"Who would do this? Next to the dumpster was a statue of the Virgin Mary. She was broken in half, hands missing, laying on her back and covered by dirt and garbage. And I heard the voice of Jesus saying to me, 'Will you deny me? Will you deny my mother?'"

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Former Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews discovered an old, broken statue of the Blessed Mother that most people would have thrown away. Instead, "Broken Mary" became a powerful reminder that God doesn't discard broken people--He transforms them.

In this episode, Kevin shares how a damaged statue helped reshape his faith, while Trapper Jack reflects on a broken white cane during a Medjugorje pilgrimage, recent vandalism of sacred statues there, and the surprising ways grace flows through life's fractures.

If you've ever felt damaged, wounded, or beyond repair, this story offers a beautiful reminder: in God's hands, brokenness often becomes the beginning of something holy.

Kevin Matthews will be speaking at St. Colette Parish, Brunswick, OH

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 6:30 pm (Rosary at 6:15)

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"All of this information was just flowing into me. I was hearing all the answers. This continual flow of answers. And I heard Him say, 'There are no questions here, only answers.'"

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Greg, known as the hydrogen man, spent much of his childhood wanting to die, convinced that God had ignored his cries for help.

Years later, while sitting beside a river with a dangerously damaged heart, everything changed. A radiant, motherly woman of light appeared, embraced his brokenness and led him beyond the earth. He encountered a mysterious council that told him, "We've been waiting for you," before opening a doorway into the presence of the Father – vast, living and flowing like an infinite river.

Water, Lourdes and hydrogen will become important parts of Greg's journey, but first comes the astonishing story of the woman, the council and the God he never expected to find.

For more information: https://www.youtube.com/@UPRISING144K

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"The doctor looked at us and said, 'Well, uh, it's not there.' What? 'We closed him up. It's not there.' We just joyfully laughed!"

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When Sara learned her unborn son, Anthony, had a life-threatening heart defect, she didn't know what to ask God to do. She simply brought Him the problem.

Like Mary at the wedding feast who quietly told Jesus, "They have no wine."

What followed left doctors searching for answers. This is the story of a mother who didn't tell God what to do… she simply invited Him to come. And when He did… It was spectacular!

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"I had to be obedient, right? And the Voice within me said to take the train."

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When Anita heard an inner voice in prayer name another state where she was to go and live, she dismissed it. The voice returned with more clarity.

God was calling her to leave everything behind and go where He was sending her. The instruction was specific: take the train. Anita boarded, unaware that heaven had already provided her, an angel, to guide her.

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An amazing story of encounter. A bit long, but worth every minute.

Doctor Encounters Mary in Medjugorje... Then Loses 2 Children (Her Faith Will INSPIRE You) https://youtu.be/Ted3YKXCd6M?si=iOfQBPyTX1p_BC9x

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"The mortar shells and rockets were falling all around us. There were loud explosions. So, I turned over and fell back to sleep"

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There is a war on. The battle over our minds.

Last week's conversation with Denny Thompson left me pondering one unforgettable sentence: "Nothing really matters except getting Home to God." Despite the loss of his eyesight, and arm, and a leg, his mind was free to experience joy and peace.

Then an old recording unexpectedly resurfaced, taking me back to a war movie eleven years ago. This memorable night taught me the same lesson as Denny.

Add to that a Vietnam veteran whose astonishing peace while under fire still leaves me shaking my head.

Suddenly, these three seemingly unique stories, all have something in common… The battle for freedom, and independence, within our own minds.

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"I was in this darkness. and this huge, wrinkly, beautiful old person's hand came down from above, and scooped me up, and I heard, 'Trust in me, and everything will be all right.'"

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Denny Thompson was 38 years old when a motorcycle accident left him in a coma for months. Doctors weren't optimistic. His family faced impossible decisions.

But while unconscious, Denny experienced something he still struggles to explain. A strange place. Questions. Childlike joy. Darkness. And a moment that would permanently change how he understood life.

Then he woke up.

What followed should have led to anger, despair, and asking why. Instead… something else happened. This is one of the most unforgettable conversations I've ever recorded -- and one of the clearest examples I've heard of how an encounter with God can reorder everything.

Listen all the way through. The flower opens slowly. "What if God showed you that nothing here matters nearly as much as you think?"

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"I stood up and I was in shock. It was the first time in 15 months, since breaking my back, I was completely pain-free."

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We revisit one of the most unforgettable stories in Touched by Heaven history, Rich shares what happened after fifteen months of pain from a crushed vertebra left him wondering if this was simply life now.

A former naval aviator and anesthesiologist, Rich never expected healing to come through a relic of Saint Jude--the apostle often called the saint of impossible causes.

After attending Mass and venerating a fragment of Saint Jude's forearm, everything changed. But this story isn't just about physical healing. It's about intercession, faith, unexpected encounters with God, and the fruit that follows.

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"I had never heard of Fatima, Lourdes, or Guadalupe. And then I saw her. She was heavenly, and beautiful."

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Gina had never heard of Marian apparitions--Fatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe--none of them. And then suddenly, she began having visions she couldn't explain.

She discovered that this kind of experience could change where you go to church on Sunday.

In this episode, Gina shares her experiences, including an end-times Marian vision and a powerful encounter with her mother in heaven that brought unexpected healing and closure.

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"Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins."

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There is one day each year that seems to echo across history. Fatima in 1917. Akita in 1973. A mysterious moment during adoration in San Francisco in 2023. Different places. Same invitation: return to God.

In this episode, I revisit one of the most talked-about episodes of Touched by Heaven and ask a simpler question than before--not what every sign means, but what they're asking of us.

Along the way come unexpected clues through songs like Unwritten and Anything Goes, and a surprising realization: perhaps the ending isn't fixed. Perhaps, even now, the story is still being written.

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"We didn't know about the Netflix documentary. We didn't know these two young men. We only knew that the Holy Spirit guided us here."

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Holly and Lauren stood quietly at the gravesites in a cemetery in Strongsville, Ohio, wondering why prayer had led them there. During a class assignment through Encounter School of Ministry, my two new friends had asked the Holy Spirit where they were supposed to go and pray. Neither woman knew the names on the stones or the tragic story connected to them.

Two men eventually approached and explained that these were the graves of two young men killed when a teenage girl drove her car into a building at nearly 100 miles an hour. The case later became the subject of The Crash, one of Netflix's most watched documentaries.

Holly and Lauren exchanged stunned looks. Why had they been guided here?

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