It is reported that the Fatima visionary, Sr. Lucia, went on record saying that the last attack by the devil would be against the family. Today, it’s hard today not take her comment at face value. The divorce rate has never been higher while more children are collapsing inwardly as the draw for some to question their God-given identity is trending upward as many more are giving into despair and the temptation to do even worse. In a time where we hear so much about hope there seems so little of it around us. But another reality, this side of the veil, is that Our Blessed Lord - the Divine Physician, never gives up on us and nor does His Mother.
From the foot of His cross to our crosses today, Her greatest desire still remains to guide all of Her children by the hand to Her Son along the narrow way. Mary knows the answer that can lift us from all that assails and ails us. And for the parents of St. Thomas More parish in Scranton, PA., She has become most fittingly known as, ‘Our Lady of Mercy.’
This was a story I was familiar with but only from afar. My dear friend, Jerry Bauman, a parishioner and parent of two young kiddos, was on the ground level of this most amazing transformation that began in very humble and simple ways; through the prayers of children. As he states so clearly, “This is the answer.”
I partnered with the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception to produce this story for their EWTN show, Living Divine Mercy available at: DivineMercyPlus.org. It is my joyful optimism, as is theirs, that every soul see what God has done and is still doing today in their little town and parish community as children, teens and families are coming alive through a chorus of adoration to the Good-God who will not rest until evil is put down and peace established for those who put their trust in Him.
What the families here are discovering through Mary is that TRUE HOPE has a Name, a Face, a Presence and He does not disappoint! For more information about the group Jerry and other parents have begun, please visit their site at:
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