News June 27, 2024

News from Good News Ministries:

• A dog named GG
• Plus great links to great content!

A dog named GG

One month after my husband Ralph passed away, I decided to adopt a dog to bring new life into my home. I named her GG, which stands for God’s Grace.

She is quite a character. Two years old, rescued from the animal shelter, she is delighted to be my companion. She cuddles. She follows me around like a shadow. And she tries to play with my old Shih Tzu-mix, Mona, which makes me laugh.

Mona is a very chill, sleepy dog. Most of the time, she wishes GG would leave her alone. But GG is so full of enthusiasm that she doesn’t “read” Mona’s signals (like growling and displaying her teeth). While GG needs to learn to be polite, I can’t help but appreciate what she’s teaching me about life.

To cheer myself, I began to post pictures of GG on my Facebook page (facebook.com/terry.modica). Everyone loves cute dog pictures. Then I started to think of stories to go with the photos. I finally published one of them as a modern-day parable. See wordbytes.org/modern-day-parables/the-parable-of-the-dog-named-gigi.

Over the many years of posting articles on WordBytes.org, I’ve added a few that are modern-day parables (wordbytes.org/parables). These stories are often used in children’s classrooms but they are very poignant for adults. Hopefully GG will inspire me to write more stories with her as the hero.

Let me know what you think!

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Explore our Catholic Video Library for Faith Growth

Give yourself a personal retreat day; watch videos from our library of faith-builders:

• Footsteps to Heaven
• Guest Spots
• Terry & Ralph’s Good News for Today
• Quick Faith-builders with Terry Modica
• God’s Amazing Word for Miracles
• God’s Radical Love for Marriage
• Come Holy Spirit!
• Praying with Power
• How to Pray in the Power of the Holy Spirit
• Go Deeper into Holy Mass
• Take, Eat, Drink: Understanding the Catholic Mass
• How to Turn Your Crosses Into Resurrections
• The Apostolate of the Laity in the Church Crisis
• Personal Testimonies
• Prayer Meditations
• Meditations without Words

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Thank you for reading this newsletter.

Your servant in Christ,
Terry Modica, Executive Director
Good News Ministries
gnm.org

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