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Hearts on Fire Prayer Group, St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 7600 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA (2026)

10/18/2023

Dear HoF, below please find my notes from tonight's meeting 10/17/23. Please let me know if you have any corrections or questions. As a reminder, I am including minimal information on prayer requests and praise reports out of respect for the privacy of our members. God bless!
• Opening Prayer
• Praise and Worship Music
• Prayed in Tongues
• Silent Time
• Word Gifts/Visions/etc
o Alex: Building/constructing- something to do with ministry - maybe building a ministry - thinks this is for JC
o Alex: Anointing - for Robert
o Alex- the word Magnum
o Alex- Peace (Pray for Peace)
o Betti - heard fullness then enjoy my fullness then enjoy my presence then be present with me . Fullness may be the equivalent of Magnum?
o Heber - felt the presence of the word present
o Keri- heard peace & encourage
o JC - heard in becoming near me you will become stronger
o Kwesi- keeps hearing "the word of God"
o Robert- Felt the Holy Spirit very strongly, did not get any specific word
• Alex: Continue to pray - Holy Spirti
• Prayer Requests (intentionally vague-ish to protect privacy of members and their family and friends)
o Robert- Brother in law - double bypass surgery
o JC- for Julie's Father & for Julie's familiy
o JC - for High school students (especially her son) preparing for college- especially their journey with God and that they will be salt and light
o Betti - for an elderly couple that is part of her fraternity and were sick and in the hospital and are in need of prayers for continued recover/healing.
o Keri - Friend traveling to a part of Vietnam (for work) in an area of a lot of violence and especially violent towards the Catholic Church
o Robert- Sister in Law who has breast cancer and may need a transfusion
o Chuck - trying ot get back to his faith - hasn't been able to feel it- trying to reactivate the Holy Spirit
• Alex prayed after each of the prayer intentions
• Gospel- Alex read MT 22:15-21
• Gospel discussion
o JC - went to daily Mass yesterday - take away- we are living the Gospel - we do not need advice especially of non-believers. Do not let others' opinions change how we believe. Don't want to change ourselves unless it is according to God's Will/plan. Accept advice from family and friends only if it is from God's plan and God's Will.
o Alex- had something similar to JC happen. Not concerned with why people left. The Truth is the Truth. Not concerned with what people thought (God was not). Today many Christians are compromising.
o Keri - Repay to Cesar = materialistic; Give to God what belongs to God- our souls, our praise, our love - all belong to God. Give all our love and praise to God - give from our hearts to God - when giving to the church financially, it is not to check a box that we did it - but rather it should be out of love for God to give to God (and his church) what belongs to God. If we are not giving out of love -then we are not giving to God.
o Betti- reiterated - you are not concerned with anyone's opinion
o Alex- repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar- respect authority, pay taxes etc, but then we must give to God what belongs to God.
o Kwesi - they plotted on how they might entrap Jesus in speech. Call for us to pray for Wisdom on responding to questions about God. Pray continuously for wisdom and avoid being entrapped in speech. We need to remain with the Truth.
• Testimonies/Praise Reports:
o Keri- Father Stephen Schultz who had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago is out of intensive care and has experienced small miracles every day since we started praying for him. He is still in serious condition, had a minor surgery today but he has been reaching for his rosary, asking about going to the Sacristy- wanting to be in his role as priest, he can open his eyes now and has some limited speech, more consciousness than before. Still a long road - but all these small miracles are truly the fruits of our prayers.
o Kwesi- Challenges in his home over the last several years with his daughter who was not going to Mass, and other things. Recently the daughter went to church with her mother and has also been nicer to everyone and the are seeing changes - the fruits of persistent prayer
• Alex prayed for impartations of the Holy Spirit for each of us (and Kwesi prayed for Alex)
• Keri took group photo (attached)
• No Announcements
• Final comments
o JC asked about prayer for peace in Israel and Palestine - Alex lead us in a prayer for this intention
o Chuck asked for ideas on how he can go deeper/reconnect. Life in the Spirit Seminar was suggested, going to adoration was suggested, being persistent in prayer was suggested. We engaged in active conversation regarding this and will continue to pray for Chuck who is also struggling with some health issues.
• Closing prayer

10/18/2023

Good evening, thanks to all who could join us tonight 10/3/23! Below please find my notes, please let me know if you have corrections or questions. Note that prayer requests and praise reports are intentionally vague to protect privacy.

