Inspirational Video: Disabled War Veteran Overcomes Unbelievable Obstacles

Disabled War Veteran Overcomes Unbelievable Obstacles - Never Give Up! from vids2inspire on GodTube.

An Inspirational Call for The Black Sheep Dog - Fr. Corapi - To Return Home

I found this video over at Catholic Fire.  Here are a few people who are pleading for the Black Sheep Dog - Fr. Corapi - to stay a priest, or return to the priesthood.  This is most inspiring.  I would like to note though, that I disagree with them when they said that if he leaves the priesthood then he loses credibility.  IMO he has already lost credibility in the public sphere due to the way this unjust and flawed process of investigating priests is being conducted when they are accused of an impropriety or improprieties. He has not lost credibility with me.  He will always be a general in the war against secularism and moral relativism.



H/T Catholic Fire

Dion's Spiritual Journey; Enjoy Some Music by Dion Too

One of my very esteemed Facebook friends who is a professor at Franciscan University posted on Dion's spiritual journey so I thought I would pass it along to you. Here is Dion's inspirational faith journey.

I was about as cold as I’d ever been. The Midwest was in the midst of a bitter winter in February, 1959. The wind was punishing, trees were freezing up and snapping, and the little yellow school bus I was riding in with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper had been breaking down. After our "Winter Dance Party Tour" appearance in Duluth, Minnesota, our bus broke down again. Buddy had had enough. He talked the club manager into chartering a plane to fly the headliners to our next show in Fargo, North Dakota, and tried to recruit us to get on board. The more people on the plane, he told us, the lower the cost per person. The Big Bopper agreed, as did Ritchie, who had a bad case of the flu. When Buddy came to me, I thought about the $36.00 price. My parents paid $36.00 a month for rent back in the Bronx. I just couldn’t bring myself to spend the same amount on a 45 minute plane ride, so I told him no.

The next day, I stood in the lobby of the hotel in Moorhead, Minnesota. There was a television on the wall, announcing that the plane carrying Buddy, Ritchie and the Big Bopper had gone down in the storm. There were no survivors.

From that moment on, I knew God had a plan for me.

I was born and raised in Bronx, New York City. Mount Carmel Catholic Church, which was the hub of our neighborhood, is where I was baptized and confirmed. Though my parents have many wonderful qualities, I came from a highly dysfunctional family that wasn’t too interested in religion and found the Church unnecessary.

Frances, my mom, has never had a day in her life when she isn’t worrying about something, looking out for someone or taking charge somewhere. She was born to bear responsibility, and the heavier it got, the more long-suffering she got. In most important ways, she held the family together, sewing hats and making ends meet at home.  CONTINUED 

Here is some music by Dion. 

Fr. Corapi's Inspirational Conversion Story

Please take the time to listen to Fr. Corapi's amazing and inspirational conversion story.  You will be moved by his extraordinary conversion story.  It's about an hour long so you might want to grab a beverage and a snack.