Got in line for coffee and donuts even though i don’t do either.
Just wanted to participate in spiritual community.
Maybe 15 minutes in line talking with a friend, he and his Family get coffee and donuts and i decide which table to sit at amongst the 20 tables in the long, narrow room.
The closest table at the end of the donut tables was empty except for a middle-aged man i’ve never seen before.
A year ago to the day, he and his wife arrived from Dominican Republic to spend Christmas with his 28-year old only son.
Stomach pain landed him in the local hospital at 3:00 PM, and the doctors told him he needed open-heart surgery at 6:00 AM.
His heart was so bad, they said he’d soon die.
He didn’t have $800,000, nor insurance to cover the surgery.
His prognosis was only 15-20% he’d survive the surgery.
The hospital gave him the $800,000 operation and subsequent treatments and therapies for free.
A priest gave him last rights and a Rosary.
He asked the medical team if he could hold the Rosary in his hand during the surgery.
This is a story that can’t be made up.
i almost stayed home.
i almost skipped coffee and donuts.
i almost didn’t sit at Mario’s table.
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“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
Attending Kevin’s funeral on Christmas Eve, this quote from Albert Einstein was printed on the cover of the funeral bulletin.
Have you ever been struck with a profound thought or observation, when you least expect it? When it’s presented in such a deceptively simple format – in this case, printed text?
One more thing struck me from attending Kevin’s funeral, but not until this very moment. Kevin’s son, maybe three years old, was there, of course. Estimating there were 300 people attending.
But the only other child I saw was the one in my arms most of the Mass.