More Lighthouse Talk

The past two weekends I have attended the Lighthouse kiosk after all the Masses at my parish.

I have met more people in the past two weeks than ever at my parish.

And it is so wonderful.

They will come up and look, avoiding this person (me) who is standing next to the stand.
I will ask if I can help, or if they have any questions please ask.

Then we get to talking.

Sometimes it is a Scott Hahn big fan and we trade stories.. and others listen in! Sometimes it is sad elderly person who says their child has left the Church, what can she do? Sometimes it is someone who is looking for ways to explain the sacraments to a family member.

But we have gotton into the most wonderful conversations. I have learned so much and met the neatest people. Here are some of them:

An elderly lady who is devout Catholic, but doesn't read the Bible much. She fled the Nazis with her family when she was 5 and has a beautiful Austrian accent.

A grandma and her two darling teen grandsons (twins) who live in Dallas. She was getting CDs for them and the boys and I talked as I graduated from the school they just moved to in Dallas. We talked about the CDs and how they should listen to their grandma! And how she will be mailing new CDs as they come out. They were so sweet and polite.. and just good kids.

A lady whose husband does not like the Church (he is Methodist/Baptist) and how her daughters had to negotiate which Chruch to go to. Now the girls are grown and in college but still they are on a journey decided which way to go.

Many quick drop ins asking for titles on things such as suicide, pain, confession.

Father told me that one person got the Anger and Forgivness CD and that caused him to come to confession the next day! Whoo hooo!

So many lovely lives. This has been such a blessing. I know it may prove rough later on, but I am counting the blessings now.