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Today’s message was posted yesterday on my son Erik’s website. It has been used here with his permission.  www.erikosberg.com  

“Today would have been my mom’s 83rd birthday. My mom was a devout Catholic and a proud Democrat. There weren’t very many Masses she missed. Even if she was away from home, she would find a church to attend. She played the guitar and when I was in elementary school, she led a youth choir called the “Rainbow Children”. We would sing during Saturday evening masses. During my high school years, she would put Holy Water on my shoulders and knees before my wrestling matches or football games. She valued things like compassion and kindness. One time, she even pulled her car over on a busy bridge in St. Cloud to stop traffic and help a mother duck and her ducklings cross the road. With the new Pope being selected today, I imagine she would be filled with hope that he would lead with compassion and care for the sick and poor. Happy heavenly birthday mom. Your legacy lives on.”

“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.”  Winston Churchill