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Joe Biden is the real deal
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He didnt realize how personal and meaningful the stop would soon become.
The president came as a pilgrim, and as most pilgrims do, they want to talk about their family and themselves and their faith, said Father Richard Gibbons, the parish priest and rector who accompanied Biden.
Biden quickly brought up Beau, his eldest son who died in 2015 of brain cancer. Gibbons then shared a surprising connection he had just learned of that morning: Friar Frank OGrady, the priest who read Beau Bidens last rites at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center nearly eight years ago, was now working at Knock.
Biden, startled, asked for a meeting. When he met Father OGrady, he gave Father OGrady a big hug, Gibbons said. He was quite emotional at that point.
Tears in his eyes, Biden thanked the priest for being at his sons bedside as he passed away. OGrady, who served in the military for 30 years and had worked at Walter Reed, returned to Ireland in August and began his service at Knock Shrine in September.
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(146,202 posts)President Biden signed some floor speech signs from this speech at the 2016 National Convention and took my Iphone away from me and snapped three selfies that were great. Everytime, I see President Biden take a selfie, I smile. I also got to discuss stuttering and I got a Biden hug when he told me about the 20 young stutters he keeps in contact with.
President Biden is the real deal
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(34,121 posts)i want to say it was kismet
and it makes me think of that phrase: you are exactly where you are supposed to be.
in this situation i believe it was true.
no_hypocrisy
(46,378 posts)May Joe Biden receive the serenity and peace from the untimely death of his child.
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