We had discovered that John had brain cancer after praying for Faith, and were in the midst of our battle to victory now 11 years later. The clouds that evening seemed to remind us that God is in control and we had to give our all to Him and TRUST!
Walking out of the house yesterday to this sky filled with the wonder of His creation!
I recall vividly sitting at the bedside of my 20 year old son, John, and reading to him the Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. How powerful were the words of his father and mother at the time of his birth - "John is his name!" Luke 1 Such an important feast day and so true for our only son... we had Luke for our boys name through his 4 sisters before him, but when it came to our 5th child, a boy, it had turned into John! Yes, John Paul II had a lot to do with it, but sitting there after hearing the doctor in Sioux Falls say cancer for the first time and talk about doing brain surgery! NO!!!!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/johns-cancer-stories.html
So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,”
and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed,
and he spoke blessing God.
Then fear came upon all their neighbors,
and all these matters were discussed
throughout the hill country of Judea.
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,
“What, then, will this child be?”
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
The child grew and became strong in spirit,
and he was in the desert until the day
of his manifestation to Israel.
Luke 1:56-67
A 4th of July pool party at Pat's sisters home at this time of placing our trust in Him and giving Jesus the control - as Hallel told us when we called her in France on Father's Day 2009 - "This is the storm and Jesus is in control."
We laughed at the eye patch he was suggested to wear for his double vision... a symptom of the tumor in his brain. A few days earlier was the reading of a beam in your eye... John had an eye injury about 10 years earlier in which he got a stick in his eye while running after a friend. I thought this was a result of his eye injury when he starting having double vision while checking the fields for weeds and pests with his summer intern job. - No! Caner was the culprit!
For me now it involves the "miracle" that my father is living here with me for 9 weeks! I cannot really imagine what would have been the senario otherwise! All we know is that doors closed and that this door was wide open, and has been a bouquet of roses from St Therese along with the thorns that come with them!
My father took a fall a few days ago, and so I have been super vigilant about having my hand on his back while he moves to table or bed or chair! I got a good report from the aide, who gave his shower this morning... that he seemed just as strong and steady to her. So I am pondering allowing him more independence again slowly. It is a complicated and demanding dance we are sharing here. All prayers are appreciated with my father as they were with son, John, and Grandson, Patrick a few years later!
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/the-story-of-little-lamb-grandson.html
A sign of improvement was dad checking out the computer after lunch yesterday.
Jesus, the clouds in the heavens remind us of your endless LOVE and Mercy on us! I am so grateful that my father's fall did not truly harm him. Help me to be vigilant and give me the strength and the patience I need to love and serve him without counting the cost. Jesus we look at John and are amazed at how you answered his half-hearted prayer for Faith with so very much! Jesus, we trust in you. Amen and Hallelujah
LOVE/LIGHT/LIFE! When we embrace our Most Cherished Cross we find Jesus, Mary and the Saints on our journey to heaven forever! Bless-bless, Barbara
Jesus giving John the water of LIFE - "You will never thirst!" Yes! He brought John into The Church through his LOVE for Mary at Lourdes as a big piece of that!
Bathed in the waters of Lourdes twice! Head over heels in love with Our Lady! "Mom, there is a better mother than you." "Yes!!!"
LOVE this!
From Nancy today on Catholic Sprouts
Imagine something for me.
Imagine how powerful it would be if a father sat down with his son for 10 minutes five times a week and discussed things like Purity, Mortification, Generosity and Holiness.
Imagine the lessons that could be taught by a mother to her daughter if they spent an hour each Saturday sharing about Humility, Gratitude, Love and Hope.
Just imagine.
Imagine what that time could do for your kids, your family...for you.
These things are possible. Just need a guide, and that is exactly what we created.
The Virtues for Catholic Youth is on sale now. Because forming our children is our job.
My St JPII loved Our Lady so much! He is my hero in heaven fighting the evil of abortion and all the sins promoted from the World. St JPII, we pray to you now in our need for Truth to reign and the LIGHT to reveal the culture of death that is promoted so boldly in this world! Amen
Danielle Rose - Wonderfully made/Psalm 139
Third Day - Cry out to Jesus
A song we listened to on our journey with John in 2009
Top Christian songs from 2009!
Casting Crowns - Praise him in the storm
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