Friday, May 25, 2007

99 Balloons

This is an intensely moving video of the journal of a father of child who dies shortly after birth, ti has appeared on various other blogs recently.

Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word.

2 comments:

Ttony said...

"Intensely moving" doesn't even begin to say what this is like. My prayers for his parents.

Fr Justin said...

As you say, Father, very moving indeed. God send them more, healthy, children to comfort them. Their courage and faith are very inspiring.

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