Messages from Heaven- Light in the Darkness

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In this episode, we explore powerful moments where signs of hope break through grief, sharing stories that remind us we're not alone even in our darkest hours. These personal reflections reveal how God's presence can be felt through unexpected glimmers of light.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Thank you so much for joining us.
Hello everyone and welcome backto CC Airwaves.

(00:33):
I'm Paige Mattillo and todayI'm joined by a new voice.
You'll be hearing a lot morefrom this summer, jen Capsio.
Now I know you're probablyexpecting to hear from Joel
Hansel, but don't worry, he'sjust taking a little break, but
he'll be back and, lucky for us,I have a fantastic intern
helping me out with the podcastthis summer.
So, jen, how are you today?

Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm doing great.
I'm so excited to be here.
It's been a little bit sinceI've been behind the microphone
on a podcast, so bear with me alittle bit as I'm kind of
getting my bearings here.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Our listeners will be very forgiving.
Yeah, so Jen, why don't youtell them a little bit about
yourself, where you go to school, what your internship is?
Just you know.
Give a little background.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, so I just finished my third year at Ohio
State University.
I'm currently studyingstrategic communications and
kind of exploring what I want todo with my life, learn my path
a little bit, but I'm superexcited to be working here at
Catholic Cemeteries working as amarketing intern.

(01:38):
I have a lot on my plate and alot that I'm excited to explore,
try out, so yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
That's great.
And, listeners, you'll behearing a lot from her'm excited
to explore, try out.
So, yeah, that's great.
And, listeners, you'll behearing a lot from her this
summer.
She'll be with us until Augustand she'll also be managing our
CC Airwaves social media.
So make sure that you give hera follow and show her some
support.
So today we will be exploringthe quiet and powerful moments
where light breaks through theshadows of grief.
These stories that we're goingto share are reminding us that

(02:08):
even in the darkest hours, we'renot alone.
Through personal reflections ofloss, we will hear how God's
presence can be felt, throughgentle signs and unexpected
glimmers of hope.
These moments may seem small,but they shine with the promise
that love endures and lightalways returns.
If you ever looked for comfortin your sorrow or longed for a
sign that your loved one is near, this episode is for you.

(02:30):
These stories won't erase thepain, but they might help you
see, just for a moment, thelight in your own darkness.
This first story was submittedby Avery Z.
The night my dad passed away, astorm came in fast loud, windy
and dark, almost like the skywas grieving right along with us
.
We had just gotten home fromhospice.

(02:52):
Emotionally drained from thetears and goodbyes, I sat on the
porch with a blanket justtrying to breathe.
The thunder rolled low in thedistance and everything felt
incredibly heavy.
I remember whispering a quickprayer for him and asking God to
take care of him, and thensuddenly the porch light clicked
on.
It blinked once, then again,and then it stayed lit.

(03:15):
That light hadn't worked inweeks.
The bulb was out and I keptforgetting to replace it.
No one was inside, no motiondetectors, nothing.
But it glowed steady and warm.
My dad always said to leave thelight on for family when
they're on their way home.
That night I knew he had madeit home.
I think that that story is theperfect embodiment of light in

(03:40):
the darkness, and not onlybecause it included a literal
light in the darkness, but it'sthe fact that it provided her
hope in the moment where she wasat her lowest, and it reminded
her that her father is on hisway home to our God.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yeah, I think it definitely just like shows that
they're always with you, andeven they show that they're
still there looking down on you,even when you don't think they
are.
And I think what's so awesomeabout this?
When she needed it most, shesaw that sign and know that her
dad is not far.
He's just within reach and he'sthere looking down on her

(04:20):
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
And that was a perfect way to state it and he
will always be there for her.
He will always be looking downon her be there for her.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
He will always be looking down on her.
Yeah, so I I really like thatbecause I just think when, when
it comes to stuff like this, youoften like feel very alone,
especially when you've lostsomeone you love and someone you
were so close with, like aparent, and just like
remembering those, those thingsthat they used to say she had
mentioned that her dad alwayssaid keep the light on, and so I

(04:53):
just think it's really, reallybeautiful to know that he still
wants to keep the light on forthose who are going to come home
, and remembering those littlemoments of your parents or
someone so close to you is agreat way to keep their memory
alive.

