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Nov 07 2008

The Catholic Voice

Published by vernpaulwriter at 9:26 am under Uncategorized Edit This

What is the Catholic voice I so often
talk about? Why it is all of you, my fellow Catholics from all over the
world.  The Catholic Voice is the heartbeat of our religion. It is our
faith and our prayers and our pain.  It is our strengths and our
weaknesses and our triumphs and our defeats.  It is the very core that
keeps us going as Catholics.


Whenever
we express ourselves and share our experiences, that is the Catholic
Voice, a voice from our soul.  Often you find this type of expression
in poetry.  I have found it in the many letters I get from all of you. 
Here is an example.

(oh, and just for the record I asked this person weather or not I could post the letter.)

Hi
Just between you and I Paul.
Last week, I was going through rough times at home.
That week I experienced  very  vivid dreams.
One of them was of someone being very very close to me, while I was trying to go to sleep.
These dreams are called hypnogogic, from what I understand.

Well, this presence, a peaceful one, as I remember it,lifted me gently, and proceeded  to carry me and hold me. As I finished praying, in my dream,

I remember just leaning my head towards his chest, in total surrender
and confidence.  I was thanking him ever so often for being there for
me. I had felt so weak this entire weak, anemically mostly, that this
sensation of being carried, being protected and feeling surrendered,
felt just right.

In the back of my mind, I believe it was
Jesus who had come to my rescue. He did not want me to give up in any
way or form, and on the contrary, wanted me to know that  I was not
alone in my life journey.
How beautiful it is to have such a loving
father in Heaven, yet so close to us, right? Just like our parents,
when they pass. I feel that as this happens, their love and wisdom is
ever more so much closer to us. For this , I am ever grateful.

My grandma had two strokes in the summer. Although she is 95, I can’t
get used to idea that she shall graduate to Heaven one day soon.

 I do, however, give thanks to the Lord for having kept her with us for this time.

 I also thank Him for the wisdom and love she shared with us all.
This
is the voice of Catholic America Today.  This is the voice I want
heard.  How many out there have a voice but are afraid to let it be
heard.  This letter contains such love of faith that it deserves to be
heard.
In a few
days I will be traveling through the gates of hell as I probe the mind
of John David.  He wants to be heard.  He wants me to write his story. 
Pray for me.
Vern Paul

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