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What a wonderful man. He surely left us too soon.
Thanks so much for posting this...
Grant them (Tony) eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them (Tony).
You are praised, God, in Zion,
and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer,
to You all flesh will come.
Grant (Tony) them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them (Tony).
Amen.
It makes me happy to know he was sometimes here on FR, and was able to see what concern and affection we all had for him. :)
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Thank you so much for posting this. What a wonderful, uplifting witness and testament from Tony on the meaning and power of true Christian faith in his life this is.
I can attest to this quality. Several years ago, I was attending the CPAC conference in Washington DC. Since I was a regular at the Tony Snow Radio Thread, he issued an open invitation for anyone who wished to, to come visit him at the Fox Studios.
I took up his gracious offer. Dinosaur and I were escorted us(by surfer boy, aka Griff) through the studio to Tony's office.
Tony greeted us, and we sat down for over an hour talking about everything under the sun. But our longest discussion was about our families.
He was so proud of his children who had just gotten their report cards and had done so very well.
The walls of his office were filled with photos of his family and framed drawing his children had done for him.
After the chat, Tony gave us the tour of the studio. Unfortunately that is where I somewhat embarrassed myself later by posting a comment about Major Garrett in jean and a ball cap - The Snowflakes didn't let me live that one down. THUD
He even let us hang out in his studio while he did a Vermont Teddy Bear commercial.
He spoke with a wisdom that comes through grace.
All of his posts where removed at his request after he took the job as Press Secretary. Private freep mails from Tony did remain on FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:tonysnow/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
The one thing with Tony Snow is that he didn’t necessarily talk about how good a Catholic he was, but just went about quietly practicing his faith, to which I understand he was a convert. Recently a friend mentioned how she just loved Tim Russert because he was such a good Catholic. Now I have no idea if he was or wasn’t a good Catholic, but the only thing I have to go on is him telling us what a good Catholic he was while he continued to support the Democratic effort to win elections. While I don’t know how many times Tony Snow went to Mass and Communion, or practiced the rest of his faith, I always tend to lean towards the man who doesn’t go for the accolades and the testimonials of others.