GOD IS GOOD

GOD IS GOOD I hope you are Blessed and having a Holy Advent, In the last few months I have been to Canada,Brazil,Dubai and England. To give talks in schools and at parish missions and conferences. For the last 25 years I have been  praying the Divine Mercy prayer, This is a prayer that Jesus said would bring salvation to the most lost sinners.I pray this prayer for any souls who may have died,that they get to Heaven. When I was in a church in Canada, I felt a real sense of Holy souls round me thanking me for my prayers. God in his goodness gives us much power in our prayers to bring people to Heaven. When I was in Dubai,I spoke at a youth conference with an Archbishop from Australia.I asked him why he became a priest, he said each day he walked 45 mins to school,and he realised if he cut though the grave yard he saved about 20 mins on his journey, so for 10 years he cut though the gave yard twice a day,and soon got to know every one who lived there, at the age of 18 he knew three truths, Life is very short, death is very certain and eternity is a very long time, so he became a priest. In Brazil I stayed with a wonderful community who set up great days of prayer, these are people who give there time to help others find out how God is good, I got to speak at one of theses days and spend some time praying with the community, When I was praying with one  member, I got a picture of 2 little children in Heaven saying how much they love this person.The member was filled with tears of joy as she had lost her twin boys to death recently,  please see photo above. In England I got to speak to the Catholic women's league, these are women who dedicate themselves to lots of charity work in the church and help others. In my travels it is such a Blessing to meet so many wonderful people who do such amazing work for God. I also spent time in Wakefield prison giving a number of talks to about 50 men, these are men who are in prison for long sentences of 20 to 40 years some will never get out, the Grace of Gods forgiveness was wonderful,with many tears and healings. No matter how much we have hurt others or God in our life's, Gods amazing Goodness is always there if we are only open to receive it. God is so very Good. After my Christmas break I will be traveling to Croatia and the USA for a few months, please keep me in your prayers and always know you are in mine. God bless you in his deep love, Merry Christmas. John Pridmore   MY WEBSITE

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SEEING OURSELVES THOUGH GODS EYES

I hope you are well and having a Blessed Easter tide. Since my last update I have given parish missions in LA Alabama, (USA) Livingston (Scotland) Down Patrick, Dunshaughlin  and Kerry (Ireland) At this time in our world, I feel we are in so much need of Gods Mercy. There is great pain and hurt in peoples lives and it is hard to be the Light Christ wants us to be at times. I remember a school retreat I gave some years ago,we asked the young people how many of them went to Mass, one girl said she stoped going after her confirmation. because both her brothers had stoped, she went on to say, every Sunday it was like something was missing from her life.She was thinking of going back to Mass and on Sunday her Grandmother rang her asking if she wanted to go back to Mass with her, she said she did, but wondered why her Nan had asked her at that time, her Nan said she felt God telling her to ask. When they got to the Church and they were kneeling down to say there prayers, she noticed her Nan was crying. She said are you OK Nan,  I am just so happy you are back at Mass with me. Her Nan replied. As the girl told me this she burst into tears. Her Grandmothers love for her was so real in that young girls life and because of that, so was Gods love real. As we journey towards  Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit, we should take some time out and spend about 5 mins each day dwelling on Gods love for us and how he sees us, without judgment or Anger, but with love, Mercy and understanding. When I was in USA I heard of a priest who told a very angry, unhappy nun this who was giving out about all the terrible nuns she lived with. About 10 years later, the priest got a letter from the nuns mother superior, she said that everyone found that nun so hard to live with but since she had started dwelling on Gods love for her every day for 5 minutes,  she had changed into one of the most loving ,gentle giving saints, the mother superior had ever came across. She went on to say that one week earlier, that nun had died and every one was devastated at her loss. Sometimes when I am praying over people I get a picture of them looking into a refection of them selfs, throwing rocks at the refection.Jesus always comes and takes the rocks out of there hands and points to there refection, saying behold my beautiful son, behold my beautiful daughter.  May the coming of the Holy Spirit give us the freedom to love our selfs as God asks, so we can bring that love to everyone we meet. Please pray for me over the next few months as I will be giving talks and parish missions in Ireland, France,UK,Spain,USA Canada and Brazil. You are all very much in my heart and prayer. God bless you in his deep love. John Pridmore During Holy week I was on my friends show Broken Catholic with Joseph Warren, this is the link   https://bit.ly/2qqOtxK www.johnpridmore.com