 The Sacred Re-Evaluation: Grief, Legacy, and the Call to Serve Since August 2024, my world has shifted in ways I never could have imagined. I lost my beloved mother last summer, and just six months later, my dear father joined her in spirit this February. To say this has profoundly changed me would be an understatement. Grief cracks us open. It humbles and transforms. It strips away the noise and brings into focus what truly matters. These months have been a sacred time of re-evaluating everything—my life, my relationships, and how I serve. My mother was the embodiment of unconditional love and service. She lived with a heart wide open, always giving, always praying, always helping. My father was a man of deep wisdom and quiet strength. His knowledge grounded our family. Their legacies are etched into my soul, and I am committed to carrying them forward. As I walk this new chapter without their physical presence, I feel their guidance from spirit. My mother whispers through prayer. My father nudges me with clarity. And together, they are helping me realign with the truth of who I am and why I’m here. In this sacred re-centering, I am honing my offerings:
The Sunny Dawn Johnston community, the School of Light, Joy and Vitality, and my Velvet Door Sisterhood. The Diamonds, WomenTalk and my Goddess sisters. You are my roots and my wings. If you’ve been longing for connection, healing, or clarity, I invite you to join us in community. There is a place for you here. School of Light link: the.schooloflight.biz/checkout/visionary-members?affiliate_code=a24bfb The Velvet door is free to join : www.facebook.com/groups/selflovewithjoyandvitalitycentre/ And if you feel the nudge for spiritual support or divine guidance, I would be honoured to work with you. Book an intuitive reading or prayer session and let’s listen together to the voice of your soul—and those who guide you from spirit. To book just email me please [email protected] May is the Month of Mother Mary... be sure to recite the rosary or her prayer as often as you can: Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death ,Amen. This is the Angel Prayer for May 7th from the Book 365 Days of Angel Prayers available for purchase on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2mQRXFa To receive these prayers in your inbox every morning, sign up here:) https://sdjproductions.net/365angelsubscription/  I am here for you.
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 Happy New Year: A Time for Fresh Beginnings
As we step into this new year, we carry with us the lessons, challenges, and grace of the past. The turn of the calendar is a sacred invitation to begin again, to set our intentions, and to align our hearts with what matters most. This year, I’m offering ways to help you anchor your path in clarity and hope. Whether you’re seeking insight through an angel card reading, the gentle guidance of a Word of the Year, or prayer support to lift your spirit, I’d be honored to hold space for you. These offerings are a way to connect deeply with your heart, spirit, and the divine presence that guides us all. Let’s create a foundation of peace and purpose together in 2025. Heartfelt Blessing for 2025 May this year bless you with abundant grace, unwavering faith, and the courage to follow your dreams. May you feel surrounded by love, guided by light, and held by the angels in every step you take. With love and blessings, Giuliana Melo email me at: [email protected] Grieving with Grace: Navigating the Profound Loss of My Mother
In August, on the 17th, my world changed forever. Losing my mother, a guiding presence in my life, has left a void that feels immeasurable. Despite the years of work I’ve invested in healing, in nurturing my spirit and learning to live with grace, this grief feels uniquely profound. It’s as if all the tools I’ve used to heal over the last 12 years are being called upon in new and unexpected ways. This is a journey that isn’t about moving on but about moving through, and about finding a way to remain open to the presence and love of my mother, even though she is no longer here in the physical sense. Drawing on a Lifetime of Healing These years have taught me to recognize grief as a language of its own, a way for the heart to express its most vulnerable truths. I’m leaning into my faith, meditation, journaling, the rosary and prayer—the practices that have been my foundation—yet with a deeper, more tender intention. Each practice, once focused on self-healing, is now also a bridge, a way to stay connected to my mother’s spirit, to feel her love around me, even as I navigate the ache of missing her physical presence. Learning the Language of Spirit This journey is asking me to trust in new ways, to listen differently. I believe that connecting with my mother now means learning to recognize the signs, the gentle nudges, and the quiet, almost whispered ways she might speak to me from beyond. Grieving with grace means being open to this language, one that is subtle and soft but immensely powerful. This week I started a mediumship course that I hope will deepen my connection to the spirit world. Setting an Intention to Grieve with Grace My intention now is simple, though not easy: to grieve with grace. For me, this means honouring my pain without letting it close me off from the love and support that surrounds me. It means giving myself the gentleness my mother would want for me. I am discovering that grief doesn’t have to be an enemy; it can also be a teacher, a path toward something new and sacred. I understand that grief is a journey and that there are many stages of grief. I also understand that you can