Posted on 05/20/2016 1:21:01 PM PDT by NYer
“I felt immediately how pleased He was at everything I had done for Him during my life.”
This doesn’t ring true to me. And from an economics professor? lol
Thanks for the ping to this excellent article.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It reminded me of a somewhat similar experience that we had with my dad. We knew that he only had a couple of days left at most. He was in the hospital in a private room. We were sitting with him and he said, “How many exterior doors are there in this room?”. We said, “Only one, the door to the hallway.” Dad said, “No, there is another door on the wall beside the sofa and there are people dressed in white coming and going through that door all the time and there is a beautiful city in the distance.” My goodness what a blessing Our Lord gave us in being able to be there with Dad when he saw that.
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Nothing really amazing, just dust particles exhibiting Brownian motion. The larger they appear the closer they are and the more out of focus.
Fascinating!
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My father never had a relationship with Christ, but did begin to believe in his last weeks.
My step father was a good man, like your dad, but for some reason, his Lutheran parents never had him baptized. I was 8 when he married my mom who is Catholic. For more than 50 years I prayed that dad would be baptized before he passed away. Last year, he was scheduled for surgery but the doctors found a slick heart murmur and postponed it 5 months. During that time, dad expressed an interest in being baptized. He woke up from a dream in which he heard a voice ask: "Do you know me?" To which he replied: "Yes, you are Jesus the Christ". Mom did not take him seriously but when her persisted, she contacted her pastor. Since dad was confined to a wheelchair, the priest came to their home. He asked all of us to leave the room so he could spend some time alone with dad to ensure this was a genuine request. Half hour later, we were called bak and dad received the 3 sacraments of initiation - baptism, confirmation and first eucharist. A few months later, dad went into the hospital for knee surgery and emerged with dementia. Had he not been baptized earlier, it would never have taken place since no pastor would baptize someone in that state.
From that point on, our lives took a sharp turn. My daughter and I took turns driving mom back and forth to the rehab center where dad was receiving physical therapy. The dementia was a setback that impeded his recovery; it took 4 months before they would release him. This took a toll on mom. By Christmas, she was complaining of pain in her leg. It was a tumor. Dad had to go into assisted living while mom went through surgery and subsequent rehab. In the span of 2 months, the cancer spread and mom is the one who passed away, last month.
I love the notion of your dad seeing your Chow Chow. One of my hopes is that I will see a beloved Basset Hound who died during surgery while I was at work.
BTT
Thank you for the recommendation. Bought and read it yesterday on my Kindle.
Thank you everybody for sharing. So many unique stories, yet many with a common thread.
I recommend the link in the story to the nursing website; it is quite an eye opener.
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