Dear Gladys, Here\u2019s a thought experiment for you: imagine that you are lying in bed dying from cancer.\u00a0 You can\u2019t sleep because of the pain.\u00a0 Suddenly St Peter appears to you at the foot of the bed.\u00a0 He\u2019s looking right at you, as if waiting for you to say something.\u00a0 What would you say?\u00a0 Seriously, think about it.\u00a0 What would you say? That scene actually happened to today\u2019s saint, and what she said holds a lesson for us all.\u00a0 When she spotted St Peter she immediately asked him, \u201cAre my sins forgiven?\u201d\u00a0 As always, the words reveal the heart.\u00a0 As this young widow (she was widowed after only one year of marriage, after which she determined to consecrate her life completely to Christ, even though she was wealthy, beautiful, and well respected; everyone tried to dissuade her \u2013 her doctors even said that if she didn\u2019t marry again she would grow a beard \u2013 but to no avail; she heard the call of a bridegroom they could not see), so as she lay dying of breast cancer, her concern was the state of her soul.\u00a0 She was a consecrated woman, well along on the road to holiness, yet she recognized that she was a sinner, and she deeply regretted the offense her sins had caused her Lord.\u00a0 She had probably been asking forgiveness for her spasms of selfishness even while she lay there suffering, and so the first words out of her mouth when St Peter appears ask whether she has pleased her divine husband or not. What a lesson!\u00a0 We so easily focus on the state of our bodies, or our emotions, or our relationships, or our careers, oftentimes completely ignoring the state of our souls.\u00a0 Our friendship with Christ is a real friendship, and when we go along living selfishly and comfortably, it pains him.\u00a0 Galla knew this, but do we? Oh.\u00a0 I am sorry.\u00a0 Have I been raving again?\u00a0 Do forgive me.\u00a0 I have completely ignored the question you asked in your note.\u00a0 The name you are looking for is Michael Campbell \u2013 that\u2019s the grandfather on our mother\u2019s side, so it would be your great grandfather.\u00a0 I think he came over to South America originally and made his way north.\u00a0 Let me know what your research uncovers.\u00a0 In the meantime, count on my prayers. God bless, Uncle Eddy Uncle Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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