be fine one moment and have a trigger and then you are not fine. Inviting You into the Journey If you are also grieving, know that you’re not alone. I share this in the hope that perhaps my words can help others feel less isolated in their sorrow. Together, we can learn to hold our grief gently, to connect with the spirit of those we have lost, and to let their love continue to guide us forward. At this time I don't feel the need for a grief counsellor, however I know that it is available should I need it. In the meantime I have a daily spiritual practice and I have God, Jesus, Mother Mary, Holy angels and my ancestors in spirit to help me. I am learning her signs and I told her the other day I WANT HER TO TALK TO ME. Halloween is a potent time to connect to the spirit world because the veil is so thin. Tomorrow is All saint's day and then the next day is all soul's day. Grief is not new but this is different. Losing a mom is profound. It is as if the axis of my life has shifted and with it I am forced to find new ways to stand and to BE. There is an unspoken comfort that mothers bring. A presence that, even in the quietest moments can help you feel held, understood, known. And now with her gone, there is a part of me that feels untethered. People often say that time heals all wounds, but this one feels raw in a way that makes it hard to believe that saying. It is not just time, it is what we do to heal during this time that will heal my open, gaping wound and it is patience, self compassion and a willingness to be gentle to myself. It is a self care that is more than physical, it is mind body and soul. I am giving myself the permission to feel the weight of this grief without expecting it to pass quickly. I am allowing each tear, each moment of sorrow to be fully felt without judgement. I am allowing myself the space to process the sacred walk I had with her. I am in gratitude to God for the five weeks we had with her in Kelowna. And I am in gratitude that she got to go home to Fernie. Grieving the loss of a mother is not about moving on, but moving through . It is about learning to carry her memory within me in a way that honours her, while still making room for my growth, my healing. And that journey I am learning requires as much gentleness as courage. Two years ago she gifted us four children a sum of money and she knew I was going to Italy and Greece. She was so happy for me. I felt her on my trip. I wore a sunhat and a t-shirt of hers on the trip. I felt her in every breeze that touched my cheeks and in every step I took. I can't wait to learn more and feel her more. I really believe you can grieve with grace and that is my intention moving forward. I thank God for the help. And I know where she is..... where the love never dies!! I am open again to be of service for " word of the year readings, full year support readings and all general readings." Thank you.  Over the last week, I have had two clients ask me about clearing the energy in their homes.
I thought I would create a document to help. Smudging is a process we do to clear energy in spaces. Smudging is often done for spiritual or energy-clearing purposes. People smudge when moving into a new space, after an argument or to create a positive atmosphere. It is a personal preference, so smudge when you feel it is necessary for cleansing and renewal. If you need support please reach out to me. I can meet you at Joy and Vitality centre to get all the supplies and to guide you on the process. Basically this is what you do
Remember to do it often. I am here if you need support. Thank you. After a couple of years, I felt strongly guided to start my TALK TUESDAY podcasts. These will happen once per month and then I will blog on the content so that people can have the notes to refer to. Today was a deep topic. SELF LOVE. I thought I had mastered self love. I was wrong. After a photoshoot I had in march, I was propelled into the darkness of healing deeply again. You see, seeing myself as beautiful has not been something that I believed. I don't know why, except my weight has always served to make me feel less than, not enough, inadequate and ugly. So when I was gifted a full makeup and hair session before my photoshoot, I was projected in a different life. I saw my beauty and instead of being happy and joy filled, I fell down emotionally. I think it was because I never felt beautiful. So today I want to share three things to do to help you tap into self love. Instead of obsessing over what is wrong with your body, too fat, too skinny, etc. Embrace the skin you are in.
I am sending so much love from my heart to all of you. I would love to hear from you. I am now offering email readings with an mp4 audio file and photo of the cards. You get to hear my voice and connect deeper from my heart to yours and our angels. They are only $50 until the end of June. Here is the link to the podcast today streamyard.com/cgmbb8h8ayav You can book your reading by emailing me here: [email protected] My book is on sale right now on amazon. Here is the link if you would like to purchase a copy and it is on amazon.ca too. www.amazon.com/dp/1731010117/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541927086&sr=8-1&keywords=love+yourself+to+health+melo&fbclid=IwAR2MjSr0V38xk7hrTGSwZenWfjcrB2VTU6t3yn1R7fQ4E2xaSltyjc2dXZs If I can be of service please reach out via email. Love Giuliana  PHOTOS:DIAMOND PORTRAITS  unsplash image via wordswag - gratitude to Veronica Hradilova Happy New Year everyone. Today is friday January 13th. It is a very powerful day and I felt strongly guided to share exactly what is spiritual wellness and why it is so important.
