St. Damien Of Molokai… Doing God’s Will Doesn’t Mean He Just Hands It To You
By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Feeling impelled to follow a certain path in life led a Flemish youth from Belgium, where his father had planned for him to enter the business world after college, to “the far side of the world” as a Catholic priest, where he died from the leprosy of the Hawaiian natives he had traveled to serve, fully aware of the dangers of the disease, a speaker here said.The young man became Fr. Damien of Molokai, canonized in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI and known throughout the world for his dedicated service as a missionary in the nineteenth century.Although God has a plan for everyone, Fr. Damien’s life is a reminder that people may have to insist…Continue Reading