Life Update: God's Goodness Remains

A quick life update and request for prayers.

Transcript

Welcome Back After Long Break

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Welcome to the podcast . Thanks for joining me . I know it's been a long time since our last episode and Father Stephen and I still need to release our last episode on Mary . Hopefully we can do that soon and start to keep everyone or leave everyone hanging on that that it's a little bit unscripted today

Mom's Health Decline and Passing

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. What's been going on ? Okay , well , I'll start with mom . I've written this kind of update a few times now , and every time I'm getting ready to try to release it , things would change .

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So at first , you know , mom was doing really well and then her health began to decline and then , kind of as things often do it , her health deteriorated really quickly and she went to sleep one afternoon and she couldn't wake up . And so I drove down to our family home where she's been living with and being cared for by my brothers , and we made her as comfortable as we could while she slept and just kept vigil with her . She did . Finally , she woke up briefly after about four days or so , but you could tell that something had happened and she wasn't able to move or speak . So she just looked up at us with tired , loving eyes and um , in in that moments . Um , I guess it was about an hour . While she was awake , family and friends who could , and we gathered around , kissed her , you know , loved on her , talked with her , made phone calls quickly to people who weren't there so they had a chance to tell her how , how loved she was . Um , and , like I said , it lasted about an hour or so and she fell back asleep and , um , she would . Ultimately she passed away , uh ,

Request for Prayers and Funeral

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shortly after um , within a day or so .

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So there's obviously a lot to contemplate and unpack with mom and I know I can learn some very powerful lessons from it . And , um , you know , maybe maybe it's selfish or just cathartic for me to do any episodes about it , but I think most people in the world have dealt with loss , the loss of a loved one , or they will someday ultimately . So maybe we can all learn some really good lessons from it . So I pray , if we do that those episodes are helpful for everyone who listens . You know it's anything that stems from this experience . So , please , I want to encourage everyone to pray for her and pray for the repose of her soul , pray for my family and my brothers who cared for her the best they could while she was at home and , just , you know , pray for the Lord's goodness and His healing and His love . I know that podcast distribution around the world is kind of delayed . Some people seem to get things instantly and it takes days or even weeks to get there . So her mom's funeral sorry , her rosary is going to be Friday , may 2nd . So if you , wherever you are in the world , if you'd like to join our rosary for her , just say a quick prayer for her . We would appreciate it . Her funeral is on May 3rd .

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Um , yeah , god is good .

Personal Cancer Diagnosis

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God is really good . On top of all that , these last couple months I found out I have cancer , and so that's been challenging as well . But glory to Jesus Christ , and I mean it . He , god is so good , he is so good and his goodness just overflows in my life . So , um , the diagnosis is very , very good for it , so I'm not concerned any more than I need to be . Um , and my family's taking it well , so so , like I said , god is good , but we've got we've had good things happening the last few months too . Um , my daughter's graduating from high school , she's going to college , just so many , uh , great things are happening . So

Finding Good Amid Life's Challenges

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that's it . I know this is short . I just wanted to kind of fill in this gap in episodes and really to just petition everyone , to the people who you love Don't miss those opportunities to tell them you love them , hug them and kiss them and pray for , to pray for me and my family . So , thank you , and I can't wait to see you next time . God bless .