As a spiritual wellness ambassador I know how important it is. It is a part of our life harmony and balance. It is a holistic approach to our well-being. It is taking time just for you. When you do you find it easier to be a part of life. You are happier, healthier and ready to take on anything that comes your way. You become aligned with the Divine. This has been a motto of mine for a few years now and yes I am sharing it yet again. Spiritual wellness is connecting to your inner world ( spiritual world) and outer world (physical world) that in turn supports you in living your values and being in purpose. It refers to our sense of purpose, our meaning of life, our relationship with others and our self-awareness in all of this. Spiritual wellness is having a life full of meaning, purpose, healthy relationships that are nurturing and fulfilling. It bolsters our faith, trust in the Divine, values, ethics, morals and principals. When we are in an aligned spiritual practice we know that we are a part of one and that our rent in the world is in service to others. We want to volunteer and affect change, we want to be charitable and be a part of communities. We are filled with hope and we are better able to forgive and are very compassionate. Physical, mental and emotional factors all contribute to our health and well-being. Some signs of spiritual wellness are:
Do you feel that we are part of something bigger than us? I call Him God. I believe HE is love. He is light. He is joy and all things good. He is the Source of our abundance and wellbeing. Some activities to tap into to boost spiritual wellness are:
It is a very integral part of life and when you take care of you then you are better able to cope with your life lessons. You feel that you have the support of a power that is endless and you know that the meaning of life is enjoy the journey. If I can help support your journey with an oracle card reading/spiritual wellness session where I will pull cards with your intention in mind and then share the messages the angels bring through then please reach out. Thank you. Love Giuliana  October 28 to October 31 2022, I lived out a dream. It only took me 10 years and it was right on time. I got to board a plane to Phoenix, Arizona and experience these amazing spiritual teachers live and in person. Celebrate Your life events has been in business for 27 years and is owned by Liz Dawn Donahue and was created by her and her mom Ariel Wolfe. The company is called Mishka Productions after their family dog. It is the longest running spiritual event. Although Ariel is now in spirit, we watched a video of her at past events and felt her presence with us. After Liz welcomed all of us, we were buzzing with excitement because Michael Bernard Beckwith was the first speaker for the main conference. He said “headlines in the newspaper are prayer requests from a society that has lost itself!” Think about it! We are pure awareness. Pure consciousness. Pure light. Pure love. The old paradigm of lack, limitation, scarcity are disintegrating. He says “humanity is suffering from INTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER!! Humanity is just rushing out the door waiting to see what happens. There must be intention!!!!! He says “glowing” is the highest form of prayer. Then you aren’t looking for others to make you happy. When you activate the TRUTH within you then you change your vibe so that the Universe responds to your new vibration. You begin to notice signs and serendipity. Tap into love, light, joy, peace & wisdom. Your personality is forged by time. Your individualality is eternal. It’s your uniqueness. It’s your expression of God. Your body & mind can heal. Give yourself permission NOW. Pray do you don’t become prey If you don’t follow him do so https://www.facebook.com/AgapeInternationalSpiritualCenter Then Saturday started with the amazing music from Barry Goldstein and some movement. Then Neale Donald Walsh, who wrote the book "Conversations with God", spoke to us and reminded us how many battles are fought in the name of God. We must all model a new way of understanding each other and God. He also taught us that there are 4200 religions on the planet! Isn't that astounding? He said that 85% of us believe in God. He said that politics, economics, and social systems do not work. We must rise up and be the divine beings we are meant to be. He reminded us of our ability to use the physical life as a demonstration of who we really are. We are God sparks in a body. We are beauty, power and expression. He said humanities team is forming and we need you on it. He gave us this beautiful gift of our own conversation with God experience. I believe so it was easy for me. I cried at the experience. He reminded us that GOD IS PURE LOVE!! He is powerful and I am so glad I got to experience this with him. Then we had a couple of breakout sessions before our dinner and keynote with Gabby Bernstein. I chose Emmanuel Dagher and Dougall Fraser. I have had the blessing of meeting Emmanuel in person before and so when I saw him he gave me a big hug. I was beyond grateful to be in his presence once again. He is such a powerful spiritual teacher. He and all the teachers bring us to our higher consciousness to that part of us that is whole, perfect and complete. We have an ability to heal if only we give ourselves permission