Dear Catholic Singles,
I was a 41 year old widower who had lost his wife in an accident some six years before that left me with a badly crippled daughter and many responsibilities. I had dated for about four years or so but did not find what I was looking for. So, I tried dating services. A very expensive secular service yielded slim results, a Christian service was better, but I had no success until I found Catholic Singles.
Lily was 33 year old, never dated, never married. She was a refugee in a strange country and recently liberated from a long obligation taking care of family. Catholic Singles was the first and only place she would look for a spouse. The first two contacts she made did not work out, but then she found Richard’s Profile.
Lily e-mailed me. She was not what I was expecting. But both of us had prayed to God reverently for a spouse and were willing to accept whom He sent us. I was a fat white guy and she was a short skinny Chinese girl, but I wanted to meet her. We set up a short date. I met her on the steps of the Cathedral in San Francisco. She invited me in to begin our relationship with the Rosary before the Blessed Mother. I chose the Luminous Mysteries which I recited by heart and added my own reflections to establish my “credentials” as a Catholic. We went to the business her family owned to get permission, as was the custom in her culture, to go to the Park for a Picnic. That was followed by several more visits back and fourth and a strong bond of friendship and determination to bridge the cultural gap between us and develop in the faith we shared together. Great prayer and contemplation let us both to commit to each other in marriage and our relationship solidified in the pre-Cana process and a year of happy marriage.
Lily & Richard
Lily & Richard
