE DAY: FEAST DAY ~ FEBRUARY 15, 2025

MEMORIAL OF SAINT CLAUDE DE LA COLOMBIÈRE, PRIEST AND SAINTS FAUSTINUS, PRIEST AND JOVITA, DEACON,  MARTYRS | https://dailyreflectionswithphilomena.com/

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Today, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Claude de la Colombiere, a Jesuit Priest (Patron Saint of Toy makers; turners; Sculptors and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus) and St. Faustinus, Priest and  St. Jovita, Deacon, Martyrs (They are the Patron Saint of Brescia). Saint Claude, bring us closer to the Heart of Jesus!  St. Claude de la Colombiere, and St. Faustinus, St. Jovita ~ Pray for us 🙏🏽 

Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, St. Claude de la Colombiere, and St. Faustinus, and  St. Jovita, we humbly pray for those who are sick, particularly those who are gravely ill and dying, especially those who are sick with cancers and other terminal diseases. We continue to pray for torture victims, the poor, the needy and the most vulnerable in our communities and around the world. Amen. We pray for the Church, for persecuted Christians, for all the innocent who suffer violence due to political or religious unrest, for the conversion of sinners, and Christians all over the world. We continue to pray for peace all over the world, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, for an end to the Ukraine-Russia conflicts and for peace in our families and throughout our divided and conflicted World. May the Saints intercede for our children, children all over the world and us all. Amen 🙏🏽

We thank God for blessing us all with the gift of His precious son, may we be saved by the name of our Savior Jesus Christ! May the good Lord grant us His grace during this Ordinary Time as we continue to serve Him in spirit and in truth. 🙏🏽

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THE POPE’S MONTHLY INTENTIONS FOR 2025: FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY – FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE | Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life.

https://www.usccb.org/prayers/popes-monthly-intentions-2025 (See also http://www.popesprayerusa.net/.)

We continue to pray for the intentions of our Holy Father. We pray for the Clergy, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, all religious, for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. For those consecrated to God by the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience that they may seek to live their baptismal promises more intensely and have the grace to persevere in their commitment to the Lord and serve with open hearts and willing spirits… Amen 🙏🏽

On this special feast day, with special intention through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, and the Saints, we pray for the sick and dying. We especially pray for our loved ones who have recently died and we continue to pray for the repose of the gentle souls of the recent plane crashes and souls of all the faithful departed, may the Lord receive them into the light of Eternal Kingdom. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their gentle souls and souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace with our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 🙏 ✝️🕯✝️🕯✝️🕯

“Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their abors for their good deeds go with them.” ~ Rev 14:13

PRAYER FOR THE DEAD: In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life, you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil, and bid them eternal rest. The old order has passed away: welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, no weeping or pain, but fullness of peace and joy with your Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen🙏

PRAYER FOR PEACE ~ POPE FRANCIS:

Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!

A PRAYER FOR PEACE: Lord Jesus Christ, You are the true King of peace. In You alone is found freedom. Please free our world from conflict. Bring unity to troubled nations. Let Your glorious peace reign in every heart. Dispel all darkness and evil. Protect the dignity of every human life. Replace hatred with Your love. Give wisdom to world leaders. Free them from selfish ambition. Eliminate all violence and war. Glorious Virgin Mary, Saint Michael the Archangel, Every Angel and Saint: Please pray for peace. Pray for unity amongst nations. Pray for unity amongst all people. Pray for the most vulnerable. Pray for those suffering. Pray for the fearful. Pray for those most in need. Pray for us all. Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear our prayers. Jesus, I trust in You! Amen 🙏

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SAINTS OF THE DAY: MEMORIAL OF SAINT CLAUDE DE LA COLOMBIÈRE, PRIEST AND SAINTS FAUSTINUS, PRIEST AND JOVITA, DEACON,  MARTYRS – FEAST DAY ~ FEBRUARY 15TH: Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Claude de la Colombiere, a Jesuit Priest and the (Patron Saint of Toy makers; turners; Sculptors and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus) and St. Faustinus, Priest and  St. Jovita, Deacon, Martyrs (They are the Patron Saint of Brescia). Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, St. Claude de la Colombiere, and St. Faustinus, and  St. Jovita, we humbly pray for those who are sick, particularly those who are gravely ill and dying, especially those who are sick with cancers and other terminal diseases. We pray for torture victims, the poor, the needy and the most vulnerable in our communities and around the world and we continue to pray for the Church, for persecuted Christians. Amen 🙏🏽