• Opening Prayers - Kwesi
• Alex led Praise and Worship Music
• We moved to praying in tongues
• We then moved to a time of silence
• Word Gifts/visions
o Alex- Someone's knee, resonated with Connie
o Alex - Message of Unity and Compassion, and also Sonship - Sons and Daughters of God
o Robert - Love - he kept seeing the word love flashing
o Kwesi - also got Love
o Connie- Also heard Love & I love them all so much
o Keri- saw brighty heavenly light
• Discussion around the word gifts:
o Kwesi: God is a God of love & unity. We are sons and daughters of God. God so loved the world he died for us. We need to ask God to help us share love. We need to engage ourselves to accept that God loves us. Soak in the love - feel it to your bones. Really knowing God has our backs!
o Alex- We have to pray people see the love of God and see the light of God.
• Took Group Photo (attached)
• Intercessory Prayers
o Alex - someone has kee problem - Connie - we prayed
o Robert - son-in-law (cancer) - we prayed
o Alex- brother (cancer) - we prayed
o Alex - for JC
o Keri - for Fr. Stephen Schultz (massive stroke) - we prayed
o Tracy- Friend's wife's mom (in hospital) - we prayed
• Moved to the Gospel (Matthew 21:33-43)- Kwesi asked Robert to read it (thank you Robert!)
• Discussion around the Gospel:
o Keri brought up the difficulties with the grammar and the terminology - Connie and Tracy looked up some words, we discussed so we could understand better what the Gospel was saying
o Alex - Talked about the line about bearing fruit is compelling
o Tracy- read from the mediation on the Sunday Gospel, which helped us understand better that the Land owner (householder) is God. Vineyard is Jerusalem, etc. and how to apply to our daily lives.
o Kwesi - Fruits- remembering God expects us to bear fruit - the output is expected; we need to share fruites
o Tracy- we need to be like God Servants we have to pray for courage to go out - people may persecute us - but we still need to be obedient
o Kwesi posed a question: Can we lose the Kingdom of God? Alex- parable of the Talens, whoever doesn't bear fruit will have it taken away; Keri - our choices can lead us away from the Kingdom - we could lose salvation if we are not in the state of Grace, but God will never take it away from us - he will wait for us - we can redeem ourselves (confession) and get back what our choices took from us
o Tracy- verse 42 - stone builders rejected - much conversation about what this means- Cornerstone is Jesus
o Robert- correlations with Jesus - this goes back to that as well.
o Connie- fascinating so many insights come out of the Gospel when we go over it together
o Keri - it is so helpful to have these discussion prior to the Sunday Mass to help focus on the Gospel and the homily
o Robert- listens to Mass on youtube and compares to Homily on Sunday ( Daily TV Mass - Toronto is what he recommends)
o Tracy- last meeting- forgiveness - tracy ministry fair - 3 homilies - all compelling
o Last Sunday's homily a priest talked about how it wasn't just 2 sons, but that there was a 3rd son who was Jesus and said yes when asked to come down
o Tracy- talked about 2 minutes of Virtue which highlights the Gospel
• Moved to Testimony and Praise reports
o Tracy- Husband - Dr. appt went well- good/stable
o Kwesi - praise and thank God
o Keri- healed from sinus infection, thankful for today and her daughter's 22nd birthday
o Robert- Shared about St. Francis whose Feast Day is tomorrow - a quote: " Remember that when you leave this earth you can take with you nothing that you have received, only what you have given" - this is a quote from St. Francis Assisi
o Alex & Kwesi both said this resonated regarding talking about the afterlife.
o Tracy talked about the Dominican Pilgrimage at the Basilica on Saturday (Keri was also there); Tracy talked about the Rosary and also the beautiful singing by the Dominicans
• Kwesi- His church has started after Communion to sing 10,000 reasons
• Kwesi praised that he did not need a biopsy after we prayed last time, they did an MRI instead because it was not complicated as they thought
• Tracy asked that we pray for Julie Bisgrove's dad and for Kathy's parents - we prayed; Tracy then asked we pray for her dad, we did, then Connie asked us to pray for her dad, we did :) Lots of great prayer!!!!
• Kwesi - Closing prayer
God bless you all.

