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    Forgotten: A Journey into Friendship
    Forgotten: A Journey into Friendship
    Forgotten: A Journey into Friendship
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    Forgotten: A Journey into Friendship

    By Delphine Levesque

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    "I believe with all my heart that I must tell my story. From the moment that it all began on All Souls Day in November of 2008, I knew that God must have a purpose for permitting the Souls in Purgatory to visit me." These words of the author taken from the preface of this book are enough to capture the interest of anyone who believes in life after death. Our thinking about the afterlife is often influenced by what comes out of the movie industry and books of fiction. The intent is to entertain by scaring us. The story presented here offers a different perspective. From childhood, the author was open to the truth that Souls do seek our help to achieve the level of purification that the Catholic faith teaches is necessary to enter Heaven. Her journey that began with a frightening experience developed into a friendship that can inspire us to pay attention to why a place might be haunted and what we can do to assist the Souls of the Departed. This book is an easy read and very inspirational. It will change the way you look at life after death and at haunted places.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 27, 2013
    ISBN9781481719377
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      Forgotten - Delphine Levesque

      © 2013 by Delphine Levesque. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 03/22/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1938-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1937-7 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      ABOUT THE TITLE

      FORGOTTEN

      FOREWORD

      IN APPRECIATION

      PREFACE

      1.      WHAT IS PURGATORY?

      2.      SEEDS OF DEVOTION

      3.      DAD

      4.      FRANKIE

      5.      HAUNTED HOUSES

      6.      STEPHANIE

      7.      WITH LOVE FROM ROME

      8.      OUR LADY

      9.      VISITATIONS

      10.      A SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

      11.      THE CONSECRATION

      12.      OTHERS

      13.      SILENT MESSAGES

      14.      SACRIFICE, SUFFERING AND SANCTITY

      15.      INTERCESSORS OR FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

      16.      LET’S MAKE A DEAL

      17.      YEARNING, WAITING AND PRAYING

      18.      PUBLISHING

      19.      SACRED SILENCE

      20.      JOURNAL SELECTIONS

      21.      THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY

      EPILOGUE

      AFTERTHOUGHT

      POETRY

      RESOURCES

      DEDICATION

      To Our Lady, Mother of Mercy,

      Who comforts the Souls in Purgatory

      To my husband who believes

      And to

      Msgr. Richard Nugent who believed

      And encouraged me

      To tell the story.

      May he rest in peace.

      IN GRATITUDE TO

      Father Richard DiGiulio

      Those we Love remain with us

      For Love itself lives on

      And Cherished Memories never fade

      Because a Loved One is gone . . .

      Those we Love

      Can never be more than a thought apart

      For as long as there is a Memory

      They’ll live on in the Heart.

      Author Unknown

      Our dead are among the invisible,

      not among the absent.

      Pope John XXIII

      ABOUT THE TITLE

      It is a good and comforting feeling to be remembered at anytime and in any way. That unexpected card in the mail that says someone is thinking of you, or the birthday cards that begin to accumulate just before your special day remind you that you are loved.

      But to be forgotten hurts. That thought came to me once years ago when I happened to pass a very neglected cemetery. I thought about what it must have been like when each one of those graves was fresh and the mourners remembered the departed one for some years thereafter. Then as time passed, they were forgotten. When I got home, the poem Forgotten came to me and I wrote it out just as you see it here. I added it to my portfolio. It wasn’t until 2008 that it had significance.

      FORGOTTEN

      How many times in passing

      I turn my head to gaze

      Upon the sea of headstones

      That stand amidst the maze

      Of row on row of sorrow

      Where tears have greened the grass

      And lives of long-lost loved ones

      Are buried in the mass.

      I smile to see the flowers

      By that attended plot

      But wonder in deep sadness

      Of those that some forgot

      As time dissolves the memory

      And others take their place

      My heart sends out a prayer for them

      May God their souls embrace.

      FOREWORD

      Delphine was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1939. She is the child of Sylvester and Lillian Szczechowski. Her primary education was in South Bend at St. Adalbert’s Catholic School taught by the Felician Sisters.

      She was raised from a devout Catholic family. She was formed in not only the teachings of the Church but also brought up in a prayerful atmosphere. Being a faithful and devoted follower of the Lord Jesus all her early life, led her to be enrolled in the Felician Sisters Convent in Livonia, Michigan in 1957. This was until 1970. Her life as a nun during those years only made her a more devoted disciple of the Lord Jesus.

      In 1971 she married Robert Levesque. They have two children, David and Jennifer who are doing well. Robert and Delphine live in the Lockport, NY area. They are devoted members of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Swormville, NY.

      As a result of Delphine’s devotedness and prayerfulness, the Lord God has chosen her to be one of His instruments to pray especially for the deceased—those who are in purgatory. Actually, we are all called to pray for our brothers and sisters who have died. However, in a particular way Delphine has helped to point out the responsibility we all have in regard to this act of charity.

      In this wonderful book entitled Forgotten, A Journey Into Friendship, there are numerous incidents indicating the desire for prayers of intercession with regard to the departed souls. This book would be a follow up from a book entitled Get Us Out of Here! by Nicky Eltz which tells the experiences of Maria Simma who was visited by the departed souls.

      The Sacred Traditions of the Roman Catholic Church have always taught us to pray for one another. What better way to live this teaching than by praying for those who have died? It is also stated in the record book of Maccabees

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