A Heartfealt Moment

Many of you know that Jason was deployed on Tuesday for six months. I had been asking for prayers for him for a while now. All day Tuesday people had been sharing with me that my brother and my family were in prayer. Well, that night I was running around trying to get things together for Mass and one of the GA's walks into chapel. She looked very flustered so I asked if she was okay and she said yeah, I was surprised to see her and thought she just decided to come to Mass. This was rare that another GA would make their way up Stuart Hill to come to Mass but Christy is very devoted to daily Mass and I simply assumed she missed the noon Mass. So we both sat down, Mass was getting ready to begin and in walks three more GA's. I knew something was up at this point. I looked at Christy and said, "what's going on?" She said I had to ask Melissa. At this point Mass was ready to begin, I knew why they were here, they were here because they knew my brother was deployed and they wanted to pray with me to support me! During the intercessions Melissa prayed, "Father, please watch over and protect all those who are in the military especially those who have been deployed this day. And bring peace to their families, letting them know that they have a community around them that love and support them." I broke out in tears. This was a defining moment here in Dayton. I knew at that point that I had a group of friends around me that really do love and support me. I can't say thanks enough to Melissa, Christy, Abby, and Katie. Later I found out that the reason they all looked flustered is because they were running late so they are RAN to get to Mass. That makes it that much more special! They are great, not only making their way up the hill but running? That's special!