and do the work. Then I got to learn some healing techniques with colour with Dougall Fraser. He is a hoot. He has taught with Radleigh Valentine before so I knew who he was. He also was so kind and his class was fun. I got his book. Life in Colour and I look forward to reading it and sharing what I learned. Colours are powerful and combined with visualization you have a powerful healing modality. After an hour of mingling with other attendees and getting to hug Sunny and the team, we were treated to dinner and Gabby Bernstein. She took us through an experience to come into awareness of which part of us with in the room that night. Was it anxiety, fear, dread, the skeptic, the controller, what archetype was in the room? I felt empowered and present so I took it all in. She guided us to just ask our SELF and be curious at what we felt. She is beautiful teacher and I have worked on healing myself for eleven years and was very grateful to have the opportunity to heal in her presence. She WORKSHOPPED a few people and I learned so much. She reminded us to ask ourselves what stories we were telling our SELF. She reminded us SHE is listening within us. I know who my SELF is now and I was grateful that I could be present and absorb her wonderful teachings. She reminded us how powerful it is to focus on what is working in our lives instead on what is not. She said when we feel out of alignment to ask our SELF this question.... SELF WHAT DO YOU NEED RIGHT NOW? Then listen in and give it to your SELF. To self soothe. She said that we are all experiencing PTSD from covid and to be gentle with our SELF... She made us laugh when she told us of a story of one time she was with Deepak Chopra and was chatting with him and he reminded her to do whatever it took to get CLOSER to CONSCIOUSNESS. Sunday began with the great spiritual psychic medium Lisa Williams who reminded us that the after life is real. She spoke of the medium's mind and how when they are working they use 80% of the brain and normal use is around 20%. She says that the afterlife exists. She didn't have to convince me. I know it and feel it. She guided us through a powerful meditation where my grandpa came to me. I know they are available to us and I have been witness to the healing that occurs when mediums do the work they do. I have been taught that we all have a heart connection to our loved ones. Tune in to the messages, signs and symbols you get. After life is life eternal. I am so glad to have these experiences with Heaven. The breakouts took me to see don Miguel Ruiz jr. He keeps his first letter of his name in lower caps because his dad is Don Miguel Ruiz sr. The creator of the 5 agreements. I found his talk so insightful, powerful, thought provoking and deeply meaningful. He taught us we all have contracts - agreements with each other. Because we were all in the room, we agreed to all be there. It was an agreement. He taught us that our NO is as powerful as our YES. I could talk for hours about the four agreements which there are five now. They have helped me change my life.
The day closed with the great Matt Kahn. Matt started his talk with I LOVE YOU. It is sometimes hard to put into words what I learned but basically he reminded us of the love we are and how we are here on earth to have an experience to learn, grow and evolve. He said that the Glory of spirit exists in all beings. We are not here to blend in. We are here to be our authentic selves. LOVE. HE said 'we are the kingdom of heaven made manifest into form." Again he reminded us we are here to heal and when people are treating us badly to pattern interrupt by asking them " what are you hoping to gain by treating me this way?" and to ask them instead for help! Yes... he said by asking them for help you stop the ego and engage the light within them. I don't know if I am ready to do that yet, however I am keeping it under advisement. Monday I took Sunny Dawn Johnston's intuition post conference workshop. Being in her class is like being at home. Her community is my community and I love being with her and the team. She and the wildly talented soul musician Kris Voelker guided us through an Archangel Michael blue bubble meditation and then an Archangel Gabriel automatic writing experience which was deeply moving. She also gave us a card from her deck that I put on my vision board. I received the 777!!! wooohooo... I am open to luck and blessings in 2023. I want to share that these powerful teachers came to teach us about love, healing, oneness, connection and truth. It was everything I thought it was going to be and so much more. Having had my shine sister Debbie Labinski as my roommate was one of the highlights of my weekend. She is an earth angel. I love her. Thanks Deb for your kindness. Thank you to all the teachers and thank you to all the beautiful people I met and mostly thank you to Liz Dawn for creating this wonderful event to tap into JOY and TRUTH. Thank you GOD! And thank you to my mom for the abundance to be able to go. The interesting part of my weekend was a woman came up to me and told me she was from Higher River Alberta, follows my lives on Joy and Vitality and we are meeting now that we are back home! How cool is that. It is a small world after all. If you want to know more check out Celebrate Your life!.celebrateyourlife.com Love, Giuliana  Letting Go... Seems like such an easy concept and I can honestly say that for me it has been a deep process of discovering who I am, what makes me tick and how I needed to heal my self in order to LET GO. The definition of let go is to stop holding on to something or someone or to stop thinking about something. It feels as though it should be easy to just let go and for some it is. For me, not so much. