Dave, a member of our Divine Mercy prayer group, had a problem. His son had recently lost his job and was without health insurance. He needed a good job - fast.
Humbled and emboldened, I unloaded years of denial and guilt and left myself empty of everything except trust that God would lead me where He wanted me to be.
Until recently, whenever a crisis arose, I always would think, "I'll fix it," instead of giving it to God. Or I would give it to God, but then quickly take it back and try to fix everything myself.
We went to the Church to get the relic, gassed up our car like racers do at a pit stop, and hopped on the interstate toward Jackson to pray the Chaplet by Nick's bedside.
"We were illegal in this country, and my husband was working under a different name.... But one day, after we learned about Divine Mercy, he told me: 'I feel like I need to tell my boss the truth.' "