Our Family Reconciled After Years of Estrangement

Dear Fr. Marco, In November, I sent you a prayer card for my brother, James. We had not spoken in over eight years due to a terrible argument about our father's estate. The bitterness had settled into our bones. I asked you to carry my prayer for a softening of hearts and for the courage to reach out. You wrote back that the card had been carried in St. Peter's. I didn't know what would happen. Last week, on my birthday, my phone rang. It was his number. I answered. He said, 'I've been thinking about you.' We talked for an hour. It was awkward and gentle. We are meeting for coffee next week. The wall between us isn't gone, but there is a door in it now. I believe the prayer was heard. Thank you for your quiet, faithful work. Your team does something beautiful.