Author: Terry Modica

Terry Modica is executive director of Good News Ministries of Tampa Bay (gnm.org), which she founded with her husband Ralph in 1995 to help people grow closer to Christ and enter the embrace of the Father, then serve as evangelizers empowered by the Holy Spirit. As a leader in lay apostleship and a pioneer in using internet technologies for Catholic outreach since 1996, her ministry is international.
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Day 29: The Majesty of the Father’s Love for You

Blue Ridge Mountains show the majesty of God

When my mom was four years old, she was taken from her family and placed into the home of foster parents. Ten years later, the couple finally adopted her. In-between, she didn’t know to which family she truly belonged. This made a lifelong impact on her. Do you feel this way about God’s Fatherhood? Are you aware of the benefits of being been fully adopted by the Father in all of his royal majesty? Or are you just in foster care? But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are […] Read More

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The book will be finished soon!

Seeking God can take us on the railroad tracks of life

It’s been a long and multi-layered journey since the last time I worked on the book “The Father’s Heart.” After I finished chapter 28, I needed to spend time in my dad’s final journey to the Lord. Then there were the after-death tasks, from planning his memorial service to last Friday’s trip to the bank with Mom to get his name off of her accounts, and myriads of other details in between. And the holidays and the ministry’s end-of-year fundraiser occupied my time, too. I’ve also been going to physical therapy twice a week for a torn meniscus in my knee. The tear is too small for surgery but plenty big for disabling my ability to walk more than a few minutes. At last this is just once a week! Last week I got caught up in the work that had been delayed by everything described above. Praise the Lord! […] Read More

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My dad passed away today

Seeking God can take us on the railroad tracks of life

My Dad, Donald Repsher, passed away peacefully this afternoon. I give thanks to all of my friends around the world who’ve been praying for him. It was a long journey of letting go. We know that he has now met Jesus face to face and is able to finally once again do one of his favorite activities – hike up mountains, this time with more energy and ease than ever before. The Holy Spirit gave me a vision of this when I was praying for him after he broke his neck exactly four years ago. Come to think of it, he’s had a four-year-long Advent season. And now he has entered the Eternal Christmas! Because today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the timing is evidence that the Mother of Jesus was with him as he entered into the arms of the Divine Father. Even though my […] Read More