Welcome to the Jeff Kaven Show, where we talk about the Bible, discipleship, and evangelization,

putting it all together in living as activated disciples.

This is show 420, The Impatient Sandwich, a response to frustration.

Hello, my friend, thank response to frustration. Hello, my friend.

Thank you so much for joining me this week, and what a week it has been.

Last week I was talking to you about being with my mother, and she received last rites and the apostolic pardon.

And that was last Friday that I was talking to you.

And then Saturday night, my mother of 88 years, she passed away in the evening.

And we were all there with her.

And it was a beautiful experience where we were able to hold her hands

and pray with her. And we all gathered around her praying the rosary. And it was on the, I believe it was

the seventh Hail Mary of that particular rosary that right when I said now and at the hour of our death, amen.

My mother drew her last breath.

And she surprised us with a little gift and she smiled.

And that was it, a smile.

And on to be with the Lord.

And just a beautiful time.

But I want to thank you for praying for me and

praying for the family, praying for my mother. The funeral is going to be on the 11th of March.

It's a Tuesday. We're looking forward to being with family and experiencing the beauty of a Catholic funeral.

You know, I was a pastor for 12 years before coming back to the Catholic Church, and I can tell you that there's nothing quite like a Catholic funeral.

We as a church are so, so a rich, I guess you would say, in our tradition of sending our

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