My step father, Robert, will be baptized tomorrow, March 31. My daughter and I will be his witnesses. If you have ever doubted the power of prayer, then please take courage and draw inspiration from this event. God hears and answers all prayers. This is proof positive of that. Please join with us in offering up a Prayer of Thanksgiving for this tremendous blessing!
Good news. Blessings to your father tomorrow.
Very touching story. Congrats all around, and to your step-father, welcome to the faith!
Your testimony inspires me to continue to pray for my brothers and sister who are away from the Church as well as all but one of my five children.
You are a REAL St. Monica — wow! 56 years of prayers.
My step Dad asked to be baptized .. a Catholic. I broke down in sobs of joy. 56 years of prayer had finally been answered!Good job, NYer! Tremendous story of hope, prayer, and perseverance. Jesus, we thank you!
Praying in thanksgiving for your step-father’s conversion, praise be to God!
wonderful news! prayers work..
I’m so glad! God bless you all. A prayer of Thanksgiving is on the way!
What wonderful news! A tremendous blessing for your stepfather and all of you!
That is wonderful. My prayers for you and your family.
My mother was also brought up by non practicing parents and converted to Catholicism after marriage influenced by Monsignor Fulton Sheen. She found out after his death that her father was a baptized Catholic.
Here's a fitting Gospel song to rejoice with: Thank You, Jesus!
Amen Amen Amen ........... Augustine’s mother is proof of your faith too. She prayed many years . St Monica.
AWESOME!
sweet,
Persistence :), many blessings to him and your entire family.
It's official! Fr. Walsh met privately with my dad this afternoon at which time he did a life review from the time of his youth. Since my father is not ambulatory, the ceremony took place in my parents' home. It was also a first for the priest. Before he was baptized, Fr. Walsh read from Mt 28:18-20. He explained that these were the final words of Jesus before He ascended to heaven. He said the Church takes these words seriously since these were the last words spoken by our Lord. As with all baptisms, he recited the creed, asking my dad the usual questions along the way (Ex: Do you reject Satan?). After this, he showed us the container of chrism and explained the history of its use in the Church. He then Confirmed my dad in the faith. He chose the name Francis. Lastly, father brought along a pyx and administered First Communion to dad and all of us assembled.
It was a beautiful and moving ceremony, reminiscent of what it must have been like in the early church for those who, like my dad, were immobile. Thank you all for your prayers! You can imagine how overwhelmed with emotion I am and overjoyed at God's response to 53 years of prayer. Never give up! Remember the parable of the Persistent Widow:
Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?
Lk 18:7
In our home, politics & religion were topics never to be discussed. Like the Persistent Widow, though, I never gave up my personal prayer! It was a daily prayer that God has granted. Be like the widow. Pray daily and trust that in His great mercy, God will answer you.
Lord Jesus Christ, bless Thy servant Robert richly on the day of his second birth.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, in the company of saints in heaven, amen.