Whom Do You Reckon Among Your Best Friends?

Have you ever had a good friend who ditched you after a disagreement? In these days of TDS and disputes over religion, it seems pretty common. I still mourn over some lost friends. I pray for one who died years ago. I'm confident she and I will be friends again worshiping together before the throne of God. Until that day, I think of her kindly and pray for the repose of her soul and our happy reunion.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of Life, Pray for Us

Our Lady of Guadalupe,

Mystical Rose,

make intercession for holy Church,

protect the sovereign Pontiff,

help all those who invoke you in their necessities,

and since you are the ever Virgin Mary

and Mother of the true God,

obtain for us from your most holy Son

the grace of keeping our faith,

of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life

of burning charity, and the precious gift

of final perseverance.

Amen.

Marian Shrine Sees Visitor Boom

Since Bishop Ricken approved the apparitions of Our Lady in Champion, WI, the shrine has seen a visitor boom. In the fall my husband and I plan to make the pilgrimage ourselves. Our Lady of Good Help is the only approved apparition site in the U.S. What a blessing to visit a place where Mary appeared. Check out the article in the Les Femmes newsletter and the article linked below.

Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help near Green Bay sees attendance soar

The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven!

Many saints had amazing experiences: apparitions and locutions, visions of hell, visits to Purgatory and conversations with the poor souls. Now here's the story of a badly injured little boy, Alex Malarkey, who "saw" things happen at the scene of an accident that left him a quadriplegic. He saw his dad fly out of the car and be caught by angels and saw the ambulance take him away. But Alex had already been airlifted from the scene of the accident. I just ordered this book and can't wait to read it. Angels really exist and some special souls are given the gift of meeting them: Abraham, Tobiah, Joshua, and Mary all had encounters with angels. Padre Pio and Jean Vianney both had special relationships with their guardian angels. Why not a little boy today?

For the Sunday Vigil