![]() I learned much more than I had ever known. But suddenly, before 2000 I decided to watch EWTN and nothing else, as a Lenten penance! That literally changed my life. ![]() After school, I would watch my own shows and music videos, hogging up the TV in the living room in addition to the one in my bedroom. In my teenage years, I became depressed because I didn’t really know how to deal with my physical disability. She sent a letter along with a package of her mini books and assured us of her prayers. She had guts for sure.Ībout a year before that, when I needed surgery on my spine and had to be hospitalized for the 1st time in my life, my parents wrote to Mother Angelica. I was impressed by Mother’s commentary highlighting obedience to the Vicar of Christ, and I remember the time she announced that her sisters would be going back to wearing traditional habits. During World Youth Day 1993, I watched and followed the Pope’s visit to Denver. Now that I that I reflect on it, my having muscular dystrophy and being in a wheelchair led to quite a bit of involuntary exposure to EWTN. Due to my insistence, we threw it out that very evening-I remembered what Mother said. That Christmas, someone gave a Ouija board to my sister and me as a present. Once, I heard Mother Angelica speak about the dangers of the occult and playing with Ouija boards. At the same time however, I took in bits and pieces of teachings, more than I would have cared to admit. ![]() My mother would always leave it on until it became like background noise, which caused me to complain that the electricity was being wasted. As an adolescent, I wasn’t all that interested in watching EWTN. Everything I am today, spiritually speaking, is in some way or another, a result of Mother’s cooperation with the grace of God.īack in the early 1990s my family got cable, in large part because Mother Angelica’s network was on it. I am deeply indebted to her for teaching me to love Jesus Christ and his Church. Mother Angelica played a crucial role in my life. ![]() ![]() Shortly after it was over, it was announced that Mother Angelica had died. On the evening of Easter Sunday, I tuned into EWTN to watch the Pope’s message. ![]()
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