tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post3046121251284073297..comments2024-03-12T18:36:35.003-05:00Comments on Catholic Architecture and History of Toledo, Ohio: To my dearest friend...Jeffrey Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05227411938775535934noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-54386977009881534972008-09-10T13:31:00.000-05:002008-09-10T13:31:00.000-05:00So sorry for your loss! I will keep Daniel in my p...So sorry for your loss! I will keep Daniel in my prayers.<BR/><BR/>If they wish to curb the growing trend of alcohol related deaths they need to enforce the laws that are already in place. <BR/><BR/>I am speaking as a 18 year member of AA. It is only through the grace of God I did not ever kill someone.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-22047162164889073662008-09-08T21:22:00.000-05:002008-09-08T21:22:00.000-05:00Thank you all for your support. It has been overwh...Thank you all for your support. It has been overwhelmingly amazing.Alex Frieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964336900862836888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-57332805248419707132008-09-08T11:02:00.000-05:002008-09-08T11:02:00.000-05:00While drunk driving is a horrible act which needs ...While drunk driving is a horrible act which needs to be condemned and eliminated, the 'hit-and-run' aspect is what really drives it home for me (as an avid cyclist myself). It's one thing to disregard both one's self and others by getting behind the wheel while intoxicated, but it's a whole other act to flee the scene after an accident occurs.<BR/><BR/>However hard it is though, I do agree with Irene. At the funeral Rob Duncan, Daniel's father, said that he felt sorry for the drunk driver who took his son's life because it didn't sound like the young man had the same opportunities and light which Daniel had both in and through his life. While my first reaction had been to call that drunk driver a murderer and wish for his punishment and demise, Daniel's fathers statement of forgiveness and pity is a powerful one.<BR/><BR/>While I never had the privledge to meet Daniel and know of him only through his passing, I have been touched by his life and the values that he and his family represent.Gary Burkholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995280001308687537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-47238711035488564012008-09-08T10:32:00.000-05:002008-09-08T10:32:00.000-05:00Wow,Please know of my prayers for you and him.Wow,<BR/><BR/>Please know of my prayers for you and him.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-79503764417199807012008-09-07T13:32:00.000-05:002008-09-07T13:32:00.000-05:00Very touching. I most regret my inability to help...Very touching. I most regret my inability to help diminish your pain. But as you have implied, you have a better comforter anyway.<BR/><BR/>And I can understand the feelings of those who wished for greater enforcement. But I think that as good Catholics, in our calmer moments we will remember that revenge punishment cannot accomplish anything. I can assure you of that from a lifetime of working with such people. <BR/><BR/>Improvement requires a spiritual change -- something which we can help with in our roles as the hands of Jesus, but which we also are unable to accomplish by ourselves. The Holy Spirit is there for that purpose, and it is our responsibilty to forgive and to invoke him.irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962225409443023414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-36670795039669305542008-09-06T10:12:00.000-05:002008-09-06T10:12:00.000-05:00Alex, I am so very sorry to hear about this! My pr...Alex, I am so very sorry to hear about this! My prayers are with this young man's family, as well as with you and the rest of his friends.<BR/><BR/>It is also my prayer that justice will be done, to the good of this young man's memory and the good of all the rest of us who ever have to get near a road. The state of Ohio is FINALLY clueing into the fact that drunk driving is NOT just a traffic offense. If the driver in this case is convicted according to law, I will hope for the full weight of the law. Nothing else would be justice. Let God do the forgiving.ShariYShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248944687701144161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-20335966790458015752008-09-05T23:01:00.000-05:002008-09-05T23:01:00.000-05:00I read about his passing.I'm so sorry.I read about his passing.<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry.Epijunkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095408875283368443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-48764091851867409742008-09-05T22:39:00.000-05:002008-09-05T22:39:00.000-05:00That is tragic. Thanks for sharing his story with...That is tragic. Thanks for sharing his story with us.Kevin Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947339190946199446noreply@blogger.com