Many blessings,
Alex, Keri, Kwesi & Tracy

09/20/2023

Good evening everyone, thank you for another blessed night (9/19/23) of praise and worship! Below please find the notes from tonight (not including specifics on prayer requests/praise reports to protect the privacy of each group member). Please let me know if you have any questions or corrections!
1. Opening prayers (Tracy)
2. Praise & Worship Music (Kwesi)
3. Prayed in tongues
4. Silent time
5. Word Gifts
1. Alex- JC will receive a great anointing from the Holy Spirit & will touch people's hearts - and about happiness - Lord will satisfy needs - touch a lot of souls, bring a lot of souls to Christ; healing delivers to JC. Lot of great anointing.
2. Heber - heard the words adoration and worship. how important it is for us to praise God not because God needs it but because we need it. Especially with this meeting and the music how important it is to worship God.
3. Kwesi - name Andrew - the Lord said he should keep believing and will be healed - resonated with Tracy.
4. JC saw walking narrow path - even though walking very narrow path - keep eyes on Jesus will be in peace and joy will be overflowed (hard time hearing JC - hope I got this right)
5. Maria - someone in the group has plan or vision trying to do for a while - keys -access granted to the person - like it's going to go through - not sure if it's a plan in someone's career or a ministry but a road is opening up for this person.
6. Tracy - last week had a dream felt like awake - heard an audible voice calling her name – waking her up to go to daily 7am Mass. It felt like a gift!
7. April - shared the past week or two she's been encouraged to go to Adoration more and more. Highly recommends everyone tries to go more. Tonight she heard the names Daniel and Kelly. She also saw a hospital room - whoever was in it was being watched over. Also the color yellow.
8. Tracy - don't be anxious about anything
9. Alex reminded not to be discouraged.
10. April - encouraged in another group about green scapular and the chaplet (did I capture that correctly, sorry I had a coughing fit and didn't hear it all)
11. Discussion around adoration - importance; gifts; etc (Alex)
6. Moved to intercessory prayers
1. Prayed over Kwesi re surgery
2. Chuck - healing prayed over him
3. Keri (not in meeting - but asking here) - please pray for my my mom's cousin whose house was condemned from flooding in Scranton, PA. Her cousin and cousin's husband are unable to live in the house now and insurance won't cover the damage. Please pray for shelter and support and healing as they are devastated. Also please pray for me to get over my sinus infection as the antibiotics course has ended and I'm still struggling to get my voice back.
7. Gospel - Matthew 20
8. Key take aways
1. Alex - it's about pride; why did this person receive this/that - Lord operates very powerfully in the Holy Spirit. Lord can give as he wishes. We should be concerned with what we have. Similar to parable of Talons.
2. Kwesi - strong takeaway was the fact that each of them were called by the landowner at different times - for Kwesi came to him that we all meet God at different times (some in the mornings, some in the afternoons, some at the sunset of their lives). His blessing which is undeserved - no matter what time you encounter or make self available to God - will give the same blessing to you that give to anyone. The blessings that he has for everyone will be the same. very equitable from God's perspective.
3. JC - God's justice and our human justice is different. We think it'll be the person hired last to get last wage - but God's thinking is different than ours. Because no one has hired us we might be - even though we don't want his mercy sometimes - we don't expect anything - God wants to give us his Mercy. some people didn't try to get hired but the landowner put them to work. Sometimes we don't expect God's Mercy, but he is the one who always wants to give His Mercy to us.
4. Tracy - we don't understand God's ways, how he thinks, but we need to be grateful for whatever he gives us - just be grateful to Him.
5. April- word vineyard came a lot on her mind - reminder that He is not necessarily concerned with our works - but that he will extend us His mercy and grace as he knows and reads our hearts. He doesn't want us to think that it is by our doing. Don't keep your pride in place. We have to lose our pride and have humility. God will succeed where he needs to be. Tracy- God gives the same amount of love to everyone.
6. Kwesi- our natural feeling is to get proportional to our labor.
7. Tracy - we are selfish - we want for ourselves - but we need to love neighbors as self. Loving God so much we want to expand our love for ourselves to others. We first need to be transformed. It's the light for others to imitate us after we are transformed.
9. Testimony/Praise reports
1. Tracy- prayed for her husband last meeting- got good sign from xray (pain is still there)
2. Laura - her son - motivated to go to church on Sundays now with priest turnover (next step would be that it would be good if he goes to confessions). folks reminded about the green scapular for conversion
10. Closing Prayer (if anyone would like healing prayers we'll do after)
11. Group Photo attached - sorry it cut off two people -- so very sorry It looked okay in the preview.
12. Next Meeting - Oct. 3rd - Kwesi will be leading

09/08/2023

Good evening, below please find my notes from tonight's HOF meeting 9/5/23. Please let me know if you have corrections or questions. Thanks!

