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The Gospel According to Julia

Was it operation three or operation four? Sometimes I lose track, there’s been a few. Strange as it may seem it was an operation that
cleared a path back to faith for me. A particularly difficult operation when it looked as if I was going to die and yet one where I became acutely conscious of a certain strength within, something on another level altogether. It’s hard to describe it except to say that it was a sense that transforms, intensifies and clarifies everything.

When I was well enough I asked to see the hospital chaplain who gave me communion. It was a step on a journey back towards faith. The
imagery of the body and blood in the Eucharist is especially powerful when you or others around you are suffering....

Taken from the Book "The Gospel according to everyone"  Click here
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