ABC STARS Inspires

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  Ascension Press  and  Ascension Presents   in collaboration with  Inspires   give you this riveting magnum opus.‎.. Condensed Reflection by James Z. Carpio There were times that I stopped writing, most recently, because of the pandemic. I also took breaks when I am abroad. Nonetheless, I stayed the course. As I reflect now about the collaboration of Inspires with Ascension Press and Ascension Presents, I am glad that I continued.  The first collaboration went live in December 20th, 2016. Why did I think that the project is worthwhile? Well, when I was doing my research online for writing about Catholic Faith and inspiration, I stumbled upon Father Mike’s videos on YouTube. He wears a priest uniform in them. The same uniform worn by my older brother, the late Monsignor Bob, and another brother, Father Pablo. The videos helped me. And, in this beatnik age I believe that it would help others as well. May you be inspired by The Holy Spirit and God Bles...

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  Ascension Press, a Catholic Media Company based in America, through Ascension Presents, released a feature on the Maronites. The regular show entitled Jackie and Bobby Angel discusses the life of the miracle monk of Lebanon, Saint Charbel Makhlouf, which premiered on July 22, 2022. Bobby, (Jackie was away), solely, tells the life story of the saint. He, himself is mistaken for a Maronite, and given communion in Arabic. He expressed how impressive St. Charbel is with the degree comparable to that of Saint Padre Pio  (Available on YouTube). We did an interview with George Nasr, team leader of Maronites on Mission, a few years ago. After watching Bobby Angel’s show it made us ask, “Whatever happened to the Maronites missionaries?” Little did we know that as early as Australia lifted travel restrictions, they were raring to go back to Balatas in The City of Naga. We received a request for another interview with Nasr yet again. This year he led a twenty-two-member-team.  Hon...

Ascension Press  and  Ascension Presents   in collaboration with  Inspires   give you this riveting magnum opus.‎.. Condensed Reflection by James Z. Carpio This is a brief follow up, also an initiative regarding the advice of Father Mike in that video. I wrote a report about a situation that went awry at Starbucks, in The City of Naga, along Magsaysay Avenue.  It is all water under the bridge. In fact, I gave them a mug from Starbucks, U.S.A. May you have an inspiring Christmas and a blessed New Year!