Ed Coffey

Life is a journey from God back to God. Live the journey with grace, humility and giving glory to God. #GloryBeToGod #CatholicTwitter #GodIsGood

On this day 56 years ago, three men fell from the sky in a freezing, half-dead spacecraft and landed in the Pacific Ocean. They had been given almost no chance of coming home alive. Six days earlier, astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise launched on Apollo 13, heading for the Moon. Two days into the flight, 200,000 miles from Earth, an oxygen tank exploded and tore a hole in the side of their ship. Within minutes, they were losing oxygen, losing power, and losing heat. There was no plan for this. No one had trained for it. The Moon landing was abandoned. The only question now was whether three men could survive long enough to get home. Their main ship was dying, so they climbed into a smaller attached craft that was only designed to land on the Moon. It was built for two people for two days. They had to make it last four days for three. The temperature inside dropped to 3 degrees Celsius. Water droplets covered every surface. They rationed drinking water to six ounces per man per day, less than a single cup. Jim Lovell lost 14 pounds in four days. Then the air started going bad. The filters that clean carbon dioxide from the air were running out. Without new ones, the crew would suffocate. The spare filters from the main ship were the wrong shape. Square filters. Round slots. Engineers on the ground grabbed the same materials the astronauts had on board, plastic bags, cardboard, duct tape, and a sock, and built a makeshift adapter on a desk. Then they talked the crew through building an identical one while floating in zero gravity, 200,000 miles away. It worked. To get home, they had to swing around the far side of the Moon and fire their engine at the exact right second. Too steep and they would burn up entering Earth’s atmosphere. Too shallow and they would bounce off it and drift into space forever. The entire world stopped. Over 40 million people watched on television. The Pope led prayers from the Vatican. On April 17, 1970, the spacecraft hit the atmosphere. For four minutes, all radio contact went silent. The heat of re-entry surrounds a spacecraft in a layer of superheated gas that blocks all signals. Controllers on the ground called out. Nothing. The silence stretched past the expected time. One minute late. Still nothing. At one minute and 28 seconds past the deadline, a voice broke through. The parachutes opened. The capsule hit the water. All three men were alive. They never reached the Moon. But the mission became the greatest rescue in the history of space travel. It proved that the most dangerous moment in any journey is not the one you prepare for. It is the one nobody saw coming. Jim Lovell never flew in space again. He never walked on the Moon. Years later, when asked if he considered himself unlucky, he said: “I think of the crew of Apollo 1, who died in a fire before they ever left the ground. I think of the crews who never got to fly at all. No, I regard Apollo 13 as a triumph.”

A grateful French women serve drinks to U.S. soldiers following the liberation of Trévières during the Battle of Normandy following the Allied D-Day invasion of France on June 10, 1944. #History #WWII

Moon perfectly suspended in the rainbow.Captured during a rare clear morning over Scotland.

Timeless reminder from the great Justice Clarence Thomas: “Right is still right, even if you stand by yourself.”

The cutest thing you’ll witness today! At the end of Thursday afternoon’s Mass in Bamenda, as Pope Leo XIV was preparing to leave the airport and get into his car, a little girl ran up to hug him. A spontaneous gesture, amid the joy and emotion of the 20,000 present, describing the true atmosphere of this day more than anything else: the joy and hope of an encounter with the successor of Peter. Follow the Papal Trip at bit.ly/4tgCoIW

Young US Men Overtake Women in Saying Religion Is ‘Very Important’ Numbers of U.S. young men and women who frequently attend religious services have increased, Gallup data shows.⬇️ ncregister.com/cna/young-men-…

These are words we should all live by…

Jason Garrett got his first look at the Luke Laufenberg Fight Station. He was there for Luke during the battle and here for Luke today. Spoke to coaches clinic and was brilliant. Thank you Coach Walden for having us out @CoachSWUTEP

@johnddavidson It wouldn't change anything as this President has been better for Christianity than any other president in modern history. Millions of babies not murdered in the womb would agree.

I wonder what these numbers would be now that Trump has attacked the pope and posted an image of himself as Jesus. (The poll was done before all this)

Dear Lord, thank you for the gift of a new day. May all that I do today be done with love and for your glory. #MorningPrayer

Friday Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary 1️⃣ Agony in the Garden 2️⃣ Scourging at the Pillar 3️⃣ Crowning with Thorns 4️⃣ Carrying the Cross 5️⃣ Crucifixion ✝️ #Pray #Rosary #CatholicTwitter #FridayMorning #FridayMotivation #PrayTheRosary 🙏youtu.be/372YtaNXAWI

Potential map of the south if the Supreme Court guts section 2 of the VRA Per NYT Current map: 🔴 Republicans: 65 🔵 Democrats: 24 Potential map: 🔴 Republicans: 77 (+12) 🔵 Democrats: 12 (-12)

Pray the Rosary every single day.

St. Faustina, pray for us! See pictures of the saint's first class relic, which was permanently installed at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Fort Worth on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12: north-texas-catholic.smugmug.com/Installation-o…

California: Wednesday do not have fraud in our state and we will pass laws that ensure you never expose the fraud we don't commit.

@EricLDaugh California: Wednesday do not have fraud in our state and we will pass laws that ensure you never expose the fraud we don't commit.

🚨 JUST IN: California Democrat lawmakers just voted to MOVE FORWARD with the Stop Nick Shirley Act because they are terrified of fraud They want to CRIMINALIZE investigative journalism against fraud. They're PANICKING! Rep Carl DeMaio: "That would basically ban Nick Shirley from posting videos exposing fraud in California. AB 6218.19 prohibits an individual from posting a video online if the fraud organization says you can't do that!" "The fraud organization can then, quote, seek injunctive and declaratory relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. We have got to stop this bill. And I just gave the state assembly members the chance to strike the bill from the record, which basically would kill the bill." "Democrats in the state assembly voted to keep and protect her bill and advance it on!" @nickshirleyy

A new CBS poll found that 58% of weekly Mass-attending Catholics approve of President Trump’s job performance overall. Not surprising, as these are the Catholics taking the faith seriously rather than just bearing the title. Catholics understand that President Trump is by and large getting the policy right.

@LePapillonBlu2 Fake News

OMG!! This journalist is reporting that Israel has slit the throats of ten children and placed them on the side of the road , all of whom were less than 5 years old. “I saw all of this with my own eyes; I am a witness to this thing.”

🚨 WOW! Iranian refugee woman just MIC DROPPED the American left becoming pro-Islamist 🫳🏻🎤 Dr. Sheila Nazarian: "They use flowery words to trick comfortable, useful IDIOTS on college campuses who have no real problems to trick them into bringing Islam into the world!" "The leftists on college campuses joined hands with the Islamists! They're using the EXACT same playbook, the exact same propaganda." Nailed it.

I want it fr😭