IN THE NEW YEAR - LET'S KEEP PRAYING ONE CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY A DAY FOR FUTURE SHOOTERS OF AMERICA & THE WORLD!

Right after we started saying the chaplet a month ago - the first shooting was at Mercy Hospital with low casualties.

Yesterday, a man was stopped before the shooting took place at a Texas Baptist church Sunday service and is being held at Guadalupe jail.

December 30, 2018: "Now that I think about it, he could've taken a trip to any church and -- a lot of people [could've left] in body bags," Jimenez said. "That kind of hurts me, like, what if? You know what I mean? What if that really happened?"  The gunman, Mr. Albert was being held at the Guadalupe County Jail on $100,000 bail, according to court records.

Let's keep praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for future shooters of America and the world!

BE CONVINCED OF THE AFTERLIFE - SOLID HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Bro. Gary . . .  I purchased your book "Proof of the Afterlife 2" at SCRC over Labor Day Weekend along with a number of other books.  I have always been interested in NDE's and when I saw your book I was trying to decide whether or not to spend the monies on another book on the subject.  We spoke and you convinced me to purchase it.  My husband and I work on the SCRC Sacristy Team so when we arrived home, we needed to rest for the remainder of the weekend to prepare for the fall activities! I placed all the books and tapes we had bought on a shelf and hadn't gotten to them until our Christmas vacation.  Once I began reading your book, I couldn't put it down. I learned so much from it. I have encouraged our youth minister (he works with the youth in outreach activities with the homeless) and our local bookstore owner to read it.  You named one of our parishioners whom we feature in our Ministry Fair in September as making Rosaries for your ministry.  I had to email her to inform her that she was in your book! I'm sure your writings will have far reaching effects on many folks . . . --Cecilia Marks, St. Raphael's Parish Santa Barbara/Goleta Ca

Order Here . . . Proof of the Afterlife 2 (Includes Book 1)

L.A.'s Housing Crisis Hits Hollywood: The Entertainment Workers Living in Their Cars

L.A.'s Housing Crisis Hits Hollywood: The Entertainment Workers Living in Their Cars

By the Hollywood Reporter

In response to exorbitant rents, many assistants, craftspeople and working actors are adopting a transient lifestyle, some by choice, some less so: "It's hard for me to say this because I don't think of myself as in need of help, but right now I need help."

Noelle, 25, who is using only her first name because she signed a no-publicity clause for one of her jobs, is one of the 15,748 Angelenos currently living in his or her vehicle, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Their ranks are growing amid a worsening income inequality and homelessness crisis: As of January 2018, 9,117 vehicles were being used as homes, up 600 from 2017.

Mary wrote the first Christmas song for the poor!

"He has shown the strength of his arm,

he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,

and has lifted up the humble.

He has filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel

for he has remembered his promise of mercy,

the promise he made to our fathers,

to Abraham and his children forever." Luke 1:46 ff

How deep is your love? Click on a happy holiday video-short from our 80,000 + poor homeless family to yours!

It's Christmastime 2018 and we're just a bunch of ragamuffins showing other ragamuffins where to get a free hand-out!

Hey, that's plain English for . . . "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Everyone is a sinner.  We ALL fall short." Romans 3:23

So, let's all just get over it and help each other now, this Christmastime and throughout the New Year before we are invited to that BIG family meal in Heaven!

Merry Christmas, Bro. Gary Joseph +

Ps. Be sure to like us on Facebook at Servants of the Father of Mercy.

Remember, being homeless for the Christmas Holidays, you are in good company!

Your spouse has died, your children have moved out, you've been transferred to a nursing facility, you live out of your car, your house burned down, and no matter how it happened . . .  Remember, being homeless for the Christmas Holidays, you are in good company!

A public service announcement from the Servants of the Father of Mercy, "Bringing Our Homeless Home."  A 501 3 (c) tax exempt nonprofit California Corporation and Association of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. www.ServantsoftheFather.org

Prepare for a feast in Heaven by breaking bread with sinners today!

"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few are chosen."  Matthew 20:16

ELVES VOLUNTEERS WANTED THIS WEEK FOR SANTA'S TEAM THAT DELIVERS TO AREA HOMELESS!

ELVES VOLUNTEERS WANTED THIS WEEK FOR SANTA'S TEAM THAT DELIVERS TO AREA HOMELESS!

1.  This Friday. December 21st, 9:30am, be at Ventura Harbor Storage front gate, 1414 Angler Court, Ventura, CA. MAKE Christmas treat bags for the Southern California homeless and pack your cars and trucks.

2.  This Saturday. December 22nd, 8:30am, be at Ventura Harbor Storage front gate, 1414 Angler Court, Ventura, CA. DELIVER Christmas treat bags to the Oxnard/Ventura area homeless as well as Palmdale/Lancaster.