• Keri opened in prayer
• Keri reminded everyone to be concise with prayer requests and testimonies when the time comes for these things
• Alex invoked the Holy Spirit
• Tracy led us in Praise and Worship music
• We moved to Speaking in tongues
• Silent time as we listen for what word gifts or other inspirations we may receive (and it's okay if you don't receive any)
• Intercessory & healing prayers:
o Alex - we should have an impartation of the Holy Spirit
o Alex- For April - Holy Spirit will bring order to Chaos
o Betti - heard I am the Lord your God. I thank you for your Praise. I thank you for your Love (and I can't read my last word on my paper - sorry Betti)
o Kwesi - heard - I am my way - my way will accomplish??? Message has been sent (Sorry Kwesi - I had a hard time hearing you)
o Keri - heard - I am the Lord your God. Come to me with your prayers
o April - heard you are loved.
o April - For Tracy - heard for Tracy to sing more & a reminder do not worry - God's Plan is God's Plan
o Robert - During the 1st two songs, he prayed in tongues -and he felt the Holy Spirit Very strongly
o Mary- song came to her - Praise - gratitude
o Kwesi - in chat - a verse from King James Bible
• We moved to Intercessory prayers (NOTE - I am not putting details in notes to protect privacy of all involved)
o Robert- His sister-in-law
o Tracy - Her husband
o Betti - her husband, her daughter, her son-in-law
o Keri - her mom, her own shoulder
• NOTE: There was apparently an issue with the link (so sorry Heber, and sorry to have cut you off - we will try to figure out the issue - I don't create the link, it is sent to me by Tracy)
• Alex did an impartation of the Holy Spirit
• We moved to the Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20 - Discussion followed:
o Alex - when 2 agree about something to pray about is very important and very powerful.
o Kwesi - he and his wife were talking about praying separately but coming to agreement about what to pray for. He read this Gospel in preparation for tonight. It's amazing how God acts. It is the word of God we have to know.
o April - In past weeks/years been getting more about prayer with many and is more powerful than praying alone
o April - in the chat shared St. Jude Novena idea and suggested praying it with others
o April - Asked what the line about Binding on Earth/Heave and loosed on Earth/heave meant. Alex, Heber and others contributed to answering.
o Mary - agrees that when 2 or more pray - and particularly in this group it is a good thing - and in this group particularly - God's grace is on Alex and he has the gift of Wisdom (discussion around this)
o Heber - the Holy Spirit in this group is so meaningful - Binding us together - Gospel is about power in togetherness
o Betti - Gospel is good advice when we have a conflict in our communities
o April - Remember to speak up when someone needs prayers and do not be ashamed
o Kwesi asked for prayers for him and is wife as his wife's brother passed away recently
o Tracy - Gospel - first verse - we need to correct the brother - in Christian community we have a responsibility to correct our peers
o Tracy - feedback on April's word gifts - Tracy talked about her love for singing and music and thanked April because Tracy had been struggling
• Testimonies/Praise Reports
o Betti - husband - infectious disease Dr. didn't expect him to live this long - his life is a gift - we've been praying for him for nearly 2 years
o Keri - mom's surgery went well and cancer wasn't as deep as they though - still took half her colon
o Kwesi - 10 weeks of travel - went well - company happy - Kwesi happy to be home
• Announcements
o Tracy- Asked for locals to help with St. Bernadette Parish Ministry Fair Sept. 16/17
• Keri closed in prayer
• Group pic attached
Thanks all!! God bless you!!

May the light of God shine through you all in all you do.