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to keep everyone and everything I ever got. So after my walk through cancer, I got the huge divine message I had to let go. I had to let go of my career of thirty three years. I had to let go of the dream I had for myself. I had to let go of people I thought were friends. I had to let go of my hometown. I had to let go of the illusion of people caring about me. I had to let go of things that no longer resonated with who I AM and who I am becoming. It was hard and deep and painful. This year it became readily apparent that I had to let go of old pain. I have been on a journey of healing my mind and my spirit and my body needed to catch up. I could no longer ignore all the pain I was in. I had to do something. After a huge trigger in April, I made the conscious decision that I had to release the fat on my body. I cried out to God, my angels, my goddesses, my spirit guides and my friends and family in spirit. I got quiet and actually facebook put me in FB jail because of FAKE NEWS and so I had time to dig deep to the question "what do I want? and how am I going to get there?" I tried eating better but I wasn't doing a good job managing the emotions. A deep divine feminine wound was open and bleeding and I needed to heal it or at least begin the healing of it. I dug deep to learn about the witch wound and how could I get a grip to heal it and become empowered. I take classes and I do the work to heal. Each day I show up and ask GOD to help me. I ask my angels support and I believe in the work I do. I can honestly say that a huge gift from my mom showed me I matter and that I am valuable and that she cared about me in the way I wanted and deserved. There was a radical shift and I knew I had to LET GO of the pain I was carrying since she became the mayor of our town that I was born and raised in and had thought it was my home. I realized my home is here with Paulo and Paulie and Maxie. I had to let go of the illusion that people I knew forty years ago gave a rats ass about me. They don't. Or at least very few do. I realized that just because I had a big heart, not everyone does and that is ok. That this is what it meant to "meet people where they are at. not worse or better than me!" I let go. I let go and let God take care of my heart. This past week I have had another growth opportunity and I have to let go of what I thought my life would look like and the people who are meant to be in my life. It felt easier letting go this time. I felt worthy of better treatment and love. Here are some ways to let go:
Some of which are and maybe you need to too.
After learning Sunny Dawn Johnston's Invoking the Archangels process and becoming a certified coach I now have and can teach you how to let go too. Letting go .... not easy, AND doable. Take my hand. I can and will support you with understanding, compassion, love and our alignment with the Divine. I can help you with a readings, Invoking the archangels coaching session or during my "Pathway to Joy is through the heart, happy healthy and healing Class" in zoom on Nov 13th. I have a special for the month of October. Two HOCUS POCUS cards bringing clarity to where have you been and where you are going support. $44 CAD. I am also offering WORD of the YEAR 2023 readings for $30 CAD or 2023 One year support readings for $55. These are so popular because you get a PDF that you can print off and keep in front of you all year long. The reading is month to month and you get these by email that you can refer to all year long. I am happy to be of service. On October 22 I am hosting my annual WITCHES night where I facilitate an oracle card party witchy style. Join me at my home. This is FREE. God bless you. Love Giuliana   August 3 photo of me. The day I joined weight watchers. Today I want to talk self love with food and our relationship to it. Weight loss is not just about food. It’s soooooo much more. In fact the FOOD is a small part of this journey. Today God is allowing me to see where I am as perfect to transform deeper. Fat is energy. Fat is protection. Fat is old pain. Fat is old shame, guilt and unworthiness. Fat is not who I AM. Fat is what I carry. It is talking to me. It tells me stories of all the times I was triggered and didn’t know how to deal, so I dealt with the pain by eating. Fries are my poison. I love fries. I always have and always will. I love a good dense bread and I love rice and pasta ! I am a true pasta loving Italian girl. And now I have the most tools in my toolbox than I ever have. Every experience and every teacher has been a stepping stone to heal my heart my body and my brain . Every step of the way God has been preparing me for success! He wants us abundant in every way. Every affirmation has prepared my mind to want this for me - it has wired me for success. It’s not that I was lazy, oh no, I was in pain!!! I hurt. I longed for deep meaningful relationships. I was so broken and battered. Not in the