tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post4225416383504701231..comments2023-05-19T07:04:10.983-05:00Comments on Inadequate Disciple: Humble, Prayerful, Friendly, and above all FaithfulCWriteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-21668765185164982412013-04-20T14:27:03.214-05:002013-04-20T14:27:03.214-05:00I am sorry for your loss, Colleen. Your friend sou...I am sorry for your loss, Colleen. Your friend sounds like such a wonderful man and your post is a beautiful tribute to his life. <br /><br />God bless.Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-21041659170478401642013-04-20T12:22:12.813-05:002013-04-20T12:22:12.813-05:00Colleen, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend...Colleen, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend...It's an amazing witness to his life that you want your family to imitate how he lived. Blessings always +Carolinehttp://www.bellofthewanderer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-31910421452718182002013-04-15T20:37:59.923-05:002013-04-15T20:37:59.923-05:00Colleen, I'm so glad you can joke about the to...Colleen, I'm so glad you can joke about the tootsie rolls, even as you are missing your friend. You made me laugh! I would have eaten them too :) And...I used to often think: oh no, my mother is going to find out I did such and such when we get to Heaven; or my sister is going to know I thought that about what she did, etc.<br /><br />I finally decided that they will be so holy once in the Divine Presence that they won't care about any of the stuff I did down here! Just like your friend who is surely laughing over the tootsie rolls. Hope your race went well. Am so behind on correspondence, to say nothing of my blog. Hope to catch up soon.<br /><br />Still in shock about terror attack today. God help our country. This will never end until He does. Love you xoxoPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544210857236830904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-44352969756704196092013-04-14T01:17:10.847-05:002013-04-14T01:17:10.847-05:00Patricia, That is a beautiful thought that he was ...Patricia, That is a beautiful thought that he was enduring his last passion during the Triduum. I imagine he was not long out of the Confessional when he had his accident, and certainly our priests visited him during the two weeks he was there, although I don't know if he ever regained consciousness.<br /><br />Thank you for your sympathy. You are right. I will miss him. So many conversations still going through my head. He followed the basketball team that my daughter played on and I coached in the newspaper. He would give me extra Knights of Columbus Tootsie Rolls for the girls on the team. He wouldn't let me pay for them. Oh, he is probably finding out that I ate most of them now! Just joking, (well I did eat several of them) but I am sure he is too much in awe and basking in the love and joy of God in heaven to worry about tootsie rolls. I am sure he is praying for our parish and his family in friends there, just as he did in our church.<br /><br />I remember when he told me that they need people to pray in our church for our church. He showed me the secret code on the door so I could get in at any time. What a gift that has been! <br /><br />We will remember him and look forward to seeing him when our time comes. Love and hugs to you!CWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-15190742427266821842013-04-14T01:09:28.701-05:002013-04-14T01:09:28.701-05:00Noreen, Thank you! That is right, he is a saint! ...Noreen, Thank you! That is right, he is a saint! Not the kind that they make statues of, but a saint by the mercy of God, and one of the ones that make our church stronger!CWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654242399318374459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-55641656550492910152013-04-13T22:19:30.096-05:002013-04-13T22:19:30.096-05:00Colleen, this is so touching. Your love for your ...Colleen, this is so touching. Your love for your friend really shined through, and I was near tears myself. What a beautiful way to die...leaving church on Good Friday, remaining for the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord, and then meeting Him, Face to face on Divine Mercy Sunday! May your friend rest in peace. We can all only hope to be so well prepared when our time comes.<br /><br />Deepest sympathy to you, my friend. I know you miss him. I'm sure your children will always remember being a part of his life and death.<br /><br />Love and hugs.....Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544210857236830904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416649589454162340.post-26523011895395234932013-04-13T21:55:08.630-05:002013-04-13T21:55:08.630-05:00Beautifully tribute to your friend Colleen. I'...Beautifully tribute to your friend Colleen. I'm sorry for your loss! It does seem befitting though that he was called home on Divine Mercy Sunday. A special day for a special saint!noreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512311149461187879noreply@blogger.com