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Dear Danny,
Thank you very, very much for
your letter.
Like you, I, too, was without
a father. In my own case, I
never, ever saw him. He left
my mother when I was a baby.
It seemed to me, as I was growing
up, that he never loved me at
all, for he never stayed.
I do not know how long your
Dad had been with you before
he left, but for an hour, a
week, a month, a year ... if
he stayed, Danny, it was because
he loved you. If he loved
you once, he will love you always.
Why he does not come back I
cannot say. There are many reasons
why this may be ... and you
and I must leave that in God's
Hands.
I know the loneliness and even
the anger and resentment that
you probably experience, as
I did. I did not feel very valuable
... although I was.
And you are, too,
Danny. Beyond
words ... beyond measure!
... although it is very likely
that you do not see it now in
your pain.
Danny, you must somehow understand
this: your first father is
God the Father.
It is God Himself!
He is more
a Father to you than any father
on this earth will ever be.
He knows you intimately. Inside
out! He knows your heart, your
pain, your need for love, for
protection, for a sense of value
and worth –
... and, Danny, He will
give you all this ... and
even much more! ...
because He
is God ...
and because you are His son,
too!
I would like to ask a favor
of you, Danny, and it is this:
remember – etch
into your heart –
the words I am about to
give you. They are not mine.
They are meant for little boys
like you ... and even for grown
men like me.
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“Can a mother be
without tenderness
for the child of
her womb, uncaring
for the infant at
her breast?
She
may forget
thee ... but
I
will never
forget thee”
and
“Who among you,
being fathers, if
his son asks him
for a fish, will
give him a serpent,
or if he asks him
for an egg, will
give him a scorpion?
If you then, being
sinful, know how
to give good gifts
to your children,
how much more
will your Father
in Heaven give
what is good to
those that ask Him?”
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These are God’s words.
What they mean, Danny, is this:
God your Father loves
you more
than even the most loving mother
loves her own child; even
more
than a father loves his own
son! More, Danny!
More!
I do not tell you not to seek
your father on earth who is
gone – but I do tell you to
first seek your Father
in Heaven Who is
present, Who has never
left you, and Who never
will.
I looked many years for the
first one, for my father on
earth ... and never found him.
But the moment I began to look
for my Father in Heaven, I found
Him at once.
And He never left me ...
or let me go.
And he will not leave
you
Danny, or let you go!
Most children, I think, come
to understand God, or at least
to see something of God’s love,
through their fathers on Earth.
For us, Danny, it's been a little
different: For you and me God
made the path direct
– right to
Him. He reached
down ... and took hold of
us.
He is reaching down to you now.
Danny ... reach
back up!
With Love in the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Mother of God,
Joseph Mary del Campos
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