Father White always knew the right thing to say. I think that is because he was inspired by the Holy Spirit. His thoughts were always guided by his unwavering deep faith and love of Jesus.
My wife and I have three adult children We have two sons, and our daughter. However, in between our second born son, and our last born daughter, we suffered three miscarriages.
Each loss ripped a part of our hearts. The last miscarriage was particularly painful because it was a little girl, and my wife was so far along. Added to that pain was the words of the OB/GYN. "You've had three miscarriages, stop! You're chances of carrying a baby to term at this point in your life are zero and none."
The grief was lingering and overwhelming for both my wife and I.
Seeking Father White's counsel as we often did, his words were so kind. He brought a totally different perspective to our loss. Father White said, "I know you are very sad. I know how badly this hurts, but you should remember something to be very excited about." I was taken back by his statement. What in the world could we possibly be excited about? He continued, "I want you to think about what a large beautiful family you will have when you get to heaven. Just think, you will have three beautiful little angels waiting for you."
Amazing how the right words, said at the right time, by the right person, can bring light into what appears to be total darkness. Yes, the grief was still there. However, the amazing insight that while our babies did not make it into the world, they would be waiting for us in heaven, filled our hearts with joy.
"But Father, the doctor said we can never have another baby." Father White said, "I'm sure your doctor is very good, but he is not God. If there is nothing medically wrong, then God will decide if you will have another child. You ask Mother Mary to pray for you and intercede with Our Lord. Being she was the mother of Jesus and suffered greatly because of her Son's suffering, she above all others will understand your grief."
My wife found a 30 day intercession to the Virgin Mary in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, asking for her intercession. Asking that she intercede on our behalf to Our Lord and Savior Jesus to let us get pregnant again and that my wife would carry our child to term. We asked that my wife would have an uneventful pregnancy and our child would be born healthy. However, instead of saying if for 30 days, we said it for 12 months. Because it took 3 months for my wife to get pregnant, and 9 months before our beautiful baby daughter was born. The little miracle baby that the doctor said we could never have. Father White knew that by asking for Our Blessed Mother's intervention, all things are possible with God. After all, Jesus is the Divine Physician.
Of course, you might have already guessed who baptized our beautiful little baby girl.
My daughter is now 31 years old. We were blessed by saying this wonderful Intercession request to Our Blessed Mother in honor of the Sacred Heat of Jesus. Thirty-one years later we still recite this wonderful petition every day. Of course through the years our requests for intercession have changed. Currently it is that our daughter has an uncomplicated pregnancy and gives birth to our healthy new Grandson this Fall.
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