God bless,
Keri, Tracy, Alex & Kwesi

07/19/2023

Dear all, Below please find the prayers from tonight 7/18/23. I have been very vague regarding the prayer requests so as not to share anything people would prefer to keep just within the group that participated tonight. I pray you are all well!
Notes:
• Alex opened us with prayer
• Keri lead the praise and worship music
• We Spoke in tongues
• Alex then introduced silent time where we allow ourselves to hear or feel or see or experience what God has for us - Listening to what the Holy Spirit has to give us - ( a word or phrase, an image, or something else)
• Alex asked folks to share if they received anything. Responses below:
o Alex- Spur (To stir up people)
o Alex- to bless others
o Bettie: I am the Lord our God - felt like it was interpretation of Heber's prayer in tongues - discussion around this
o Marianne- discussed how she doesn't speak tongues but how it affects her physically
• Intercessory Prayer;
o Alex started with Fresh annointing of the Holy Spirit
o Heber - prayer request for her family in Texas (peace, wisdom, unity)
o Laura- Her house situation/tree/association
o Betti- Orientee in her fraternity- that she and family find a new home at price affordable
o Tracy - for her dads health
• Alex read the gospel for Sunday: Mt 13:24-43
o Gospel discussion - very rich discussion - highlights below
o Alex- Mustard seed is favorite
o Marianne- mustard seed plant is source of a bunch of vegetables, smallest plant but most diverse
o Keri - pulling the weeds with the harvest is also patience - not to be hasty might get rid of good with bad
o Heber - our lives are full of weeds and good plants we are bombarded and impatient - we need to put in God's hands
o Alex - questioned more on this
o Tracy - pulling up weeds related to her growing vegetables and saying that God is considerate of every person
o Marianne - not pulling weeds for sake of the wheat- people who do evil often have things that benefit the good
o Laura - about the yeast
o Discussion around the parable of the yeast - a very, very rich conversation - but too much for me to write tonight due to pain in my hands. We went much deeper on this topic up to and including about Eucharist.
o Alex - Summary: Lord calls us to sow seeds and stir up people - like his word Spur
• Marianne- discussed about Encounter ministries and inviting us to join in Gaithersburg (she discussed at length); it'll be recorded too if cannot make the drive.
• Tracy- will forward something to the group about something else
• Alex asked Marianne to send flier and link to register
• Alex closed in prayer
• Group photo attached
See you in September!

Many blessings,
Keri

06/23/2023

Good Evening, below are the notes from this evening's meeting 6/20/23, if I have stated anything incorrectly, please do let me know. Thank you & may God bless you all.

