GOD'S MYSTERIOUS WAYS

IN QUIAPO, WE STARTED OUR NOVENA TO EL SENOR NAZARENO.
WE JOINED THEMANY DEVOTEES, AT MASS
WE CLIMBED THE STEPS DAILY TO TOUCH HIS GARMENTS.


DON'S DEVOTION TO THE NAZARENO STARTED WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, AT THE MAPUA.
DAILY HE VISITED EL SENOR NAZARENO.

WHEN HE HAD AGREED TO UNDERGO SURGERY, HE ASKED THAT WE GO TO THE NAZARENO
WE STARTED THE NOVENA
WE SOUGHT THE NAZARENO'S HEALING MERCY
WE ASKED THAT HE SHOW US THE WAY TO OVEROCME THE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN OUR HEARTS
I PRAYED THAT DON BE SPARED OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT
I WENT TO CONFESSION THERE BEFOERE WE LEFT FOR LOS ANGELES
IT WAS THERE TOO WHERE WE OFFERED MASSES FOR THE POOR SOULS AS DIRECTED BY FR GEORGE

ALL OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES WERE REQUESTED BY DON TO VISIT QUIAPO ANDSAY A PRAYER FOR HIM

IN ALBAY HE ASKED ALL HIS SIBLINGS TO GO TO THE SENOR NAZARENO

WHEN WE ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES, ALICE AND TONY AND VILMA CAME TO SEE DON.
WHEN HE EARD OF THE DEVOTION TOT HE NAZARENO , ALICE TOLD US , THAT IT IS CLAIMED THAT WHOEVER PETITIONS EL SENOR NAZARENO HAS TO BE READY FOR A LONG WALK TO GOLGOTHA..A LONG WAIT FOR PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED

AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, DOC JEAN CORTES ZALAMEA BEGAN HER DAILY CALLS.
JEAN IS A AFRIEND OF LONG AGO. WE BOTH HAVE A SPEACIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAITED.

SHE SUPPORTED US THROUGH EACH DAY OF UNCERTAINTY AND VERY KINDLY SENT THE NOVENA TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

FROM FLORIDA ON TO THIS DAY, DON HAS NOT MISSED PRAYING THE ROSARY AND THE CHAPLET IN HONOR OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

AND YES...ON THE DAY WE WERE DEPARTING FROM FLORIDA FOR RHODE ISLAND ..GOD;S MYSTERIOUS WAYS STRUCK US ANEW.

WE HAD GONE TO THE AIRPORT EARLY ENOUGH
HANS DROVE US TO THE SOUTHWEST TERMINAL
ON A WHEEL CHAIR WE WERE ASSISTED TO GATE 3 C

A GENTLEMAN WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF US
BESIDE HIM WAS A BLANKETTED PERSON
LATER ON WE FOUND OUT SHE WAS DIANNE, HIS WIFE
SHE WAS TIRED AND HAD CHOSEN TO SLEEP ON THE AIRPORT BENCH.

HE STRUCK A CONVERSATION WITH DON WHEN HE SAW THE HEART PILLOW OF DON
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC RED HEART PILLOW IF OFTEN A SIGN THAT THE PERSON HAS UNDERGONE
SURGERY

AND AS DON WAS ON THE PHONE HE MOVED TO MY SIDE AND TOLD ME A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT SURGERY AND DEPRESSION .

AND ON AND ON AND ON HE SPOKE WITH ME ..
WITH MANY IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FORM ONE WHO HAS UNDERGONE A HEART SURGERY
I LISTENED ..TERRIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE FIRST HAND STORIES..SHARED FROM HIS QUADRUPLED HEART

HE ASKED US IF WE ARE CHRISTIANS
I ANSWERED YES...WE ARE ROMAN CATHOLICS.
AND ALL THE MORE THE EXCHANGE BECAME INTERESTING

HE WAS A DEACON
THEY DISTRIBUTE CRUCIFIXES FROM TALAHASSEE FLORIDA

AND AS THE CONVERSATION COVERED TOPICS OF FAITH ...
THERE WAS ONE REALITY THAT STRUCK US ..

HE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE PUBLISHER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF THE PRAYER MANUAL OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

HE WAS A BAPTIST.

HE LEFT ME WITH TWO BOOKS AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND BAPTISTS.

AND IN THE LENGTHY AND EMOTION FILLED DIALOGUE ON FAITH AND FAITH EXPERIENCE ,
THIS I KNOW ...THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS WAS SHED FOR ALL OF US ..WAITING AT GATE 3 C OF THE JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT ON A DAY THAT SOUTHWEST FLT 860 WAS FLYING ON TOT TAMPA AND LATER IN THEDAY TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND.

OH GOD YOUR WAYS ARE TRULY MYSTERIOUS !!!