Recent Experiences with Grace

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Recently I was talking to a friend. She revealed that she did awful things during her time working in the intelligence community as a part of her job. I’m not going to reveal details but let’s just say it was some pretty morally questionable stuff. However, she revealed that to me as part of her life story when she talked about who she was before she completely reverted and conformed to the Church’s teachings. Seeing a glimpse of what she was like then vs. what she is like now has increased my love for her and God because I can see what he has done in her life and I am expecting him to do even more. She also has shown a remarkable trust in the Lord in recent days. I’ll add that this was a heavy thing for her to disclose to me, and I know that the grace of God was the only thing that enabled me to embrace it.

What are your experiences with grace in the lives of your loved ones? Has grace in a loved one’s life ever inspired you to a deeper faith?
 
My Godmother Dolores recently passed away and she got the Last Things right. What an example for our extended family tree.

For us all:

Friday June 02, 2017 - First Friday Devotion.
Saturday June 03, 2017 - First Saturday devotion.
Sunday June 04, 2017 - Pentecost.
Awesome.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.
 
I know a few people like that. No not the cloak and dagger, but where Grace was poured out over them.

The one I’ll share is about my grandmother. I took her to mass most weekends in my youth. She would never go up for communion. I told her she could go to confession. She would just shake her head sadly.

When she was 92 she needed to go to a nursing home to recover from some health issues. My mom and I prayed for guidance for my mom to find the best place for her. I had just learned about Padre Pio and asked him for his help. My mom found a great place. It was a Franciscan run organization. It had daily mass. My grandmother would get wheeled there for Mass but wouldn’t take communion.

It turns out we learned then that she had been forced to get married at 15, an arranged marriage to an abusive alcoholic, he nearly killed her. Never got an annulment. This kept her away from the sacraments for nearly 80 years! Although she raised her children Catholic and attended Mass every Sunday.

One night very late a priest came to visit her. She got bright eyed telling us about him. “Oh he had long brown robes, and a beard.” She went on to say they had a wonderful talk for about an hour. At the end of the talk he told her she could take communion. So the next day she did and every day after.

Mom had her receive Extreme Unction before she died.
 
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Recently I was talking to a friend. She revealed that she did awful things during her time working in the intelligence community as a part of her job. I’m not going to reveal details but let’s just say it was some pretty morally questionable stuff. However, she revealed that to me as part of her life story when she talked about who she was before she completely reverted and conformed to the Church’s teachings. Seeing a glimpse of what she was like then vs. what she is like now has increased my love for her and God because I can see what he has done in her life and I am expecting him to do even more. She also has shown a remarkable trust in the Lord in recent days. I’ll add that this was a heavy thing for her to disclose to me, and I know that the grace of God was the only thing that enabled me to embrace it.

What are your experiences with grace in the lives of your loved ones? Has grace in a loved one’s life ever inspired you to a deeper faith?
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My Dad was an alcoholic and when I was a young girl my folks were divorced and I never saw my Dad again for many years. He finally did quit drinking years later. One day my brother showed me where he lived. I stopped to see if he would even remember me, (I was married and had 5 children), He did and it was great getting to know my dad as the person he could have been. He had a crucifix in his bedroom with a banner saying,“Let’s get acquainted”. So I asked him if he thought it was time to take that seriously. We had a few good talks and one day he called me up and said," Well, I did something today that will make you happy." I asked,“What did you do??” and he said, “I went to confession for the first time in I don’t know how long!” Later he had a priest with him when he died!! God Bless, Memaw
 
It fills my heart with joy to see people’s stories of grace. Keep sharing!
 
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