physical sense, but in the emotional sense. I didn’t know I was an empath. I had to learn that. I had to teach and write about it so it became a part of me. I had to go through all the pain of broken relationships to empower myself to heal those broken wounded fibres of my humanness. I had to seek God to heal my heart. The angels helped me. They still help me. I had to awaken my intuition and TRUST it. I had to awaken my seeing things for how they really are and not how I was assuming them to be. I had to stop taking things personal and making assumptions. I had to stop wanting to fit in and instead stand in my power and light and “shine on behalf of the divine!” I had to stop wanting to be others and just be ME. I had to sit In many circles to garner wisdom and strength. I had to commune with God and Mother Earth. I had to be gifted the Maxie to feel Gods pure love and receive it. As I embark on this very significant chapter I want to salute all those who have undergone bariatric surgery. I know there is a place for it and I’m grateful that it’s a choice. Just not right now for me. This is going to help me master strong, dedicated, intention, focus, drive, purpose and so much more. This is forcing me to take care of ME while still taking care of others too. In terms of self love this is deep self love. These are some things to help: .mindset .choices .tools to support .connect to God & angels .connect with supportive friends .medical support .mentor .move your body .supplements .forgiveness .let go .fill up your cup first .nature - sunshine - grounding .breathing & being .plan. Purchase. Prepare. Measure. Pack .Don’t isolate .do things you enJOY And visualize yourself succeeding!!!!! God’s got you every step of the way. Stay close to the Divine. Have faith. One part of my journey is healing with angels. Now I am an Invoking the Archangels certified coach by Sunny Dawn Johnston. If you are ready to come into awareness of what is really bugging you and if you are feeling the call to heal, please reach out for a INVOKING THE ARCHANGELS READING - SESSION. These powerful one hour sessions will help you heal your heart and begin the process of releasing pain and fear that you have been holding onto. With the help of the NINE STEP PROCESS worksheet, and the help of the archangels we will identify what area is keeping you stuck! The worksheets are a powerful tool to begin your journey of awareness and go through the nine steps to appreciation. Believe me when I say these sheets help you heal a lot of crap!! I will send you the worksheets ahead of time. Then during our time together I will help you go through the nine steps and then provide oracle cards of support. Here are some testimonials of students that went through the process with me If you are interested and want to book a session please email me.[email protected]  July is always a great month. This particular July was filled with blessings. July 1 is Canada Day and I am very proud to be Canadian. July 4 is our wedding anniversary and this year we celebrated thirty five years of growing together. July 8 was the Calgary Stampede and July 9 is my hubby birthday. It was the first time in 6 years that my family and my inlaws were together in one room. July also saw my being able to be with my Women Talk tribe at a dinner on a beautiful property outside of Calgary and also the blessing of attending a radical joy retreat with Karen Neuls. The most amazing part of my month was being able to travel from Calgary to Edmonton to see the Pope. His theme for this trip of healing, truth, justice and reconciliation was #walkingtogether. I truly believe it is a very necessary first step for the Church to initiate the healing we need for our first nations, inuit and metis brothers and sisters and really all of us to heal the sins of the past. It was so very moving to be in His presence. I could feel God with us this particular day. I could feel it strongly. I actually don't have words for the way it made me feel. However to experience it with Paulo jr was a one of the best opportunities of my life. The Pope has his Popemobile and was so close to us. If he had stood up and if I leaned over I could have touched him. It is a day that will never be replicated! I am so grateful to God to have been in this open air mass. I love God with my whole heart. Being there affirmed my love of the Catholic Church. I am a Catholic girl deep down in my heart. I love God, I love angels and I love the power of prayer. Being with so many faithful filled me up to overflowing. It was not easy to get there. Two days before we were to make our journey, Maxie, my chihuahua, had a seizure. I was very aware of the dark trying to make me stay home. And it almost worked. Except I had the power of God on my side. He put it on my heart that I needed to go. I actually got an email sign. I want to share it with you. The email said Stop everything Giuliana, you are making the worst decision of your life! " Hello Giuliana, I know that you are listening to your intuition, your little voice, your guardian angel... but you are on the verge of making a terrible mistake. Open your eyes, take a step back, and jot down what you are about to lose. Sure the heart has its own reasons, which logic can never understand, but ignorance is only bliss for a short while, and waking up can often be more painful." WOW. This was just what I needed to read. I knew what it meant. I needed to trust God. I needed to go on this trip.  