St. Claude de la Colombiere, Priest, bring us closer to the Heart of Jesus and St. Faustinus, Priest and  St. Jovita, Deacon, Martyrs ~ Pray for us 🙏🏽

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SAINT CLAUDE DE LA COLOMBIÈRE, PRIEST: The Jesuit Priest St. Claude de la Colombiere was the first to believe in the mystical revelations of the Sacred Heart given to St. Margaret Mary in Paray le Monial Convent, France. Thanks to his support, St. Margaret Mary’s superior also believed, and propagation of the devotion to the Sacred Heart was started. St. Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682) was born to a noble family in France in 1641 and entered the Society of Jesus in Lyons, France, and became a Jesuit priest. He gained widespread fame as an orator and educator in Paris. He was known for his solid and serious sermons and his dedication to observing the rule of his order with exactness. He became the rector of a Jesuit house next to the Monastery of the Visitation. He had great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and, on a visit to the Visitation convent in Paray-le-Monial, he met St. Margaret Mary Alacoque who was given special revelations from the Jesus of His Sacred Heart and he learned of the vision she had been privileged to receive. St. Claude became St. Margaret Mary’s Spiritual Director and he spent eighteen months at Paray-le-Monial acting as her spiritual director and encouraging her to spread the devotion as she had been commanded by our Lord.

Father Claude himself became a zealous promoter and apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, regarding it as the means of revitalizing the Faith among the people. He continued to promote the devotion when in 1676,  he was sent to England to attend the wife of the future King James II, serving at court as preacher and confessor. He preached to the Duchess of York, and succeeded in converting the Duke of York as well as other Protestants. Because of the intense hostility against Catholics at the time, his efforts earned a death sentence. When anti-Catholic persecutions broke out, Claude was falsely accused of being involved in a ‘papist plot’ and was thrown into prison. While there his health suffered due to mistreatment. During the summer of 1681 Father Claude received a commutation of his death sentence. He was preserved from execution and instead banished from England by royal decree. He returned to his native Paray-le-Monial, France where his fragile health continued to deteriorate until he died a few years later. On February 15, 1682, the first Sunday of Lent, towards evening Claude suffered a severe hemorrhage which ended his life. He died at Paray-le-Monial. The day after his death, St. Margaret Mary received supernatural assurance that he needed no prayers, as he was already in heaven. On the June 16, 1929 Pope Pius XI beatified St. Claude La Colombière, and Pope John Paul II declared him a saint on May 31,1992. The Universal Church celebrates his feast day on February 15. His charism, according to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, was that of bringing souls to God along the gospel way of love and mercy which Christ revealed to us. He’s the Patron Saint of Toy makers; turners; Sculptors and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Quote: “God is in the midst of us, or rather we are in the midst of him; wherever we are he sees us and touches us: at prayer, at work, at table, at recreation.” ~ St. Claude de la Colombiere

PRAYER:  O Holy Saint Claude, intercede for us to be Great Saints in Heaven and may we imitate Our Lord Jesus Christ here on earth; in order to gain our Heavenly Glory which the Lord promised to those who trust and follow His ways until the end…Amen. Saint Claude, bring us closer to the Heart of Jesus!   

Lord, our God, You spoke to St. Claude in the depths of his heart that he might bear witness to Your boundless love. May his gifts of grace illumine and comfort Your Church. Amen🙏

SAINTS FAUSTINUS, PRIEST AND JOVITA, DEACON, MARTYRS: St. Faustinus, a priest and  St. Jovita, a deacon, were brothers, nobly born, and were zealous professors of the Christian religion, which they preached without fear in their city of Brescia in Lombardy, during the persecution of Adrian. Their remarkable zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, and procured them a glorious death for their faith. According to the tradition of Brescia, they preached Christianity fearlessly while their bishop lay in hiding. Their zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, then they were apprehended by a heathen lord called Julian. They were commanded to adore the sun, but replied that they adored the living God who created the sun to give light to the world. The statue before which they were standing was brilliant and surrounded with golden rays. Saint Jovita, looking at it, cried out: Yes, we adore the God reigning in heaven, who created the sun. And you, vain statue, turn black, to the shame of those who adore you! At his word, it turned black. The Emperor commanded that it be cleaned, but the pagan priests had hardly begun to touch it when it fell into ashes.

