Yes! Deo gratis! Thank you for sharing your story. I am happy to hear of your healing and will share how God worked in your life and is working in the Third .

Thank you for sharing your beautiful story! And congratulations to you and your wife. You are still newlyweds and it's such a beautiful time! I have a similar story about joining the MFM. When I applied, I needed my baptismal certificate from NY (I live in OH), where I am originally from. I had hoped to have my application completed and emailed by March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. The secretary from the church I was baptized at told me Father had to sign for a new copy, but he was out of town. The certificate would be sent by snail mail all the way from NY. At this point it was about a week until the feast of the Annunciation and I thought there is no way I will be able to submit by then. I told Our Lady that if I receive my baptismal certificate here in time that I would take it as a sign from Our Lord that He truly desired me to join the MFM. Sure enough my baptismal certificate arrived just in time and I was able to complete the rest of my application in time enough to submit it on the Feast of the Annunciation! We have family in Schuyler,NE, my husband's brother and his family. When we visited in June we attended Immaculate Conception for mass. It was lovely and large! My family attends a very small but sweet FSSP parish in Vienna OH. It's such a blessing to have them close enough to attend. Even though we travel 50 mins to get there, it's well worth it. Perhaps one day we will meet the Omaha MFM community. God bless!

Thank you for your encouragement! I hope to go on a retreat soon. Although I do not know how much I would like to drive up those mountains in NC again to the Friary. We visited in July and I did not do so well in the car. 😁 I was very anxious that we would go off the narrow, windy roads. I'm praying to be healed of that if it's God's will!

I really like that idea about switching up my spiritual reading books. I have done that in the past. I will keep that in mind! I lived in Ocala, FL, briefly, with my family as a teenager. We ended up moving back to Long Island. But I have much of my family there now and around the Orlando area as well. We do not visit very much now but I liked Queen of Peace parish in Ocala. I would love to hear how you came to MFM. May God bless you! Hope to meet soon!

That is a beautiful and helpful meditation. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this information with us! It is helpful.

My family and I had a lovely time visiting Blessed Solanus Casey's tomb. I left all the prayer intentions in the basket at the head of the tomb. And for those who cannot travel there, I attached some pictures including pictures of some items of his. God bless you!

What a blessing that you had the opportunity to live at the Friary. I will be happy to take your intentions and I will keep you and Mary Clare in my prayers as well! Congratulations and many blessings upon your marriage!