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Jimmy_B
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Here, I think that Catholics and non-Catholics can agree, please share a ‘Movement of Grace” here.
Here is one thing that I have noticed over the years, I call them “Movements of Grace”. I think that heaven will be an endless, uninterrupted, continuously connect, ‘Moment of Grace”, or one “Moment of Grace” that lasts for eternity. Here I think that Catholics and non-Catholics can agree.
“Moments of Grace” are those small moments in time, when God’s Love and His Truth is so present and so overwhelming, that our differences do not seem to matter. These moments last for seconds, minutes and for some, longer. During these “Moments of Grace”, there is no “Black or White”, “Young or Old”, ‘Rich or Poor”, ”Liberal or Conservative” or “Catholic and Protestant” and so on.
We all get to experience these moments, “good guys” and ‘bad guys”, “Saints and sinner” and everyone in between. I experienced a few, not too long ago, during Randy Simmons’, funeral, the recently slain LAPD SWAT Officer. I am a Roman Catholic and Randy was a “Protestant” Christian. Randy’s funeral was “beautiful”, and God was there. There are times, “Moments of Grace”, at weddings and funerals, births and birthdays when God is actually present and Heaven and Earth touch, and nothing else seems to matter.
I got to experience another short “Moment of Grace” after the very next Catholic Mass that I attended, after Randy’s funeral. Whenever I leave Mass, or after the Mass has ended, as I am leaving to return home, I always stop to thank the priest who has just presided over the Mass, to shake his hand and to thank him. This Mass was no different, except for the short “Moment of Grace” that I had experienced. I was in line to say goodnight and thank the priest, Fr. Steve, who knows me fairly well and when I stopped to shake his hand, he gripped my hand little bit longer than usual, paused and looked at me and said, “wasn’t Randy’s funeral beautiful”, I was taken back for a moment, but then quickly said, “yes it was”. He released my hand and I then hurried to catch up with my wife, who by now was already at the car. When I got inside the car, it dawned on me, that I had just experience one of these moments and I shared it with my wife.
Who else here understands what I am talking about? I know at times here at CAF and in other places, like in our cars on the freeway, we “go after each other” and we are not as charitable as we should be towards one another, but I also know, that there are times when nothing else matters and we are caught up in a “Moment of Grace”. “Moments of Grace” are different for everyone but we all experience them in our lifetimes. I believe that these moments are God, sharing His love with us. Do you have a “Moment of Grace’ that you can share here?
God Bless,
Here is one thing that I have noticed over the years, I call them “Movements of Grace”. I think that heaven will be an endless, uninterrupted, continuously connect, ‘Moment of Grace”, or one “Moment of Grace” that lasts for eternity. Here I think that Catholics and non-Catholics can agree.
“Moments of Grace” are those small moments in time, when God’s Love and His Truth is so present and so overwhelming, that our differences do not seem to matter. These moments last for seconds, minutes and for some, longer. During these “Moments of Grace”, there is no “Black or White”, “Young or Old”, ‘Rich or Poor”, ”Liberal or Conservative” or “Catholic and Protestant” and so on.
We all get to experience these moments, “good guys” and ‘bad guys”, “Saints and sinner” and everyone in between. I experienced a few, not too long ago, during Randy Simmons’, funeral, the recently slain LAPD SWAT Officer. I am a Roman Catholic and Randy was a “Protestant” Christian. Randy’s funeral was “beautiful”, and God was there. There are times, “Moments of Grace”, at weddings and funerals, births and birthdays when God is actually present and Heaven and Earth touch, and nothing else seems to matter.
I got to experience another short “Moment of Grace” after the very next Catholic Mass that I attended, after Randy’s funeral. Whenever I leave Mass, or after the Mass has ended, as I am leaving to return home, I always stop to thank the priest who has just presided over the Mass, to shake his hand and to thank him. This Mass was no different, except for the short “Moment of Grace” that I had experienced. I was in line to say goodnight and thank the priest, Fr. Steve, who knows me fairly well and when I stopped to shake his hand, he gripped my hand little bit longer than usual, paused and looked at me and said, “wasn’t Randy’s funeral beautiful”, I was taken back for a moment, but then quickly said, “yes it was”. He released my hand and I then hurried to catch up with my wife, who by now was already at the car. When I got inside the car, it dawned on me, that I had just experience one of these moments and I shared it with my wife.
Who else here understands what I am talking about? I know at times here at CAF and in other places, like in our cars on the freeway, we “go after each other” and we are not as charitable as we should be towards one another, but I also know, that there are times when nothing else matters and we are caught up in a “Moment of Grace”. “Moments of Grace” are different for everyone but we all experience them in our lifetimes. I believe that these moments are God, sharing His love with us. Do you have a “Moment of Grace’ that you can share here?
God Bless,
