NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera sits down with FDNY firefighter and pastor John Picarello, who survived the collapse of both World Trade Center towers without a scratch on 9/11. Picarello recounts racing to Ground Zero with Engine Company 278, narrowly escaping the South Tower collapse from inside the Marriott Hotel and hearing an inner voice warning him to run moments before the North Tower fell. He reflects on losing 343 fellow FDNY firefighters, the divine providence he believes saved his life and how surviving 9/11 inspired a lifelong mission to share hope, courage and faith across the nation.
Saint Patrick’s life is a testament to the transformative power of conviction. The Feast of Saint Patrick is far more than a day of merriment, emerald attire, and jovial excess. It is, at its core, a solemn and sacred observance within the Catholic Church, a day that commemorates a man whose life reads less like […] The post The Apostle of Ireland and the Triumph of Faith Over Captivity appeared first on StoneZone .
Saint Patrick’s life is a testament to the transformative power of conviction. The Feast of Saint Patrick is far more than a day of merriment, emerald attire, and jovial excess. It is, at its core, a solemn and sacred observance within the Catholic Church, a day that commemorates a man whose life reads less like legend and more like a providential drama written by the hand of God Himself. Saint Patrick was not Irish. This alone is enough to startle those who casually equate him with the very essence of Ireland. He was born in Roman Britain in the late fourth century, around 385 AD, into a Christian family whose lineage was steeped in ecclesiastical service. His father was a deacon, his grandfather a priest. Yet, like many young men of…Open
