The Goal of My Heart ( an old poem)

Branches, trunks, roots,
all tangled washed ashore
I am a piece broken off
Ready to drift off to sea
Off to my God

I remember how you abandoned me
But He never abandons me
Even if I am an island.

Even in the death and decaying leaf matter,
you left me;
Life lives beneath the roots
Life lives in me
Despite thee
In the me that never gives in
The hope that stays afloat
I find me
I lose you
I find God
For you
For the blue of the sky, I die.

I am a seahorse holding on to a seastar
in the midst of a violent storm
Off to the goal of my silent heart:
His holy tender heart.

*stefanie Almendárez*

Story of how I lost my faith then got it back

I had gotten to the point where I doubted if Jesus was really God, if the Eucharist was really His body. I started believing in I guess what you could call being a free spirit. I didn't believe in religion, I believed in The Secret, the law of attraction, and positive energy and all that. I was tired of my new beliefs and so I begged God to become real to me. I decided to play bingo that night with my mom and boyfriend. It was almost the last game, when I told God in my mind that if I won this last game I would buy a poster I had seen and loved that was Mary holding Jesus in her arms. I won, and I didn't take this as a coincidence. God can use anything (a painting, a song, a poem, a movie, a person) to get our attention back on Him. Another great source of grace for me has been the writings of Catalina Rivas, a woman who is surely a saint. I once doubted about her writings. I didn't outright reject her writings, but didn't outright accept them either. Until God revealed His spirit through what I was reading. My life has changed for sure this time. I live my life thankful to God for having taken me away from my sinful life, not that I am a saint now anyway, but I want to live my life only for God now!

Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament: http://www.savior.org/#

I have returned to my Catholic faith. Welcoming our Lord into my life every day has been a true blessing to me. My daily tasks have taken on a new meaning, I am more patient with my Mother and my family. Through this online adoration, I can be closer to Jesus, He who is The Most Abandoned of all.

El Gran Yo Soy

A beautiful song "The Great I AM"
Ese SOY YO/ That is who I AM
Tercer Cielo

Ask Me
when you have to choose a road
Look at Me
if you feel you cannot continue and your strength has left you
Listen to Me
how many times have you failed for not listening to Me
Arise
for the promise that I once made you has come

Find Me
you know in what place
look for Me
in intimacy
because I have great things for you
because I always want to see you happy
because I am He who called you
and I want to give you the best
He who wants to bless you
that is who I AM

Prepare yourself
it is time
to fly
to a bigger place,
higher
Arise
and do not fear
for I am here with you, before you

Find Me
you know in what place
look for Me
in intimacy
because I have great things for you
because I always want to see you happy
because I am He who called you
and I want to give you the best
He who wants to bless you
that is who I AM

I am with you
the Great I AM
I AM YOUR GOD

because I have great things for you
because I always want to see you happy
because I am He who called you
and I want to give you the best
He who wants to bless you
that is who I AM