this is very interesting and confirms what I've "felt" is the reason why I was led here and that after the Warning we all will have a responsibility as well to help educate our family and friends and we can point them to this forum to read and learn about what God is doing. Very interesting.
Knowing what an act of contrition is , how to do it and how acceptable it is to God seems such a small thing to us in the Faith. But to many it will be a complete mystery. Just a minute or two of our time will make a huge difference to many.
Thanks, Padraig; I remember engaging you in conversation back on Ron's forum. I love the story of the day you went back to court expecting another Protestant judge to reject the shortening of your sentence. That judge had become sick I believe, and his last minute replacement was Catholic. For you it was like drawing a "Get out of Jail Free" Monopoly card! The Mercy of God never fails!
A joy to read padraig I often wonder why I'm hear and also feel small when topics are above my intellect but our Holy Mother brought me hear because of my interest in garabandal and she decided that I had a job to do.. Thank you mother for having faith and trust in me.
Oh. I never knew this background..only bits and pieces! Absolutely beautiful! I have always felt this site as a great grace and blessing....now I know why. Our Lady is here with us! Thank you Padraig! Thank you!
oh...if we all understood the value of suffering and that most of ours is nothing in the light of others.....but still, we offer it for the graces needed for the day....
And you do a amazing job! Thank you for your devotion! May Our Lady bless you all. It’s takes all of you to give us this MOG form. May our dear Blessed Mother bless each and everyone of you who work for Her here at this forum!
Moderating is one of those behind the scenes jobs that gets forgotten, but is so necessary. Sometimes when I'm rotating on one of the units at the hospital, I try to remember to speak with the cleaning staff and say thank you for a job that also gets forgotten. Your appreciated, John!
I feel much the same way Q ut D. Our Lady led me to this forum, but I usually don’t feel knowledgeable enough to participate in many of the discussions, but I sure learn a lot reading them and I’m very happy to be in the company of so many prayerful fellow Catholics. I feel like we are all looking out for one another here on the forum, without even really knowing one another. Amazing really!
I was expecting to get twenty years in jail, Terry. There were only two Catholic Judges on the Bench and I happened to get one of them, probably a 50 to one shot. He sentenced me to three years but since I was already on Remand a long time I was released a few months later. The Judge who sentenced me was shot dead two weeks later after having done so.. I was sad to hear this, very sad and often pray for his poor soul. His name was Judge William Doyle, he was I think a very good man, shot dead just after attending Mass. He had become a Judge in order to help people like myself and save them from the British. https://www.irishnews.com/news/nort...ng-mass-and-shooting-my-father-dead--1373525/ I notice this morning that a Judge, Rosario Levantino, who was shot dead in Sicily while fighting the Mafia is to be Beatified today.
There would not be a Forum, but for you John, you saved us from IT ship wreck on at least two occasions, bless you. You did this with a large family and I sure loads and loads of other things to do. Praying for physical healing/.
Everything you say here, I can attest to from my point of view, is so very very true. Your conversion story is amazing too, I read it elsewhere a few years ago.
Well I have often prayed for his poor soul. Though it was probably unwise of him to work for the English as a Judge just at that time. He had just been to Mass and Communion before his death, so would have been in a State of Grace, which is a comfort to know. Still I often pray for his poor soul.
