Our good friend, Lorene Duquin, author and gifted Catholic evangelizer, is putting together a book of stories from everyday Catholics whose prayers have been answered. “It can be any kind of prayer experience… an earth-shaking revelation or a smaller event that made you recognize God.”
Here’s a story we are thinking of submitting:
John was whining to his spiritual director, Sr. Nancy, about family finances AGAIN. “Whenever I ask the Lord for the money we need I get no answer!” he complained.
Sister Nancy stopped him in mid-sentence. “Do you remember a few years ago when you asked Jesus to help the last of your children with the money for college? And didn’t all five of your children receive scholarships for the colleges of their choice? Did you ever add up all the financial aid they received?”
“No,” John sheepishly replied.
She handed him paper and a pen to start a tally. After a few minutes, he had figures next to each of our child’s name. Then came the moment of revelation: their scholarships and other financial aid totaled over $500,000!
Sister Nancy took the list and whispered, “Your prayers have been answered! And just imagine if you and your wife had not followed Jesus into full time ministry in the Church. Imagine that you had worked in business? Do you suppose you could have saved that much money to send them to college?”
“No!” he gasped.
How about your answered prayer? Think of the simple formula for witnessing: 1. The need. 2. Jesus answered me. 3. Now I can see… Send your witnesses to Lori Duquin at LDuquin@aol.com today! And if she wants to include yours, she will I will make arrangements to interview you. There is no stipend but you will get a copy of the book!”