I should have written about these things years ago, but never thought I would forget the events or wait so long to write about them. It reminds me of St Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 13:9: At present I know partially; then I shall know fully as I am fully known. With this in mind, I continue the story
Our priest friend, Fr Bob, was introduced to us by another person I met while writing a feature story for a Journalism class at county college. I was interested in the Apparitions of the Blessed Mother and found a woman who had been visiting Conyers, Ga, a site not yet approved. Christina also knew a great deal about other apparition sites like Medjugorje in Bosnia Herzegovina. She told me about the Blue Army Shrine for Our Lady of Fatima which was about 45 minutes away. Fr Bob was the priest assigned there at the time.
He remained for a some years and during that period I attended Masses at the shrine, went to him for confession and met to speak with him about obstacles in my life back then. He came to bless our house and ate with us a couple of times. My friend told me about his wife, Mary Alice, and gave me a book about her life written by a niece. Several of my friends went to assist him in correlating his wife’s diary writings, but I never heard if they ever completed the work; just one more unknown in this story.
The book Angel Without Wings written by Father Bob’s niece, M. Katherine Mason Weil, documents her many sufferings and also describes her as an extremely private and humble woman who didn’t want anything revealed about her spiritual gifts until after her death. I have no doubt about her holiness and spiritual gifts because of our friendship with Father Bob. The picture below was copied from the book Angel Without Wings. It was one her many visions described therein and painted by one of the Dominic nuns she served with.
DJ Pasternak, Author 