Frank Pletz, the first
person whom I met in Opus Dei. Frank made it possible for me to make a retreat at Layton
Study Center in February 1958. I was the only person making the retreat and Frank made it possible that there be two. I understood the Work after one meditation on
Friday night, Frank with me.
Thank you, Frank.
Frank Pletz finished
his race at 2:25 pm today, July 23, 2014. May he rest in peace and may
perpetual light shine upon him.
The ICU team
"extubated" the oxygen tube at 1:55 pm and replaced it with
an oxygen mask. His vital signs rollercoasted for the next 30 minutes and he
reached the finish line 30 minutes later.
He had been well
prepared spiritually. In his last minutes, Sandy, Greg and I prayed the prayer
for a happy death from the Via Crucis as we held onto his hands. He faded away
as we finished with the last paragraph of the Preces, Gaudium cum pace...
Seconds after he died, Fr. Javier del Castillo arrived and prayed over him as
well.
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