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Lillie, A Motherless Child
The true life story of Lillie Fritsche. One of sixteen siblings, born in the depression era. Lillie's mother passed away when she was seven years old. Follow her journey from a motherless child to an inspiring woman of faith.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 2, 2015
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April 1, 2021
This author’s story is sure proof that when God’s grace is upon you, nothing can ever go wrong. She trusted in God, and God showed her favor and protection. Lillie grew up in a family of sixteen siblings. She was the oldest of the last three siblings. So, she became like a mother to her last two siblings.
Hers was a happy and God-fearing family. The children grew up taking care of themselves and helping their mother with the house chores. The way she told it, theirs was a family that could be the envy of her neighborhood. The older siblings got married and left home and she stayed home and cared for her younger siblings, Raymond and Bernice.
When tragic struck with Martha, their mother's death, their father, Robert, a very kindly man, did his best to hold the family together. Lillie was a constant sufferer of ear disease. A disease that at one time prompted her doctor to give her only a week to live. But with prayers and her trust in God’s mercy, she not only survived beyond the one week, but lived to become eighty-something years, married three times, and had two loving daughters.
I cannot end this review without correcting some religious misconceptions raised by the author about the Catholic faith. When giving Peter the key to heaven, our Lord gave him the power to forgive sins. Whomever sin he forgave on earth was forgiven them in heaven, our Lord told him. That’s the law of Confessions for you. As for asking Mary to pray for us, it is a gain, not a loss to do so. The Catholic invocation to Mary is in the Bible. Check out the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, her greeting, and Mary’s response. On the cross, Christ Himself gave us his mother, Mary as our intercessor before he died. If we believe that Peter is Christ’s successor on earth, so are all Christ priests, and therefore Reverend Fathers. However, while some of these misconceptions are part and parcel of the Catholic faith, their deeper meaning and spirituality matter.
Hers was a happy and God-fearing family. The children grew up taking care of themselves and helping their mother with the house chores. The way she told it, theirs was a family that could be the envy of her neighborhood. The older siblings got married and left home and she stayed home and cared for her younger siblings, Raymond and Bernice.
When tragic struck with Martha, their mother's death, their father, Robert, a very kindly man, did his best to hold the family together. Lillie was a constant sufferer of ear disease. A disease that at one time prompted her doctor to give her only a week to live. But with prayers and her trust in God’s mercy, she not only survived beyond the one week, but lived to become eighty-something years, married three times, and had two loving daughters.
I cannot end this review without correcting some religious misconceptions raised by the author about the Catholic faith. When giving Peter the key to heaven, our Lord gave him the power to forgive sins. Whomever sin he forgave on earth was forgiven them in heaven, our Lord told him. That’s the law of Confessions for you. As for asking Mary to pray for us, it is a gain, not a loss to do so. The Catholic invocation to Mary is in the Bible. Check out the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, her greeting, and Mary’s response. On the cross, Christ Himself gave us his mother, Mary as our intercessor before he died. If we believe that Peter is Christ’s successor on earth, so are all Christ priests, and therefore Reverend Fathers. However, while some of these misconceptions are part and parcel of the Catholic faith, their deeper meaning and spirituality matter.
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