The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is in progress. If you have not done so already, pray the rosary daily, wear the brown and purple scapulars, and complete your Five First Friday Devotions to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Do not be afraid.

Is It Not Even You? (Song of the Shepherd's Heart)
based on I Thessalonians 1.1, 3.12, 2.8, 2.19-20

I pray that the grace of the Lord would abide with you
I pray that the peace of God would reside in you
In your lives

I pray that the love of God would surround you
I pray that the love of God would abound through your lives

For what is our hope?
What is our joy?
What is our crown of rejoicing?

Is it not even you?
Is it not even you?
In the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?

For you are our glory
For you are our joy

Is it not even you?
Is it not even you?

I pray that not only our words would teach you
I pray that our lives as well would reach through to your lives

For what is our hope?
What is our joy?
What is our crown of rejoicing?

Is it not even you?
Is it not even you?
In the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?

For you are our glory
For you are our joy

Is it not even you?
Is it not even you?

Music freely provided by the singer, Robert Evans
www.scripturesongs.net

The Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help from her Shrine in Baclaran City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, visited Estancia Mall in Pasig City, Metro-Manila during Sunday Mass. We were so blessed to be given prints of the famous Icon and the opportunity to touch it to the Icon from Baclaran. The Icon was touched to the original Icon in Rome.

Psalm 19:1-4 is sung by Robert Evans, who also makes this freely available at www.scripturesongs.net.

My wife took videos of Baclayon Church (in Bohol, Philippines) and its museum last week, and I want to share these with you. Baclayon Church was built by the Jesuits several hundred years ago when the Philippines was a Spanish colony. The church was destroyed in the 2013 Bohol Earthquake, but the local community, with the assistance of the Philippine government, restored the church, and it was beautifully done, especially inside the church. I encourage you to visit the Philippines, and visit Bohol to see the many old churches that are still flourishing there today, and to enjoy the white sand beaches too!

The background music are Roman Catholic hymns sung during Mass (in Tagalog). Here is the entire track: https://youtu.be/P5KuGga556E?si=hKtoSMR7Wm44xz5b

I was able to get a room at a the Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain, Antipolo, Metro-Manila, Philippines, back in 2013, 10 years ago now. I share the direction I was given by Lord Jesus then. Lord Jesus is on track. Prepare for departure!

From my journal for that day:

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, My love, My fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, My love, My fair one, and come away. (Song of Solomon 2:10-13)

I went to a Passover Prayer Retreat at the Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain. As soon as I was done with confession Lord Jesus spoke to me, in His still small voice. I am to stop worrying, and I should be reassured that everything is on track. I read Song of Solomon, same as last Passover (or was it the one before last?). I read in the Companion Bible that this is the Jewish reading for Passover. I could not find mixed nuts at the supermarket. I could only find a fruit and nut mix... Is that a sign that this Passover is different? Is this the fruition? Will the Bride of Christ be birthed to eternity shortly, in the rapture? Oh how I long for it.

I took a video of a visit I made to Manila Cathedral on Good Friday back in 2016, before the COVID pandemic.

If you will walk in My ways
if you will keep My command
then you shall also judge My house
and likewise have charge of My courts
and I will give you places to walk
among these who stand here
and I will give you places to walk
among these who stand here

Music freely provided by Robert Evans (http://www.scripturesongs.net)
Lyrics based on Zechariah 3:7 written by God

A lecture on Cosmology from a Christian perspective. The lecturer provides a history of cosmological theories. He also gives detailed descriptions of physics experiments.

I share my thoughts on what I think may be coming soon. My source: Revelations: The Hidden Secret Messages and Prophecies of the Blessed Virgin Mary, written by Xavier Reyes-Ayral. I strongly recommend reading this book, which is available from Amazon, including in Kindle format. Pray the Rosary daily, and wear the Brown Scapular. Learn about the Purple Scapular. Ask for guidance from God as to what you should do to prepare.

Back in 2013, there was a large earthquake in Bohol island, in the Philippines, and I made this video shortly after. The earthquake and the legends of the Chocolate Hills, a famous tourist attraction in Bohol, reminded me of the Days of Noah.

Are you ready for departure?

Wiki about the Chocolate Hills:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_Hills

Fr. Chad Rippenger, an exorcist, gives his assessment of the alarming state of evil in the world, the coming chastisement from God, and a hopeful vision of God's plan after the chastisement.

Music freely provided by the singer, Patti Vaillant. Lyrics (Psalm 131) by God.

I review the movie Left Behind (2014), starring Nicolas Cage.

Birdy performs an acoustic version of her latest pop song, Paradise Calling, in a London church. I think her song gives us a glimpse of part of the Christian experience. I recommend you get the song.

Here is the link to the song's official music video: https://youtu.be/FOjytbEbO34?si=cZrxEsnRDbkz0VGH.

Here are the lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Riding high
When I was your star, mmm
Lightning strikes
Right at the heart, mmm

[Chorus]
Paradise calling
All I've ever wanted was
Something to believe in (Oh-oh)
Something to believe in (Our love)
Both eyes wide open
So high, still falling
If you could only feel (Oh-oh)
If you could only feel (Our love)

[Post-Chorus]
Our love

[Verse 2]
Light us up
Open the door, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
We could find a way out the dark
This could be the spark
And you don't know the ways of the heart
This could be the start

[Chorus]
Paradise calling
All I've ever wanted was
Something to beliеve in (Oh-oh)
Something to beliеve in (Our love)
Both eyes wide open
So high, still falling
If you could only feel (Oh-oh)
If you could only feel (Our love)

[Bridge]
We could find a way out the dark
The dark
You don't know the ways of the heart
The heart
We could find a way out the dark
The dark
You don't know the ways of the heart
This could be the start

[Chorus]
Paradise calling
All I've ever wanted was
Something to believe in (Oh-oh)
Something to believe in (Our love)
Both eyes wide open
So high, still falling
If you could only feel (Oh-oh)
If you could only feel (Our love)
[Post-Chorus]
Our love
Our love
Our love

Last call for passengers. Please proceed urgently to gate...

Psalms are Music from God. I read Psalms 4-6 at the campus of the famous College of Music of the University of the Philippines.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:14-16)

Music freely available from www.scripturesongs.net

And He shall send His angels with a trumpet and a great voice: and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. (Matthew 24:31)

Music freely provided by the singer, Robert Evans.
www.scripturesongs.net

I talk about the time I heard Prepare For Departure (in 2011), and I give my thoughts about this (in 2016) in the light of my then recent reversion to the Roman Catholic Church.

Music freely available by the singer, Robert Evans.
Lyrics (Luke 21:36) by God.
Get ready! Accept Jesus the Christ as your Lord and Savior now!

During the Feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel, they enrolled everyone in the church in the Confraternity of the Brown Scapular, and they gave out brown scapulars by the handful! This video was taken at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Metro-Manila, Philippines.

Video taken at the river flowing through the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (a tourist attraction where prisoners cook and serve meals to visitors), and at Pandan Beach, an island at Honda Bay. Both are near Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.

Lyrics Jeremiah 17:7-8 written by God and sung by Reed Nelson. Music freely provided by the singer at www.reednelson.com

Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz. The singer, Patti Vaillant, freely provided the music. Lyrics are James 1:17-20, written by God. Lord Jesus saves! Prepare for departure!

One of the islands I visited with my wife was Pilgrimage Island. This is one of the over one hundred islands in the Hundred Islands tourist attraction, off the coast of Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines. It was a rainy day and the seas were not always calm, but it was a memorable trip!