3.  Mai Pham from Mai's Café is making wrapped peanut, butter and jelly sandwiches for the Christmastime delivery.

4.  St. Jude the Apostle is gifting many handmade Christmas homeless gift bags with hygiene and treats.

5.  St. Kateri Church, Martie and Steve Seper are making Christmas Teddy Bears tied with fresh socks.

Bring your family and friends!  RSVP in the comments below . . .

Warning - CreditWize of Oxnard, CA Takes from the Poor and Gives to the Rich

Warning - CreditWize of Oxnard, CA

Be sure to read the many Yelp reviews hidden down below in the very light gray ink - "not recommended reviews." I am one of  a few other individuals that have come forward to say they do not return phone calls after they take your $300 to $800 dollars. Let friends and family know that many others have had their money stolen from CreditWize and were given nothing in return.

"You can fool some of the some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!"

Make this Christmas Season a time of peace and let it begin with me . . . Pass it on!

Adam's Apples

A MUST-SEE MOVIE . . .

 Adam's Apples

Ivan is an insanely optimistic preacher who takes in convicts to help around the rural church he ministers to. Adam is a vicious neo-Nazi anxiously biding his time before he can return to hell-raising. Hired as Ivan's new helper, Adam immediately decides to shake him out of his rose-colored stupor.

Available on DVD or stream from Amazon or Netflix.  Click here.

Throughout history thousands of babies have grown up to be kings, but only once has a king became a baby!

Nice photo of Suzy serving the homeless on her birthday last weekend. Great way to start her New Year!

Yanira, spouse of Enrique Amezcua shares both cool food and warm smiles with our dear homeless family, 1000s in downtown Los Angeles and beyond . . .

VERY SHORT - MOVIE-SHORT . . . SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING TO TOWN!

Crank up the music!

It's December 3, 2018 and "Mercy Homeless Productions" presents this movie-short "Santa Clause is Coming to Town!" It's the Season to celebrate that, "We are all beggars at the doorstep of God's mercy". Celebrate! Become a volunteer by helping to serve 80,000 + homeless in Southern California and beyond. Just leave a message in the comments or email Info@ServantsoftheFather.org 

Jesus said, “You must be born again.” That is true. But he also said, “Sell everything you have and give it to the poor.” Maybe that’s why God invented highlighters! So we could mark what we like and ignore the rest.

We are all beggars at the door of God's mercy!

We are all beggars at the door of God's mercy!  In our brokenness we join in solidarity with a poor homeless family and ragamuffin baby lying in a manger this Christmas Season.

FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BATTLES WITH THEIR WEAKNESSES . . .

Religious movements and prophets have come and gone.  Only ONE Person glorified weakness. Only ONE Person accepted shameful and humiliating death on a cross as the path to exaltation. Only ONE Person conquered the world through His death, death on a cross. And Only ONE Person rose from the dead.  He is now exalted by God.  He is "King of Kings" and "Lord of Lords!"  Jesus Christ!

THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS SPEAKS TO US FROM THE RUBBLE OF AIR BLUE FLIGHT 202

The True Story of How an Out-of-Control Egotistical Captain Humiliated the First Officer and Caused an Air Blue Airbus A321 to Crash!   

July, 28 2010 near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, killing all 146 passengers and six crew on board flight 202:  After listening to the cockpit communication, it becomes clear that the Captain premeditated at some point during his take-off tirade (1 hour long) humiliating the First Officer (FO) and then purposely ignoring certain headings from ATC. Inputting computer errors was just another device the Captain used to terrorize the FO, even more so than his tirade.

The Captain was consciously hell-bent on exerting egotistical power and control over the other man in the cockpit, the FO. In the secret recesses of his mind, he plotted to take the FO for the "ride of his life" over the next 1.5 hours.  The Captain, by mixing the computer controls up a bit with blatant errors, now holds the keys to life and death, the ultimate power trip. 

His premeditated actions are meant to assume power and instill fear and control over FO. The Captain then surmised that in the end, he would augment his domination by being a hero and saving the day with his aircraft (AC) knowledge and flying prowess. The Captain believed that after this flight, the FO will know for certain who is "top dog" and "alpha male."

Unfortunately, the Captain got in too deep with his mind games and could not dig himself out. As Captain, he believed he had absolute control over the FO and the AC. Ironically, he falls victim to his own devilish devices. Something greater than he, i.e. the weather and the automation of the aircraft become the ultimate power struggle winners in this air crash. 

The Captain, haughty and proud, just seconds from disaster is humbled and then in a flash is broken and crushed as the AC disintegrates into the side of a mountain, missing the airport by 4 miles. The First Officer is redeemed in this story by the ultimate humiliation and destruction of the dominator. 

In God's world, victims are exalted while the haughty and proud are brought low.  And so the meaning of Christmas speaks to us from the rubble Air Blue flight 202:

"Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:" Isaiah 40:4