A LONG AWAITED FATHER AND SON CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.........

Just in time for Christmas 2009, a father/son re-uniting occurred in Brazil, that was five years in the waiting. David Goldman, whose son Sean was kidnapped by his mother after she took him home to her native Brazil and then divorced his father, only to subsequently die and leave her son with her new husband and his family, started Sean's natural father's five year quest to get him back. Many roadblocks and disappointments followed over and over, but David Goldman never abandoned his attempt to be reunited with his son, despite the legal impediments put in his way. Last Wed. Dec. 23, the Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled in David Goldman's favor to attain legal custody of his son Sean, and father and son were reunited in time for Christmas Day and return to their family home in New Jersey USA. I consider it a current year Christmas Miracle, affirming the primacy of family over political entanglements or personal wealth. The right of a biological father to raise his son prevailed over the divisions and diversions that were the root cause of this unfortunate occurrence in the first place. On Holy Family Day, it is another reminder that Love is meant to be at the heart of Family relationships. Thank God this Christmas, common sense and human decency, were in the mind and heart of the Chief Justice of Brazil, as he interpreted the law and returned 9 year old Sean Goldman, to his rightful father. Divorce and the alienation of personal animosity are a selfish, sinful, stain on the truth of God's plan for Family life. May the Goldman father and son's re-uniting be a renewed catalyst for the furtherance of God's Family within all families.........In the Faith, Fidelity, and Fellowship of Being Like the Holy Family, Fr. Troy