{"id":16181,"date":"2013-06-17T15:30:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=16181"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:19:18","slug":"fathers-day-horror-becomes-a-fathers-day-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/06\/fathers-day-horror-becomes-a-fathers-day-miracle.html","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day Horror Becomes A Father&#8217;s Day Miracle&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/06\/St_James_Ogden_Utah.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16182\" title=\"St_James_Ogden_Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/06\/St_James_Ogden_Utah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"314\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you were shocked and saddened at the news of a shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/06\/fathers-day-horror-man-allegedly-shoots-father-in-law-during-mass\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">that took place at St. James Catholic Church in Ogden Utah<\/a>, you aren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<p>No one expects violence of that sort to take place on a Sunday, during Mass, in America. The prayers and outpouring of support directed to the family of the victim, and his parish community, overflowed the cup of tribulation.<\/p>\n<p>You see, less than 24 hours after the shooting, James Evans is expected to fully recover. As of right now, I\u2019m calling this the Father\u2019s Day Miracle. Roll clip!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><code><script height=\"350px\" width=\"560px\" src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#pbid=867d4282160b46dd950e18d5325c9ab8&amp;ec=9mNjhoYzrJy9fx3I12v3kt9_D7Hdgfax\"><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>James Evans, Jennings\u2019 father-in-law, was in the back pew of the church with his family. Without saying a word, Jennings went over to Evans, and just as he had knelt down to pray, allegedly shot him in the head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe turned his head just at the right time. If he didn\u2019t turn his head, he would have been shot in the back of the head and be dead,\u201d his wife, Tara Evans, said during a press conference Monday at McKay-Dee Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The bullet entered near Evans\u2019 right ear and exited through his opposite cheek. Doctors say Evans has several more procedures and reconstruction surgeries ahead of him, but he should otherwise make a full recovery. He remained in critical condition Monday morning, but was communicating with doctors and family members at the hospital through nodding, writing and hand gestures. He has a tracheotomy in his throat currently and is unable to talk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?sid=25621535&amp;nid=148&amp;title=man-shot-in-catholic-mass-expected-to-survive-&amp;fm=home_page&amp;s_cid=featured-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Call it coincidence, call it lucky, call it whatever you like. I call it a Guardian Angel at work, and I thank God that Mr. Evans is alive.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were shocked and saddened at the news of a shooting that took place at St. James Catholic Church in Ogden Utah, you aren\u2019t alone. No one expects violence of that sort to take place on a Sunday, during Mass, in America. 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