Dear Ones, (Note – zoom updates are listed at the end the end of this blog) Thank you for all of your prayers while I was away helping my elderly parents. As I wrote earlier, my father passed on March 2, 2024. I was able to stay on for twelve more days to help my mother, Anne Hostage, in the initial stages of adjusting to life as a widow at the age of 94 years. She has met my father at age 20 and they were married when she was 22. So, really, her entire adult life was with him by her side. In the first week, I stayed with her the entire day, and into the evening, I would site by her bedside, s ..read more

Dear Ones, Thank you all for prayers… My father passsed peacefully on March 2. By God’s grace i was able to sing holy songs to him, and to “coach” him about going up the spine into the Light. I was surprised at how much vigor and clarity he had even an hour before death, so much so that I thought, “This must not be the day.”  And yet it was. Please keep my mother, Anne Hostage in your prayers. She is naturally a cheerful person, and that inner joy serves her well now. But, of course, there are tearful times. I am staying on with my mother through the week… The funeral will be held on Fri ..read more

Dear Ones, I assume you have all received emails regarding Inner Renewal Week. The classes have been wonderful and you can watch them online. It is lovely to see comments from people watching from all over the world. I led healing prayers on Monday afternoon, in person at the Crystal Hermitage dome. It was wonderful to see some long time healing prayer members, as well as introducing the prayers to those new to the healing techniques of Yogananda. I have also been leading prayers online this week unless they conflict with the Inner Renewal Week schedule. Therefore – there will be no online hea ..read more

Dear Ones, We have a beautiful healing retreat coming up at Ananda’s Expanding Light Retreat. I hope you can come, and please feel free to share this invitation with a friend. There is a powerful grace that can occur when we gather together in a spiritual environment with the divine intent of offering healing. This retreat is designed to benefit your own self-healing journey for body, mind and soul, while also deepening your healing prayers for others. Healing with Divine Energy—-Mar 15 – 17, 2024 Healing Techniques Based on the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda Mary Kretzmann and Jitendra Gui ..read more

May the blessings of Christmas be with you. Enclosed are several items for your inspiration. But first, here is an annoucement regarding our Christmas Day zoom.  Bernie Krippner, from our Ananda New Zealand group, will host the zoom prayers so I can be free to be with my family on Christmas morning.  Swapnalekha Guha, from our Ananda Kolkata group, will cohost. Both have been steadfast in their participation of the zoom healing prayers. They do a beautiful job leading the prayers. Monday  – Christmas – 8:30 am – Bernie and Swapnalekha https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2472957505 For the ..read more

Dear Ones, My husband, Bhima, and I are traveling east on Dec 2-9 to visit my elderly parents in New Hampshire,  along with other family members. My parents have had serious health concerns this year since the death of my older brother, Thomas, on June 18 this year. My mother had has had multiple myeloma for many years, It has been well managed, but now it has come back. She does not want to undergo intense treatments, and is now in hospice care in the nursing home. Luckily, it is a very nice place. My father is also in the nursing home, due to his heart condition; he is very happy to hav ..read more

I am changing the Tuesday Zoom Prayers to 3 pm – Pacific time – just for Halloween. Halloween is a fun day for Ananda families and neighbors.  I want to be able to participate.  Don’t worry! – We emphasize LIGHT…. I am apologize for the late notice regarding this one-time time change. I hope you can come even for a little bit. We send Light to the world and the we also pray for individuals.  We have seen some wonderful blessings from these prayers. Thank you, Divine Mother. Tuesday 3 pm – Zoom Prayers Link  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7983153231 Our full weekly schedule is ..read more

Dear Ones, Because of the dire situation in Israel/Palestine, I am sending out world peace emails more frequently. Please feel free to join our Prayers on Zoom, or simply pray individually from home on your own. All prayers are helpful. There are many prayer efforts for peace happening around the globe at this time. The quote further below is from Our Lady of Medjugorje. Swami Kriyananda wrote of his visit in 2009 to Medjugorje. He had a special devotion to Divine Mother and aspired to visit the various places on earth where She had made appearances, such as Lourdes, Guadalupe, and Medjugorje ..read more

Dear Ones, Over the years we have prayed for many areas of the globe when there have been threats of war. And when war has already broken out – we pray for the healing and mitigating Light of God to help bring solutions sooner rather than later. Each area of the world has its own karma and patterns; we can help by sending prayers. I am inspired by this prayer that Yogananda wrote, asking devotees to pray during WWII. “Heavenly Father, bless the nations of the earth, our own large family, that all may realize their eternal kinship as Thy children. Thou art our one spiritual Father, the Belove ..read more

Please pray for the mother and child who were kidnapped today in Haiti. They are being held for $1,000,000 ransom. She is Amercian, married to a Haitian minister, and Haven is their baby. They have alsos adopted some Haitian children. Alix is an RN and runs a clinic in Haiti to give food and medicines to orphans in Haiti.  She was kidnapped from the clinic today. Her husband had stepped out to another building. Please surround her in Light and pray for her safe release. AUM GURU AUM Divine Mother Blessings, Mary Kretzmann PS – Alix is the daughter of the nurse, Lynn Favreau, in Gurupriya ..read more