Archive for November, 2008
Sweet Messengers
Christmas was still a long was off when Lori Poczekaj’s father became ill. Her mother rented a wheelchair and insisted on caring for him at home. “Dad was still very energetic,” Lori says. “We hoped he would have the strength to get well and spend many more holidays with us.” Lori’s father had built the [...]
Thanksgiving Gift
It was Thanksgiving Day and Harriet Schmitt and her husband John were traveling from their home in Santa Barbara to spend the holiday and weekend with his parents in Chula Vista, California. “We picked up our older daughter at the University of California, Irvine, on our way,” Harriet says. “When we arrived, my mother-in-law, Nora, [...]
The Angel’s Recipe
We will probably never know how many disasters are averted because of the prayers of children. But because their faith is so pure, (and Scripture says their angels “always see the face of the Father in heaven”) wonderful things can happen. Nancee Donavan agrees. One morning, her second-grade daughter, Rebecca Lynn, was supposed to bring [...]
Raphael’s Blessed Oil
I’d like to tell you about an amazing priest, Father Joe Whalen, presently assigned to St. James Church in Danielson, CT. His ministries are many and he is a champion of the sick, the elderly, families, drug addicts and alcoholics. Fr. Whalen has conducted many healing services worldwide and his St. Raphael Holy Healing Oil [...]
Protection on the Bridge
Dave Kozachanko was the only one traveling under the Big Nickel Road Bridge when it collapsed shortly after ten a.m. on Friday May 7th, 2004. Andre Frichards, who drives across the bridge every day to get to work, had decided to detour and take another route. Five school buses full of children on a field [...]
Protection Guaranteed
Krysta’s cousin had been in an accident, and Krysta was distraught. Why did bad things happen to good people? she wondered. It is the age-old question. Just before Krysta’s cousin died, the family members with her saw her talking to someone. Krysta wondered if it had been an angel. “I didn’t know very much about [...]
Perfect Timing
When Catherine Scott was a little girl, money was very tight, especially right after her father was ordained as a minister. “My mother often reached the end of her grocery money long before the end of the month,” Catherine says. “She used to send me into my father’s closet to go through the pockets of [...]
Pennies From Heaven
When a mother becomes ill, or needs to work in order to help support the family, oldest sisters sometimes become Junior Moms. Donna Ronio of Lawton, Oklahoma took on that role when her mother worked to support her six children. “All my life I have felt like the guardian of the family,” Donna says, “the [...]
Paying it Forward
Mary Joyce’s husband is in the Army, and many years ago, when he received orders for Korea, the family decided to drive from Virginia back to Idaho. Mary’s in-laws were there, so she and the children would not be alone. Most of the trip was normal, and went smoothly, as Mary and her husband shared [...]
Paying a Visit
During the years of extensive travel in his work, Tom Delaney loved to visit Our Lord present in the tabernacles of Catholic churches everywhere. Once, while in Atlanta, he spotted old Sacred Heart Church down in the city on the beginnings of Peachtree Street. Always very security conscious in strange places, Tom pulled up, and [...]
