HOPE Ministry Helping Older People Everyday

03/28/2024

Today I had a very special day I visited Agnes… this is a picture from last Oct 8th she turned 99 on Oct 8th…

She shares her birthday with my daughter and I’ve told her that!
I’ve told her you share your birthday with my daughter Agnes and Ive told her you’re pretty like my daughter Agnes !
And she smiles!
I visited with Father Padit and he gave her the Last Rites today.
I never was with someone when they received the Last Rites but it’s a very powerful thing…

She’s not talking much now at 99 but she blessed herself with the sign of the cross about 3 times during the prayers that Father Padit said …

I was holding her hand during the Last Rites prayers and she kept looking back and forth at me and Father Padit.

It was a very moving experience.
The priest asked all the Angels of God to carry her straight into heaven whenever God called her home and he asked for forgiveness for all of her sins in the name of Jesus Christ.
He asked all the Saints in heaven and all holy men and women to pray for her.

She has met two popes and two popes have blessed her.

She smiles all the time.

On Sundays when I visit her to bring her Communion I ask if her son Frankie is taking good care of her and she says yes and then she says I took care of Frankie now he’s taking care of me!
She has a very good son who is taking care of his mama 👏👏👏👏👏👏

She is a mother of ten children!

And the two popes sent gifts in the mail she has these gifts there in the home from both the Popes !

My Ministry HOPE MINISTRY HELPING OLDER PEOPLE EVERY DAY enables me to meet very special people.
This Ministry is such a Blessing to me and all of my volunteers!
Thank You Lord🙏🙏

02/16/2024

RIP Marie Sommers

In your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our Sister in Christ Marie Sommers In this life you embraced her with your tender love; deliver her now from every evil and bid her eternal rest.
The old order has passed away: welcome her 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.

With
Jack Viadero

01/23/2023

H.O.P.E. Ministry
Helping Older People Everyday….
Share your love with the Elderly as often as you can.
It’s one of those things you’ll never regret.

One thing to remember about Dementia is that people experiencing dementia may not be able to recount what has happened an Hr later. Their short memory might be very poor. BUT what’s important is when they’re going through the experience they’re enjoying it just as much as you. Soo…continue to party and enjoy everyday with the elderly!

Be intentional in your journey and your journey with the Elderly in your life. You define aging. Don’t allow aging to define you.
Always
Take care of the elderly people in your life!
Think about the Elderly in your life that you might be able to help…be it be a family member, a neighbor you know, maybe a neighbor you don’t know that well but you’ve seen and maybe you could talk to them strike up a conversation and just see how they’re doing…maybe just ask if they need any help with anything?? Could you occasionally grocery shop for them or just stop in for conversation so they’re not so lonely?
You won’t regret it!
Grace and Blessings on your path 💚🙏💚
H.O.P.E Ministry
Helping Older People Everyday
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Boca Raton Florida

With
Jack Viadero
Dale MacCutcheon

01/10/2023

Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also those who need it so much. 🙏🙏🙏

STEP OUT OF YOUR BUBBLE AND REALLY REACH OTHERS

H.O.P.E. Ministry
Helping Older People Everyday

12/16/2022

Sharing The Love Of Christmas and The Love of Christ
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HOPE MINISTRY
HELPING OLDER PEOPLE EVERYDAY…

12/16/2022

05/09/2020

As the Sun rises this Saturday morning,
across our Nation and around the World...

God of Creation,

We have confidence that in the morning, You hear our voices, Lord ...and in the morning we lay our requests before You and we wait patiently and expectantly.

We Thank You Lord, for hearing our voices and we thank You in advance for responding to us.

We know that You are in control of everything this morning and we pray that You continue to have Your divine way in our lives.

We also ask you to help us Lord when we feel lost, as some of us do. Sometimes, we feel like we pray and you don’t answer our prayers and it is hard for us.

We need help in understanding... that you are answering our prayers in different ways... sometimes by telling us to wait.

Sometimes the answer to our prayers is No...because You, God see the bigger picture in our lives.

But in our humanness, it is easy to grow weary and discouraged, so we ask You to help us Lord.

We pray that we always make You, our focus, when we arise, let this be our mentality throughout the day today, even as we labour, that we will look to You, especially as we interact with other people.

We declare that we will try our best today to make You at the forefront of our thoughts, our words and our actions.

We pray together

🙏🙏
Amen

With Jack Viadero

03/04/2020

Introductory Prayer: Lord Jesus, in this Lenten season, I want to draw closer to you. I believe that you truly became one of us to save us as an act of love beyond all human understanding. I know I can count on you to carry me through each day. I know that in all circumstances you are with me. I want to love you more than myself and say “yes” to your will in every moment. I trust totally in your grace. Thank you, Lord! This Lent, I want to learn to love you more, as you deserve. I want to be the person you want me to be.

Petition: Lord Jesus, help me to re-discover all the gifts you have given me and help me to use them to bear fruit.

02/28/2020

Conversation with Christ: Lord, make me generous and joyful in sacrifice, knowing that sacrifice unites me closer to you and wins the grace of conversion for so many souls you love and for whom you died.

Resolution: I will choose one person I know who needs God’s grace and offer all my sacrifices today for them.