tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599107656780007739.post3998331127605802211..comments2012-04-17T16:52:42.606-07:00Comments on The River Floss: My Two MothersAnthony M Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13991022061493877227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599107656780007739.post-53698094747581920062010-11-30T21:33:32.875-08:002010-11-30T21:33:32.875-08:00I think I was 15 when your mother passed.
I haven&...I think I was 15 when your mother passed.<br />I haven't seen a picture of her in over<br />20 years. Seeing her lovely face tonight<br />brought back memories of some very <br />pleasant times in my life. Thank you for the<br />blog, Mr. Tony.....bcgBret Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599107656780007739.post-62439972877977032782010-08-19T09:58:18.251-07:002010-08-19T09:58:18.251-07:00You may not know this but Virginia Joseph still is...You may not know this but Virginia Joseph still is one of the most influential people in my life. She believed in me during my most immature and adolescent times and gave a lot of food for thought that has molded my outlook to this day. Mrs. Joseph and Mary are alive in my life. Great sentiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599107656780007739.post-67798661935721940422010-08-18T20:51:28.288-07:002010-08-18T20:51:28.288-07:00What a beautiful sentiment, Tony. I will never fo...What a beautiful sentiment, Tony. I will never forget that morning coming down to breakfast to see the notice of her so untimely death. Though I only knew her for two short years, I could easily see the kindness in her heart, I did not get the taskmaster part of her personality that you and JJ did as her children. But her immense patience as a teacher with me and other students was but one aspect of a much deeper kind and gentle manner that is most captured by the title Mother.<br /><br /> And as my priest said yesterday, who is Mary our Mother, but our most gracious advocate. My priest told a funny story in his homily.<br /><br /> Jesus strolling heaven one day, checking up on things sees some souls he thinks don't quite rate being in Heaven, perhaps they appear not to have spent the required time in Purgatory. In due time, he finds St. Peter and put the question to him about the less than desired occupants he has seen. "Don't blame me," Says Peter. "I turn them away at the Gates," he said. "But they go around to the back, and your Mother always lets them in."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02100570745890798416noreply@blogger.com