Justin's Blog

I am one of the hosts on the morning show Guadalupe Media produces. I am on every Wednesday morning from 6:30 am to 8:00 am. Now and again, I switch with another host if I am not in Belize City. This week I had not done the show for two weeks. I was slowly making my way back into the rhythm of hosting the show. I had read a book earlier that morning in adoration and wished to share the story on the show, the link below is to that episode of Morning Glory:  Fast forward to 12:56 and the story ends at 18:56 https://www.youtube.com/live/Rn096iELq70?si=_xY5QZXxmgXwSdr4

  On blogger I have a bunch of draft posts that I have pending or I just forgot about. This was one of them. I have a good relationship with my mom but we never really say things like that. When she messaged me this I screenshot it and saved it. I want to post it now so I could come back and read it every now and again. 

As we approach lent we must think of three things: in Spanish it is oración, limosna y ayuno. In English it’s prayer, almsgiving, and fasting.  We, especially I, will think of these things to have a more joyful Easter. For weeks I have been pondering on what to do for each.  My prayer life could use some work. I have never really formed the habit of daily prayer or praying the Rosary, so I decided for Lent I want to PRAY the Rosary daily .  I was not too sure what almsgiving was so I searched for the definition.             Giving alms is about donating your time, money, services, or resources to others. Even though I strive to live as a volunteer, I feel I struggled the most with thinking of how to do this one. At the time I am writing this I still do not know what to do for this.  I thought fasting was going to be the hard one but through homilies, videos and prayer I came to a pretty quick decision that I shall be FASTING f...

Last year I had set a couple goals, here is the post:  https://verajm.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-100th-post-this-years-goals.html This year I had intended to:  Sleep earlier and wake up earlier.  I didn't  I sleep sometimes at Midnight and wake up around 5 or 6 Lose weight.  I didn't  Find a job.   I did!  Read more about it here:  https://verajm.blogspot.com/2023/05/i-found-job.html Keep studying. I didn't  But I am learning editing, grant writing and videography at my new job. Fly on a plane. I did!  Read more about it here:  https://verajm.blogspot.com/2023/06/i-rode-airplane-fifth-goal-for-year-has.html

Today was day one of my vacation. For the three weeks I want to post something different I did each day. Today I went to Atarah's Birthday party she is four years old!  The food as you can tell from the pic was great!  I did not follow up on posting daily so I did not post this last year but I do want to post this still.

If you are new to this website... Welcome If you frequent here and are feeling like something is different about it, then you are right! Not only did I change the look of this blog,  I also renamed it using the link below: Blog Name Generator   Why?  Because I can.  Also, because I wanted the blog to have a name and not just be mine (J.M.VERA)

Jesus I Trust in You, I haven't always... there  was even a time I  thought I was atheist. I was mad, or I made  it seem that I was mad.  Deep down I was so hurt.  You and I knew but I did not want to break  the facade I had built. Jesus I Trust in You, but I never trusted  "He is there in the Host"  I heard some say "He is just there as a symbol"  I doubted that too I  was told to "Read John 6"  I had. Though I was taught, no one could make that faith enter my doubting heart. Jesus I Trust in You, The day I heard of a  Mexico pilgrimage I leapt for joy. I was  going to fly in a  plane. It was a goal for  the year I abandoned.   What I had not was the  question: Are you really  there in the Eucharist?  Jesus I Trust in You, I went into your house hoping that you are there  I told you all my pains  tears running down my face  I talked to you not as  a God in the heavens...