The two brothers, Saints Faustinus and Jovita were tortured and dragged to Milan, Rome and Naples, and then brought back to Brescia. They were sent to the amphitheater to be devoured by lions, but four of those came out and lay down at their feet. They were left without food in a dark jail cell, but Angels brought them strength and joy for new combats. The flames of a huge fire respected them, and a large number of spectators were converted at the sight. As neither threats nor torments could shake their constancy, the Emperor Hadrian, who happened to be passing through Brescia, commended them to be beheaded. Finally sentenced to decapitation, they knelt down and received the death blow at Brescia in the year 120. The city of Brescia honors them as its chief patrons and possesses their relics, and a very ancient church in that city bears their names.

On April 18 the Roman Martyrology names the martyr St. Calocerus, who was an officer in the Roman army under the Roman emperor Hadrian and was stationed in Brescia in Lombardy, Italy. His life and legend are associated with Saints Faustinus and Jovita, and according to tradition, all three saints were soldiers from Brescia. He figures largely in the legendary history of St. Faustinus and Jovita, whose heroic confession he is said to have witnessed when, as a court official, he accompanied Hadrian to his native city Brescia and was present in the amphitheatre. The constancy of the two confessors and the refusal of the wild beasts to touch them brought about his conversion, and he was baptized by Bishop Apollonius with twelve thousand other citizens. He was tortured and imprisoned in several Italian towns notably in Asti, where he instructed St. Secundus who visited him in gaol. Eventually, he was taken to Albanga in Liguria and beheaded on the seashore. Saints Faustinus and Jovita’s  feast is celebrated on February 15th, the traditional date of their martyrdom. They are the Patron Saint of Brescia.

PRAYER: Almighty ever-living God, who gave Saints Faustinus and Jovita the grace of suffering for Christ, come, in your divine mercy, we pray, to the help of our own weakness, that, as your Saints did not hesitate to die for your sake, we, too, may live bravely in confessing you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever… Amen🙏

SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS:

Bible Readings for today’s Holy Mass | Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB | https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading

Today’s Bible Readings: Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | February 15, 2025
Reading 1, Genesis 3:9-24
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 90:2, 3-4, 5-6, 12-13
Gospel, Mark 8:1-10

Gospel (USA) Mark 8:1-10

“They ate and were satisfied”

“In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a great distance.” His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread to satisfy them here in this deserted place?” Still he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven.” He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then, taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd. They also had a few fish. He said the blessing over them and ordered them distributed also. They ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets. There were about four thousand people. He dismissed the crowd and got into the boat with his disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha.”

Today’s Gospel reading from the Gospel according to St. Mark, gives the account of how the Lord miraculously fed a large multitude of at least four thousand people when they had followed Him to listen to Him and His teachings, and became hungry after several days of journey and time with Him without any means of sustenance and eating food from nearby places. It was at that moment the Lord showed His great love, compassion and mercy towards each and every one of us mankind, His beloved ones, by showing how He cared for the needs of the people who were there to listen to Him and who were hungry for food. According to the Gospel, the disciples find themselves faced with a situation which they feel is beyond them. Here is a large crowd of hungry people in a deserted place with no means to feed them. Their desperation comes through in the question they ask Jesus, ‘Where could anyone get bread to feed these people in a deserted place like this?’ There are times in all our lives when we feel like the disciples. We find ourselves facing into a situation which seems beyond our capacity to deal with. We wonder how we are going to manage. In the Gospel reading the disciples discovered that the Lord enabled them to deal with the situation and to feed the crowd. Working with very few human resources, seven loaves of bread and a few small fish, Jesus made it possible for the disciples to feed the crowd. Sometimes in our own lives too, the Lord enables us to do something that we would be quite unable to do if left to our own resources. The Lord can work powerfully through the few resources that are at our own disposal if we offer them to Him and invite Him to come and use them. Saint Paul knew this from his own experience. He wrote in his letter to the Philippians, ‘I can do all things through Him who gives me strength’.

Reflecting on today’s Gospel reading, there are kinds of questions asked that could either open up possibilities or close them down. The question of the disciples is a somewhat despairing one, ‘Where could anyone get bread to feed these people in a deserted place?’ The question of Jesus is much more hopeful and already points to how the crowd will be fed, ‘How many loaves have you?’ When we are faced with a situation that seems beyond our resources to deal with, it is important to ask the right kind of question. Some questions only increase our sense of powerlessness. Other questions encourage us to take whatever step we can take, no matter how small. Jesus wanted His disciples to take whatever step they could take to address the hunger of the crowd. There were some resources there which they could place at the Lord’s disposal. They could not feed the crowd on their own, but their contribution was essential to the Lord’s feeding of the crowd. As people of faith, we believe that the Lord wants to work through us for the good of humanity. It may seem as if our resources are very limited before the task in hand. Yet, if we are generous with those resources and invite the Lord to work with them, He can accomplish far more through us than we could ever imagine. The Gospel reading is reminding us that the Lord can work powerfully through what we might consider very limited resources. Indeed, He needs them if He is to continue His work of shepherding God’s people. The Lord wants us to ask the kind of questions that create space for Him to work through us. It is worth paying attention to the kinds of questions we ask. Are they coming from a place of trusting hope in the Lord or are they coming from a place where I feel it is all down to me? The Lord is always asking us to take seriously the gifts and resources He has given us, even if they seem small compared to the task that faces us. He also asks us to place them at His disposal, trusting that He will work with them in ways we could never anticipate. In the Gospel reading, the Lord showed them and us all that He could provide them and us with whatever we needed. He gave them physical sustenance through the bread that He miraculously multiplied and broke for them, as well as the spiritual sustenance of the Wisdom of God that He has delivered to all of them. There were so many people gathered and yet, their hunger were all sated, from merely seven pieces of bread brought before the Lord, and not just that, but seven whole basketful of leftover bread were collected, showing symbolically how if we truly put our trust in the Lord, then we have nothing to fear, as He would provide for us what we need and even more than that. And this is not just limited to food and physical sustenance alone, but applying to all things in our lives.

Our first reading today is the continuation of the account of the beginning of time and Creation of the world from the Book of Genesis, focusing on the moment right after our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, had fallen into sin because they disobeyed God and chose to listen to the lies and falsehoods of the evil one, who took up the shape and form of a snake to persuade and coerce firstly Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and then that of her husband Adam to do the same as well. They became aware of their nakedness and therefore, hid from God Who came looking for them. When God confronted them about what had happened, Adam and Eve ended up throwing the blame at each other, with Eve blaming the serpent, that was Satan in disguise, for having tempted her to disobey God. It was by this conscious choice of our disobedience that we have ended up falling into sin and therefore become corrupted by our own doing. God has created us all out of His great love for every one among us, and yet, we have chosen to spurn and reject His love for the love of money and material possessions, choosing to follow the whim of our desires and ambitions, our greed and ego, giving in to the temptations to be more powerful, to know more and to receive more good things of this world rather than to obey Him, the One Who had created us all out of love. That was why mankind had fallen from grace, and as a consequence of our actions, from our first reading today, our ancestors had to spend time in exile away from the Gardens of Eden, where God had intended for us all to dwell in. Our sufferings in this world are the results of our own choice, our own deliberate and conscious rebellion against God. And yet, God in His infinite love and mercy for us still desired for all of us to return back to Him, to be reconciled and reunited to Him. If God truly despised and hated us for our sins, He could have easily destroyed us and erased us from existence for having defiled the perfection of His Creation. Yet, this was not what He had chosen to do, as He showed us all His great magnanimity, showing us His generous mercy and love, offering us all the assurance of His love and guidance, revealing to us His intention, in opening for us the path to eternal life and redemption through His Son, the Saviour Whom He would send into our midst to save us.

As we reflect on the words of the Sacred Scriptures today, we are all reminded of the love and mercy, the kindness and compassion which God has always had for each and every one of us, His beloved people. We must consider ourselves truly fortunate because even though we have frequently fallen again and again into sin, and kept on slipping back into the path of disobedience against Him, God has always loved us and His love for us endured even throughout all these times and moments, and even despite our constant rebelliousness and wickedness. Yes, He is indeed angry at our sins and disobedience, and He chastised us all for those sins and rebellions, but in the end, He did so because He desired for all of us to be truly and fully reconciled and reunited with Him. We are called to emulate the lives and examples of the Holy men and women, and all the Saints, particularly the Saints we celebrate today, St. Claude de la Colombiere, Priest and St. Faustinus, Priest and  St. Jovita, Deacon, Martyrs. Let us all therefore do our best so that in everything that we do in our lives we will always glorify the Lord by our lives, our every actions and deeds, reminding ourselves of how much we have been loved and cared for by God at every opportunities and moments, throughout the history of our existence. We should indeed be ashamed at our sinfulness and how easily we have fallen into the traps and the temptations of the evil one, who sought our destruction and damnation, that we share his fate in Hell. This is why, as Christians, all of us who truly believe in God and have faith in Him, ought to truly show this faith and love we have for God in our everyday living and in each and every actions and deeds in our lives. May the Lord, our ever loving God and Father, continue to strengthen us in His love, empower each and every one of us so that by His guidance and strength, His providence and help, He may strengthen our weak selves and allow us to overcome the temptations of the world, so that by our efforts to resist the temptations of sin, we may come to righteousness and virtue through Him. Let us all strive to renew our faith and dedication to the Lord, doing what we can to glorify God by our lives, shunning the wicked influence of the evil one in this world, embracing instead God’s love which He has patiently shown us ever since the beginning. May God in His infinite grace and mercy, grant us His grace as we all continue to be good and faithful disciples and followers of God, as His beloved children, now and always. Amen 🙏🏽

