Mother Angelica RIP

[reminiscere]

Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA died today - Easter Sunday - at 5 PM Central Time.

May she rest in peace!

[Makarioi]

Awww, In the Jubilee Year of Mercy and on Easter Sunday.  May she rest in peace.  

[truthfinder]

RIP

[mariahLVzJP2]

May God grant her eternal rest! 

We need more peeps with that zeal in this world.

[vee]

Awwww!

Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord, she really deserves it!

[Era Might]

A remarkable woman and a remarkable life, I have fond memories of watching her. A fitting end on Easter Sunday.

[Maximilianus]

"Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement"

Truth.

Requiescat in Pace Madre Angelica 

[Comingback]

May she rest in peace. 

[Benedictus]

inspiring woman and religious. Will keep praying for her, although I'm sure she's now better placed to actually pray for me.

[Ash Wednesday]

God bless her. How fitting and what a blessing she was taken home on Easter Sunday. May she rest in peace.

[vee]

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/schedule-of-events-mother-angelicas-funeral-49144/

[Seven77]

Man, I could say so much about Mother Angelica and her influence on me. Growing up, in my adolescence, my mom used to leave EWTN on all the time. A year or 2 before the Great Jubilee year 2000, I decided to watch the channel and nothing else as a Lenten penance! That literally changed my life, and I got hooked in. I learned so much from watching, and I really enjoyed listening to Mother Angelica every week. My faith as it is today is a direct or indirect consequence of Mother Angelica's cooperation with the grace of God. “Mother” is right…

Oh, and I'm not bragging, I had the blessing of meeting her when she gave a talk here in DC, at the Basilica of the National Shrine. She was the real deal, funny, faithful, and down to earth. Praised be Jesus Christ for giving her to us.

[John Paul]

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/the-shenanigans-at-mother-angelicas-first-vows-64888/

I have a book on her and found some of this from it.The book left out some parts.I use to watch the Classics every week. and the Rosary when I was very little because I thought they had funny hair and wore capes.

[PhuturePriest]

I can very confidently say I would not be where I am spiritually had it not been for EWTN's vital role in my formative years. I can remember watching it as a very young child with my sister, praying the Rosary with Mother Angelica and the sisters every night at 8:30 (still my favorite recording of it), watching Mother Angelica Live, and enjoying other great programs such as The Pure Life and Life on the Rock. Without Mother, I would probably still be the godless heathen I was from 10-14, and I would never have the inspiration to try and be strong and firm in my faith and convictions regardless of what others think. My visit to EWTN that I had when I was 10 was so impacting that, despite my stupidity which would ensue very quickly afterwards, it always stuck in my mind as the true model of life I really yearned for.

Her death has proven to me that she is the model of ecumenism. She was always firm in her beliefs, but she was simultaneously always kind and loving to everyone, regardless of what they believed (though they were sure to hear about it, in Mother's distinctive irrepressible flavor of instructing the ignorant.) Despite being so unabashedly Catholic, protestant churches and secular businesses all over Hanceville are displaying signs honoring Mother. If that isn't the spirit of the ecumenical movement, I'm not sure what is.

She loved all souls dearly, and it was very difficult not to love her back in return. I hope one day in my lifetime to see her canonized.

[Seven77]

More of my thoughts on Mother Angelica:

http://www.chariotfire.com/?p=1626

On the evening of Easter Sunday, I tuned into EWTN to watch the Pope’s message. Shortly after it was over, it was announced that Mother Angelica had died. I was stunned to hear the news. Mother Angelica played a crucial role in my life. I am deeply indebted to her for teaching me to love Jesus Christ and his Church. Everything I am today, spiritually speaking, is in some way or another, a result of Mother’s cooperation with the grace of God.