Getting this sign, affirmed to me that the Divine always is communicating with us and we are responsible for paying attention. Had I allowed my ego and fear to run me, I would have missed this once in a lifetime event. There were so many beautiful synchronicities for me. I am very aware of how God was working in my life. My son loved the event and the trip, a friend came and spent time with us and took us around Edmonton, we saw neighbours in the Starbucks when we were having coffee, the theme room at the hotel was cheaper than the normal two bed suite and the weather was fabulous. This week the weather in Alberta has been intense with so much devastating hail. I am so grateful. I want to share how faith is an anchor. Today maybe examine your faith. I promise it is worth it. To share a little bit about the experience, I really had no expectations. I just knew we were going to a mass with the Pope. However as soon as we sat in our seats, I became very present. I felt the air on my face, I felt the sun on my face, I felt my son's arm on mine and I felt the loving energy of the beautiful woman who sat next to me. There was a pre-mass program and when the Pope was just about to enter you could feel the energy shift. It was a Holy Moment! The whole stadium became silent and it was so profound and powerful to be in that energy. There were over forty thousand in attendance. I had set the intention of bringing all the prayers of my group, my family and friends and my mentor's community with me. It was a very prayerful atmosphere and I just knew that all the intentions of our hearts were being heard. Bishop McGratten, who is our Bishop in Calgary was in attendance and said " When we entered to procession for mass and I saw the number of people on the field and in the stands, you had this sense of presence of Christ in those who had gathered to be with the Holy Father." I agree. It was super powerful. The papal mass was celebrated on the feast day of St. Joachim and St. Anne. These are the grandparents of Jesus. Pope Francis used this opportunity to speak about the importance of grandparents and family cohesion during this homily. I felt all my grandparents and ancestors during this time. I also felt the love of my beautiful parents. I healed deeply in those few hours. My love for my family was overflowing. I am very grateful to them for all they have done for me. My heart knew why were there. We were there to witness a step in healing, truth, justice and reconciliation. We were there because of the atrocities of the past done in the name of the church. I held space for healing. I prayed for healing to begin and continue. It was hard on my heart to watch the hate so many have for the Pope. He is blamed for all the pedofiles we have in the church, and he carries the burdens of all the sins of others. I know that God was not in those who perpetrated these crimes. I hope for healing and I hope that we can somehow come together in love. I was in gratitude that our Pope, eighty five years old and not well physically, made an effort to bridge the gap of hatred, anger and evil. I thought that it was a great gesture to show up and share our sorrow and apology to the first nations, inuit, and metis peoples. Residential schools were horrible. I will never understand why we allowed that to happen. We being humanity. The future lies with the all of us, in the hopes that we will learn from history and build a better society where this will NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must build a culture of goodwill and reconciliation in our own hearts and take that out into the world. Like I commented on a friend of mine facebook post about the gifting of the headdress, I have the hope that Pope Francis carries God in his heart, the forgiveness of Jesus and the hope of humanity in his message. I pray and hope for healing. I know it is possible. I believe with my entire being in the Power of God. I believe in the Power of love and in forgiveness to move forward. I believe we must always remember what happened and never lose sight of the intention of truth, justice, healing and reconciliation in not only this situation AND in our own lives. I was honoured to have had this blessing! I was grateful to have had life to enjoy this day. I am hopeful that my son also healed a part of his soul and got filled up as much as I did. This trip was one of the greatest blessings of my life. I left Edmonton with the knowing that I must seek to heal my life so as to be a part of the healing of humanity. That is how important it is. I left Edmonton with the intention of truly being an observer to other's pain and to be an even better me than I was before this experience. One thing I know for sure?? There is a BIG GOD and we are loved so very much. He weeps at the injustice man does to man. He gave His only son to us, in our image, so that we would know forgiveness and eternal life. This month, a truly wonderful woman, Sandra Tremblay passed to the light. I could feel her spirit with us. She is love and will be missed. I hope that this blog helped fuel your faith. If I can be of service please reach out. With love.... lets continue to #walktogether Giuliana  |
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