• Kwesi opened in prayer
• Alex led very beautiful and powerful Praise & Worship Music
• We prayed in tongues/silent prayer
• Keri needed to step away for about a minute -missed comments
• Came back to Alex saying pray to the Holy Spirit and Laura responding about prayer for those without enough food and those in need and third world countries. Alex did a quick prayer.
• Kwesi asked for word gifts/inspiration, etc.
o Keri received no words but had feelings- felt calm, at peace, quiet - truly recognized in that peace God's Greatness and her littleness (how little Keri is and how great God is)
o Tracy- also felt calm and peace
o Alex - Scripture says don't be anxious about anything (he was connecting something from earlier with what Keri & Tracy said.
o Kwesi- back to peace - it is a gift God Gives up, power of the Holy Spirit
o Alex- it has been on his mind. He also had image of world and all the distractions. Underneath that, he had an image of people of simplicity and humbleness and peacefulness. True way of happiness is simplicity. Think of Mary and Joseph.
o Laura- knows God provides and He'll provide enough of what she needs not her wants. Knows he'll do the same for people of other things. Was praying for the people during the song. they have faith to cultivate which is the challenge - not always immediate.
o Kwesi - see our God as God of Provision. Who meets our needs and others. We keep praying for God to provide for all.
o Robert- prayer of thanksgiving - thankful for strength - being able to lean on God to achieve much. Kwesi- we should be more reliant on Him (God) we tend to plan and try to rely on our own efforts - so thanked Robert for this reminder.
• Moved to intercessory prayer
o Tracy- Pray for a family member of person in the Divine Mercy apostolate - at Vietnamese church. Fund raiser. spent lot of money on items for face of Jesus, doesn't have enough to close the gap. Tracy worried about him. Priest in Vietnam needs money back . We prayed for the person (named Daniel)
o Robert - for his 3 year old Grandson George Robet who has colitis. We prayed for him and will continue to pray
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o Keri (unspoken but asking here) - for several friends going through chemotherapy right now, for safety of family traveling, for health issues she is working through; for her parents health
• We then took group photo (attached)
• Then Robert read the Gospel for next weekend (Luke 2:41-51)
• Discussion from the Gospel/inspirations:
o Keri - Meditates/reads this Gospel when prays the 5th Joyful Mystery. Ties into the Rosary. Also, as Mary keeps all the words in her Heart, we should keep the words (and Jesus) in our hearts.
o Robert- like Keri meditates on the in the 5th Joyful mystery - he thinks of Mary and Joseph and what they must have gone through and such while Jesus was missing. Alex agreed that cannot fathom what they went through.
o Laura-- asked what is joyful about losing Jesus for 3 days. Many responded that the Joy is in Finding Jesus/finding the Lord
o Alex noted it prepares Mary - it's reparation for the Passion of Christ (hence the 3 days)
o Mary - What reason would a 12 year old have to leave his parents and then she realized it is how we are and that it's God's reason and a happy ending. All is good. God is all good.
o Laura- we could learn to be patient
o Mary - Jesus is not only Mary's son and human but ALSO Divine.
o Tracy- Blessed mother is accepting doesn't show she's upset or mad. Like with the annunciation - she said I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done unto me according to thy will. She loves Jesus and supports and like the Blessed mother we need to accept always what comes to our lives. Let it be done to me according to God's word.
o Kwesi - Jesus' parents went every year to Jerusalem - sticking to routine is important; when Jesus is 2 years old and they went - Jesus had temples or synagogue in Nazareth, so Jerusalem would be like a Cathedral to us as opposed to a small church. Jesus' parents spent 3 days looking for him starting with family. They didn't find him so went to the temple to pray- and they found him there. We should go to our Church to find what we need 0 to pray.
o Alex- said good point and linked it to an image he had earlier
o Laura- asked about verse 49 - and if Jesus really meant what he said and did he expect them really to know that he would be there in the temple? Alex said he was teaching them He is the son of God. Mary - he is without sin & perfect - he would not have abandoned his parents; Alex - life of living with the Messiah - this was a turning point.
o Mary- Jesus was coming of age/confirmation/becoming an adult.
• We moved to testimonies/praise reports
o Tracy: Connie - her friend's daughter's finger is healed
o Laura: thankful for prayers for her pain 2 weeks ago; pain decreased 7 she saw Dr and she has new meds which will take time to work; prayed 5th Joyful mystery (and like Keri and Robert also uses the scripture we read tonight with it) and talked about how Mary had to wait for Jesus and we sometimes have to wait for things as well
o Kwesi - His brother and wife were having challenges; they are doing better now
o Tony - Watching a baseball game - something wasn't right, Tony prayed that any spirits would go to the foot of the cross and things changed
o Keri- friend (mother of 8 from her parish) who has breast cancer found out that it did not spread to her lymph nodes (praise God)
o Mary- Granddaughter Mary Ell who is in a wheelchair is now in school in GA and is on her own. Lots of wonderful things happening. Please continue to pray.
o Kwesi - give thanks to God in all things
o No meeting July 4th. One meeting in July (the third week); no meetings in August, will resume in Sept.
o Closed in prayer
Many blessings,
Keri

06/07/2023

Dear HoF Family,
Thank you for a wonderful fellowship tonight 6/6/23 discussing about the body and blood of Christ, how we experience receiving the Eucharist and the Precious Blood, and how blessed we are to receive Christ in the Holy Communion! Through sharing your experience, each understands and learns more the mystery of the Eucharist. God is so amazing in all his works!

We miss Keri tonight because she is celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary with her husband and pray that they will have many many many more years together! Sorry, no Keri – no meeting notes! ☹

Attached is our group picture at tonight's meeting. May we all have peace and joys in Christ always!

