[stfassisi]

“”Mary, my MIL, was persecuted for a good portion of her life for her beliefs. She had to go ‘underground’ to attend Latin mass for many years (she passed almost a year exactly before the pope made it permissible). She had a less than supportive husband who hated Catholics. She knew and lived with spiritual suffering. Her faith kept her going to the end. When she found out her cancer was terminal, she decided she wanted to come home to the Lord and be with her sons. She passed a week later.””

These are the types of stories we find in the lives of the Saints, Like Saint Monica-who was the Mother of Saint Augustine

http://www.churchofstmonica.org/Home-St.%20Monica’s%20Life.htm

That suffering She did has great importance in the lives of you and your family

What a beautiful gift your MIL has given

Here is a wonderful true story
http://www.thecatholic.org/2004_Dec_2005_Jan/When_I_Am_Dead.htm

[DaveMSmith]

Thanks very much for your post and links. I’ll pass them along this weekend.