News Story by Loci B. Lenar
Saint Michael the Archangel is recognized for being the guardian and protector of God's church and people. While traveling through the town of Netcong on September 14, 2009, I stopped into The Church of St. Michael to say a prayer and took some photographs of the beautiful display of stained glass windows. The Catholic church is located in Morris County, New Jersey.

After the photographs were taken, I shared the images directly as captured on the camera's digital memory card with my spiritual advisor, Father Richard Tartaglia of Saint Mary's Church, Denville, NJ. The original digital images were transfered onto a CD for church archives. I also gave a copy of the CD to the youth minister at The Church of Saint Michael to share with the parishioners and parish priest, father Nicholas Bozza.
In a recent visit to the Blue Army Shrine, I also shared the events and a CD copy of the photographs with Father Paul Ruge, the spiritual advisor at the World Apostolate of Fatima, USA.
Maureen Therese Pinho, a parishioner of The Church of Saint Michael, wrote the following about the photograph: "I was wondering if you realized that St. Michael parish in Netcong, NJ has 24 hour Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. They also have a first class relic of Saint Faustina. The St. Michael statue is in the middle of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel where the Divine Mercy altar and relic of Saint Faustina is located. That could also explain the blessing of such a beautiful photo."
Maureen also attended the One World Praying for Life and Peace at the World Apostolate of Fatima, USA. The Catholic shrine is located in Washington, NJ. During the prayer service of October 18, 2009, Maureen and her children including a friend, all witnessed the Miracle of the Sun. Maureen also took some photographs of the solar phonomena.
Maureen said afterward, "My children and friend and I all saw the same thing with the sun spinning, changing colors, and pulsating as soon as the Hail Holy Queen was finished being recited" (The Holy Rosary). Visitors were praying the rosary with Father Paul Ruge. The story with photographs can be viewed at the following link: Miracle of the Sun Witnessed at Fatima Shrine in New Jersey.
As a Christian and practicing Catholic, the Lord has called me to be a witness to our faith by helping to evangelize the world through the gospels of Jesus Christ with his signs, wonders, and miracles. God the Father through His divine Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and angels, is preparing the world for an era of peace as foretold by Our Lady of Fatima and prophesied in Revelation 20:1-3. I also believe that signs and wonders will increase in order for God to move forward and transform the world. Through graces of salvation and healing the Lord will bring forth a harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God at a scale not seen before in the history of the church.
Through a spiritual locution I received on September 14, 2009, Jesus called for all to join together and "pray for divine protection" in order to mitigate and extinguish violence throughout the world.
In Luke 10:18-19, Jesus said, "I have observed Satan fall like lightening from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power to tread upon serpents' and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you."
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6
What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? -Romans 8:31
With those words in mind, please do not underestimate the power of prayer. In time of difficulty, pray and invoke the powerful name of Jesus.
As we continue to move forward in our millennium, also pray for God's angelic protection to enfold humanity and the church by visiting the following link and reciting daily the intercessory Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.