DEVOTION OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY | MONTH OF THE HOLY FAMILY The month of February is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Family. Between the events which marked Christmas and the beginning of Christ’s public life the Church has seen fit to recall the example of the Holy Family for the emulation of the Christian family. The Feast of the Presentation (February 2) or Candlemas forms a fitting transition from Christmas to Easter. The small Christ-Child is still in His Mother’s arms, but already she is offering Him in sacrifice.
The Saints that we will focus on this month and try to imitate are:
St. Blaise and St. Ansgar (February 3); St. Agatha (February 5); St. Jerome Emiliani and St. Josephine Bakhita (February 8); St. Scholastica (February 10); Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11); Sts. Cyril and Methodius (February 14); Seven Founders of the Orders of Servites (February 17); St. Peter Damian (February 21); Chair of St. Peter (February 22) and St. Polycarp (February 23). The Optional Memorial of Polycarp (February 23), is superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

From Feast to Fast: Though the shortest month of the year, February is rich in Liturgical activity. It contains a feast (Presentation of our Lord) that bridges two other seasons (Christmas and Easter). The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd harkens back to the Christmas mystery of Light except that now, Christ, the helpless babe, is “the Light of Revelation to the Gentiles who will save His people from their sins.” Candles, symbolizing Christ our Light, will be carried in procession this day, as will be the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil Liturgy. In addition, the faithful may receive in February two of the four major public sacramentals that the Church confers during the liturgical year: blessed candles and the blessing of throats. “The Light of Revelation” shines more brightly with each successive Sunday of Ordinary Time, until its magnificence–exposing our sinfulness and need for conversion–propels us into the penitential Season of Lent. We prepare to accept the cross of blessed ashes on Ash Wednesday, falls on March 5, 2025, marking the beginning of the Lenten season and plunge ourselves into anticipating the major exercises of Lent–fasting, prayer, almsgiving–laying our thoughts and prayers on the heart of our Mother Mary. She, who offered her Son in the temple and on the Cross, will teach us how to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow after her Son. 🙏🏽

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PRAYER INTENTIONS: We thank God for the gift of His Son and pray for His grace as we serve Him in truth and love. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother and the saints we honor today, we pray for the sick and suffering, especially children and those battling epilepsy, strokes, heart disease, cancer, and other terminal illnesses. May God restore them to health and bring them comfort and peace.

We pray for the safety of our families and loved ones, for healing in marriages, and for unity in a world divided by violence and conflict. May God deliver us from hopeless situations and impossible causes.

We remember the souls in Purgatory, asking for God’s mercy upon them. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

We pray for widows, widowers, and all who are grieving. May the Lord strengthen them in their trials.

We continue to pray for Pope Francis, the clergy, and all those spreading the Gospel. May God bless vocations to the priesthood and religious life and protect persecuted Christians worldwide. We pray for peace in our families and throughout the world. Amen. 🙏🏽

Let us pray:

My providential Lord, You know my every need and are concerned for every aspect of my life. Help me to trust You so completely that I always put my love of You as my first priority in life. I do believe that if I can keep You and Your will as the most important part of my life, all other necessities in life will fall in place. Jesus, I trust in You ~ Amen 🙏🏽

Save Us, Savior of the World. Our Mother Mary, Saint Claude de la Colombière and Saints Faustinus and Jovita  ~  Pray for us 🙏🏽

With gratitude for the gift of this new year, we pray for justice, peace, love, and unity within our families and throughout the world. May God’s Divine Mercy and Grace be upon us all during this Ordinary Time. Wishing you a blessed, safe, grace-filled and relaxing weekend. May God keep us all safe and well. Amen 🙏🏽

Blessings and Love always, Philomena 💖