Speaker 1 (05:09):
I agree, and now Jen is going to share our second
story.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
So this story was submitted by Jennifer T.
My grandma always had candlesgoing.
It didn't matter if it was aholiday or just a regular
Tuesday night.
There's always a little flameflickering somewhere in the
house.
She used to say even thesmallest light can change the
whole room.
After she passed, I decided tolight a candle in her memory on
the anniversary of her death.

(05:34):
It felt like something shewould have liked Simple,
peaceful.
Honestly, I didn't expect it tolast.
The house gets drafty and mostcandles go out before long, but
not this one.
I lit it in the morning andwhen I checked on it later that
night it was still burning.
I had gone through the wholeday and it never flickered once.

(05:54):
By the next morning it hadfinally gone out, but only after
the wax had completely melted.
That little flame held onthrough the night, just like her
, and in that warm, steady lightI felt her like she was still
there, offering quiet comfort,just like she always had.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
I am not a big candle person, but I know my boyfriend
is, and usually when he lightsa candle it does not last that
long.
It usually is taken out by adraft or you know something will
knock out the flame.
I truly think that that was asign from her grandmother,

(06:36):
especially since it lastedthrough the whole night.
She said that usually her houseis so drafty that most candles
usually go out.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
I mean that's truly what I believe.
Once again, it's just like Iget that because I'm a big
candle person and my candlesalways seem to go out,
especially we have an olderhouse, so something always puts
them out.
But I think just having hergrandma keep that flame alive,

(07:04):
or just knowing that her grandmawas keeping that flame alive,
especially it being on theanniversary of her death I was
just about to say that it wasthe anniversary of her death
Just her being like no, I'mholding your hand through this
one and just remember me andknow that I'm here with you.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
I will move on to our next story.
This story was submitted byJulia B.
After my miscarriage, thenursery became the quietest room
in the house.
Everything was still in placethe crib, the tiny clothes
folded neatly in drawers, therocking chair by the window.
I couldn't bring myself to packanything away.
Some days I would just sit inthe chair holding a blanket we

(07:46):
had bought when we found out wewere expecting.
One night I sat there longerthan usual.
I must have dozed off with theblanket in my lap, curled in the
chair, surrounded by silence.
Sometime in the middle of thenight I woke up.
The room was bathed inmoonlight and then I saw it
Something reflecting in the crib, a rainbow, faint but clear, a

(08:09):
bright spot of color restingright where my baby would have
slept.
I didn't move, I just sat therewatching it, tears spilling
down my cheeks.
There was no prism, no glass toexplain it, just moonlight and
color and peace.
In that moment I felt her, notlost, not gone.
Just near, somehow in thequietest corner of our home,

(08:30):
there was light and in thatlight a message she was okay,
and so one day I would be too.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
So what I like about this one is I think it really
shows when you need it the most.
It it comes to you, it's forwhatever reason.
On this one particular nightshe just ended up staying there,
falling asleep, and I think Godknew she needed it that night,
and there's a reason she woke upin the middle of the night to

(09:00):
see that.

Speaker 1 (09:02):
And I think that a lot of these stories, what they
have in common is they providecomfort, these messages from
heaven that we're receiving orthat these individuals have
received.
They provide them in comfortsof moments when they feel their
lowest, kind of like Jen wasjust saying you know, you need a
sign, you pray and God provides.

Speaker 2 (09:21):
And it kind of just like in for a very cliche term.
But he works in mysterious waysExactly and you never know.
You can pray for it all thetime, but he works in mysterious
ways, exactly, and you neverknow.
You can pray for it all the time, but you never know when you're
going to receive that sign.
But he knows when you need itand he will give you that sign
when it is right for you,because it's not always the
right timing, sometimes it mightbe further out of reach than

(09:44):
you think, but it will come whenyou need it the most and when
he knows you need it the most.
That's a great point, jen.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
Well, that is all the stories that we have for you
today.
Thank you so much for listeningand for being so welcoming to
Jen, as I am assuming you'rebeing.
If you have received a messagefrom heaven and would like to
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