The Divine Will part is the praying of the Hours of the Passion and my husband who had seen “return on investment” on the prayers done in the Divine Will. Praying for all who have lost loved ones, all cancer patients, all widows, all of the faithful departed past, present, and future!
Today marks the first anniversary of Mike’s birthday into Eternal Life. I wanted to take this opportunity to share just a little of what I believe were little miracles that happened as Mike was getting ready to enter Eternal Life. Mike had a long battle with multiple myeloma capped by a CAR-T (T cell therapy) procedure which left him wheelchair bound and he never recovered. He went on to have very serious complications from that procedure including neurological complications, colitis, very low platelets, and ultimately sepsis. He had a very long hospitalization at the end and was very ill. Within days of the last hospitalization, he was in a coma and unresponsive. A friend of mine from Encounter Ministries after Mass told me she had a “word of knowledge” that we should all pray one Hail Mary for Mike. This was a Friday and I got this out to several Zoom prayer groups I am part of including Cenacles of Love run by Patti Schwartz. The next day was a First Saturday; I won’t explain that all here but look up Our Lady of Fatima. In short, Our Lady has asked all to make the First Saturday of each month a day of prayer and penance. Mike woke up from the coma on First Saturday! In the next couple days, he had some interesting things to say which I believe can be called near death experiences (NDE’s) or death- bed visions. He blurted out of the blue with much excitement that I, his wife, had been praying and I had a return on my investment! He then proceeded to tell me, and I texted this all to his brother that day so this is what I actually wrote- Mike told me that we are on the same road to death. I told him we are but death is not the end and we are all heading to Eternal Life. Mike told me there is a bridge and I told him the bridge was Jesus. And that he should tell Him, Jesus I trust in You! Mike smiled at that. Later he again blurted out Jesus is everything! About the praying I was doing I was meditating on the Hours of the Passion in his hospital room (Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta). In the next few weeks where we were hopeful he would recover and make it to rehab, he would see various family members like his Dad, I believe my Mom, a deceased business partner, and his guardian angel. While we were hopeful, God had other plans, and Mike declined and on March 1, 2025, the next First Saturday, he went home to the Lord. I had told him one week before when he told that he was dying that if Jesus was calling him, it was ok, and to tell Him Jesus I trust in You! I got to say it again on March 1, 2025 and to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I know that I know that I know that Jesus received Him with open Arms!
So, what is the point of all this? Really a couple things- God exists and Heaven is for real. That Our Lady’s prayers are powerful and that miracles may not always be what we want but they are miracles all the same. Mike and his entire family including his mother, brothers and their wives, our kids, all got one more month to surround Mike with love and hopefully say what we needed to say before he went home, our only true home, Heaven! Anyone reading this can choose to believe or not but I designed the gravestone based on the little miracles that accompanied Mike’s passing which also included nurses and aides wanting to be in our room because the Rosary was played as well as praise music! Please remember Mike today in your prayers and do something in his honor- have a Mai Tai or a good single malt Scotch, listen to some beach music, watch Star Wars or Star Trek, love your family and lay down your lives for them! Mike, ora pro nobis!
JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL 