God the Father, the Creator of the universe, has a problem! Figuratively, his hands are tied behind his back. He is love, which delights in loving others and bringing out the best in them. That love is brimming over the created world, and especially on the human persons created after His image and likeness, with body, soul, and spirit. Those creatures are capable of great love and made for love and to be loved. The problem, the challenge for God, is this: How can He reveal His limitless love without blinding us? It would be like trying to look straight into the brightest noonday sun; one would be blinded. The Father’s love is so brilliant that one’s free will would be lost if one experienced that brilliance directly. As the Creator delights in the bright yellow daffodils in early spring, even more so, He delights in the human person who is open to responding to his love. Remember, love that is not freely given is not love at all. Countless people have rejected God’s love. What is He to do? He sent his only begotten Son to become one with us: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” (John 1:14) Jesus lived our human existence as a witness of the Father’s love, with signs and wonders to prove his mission, but most rejected him. Jesus offered his life on the wood of the cross so that we might be saved from our sins, yet most rejected his love. Before He died, He gave his body and blood as food for life's journey: Calvary made present at the Holy Mass down through the ages. Yet countless rejected his love. So, He stands and waits like a helpless beggar looking for a handout. Additionally, the Father has employed individuals and symbols to convey the message. In 1209, He revealed his suffering love in his Passion with Francis of Assisi and then asked St. Francis to bear his visible wounds in his hands, feet, and side. Many people responded in love—for a while. And then they began to forget. In 1675, our Lord appeared to a religious nun, now St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a member of the Visitation Order, and revealed to her the symbol of the Sacred Heart of Jesus flaming with love. Jesus requested that the Church establish a feast. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was extended to the universal church in 1856. This devotion reflects Jesus’ words in the Scripture, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me: let him drink…From within him rivers of living water shall flow” (John 7:37-38)1 Many people responded to this symbol of the limitless love of Jesus. And then they began to forget. Mary, the Mother of God, has appeared in a series of places with the same message, but with more urgency: repent, receive God’s loving embrace, pray, and do penance for hardened sinners. The Church has fully approved the apparitions of Our Lady of La Salette (1846), Our Lady of Lourdes (1858), and Our Lady of Fatima (1917) The following pages tell the story of another example of what God the Father is doing in our lifetime to get our attention and respond to His love. Samantha experienced the love of Jesus and responded with her desire to be part of Jesus's work of saving souls. May these pages serve as a helpful tool for reflecting on and appreciating the limitless love of the Father in our own lives and responding generously; that is the purpose of this book.