Wednesday, September 26, 2012

J.O.Y.

 
"It's all joy - tell him it's all joy"

A friend of mine emailed this message to me from a friend of his. She was nervous sending this message to me through him, but I knew as soon as I read it that was she experienced must have been a message from Angela:

"I was at Mass last evening right after Communion, just meditating with my eyes closed - felt rather infused with light and heard this very beautiful laughter - very contagious, tinkling, joyous laughter - and a woman's voice said, "It's all joy - tell him it's all joy" - I don't know why, but I feel like it was Angela - please remember, I've never met this family - never encountered them at all before you very graciously shared their site. I wasn't even sure I was going to pass this on until I read her obituary this morning - the word joy kept popping out and I read about her infectious laugh - and that was the sound of this laugh that I heard."

- I believe without a doubt that Angela is filled with joy and was so overwhelmed with that thought last night as I looked through old photos. ~ This was the status on the Support Angela Faddis Facebook page the other night from Chris, Angela's husband. 
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After reading a blog posting from one of Angela's dear friends about her love of hot pink nail polish, several of us facebook friends decided to honor Angela's memory through this simple but sweet sentiment...by having our nails painted a bright pink color.  I'll never look at that shade of pink the same way again and will say a prayer for Angela and her family each time I see it!  I snapped the picture of my hot pink nails this afternoon as I took a break from my work day to say some prayers for Angela and her family in a peaceful and serene spot.  I couldn't help but smile as I watched my bright pink nails touch each bead of my small wooden decade and bump up against the St. Francis medal.  My prayer for this afternoon is to, "Help to make all of us a channel of Jesus' peace and to J.O.Y. = Just Open Yourself to trust in Jesus as this remarkable family has shown us!" ♥

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