Comments on: Monday, October 7, 2019 Teaching Stories to Take God’s Hand

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 02:51:10 +0000

Jennifer — I would suggest proceeding with caution when reviewing information from non-Catholic sources, given that a lot of their beliefs are not consistent with Catholic beliefs.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:39:03 +0000

Came across this and it sums up the actual story had in fact, occurred and confirmed through Jesus himself.
“The historicity of the account of Jonah is confirmed by Jesus Christ. Jesus told the religious leaders of His day that the sign of Jonah was going to be the sign of his resurrection:

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:39,40).

Jesus accepted, at face value, the account of Jonah surviving after being swallowed by the sea creature. In His mind the event did literally occur. He also believed the repentance of the people of Nineveh as something that occurred. If Jesus is the One whom He claimed to be, God in human flesh, then His Word settles the matter.”
-Taken from the
Blue letter bible.org
by Don Stewart

By: Mary A. Brown

Mary A. Brown — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:49:22 +0000

Mary, God is good and He really spoke to You about age and illness. I ask for prayers for my husband who is 90. He has prostate cancer, now in his bones. I am 88 and will be taking care of him when he gets home from the hospital tomorrow. We are blessed with 6 wonderful children and Grandchildren. I could go on and on, but want to tell John I will be praying for him and for all who need healing, in every way. Thanks be to God, Jesus, Holy Spirit and our Blessed Mother Mary. Oh Mary Ortwein, thank you for your words of wisdom. I really need this right now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:19:32 +0000

Thank you. Everyone said what I wanted to say.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:41:13 +0000

Thank you Mary – another terrific reflection. Best of luck John. I hope you have shared your situation with your parish. I will pray for you and your wife.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:26:40 +0000

I thank the Good LORD for giving you this Great Reflection. No doubt, you have drawn much Inspiration from your Carebound work for the elderly. May the Good LORD inspire us to draw Lessons from the jobs we are doing as you have done, to enable us confront headlong the predicaments in our lives and in the lives of others.
GOD Bless you, Mary

By: Skip

Skip — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:25:18 +0000

Mary, thank you for the reflection and the topic you brought up. It is a topic I like address to people, but they don’t want to hear or talk about it. I do understand (and have first hand knowledge) of the issues this culture has to deal with concerning the sick, disabled, and elderly. I personally think these issues have been thrusted upon this culture as a results of the “marvels of modern medicine” over the past 60 years or so ago. Medicines, and surgical procedures are the “new gods” of this age.
When medicare was first in acted the average life span in the USA was 57 years old and now it’s about 75 years old. Starting sometime in the first part of this century, we now have a disproportionate population of people 50+ years old that out number the population of 50 years old and younger. To my best knowledge, it is the first time in history cultures have faced such an issues.
I certainly agree with what you said and think it can’t be overly stressed.
“That storm rages—and lives can hang in the balance. Moral wisdom is needed. Medical decisions can be made by hospitals. Or they can be made by elders and their families. Ideally, they can be made well in advance of when a crisis of fall, infection, or rampant disease suddenly comes.”
I heard something recently that I thought was profound “Everybody wants to go to Heaven but no one wants to die to get there”.
Mary, thank you so much for bringing this topic up and for all you have contributed to these reflections over the years. God bless you Mary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:22:39 +0000

Mark and Mary, Thank yout both. I have watched and listened to Dr Peter Kreeft on ewtn and the radio. I like him alot. I will get that book. Mary, I picked up a bible in my home that I haven’t read, and I went to Job, and plain as day it said it was not a transcript of historical events. So I will be reading that one along with my old, no notes bible.
You are in my prayers Mr. John Totten. You must be so tired, I hope you have family or friends helping you.