Posted on 01/20/2018 5:43:15 PM PST by marshmallow
January 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The ballistic missile alert last weekend that had countless people in Hawaii panicked for roughly one half-hour with the thought that death was imminent did something the Catholic Church, on the whole, has struggled to do of late – it got people into Mass and Confession.
Reports of soul searching, prayer, and a return to the Sacrament of Penance surfaced after the missile scare.
“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” was the alert sent throughout the Pacific island state on Saturday morning, January 13. Residents and visitors got the message at 8:07 a.m. local time via TV, radio, and cellphones.
Until a second message 38 minutes later described the first as a "false alarm," residents of Hawaii were under the assumption a missile was en route – a rational supposition, given the islands are said to be within range of some of North Korea’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) and also the current climate between the U.S. and North Korea.
One Catholic family turned immediately to the rosary and the Blessed Mother for protection, and there were reports that as the dust began to settle from the panic, there were full pews for Sunday Mass the following day and long lines for Confession.
The Catholic parish attended by Dallas and Monica Carter and their five children in the Diocese of Honolulu was packed, a Catholic News Agency report said.
And aside from a full church that Sunday morning, the line for Confession was out the door, Dallas Carter said, with their friends from other parishes throughout the island reporting the same.
It’s something Carter has nicknamed #MissileConversions.
His family got in line for Confession in gratitude for being able to receive the sacrament again.
Carter said one........
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>> How many of them went back to denigrating Christianity
Hopefully few if any.
The “no atheists in a foxhole” effect...
I think that’s just a “lagniappe” of suffering - He is a humble God who will not forcibly impose His Will on His beloved children.
dark fiber
“There are no atheism in the foxhole”.
I’m reminded of the movie The End with Burt Reynolds.
The closing scenario is classic!
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