Mother Mary Angelica
Founder of  EWTN Catholic Television 

I just have to join many of my fellow Catholics and take a moment to say good bye to a women who fought the good fight and has now run her race. She was called home to God this Sunday, Easter Sunday. She took her last breath here on earth and awoke to fund herself in the embrace of the one whom she spent her life living for, Jesus, whom she preferred to any other person. She deserves her rest now in the arms of Jesus.  

Mother Angelica was an absolutely fearless women. She spent her life following the will of the Lord as she saw it.  She realized she was but a farmed scattering seed and she would depend on the Lord to bless her work.  She was not afraid to fail. Her monastery needed money and they discovered that they could make a living roasting and selling peanuts. After a time their distributor changed and he let it be known that for the nuns to have their peanuts distributed it would be a good idea if the distributor received part of the proceeds. This Mother realized was called a "kickback" and she told the distributor that the monastery was now out of the peanut business and showed him the door. 

I remember her telling a story about a man who called into her TV show angry because he was surfing channels like he did everyday looking for pornography but he always stopped at this crazy nun and listened to what she said.  Mother was not surprised  and asked hum simply why he just didn't keep surfing?  

Mother told it how it is. She possessed a love of Jesus in Eucharist and founded an order of nuns dedicated to perpetual adoration and prayer.  Mother Angelica will be missed.  These last few years have been tough on her. She moved out of the camera lens and eventually was bed ridden by a stroke.  What a better acknowledgement of her life can there be than to be called home on Easter Sunday.  

Good bye Mother Angelica. May you rest in peace good and faithful servant of Jesus, the Son of God.