THE FINAL CHAPTER : A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (Sept 2009 to Jan 2010)
At the Grotto of Our Immaculate Conception, in Lourdes
Daniel (14+ years old) (Saturday 26/9/2009)
Day 17 in Lourdes
NOVENA DAY 9
After awhile, You turned around.
"I have decided ..." You paused momentarily.
Mom turned to look at You, propping herself up on her elbow.
"I'm not gonna quit," You finished with a grim, that was quickly replaced with a little, almost reluctant smile. Mom reached over and gave your hand a little squeeze. The Holy Spirit was / is definitely working in You.
"Praise God, Daniel. That's my boy. There's nothing to quit. We'll just carry on, and do what we have to do, and leave the rest to Jesus. We'll do our part and God will do His part. When it's time to go home, Mother Mary will tell us, then we'll go home ..."
Our spirits were somehow recharged. You nodded in agreement. More importantly, your smile was back to light up your face.
Mom reached out for her pink journal, and said to You,
"Why don't we do this ..."
Flipping over to the back page of her journal, she scribbled these words down as she read each word out aloud :
"Daniel - receives - his - miracle - in - the - end."
