Highway to Heaven - Autopista al Cielo

My Child, Help Me!

My dear child, I have aged and now need your care! You may be fearful of these new responsibilities that our Almighty God is placing on your shoulders. It’s not something you can accomplish successfully with just hard work; you will run out of energy and give up. The only way you can face this challenge is with love. True love doesn’t run out. Love will enable you to do things that you think you have no more physical strength to do. Love will animate a courageous faith to trust in God’s plans and remain obedient. You will be tempted to choose an easy way and disobey him. I pray that you have a humble and contrite heart. Remember that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Any different way will bring you to sin. 

Like a puppy or a flower, I need water, food, and oxygen. If I’m unable to swallow, have recourse to artificial hydration, nutrition, and oxygen. Our Catholic Church teaches this. It doesn’t ask you to spend lots of money in medical interventions. There is also a very big lie I want to warn you about. It’s when they recommend to stop what the church teaches, and start giving morphine. Morphine is used to reduce pain, yet sometimes it’s used to purposefully kill. In this case, morphine is given to reduce blood pressure and, by doing so, stop the heart. They will say that morphine cannot be given with hydration and nutrition because of the bad interaction. They will recommend a comfortable pain free death with just morphine. Don’t fall into this trap because they are deciding death, not God. 

We elders aren’t disposable. Some adults have their hearts so hardened that they choose to dispose of our lives. There is so much beauty in following the Church’s teaching by accompanying a dying parent as long as it takes. The Church brings the Sacraments for my journey. Furthermore, once death passes, you will receive the reward of a peace and joy, that transcends all understanding, from Almighty God. 

Even more, because you didn’t shorten my life with the fake excuse of stopping my suffering, you have allowed me the sanctification process to enter more quickly into Heaven. “I accept the death that God has chosen for me.” So many times, haven’t I said that when praying The Stations of the Cross? Please don’t come between God and me.

Now you know. Be fair with me. I am your parent. I was always there for you. It’s your turn now. I count on you!

Mom and Dad

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This Eucharistic Miracle happens in a Church that was built on the same location where centuries ago the Apostle Peter had been hosted by the Roman Senator Pudente. This senator had two daughters who dedicated themselves to wiping the blood of executed martyrs. In 1610 a priest had doubts about the Real Presence. The Blessed Sacrament fell on the floor and left an imprint with the stain of Blood. 

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Pope St. Gregory the Great was the direct witness of this Eucharistic Miracle. A noblewoman laughed at the Blessed Sacrament because she couldn't believe that the same bread she had prepared with her own hands had become, after the consecration, the Body of Christ. 

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This Eucharistic Miracle will sadden you maybe more than the other ones that also happened due to the attack against the Blessed Sacrament. Then, it might make you ponder if a soul in a state of mortal sin is even worse... 

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A huge fire destroyed a Franciscan church but spared a large Host that was inside a pyx. The pyx was also burned except the lid. The city is referred as The Eucharistic City and plenary indulgences are available in the anniversary of this Eucharistic Miracle (April 17 and 27). 

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A doubting priest is the reason behind this Eucharistic Miracle. At the moment of breaking the Great Host, he had strong doubts about the reality of the transubstantiation. As a result, Blood gushed forth from the Holy Host onto the corporal and chalice. Worth to note that the pious practice of Forty Hours of Adoration was established in Macerata due to this Eucharistic Miracle and then this well known practice spread around the world.

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A consecrated Particle of the  Holy Host had remained in the folds of the altar linen and a young housemaid, unaware of this fact, took the cloth to be washed in the public wash-house! As she was washing it, the altar linen became tinged with blood. It was only then that she observed more closely and discovered where the Blood was flowing from.

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In St. Ambrose Church there are two Eucharistic Miracles, with more than three centuries apart, whose respective reliquaries are exposed together each May in a reliquary that also contains a consecrated Host. 

The first miracle took place after a distracted priest left in the chalice several drops of consecrated wine. The second miracle is about how Holy Hosts remained unharmed in a church fire on Good Friday. 

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In this Eucharistic Miracle the Blood of Christ gushed forth from the Blessed Sacrament at the moment of breaking. The Blood reached the ceiling vault and the church became a pilgrim destination. Four centuries later, the vault was enshrined and it is still visible in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Vado. 

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A child discovered Holy Hosts that thieves had thrown to the ground after stealing the ciborium from a church the previous day. The child gave the Holy Hosts to the pastor. Twenty-five years later the Eucharistic Miracle was documented as the Holy Hosts have been miraculously preserved. 

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