Fred Berretta, with his wife, Liz, and their children, Jonathan, 14, Evan, 13, Lauren, 9, and Benjamin, 7. After Fred was pulled to safety aboard a ferry boat, he called his wife back home in Charlotte and said, "I'm doing OK." She responded, "That's great. I'm doing OK, too." She didn't yet know about Flight 1549. "I had to explain how the plane just crashed into the Hudson River," Fred recalls with a laugh.
Sweet God above, thank you.
God is good.
I pray he is getting his family into The Church.
Be ye sure that the LORD he is God.
For it is he that hath made us and not we ourselves.
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
And into his courts with praise.
Be ye thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.
For the LORD is gracious; His mercy is everlasting
And his truth endureth from generation to generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without end, AMEN.
Praise God. What a lesson in trust!
I imagine the wife is grateful that she didn’t know what was happening. She was spared the worry of waiting. Such a beautiful family.
Nyer, best thing I have read in weeks, absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for posting. :)
Awesome!
Thanks for the wonderful Testimonial to the Chaplet and the promise offered in the power of real prayer!
Very touching story.
May his newly affirmed faith find his voice.
A friend from my church (Anglican), who is not a Roman Catholic, was also on that flight.
He prayed very intensely as the plane went down—just talking personally to God, through our one Mediator Jesus Christ. His prayers were heard as well.
“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” - James 5:16