“I Have The Perfect Time For You!”
“I
have the perfect time for you,” she announced.
I
glanced quizzically at my wife and silently asked myself, “What is Nina talking
about?”
“The
2 AM to 3 AM hour is perfect for you two!” she proclaimed.
“What?”
“You’ll
love spending an hour every First Friday morning adoring our Lord! He’ll shower
you with immense blessings.”
“But
Nina,” I protested. “We both work. How can we get up in the middle of the night
and do our jobs the next day? We’ll be exhausted?”
“You
won’t have any problems,” she assured us, sealing the deal with a loving hug
before she left us to reflect on what had just happened.
Who
could say no to Nina? Like Mom, Nina knew best.
Still
incredulous that we were getting up in the middle of the night, we went for our
initial hour of Adoration the First Friday of the following month. After a
while, we sensed a persistent prompting to get out of our pew and approach the
Blessed Sacrament. For the first time in our married life, we took turns
praying out loud to the Loving Lord who gazed upon us from the magnificent monstrance
in which He rested
May
this, Nina, my dear friend, be the perfect time for you – that you may be
blessed to spend eternity wrapped in the loving arms of the Lord you loved.
Listen
closely! You can still hear Nina: “I have the perfect time for you – Now! - Come into His Presence!
May
Nina’s soul and the souls of all the faithfully departed through the mercy of
God rest in peace. Amen.