Peace and Grace,
Tracy Pham

06/04/2023

Good evening everyone, thank you to those who were able to join us tonight 5/16/23. Below please find my notes. Please let me know if you have corrections or questions. Thank you.
• Keri opened with prayer
• Tracy led the Praise & Worship Music
• We moved to a time of speaking in tongues & then to silent time where we were open to any gifts (words, inspirations, etc) that we were given
• The word gifts that were shared were as follows:
o Betti: I am your God, I am the Living Water - I have come that you do not thirst
o Alex - world inundated with the out pouring of the Holy Spirit
o Alex- sense something about family situation (maybe for April)- light, understanding, anointing, wisdom, image of a nurse, something about an Aunt. April does have a lot of Aunts and a family situation. She also has an aunt who is a Nurse.
o April got the name Jimmy. Betti has a Brother in Law named Jimmy; Mary has a son named Jimmy. Also April got something about protection. Mary related that to her son.
o Mary- her grand daughter is back from Lourdes - Nurse, Cape, Knights of Malta; Nurse cape (old fashioned) - the pilgrimage was r by the Knights of Malta they brought sick Catholics to Lourdes and took care of them.
o Alex prayed for April's family and for those named Jimmy
o Tracy - talked about asking God if it's okay about her Garden- Betti said let your garden be a prayer
o Mary - had a busy day, finally sat down and Tracy's name came to her mind - that's why she is here today. Mary also felt about her feelings of connectedness to many in this group and is happy to be here.
o Lydia asked to pray for Mary's granddaughter who went to Lourdes - and Lydia graciously led the prayer herself (and it was just a lovely prayer!!)
o Mary talked about how organized the pilgrimage was for her granddaughter
o Tracy asked that what country the Knights of Malta are from. Mary said they are all over the world.
o April - her daughter works for a company that supports the Knights of Malta
o Alex Googled the Knights of Malta - it's an organization like a country.
o Mary asked Alex to pray for the Knights of Malta - Alex prayed
o Keri heard What you are doing is working and worth it - keep praying and praising - you will find peace. This resonated with many.
• Keri read the Gospel for Sunday (noting that Ascension Thursday is moved to Sunday)
o Gospel discussion: Betti - It is our call to go out and make disciples
o Mary- was thinking how sad if she was an apostle and Jesus was leaving she would feel
o Alex- imagine Jesus gone - died - all of a sudden disciples see Him - what would they have thought? This Gospel is the mandate given to us
o Tracy - Thought the same thing as Alex and also that God empowered us. We have the power to go out
o Keri - the call to go out is not easy/can be challenging - God won and keeps winning and we can go out with courage and evangelize, convert and make disciples
o Tracy - everyone needs to pray for courage to do His work. She remembers when she had been first given the Spiritual gift conversion - she spoke to this and about how it is harder now
o Tracy - Effort to step up and pray for the strength and the courage
o April - Interesting that Jesus Ordered then reminds that all power comes from Him. That he supports us. When we go through tough times, God is supporting us through it all. Huge consolation.
o Alex - Jesus has same power as the Father. They must have felt comfort to hear him say that.
o April - It ends with "I am with you always"
o April - First time she heard praying in tongues, she appreciated and enjoyed it. We had some discussion around praying tongues and some of us shared our experiences/early thoughts, etc. It was a fruitful and wonderful conversation and had great feedback.
• We took a group photo (attached to this email)
• Keri then moved us to prayers, praise reports, etc.
o Betti- pray for her friend Margaret - and elderly woman who had a very bad fall. Robert (Bob?) led us in that prayer and it was a great prayer.
o Praise report in the chat: Lydia: The house sold! The sale fell through 3 times, but it finally sold on the 4th.
o Tracy - During Praise & Worship, the song Awesome God is emotional to her and she explained her connection to the song, etc.
o Betti - wake for a friend - was stressed over google maps, then finally back on road to funeral home and a song came on she loves Jesus King???
o Bob - asked Mary for an update on her granddaughter. Mary talked some about Mary Elle's accident and her trip to Lourdes and re-iterated about the Knights of Malta. Also about Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette being there and the healing.
o Betti's great nice named Lotus is doing well now - was in NICU
o Mary - Grandchildren and great granddaughter are visiting from Anchorage, and there is nothing better
• Announcements
o Tracy - Healing Service at Holy Family next Tuesday at 7:30 (Mass at 7:30, healing after). Holy Family is located in Dale City, Virginia
o Alex - Spiritual Boot Camp at St. Anthony in DC this Friday night and all day Saturday - he will post information for anyone interested
• Keri closed in prayer.
Thanks and I hope I didn't miss anything or get the details wrong. It's been a little harder to write this week as my hands have been cramping. Have a beautifully blessed week.

Also, please pray for my (Keri's) daughter who is studying abroad in Costa Rica and for my (Keri's)husband who we are still dealing with his heart problems. I (Keri)may not be able to join the first week in June - my husband and I will be away for our 25th Wedding anniversary.

Many blessings,
Keri, Alex, Tracy & Kwesi

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