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Special Bible-quotations Christmas Cards with Filipino theme. Four Christmas cards will be posted every week until December 31, 2021. eastwind journals, December 4, 2021 (archive 588 / 589 / 590 / 591) By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share this post via Blog link = https://eastwindjournals.com/2021/12/04/3-christmas-cards-special-collection-week-1/ SEND A CHRISTMAS GIFT ONLINE TO YOUR FRIENDS – anContinue reading “4 CHRISTMAS CARDS – Special Collection Week 1”

MICHAEL MICHAEL IN THE MORNING. A tiny black and white butterfly hovers around me often when I sun myself at 8 a.m. every morning. Today, he landed on my shoulder. I said, “Hello, guardian angel.” He lingered for a while and went off. He protects me from falling as I recuperate from knee surgery. OneContinue reading “Coping with the Pandemic”

I was hitchhiking through Europe as a young man in the 70s. After six months on the road, I ended up in Athens in the dead of winter, passing from Italy to Yugoslavia. In Athens, I bumped into the most bizarre Christmas of my life. (Excerpt from the book WINGS AND WANDERLUST – DISCOVERING YOURContinue reading “Christmas with Arabs and a Jew”

The goal of this article in explaining and analyzing the Church in crisis is to see the weaknesses and help find solutions, not to criticize or demean it. This is a constructive criticism of the Church, which is as human as it is divine, and needs our prayers. This is a summary of past EastwindContinue reading “Catalysts to the Catholic Church in Crisis”

When you find your dream, never let go, not for all the money or prestige in the world. Otherwise, you may regret it later. Your dream is a reflection of your soul, of who you really are. Finding your dream, your niche, is hard enough. Discarding it in a knee-jerk move can be disaster. eastwindContinue reading “Finding Your Niche”

eastwind journals, October 29, 2021 (archives tr151) By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com A single mother sold her ten-year-old daughter to clients to be able to feed her family. The child agreed but turned numb and withdrawn. This story was told by an orphanage who eventually rescued the girl from her mother. The child agreed toContinue reading “Human Traffickers and Sex Slaves”

It was a miracle how healing priest Fr. Suarez got out of it. His healing prayer went viral. People reported they were healed online. This Saudi story was related to the author by one from the inner circle of Fr. Fernando Suarez at a crowded fund-raising party. eastwind journals, October 24, 2021 (archive tr14) ByContinue reading “Father Suarez Almost Beheaded in Saudi”

Music is the window of the soul which radiates to other souls, whether it be Gregorian Chant that inspires prayer or Rock that triggers a trance or Classical that brings inner peace. Here are the stories of two musicians. eastwind journals, October 12, 2021 (archive tr159) By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Share with friends –Continue reading “Music – Window of the Soul”

In the U.S., abortion has evolved from a religious to a political issue, between pro-abortion Democrats (with exceptions) and anti-abortion Republicans (with exceptions). It has also split the U.S. Bishops Conference on the issue of ‘no-communion’ for Biden and pro-abortionists. Florida takes a cue from Texas, launching its own anti-abortion law. A judge issues anContinue reading “U.S. Abortion-Law War Intensifies”

In the early days of the Mother Ignacia Healing Center in Novaliches, there was no chapel. Sister Raquel Reodica, RVM, the Lord’s ‘cancer-healer’, conducted the healing sessions in the open air, subject to rain and sun. One day, in a sudden downpour, everyone got soaking wet. Sr. Raquel said the rain was ‘healing water’. AContinue reading “A Church Built by Cancer Patients”