Back in the early 1990s my family got cable, in large part because Mother Angelica’s network was on it. As an adolescent, I wasn’t all that interested in watching EWTN. My mother would always leave it on until it became like background noise, which caused me to complain that the electricity was being wasted. At the same time however, I took in bits and pieces of teachings, more than I would have cared to admit. Once, I heard Mother Angelica speak about the dangers of the occult and playing with Ouija boards. That Christmas, someone gave a Ouija board to my sister and me as a present. Due to my insistence, we threw it out that very evening—I remembered what Mother said.

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. During World Youth Day 1993, I watched and followed the Pope’s visit to Denver. 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. She had guts for sure.

About 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. She sent a letter along with a package of her mini books and assured us of her prayers. I never forgot her kindness to me.

In my teenage years, I became depressed because I didn’t really know how to deal with my physical disability. 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. But suddenly, before 2000 I decided to watch EWTN and nothing else, as a Lenten penance! That literally changed my life. I learned much more than I had ever known. It was like I discovered the treasure in the field, and the pearl of great price that Jesus mentions in his parables. Pretty soon, my Catholic faith came alive and I was hooked on watching the network because I actually wanted to. From that point on, I looked forward to watching Mother Angelica Live every week.

Mother Angelica taught me so much about Jesus Christ, his Mother, and devotion to the Holy Eucharist. From listening to her, I learned that I could offer my suffering in union with the sufferings of Christ on the Cross on behalf and for the good of others. This teaching (which I’m sure Mother practiced til the end of her life) was reinforced when my family I went to Lourdes, where I received the grace of acceptance.

I really enjoyed watching Mother Angelica and I always looked forward to seeing her every week. She was so entertaining and engaging. I especially loved the humor with which she read the Gospels and added her own colorful dialogue. Her down-to-earth spontaneity and comedic timing made her a delight to listen to.

Before her stroke, my family and I had the tremendous blessing of meeting Mother in person. That was in the Great Jubilee Year 2000, the year we had gone to Lourdes. And it so happened, according to Divine Providence, to be on my birthday. It was one of the best birthday gifts I’ve ever received. She gave a talk at the Basilica of the National Shrine here in Washington DC. Just as my family and I arrived, Mother Angelica and one of her sisters were making their way from the parking lot! We got to take a picture with her, which I still have. After her talk, which was a lot more fun than a standup comic’s routine, she redirected the applause to Jesus by pointing to him in the monstrance on the altar.

In 2001, Mother Angelica appeared on her show one night with her mouth contorted and wearing an eye patch. I was in awe over the fact that she had a stroke but decided to make at television appearance nevertheless.When she could no longer host her live program, I missed her greatly.

Her words touched me; they are indelibly etched on my heart and soul. Whenever I find myself worrying about the future, Mother Angelica’s quotes about trusting in Divine Providence and living in the present moment give me a sense of peace and hope. Sometimes I think about how God always came through for her, how she founded a television network with hardly any skill, knowledge, or money. She trusted in God, like Abraham (who Mother enjoyed teasing) or Our Lady, always willing to take another leap of faith. I love her definition of faith: “one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.”

After reading Raymond Arroyo’s biography of Mother Angelica, I got a new appreciation of everything that Mother went through. If a movie is ever produced on her life, I hope and pray they stick to the script. I also bought Raymond’s other books on Mother’s prayer life––I bought one for one of my home health nurses, a Pentecostal who was fascinated by Mother Angelica.

There is a lot more that I could say about Mother, but for the sake of brevity I will conclude by saying that I will never forget Mother’s practical, childlike approach to holiness. As she reminds us, “We’re all called to be great saints. Don’t miss the opportunity.” A wise Franciscan priest once told me, “[Listen to Mother Angelica,] she will take you to heaven.”

Fittingly, Mother left this earth in the Jubilee Year of Mercy: EWTN personality, Father Charles Connor pointed out that just as Mother Teresa will be remembered for the corporal works of mercy, Mother Angelica will be remembered for the spiritual works of mercy. Thank you for everything Mother Angelica, especially for constantly reminding us that God loves us and you do too.