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Old 03-03-2004, 05:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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You may have read this before but it seems to bear repeating. This is a beautiful story. You won't believe who the person is.


Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. You will be surprised who this young man turned out to be.

Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to Australia to take advantage of a work opportunity there. Part of this man's family was a handsome young son who had aspirations of joining the circus as a trapeze artist or an actor. This young fellow, biding his time until a circus job or even one as a stagehand came along, worked at the local shipyards which bordered on the worse section of town.

Walking home from work one evening this young man was attacked by five thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead of just giving up his money the young fellow resisted. However they bested him easily and proceeded to beat him to a pulp.They mashed his face with their boots, and kicked and beat his body brutally with clubs, leaving him for dead. When the police happened to find him lying in the road they assumed he was dead and called for the Morgue Wagon. On the way to the morgue a policeman heard him gasp for air, and they immediately took him to the emergency unit at the
hospital.

When he was placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror, that his young man no longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his skull, legs, and arms fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all is teeth were gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull.

Although his life was spared he spent over a year in the hospital. When he finally left, his body may have healed, but his face was disgusting to look at. He was no longer the handsome youth that everyone admired.

When the young man started to look for work again he was turned down by everyone just on account of the way he looked. One potential employer suggested to him that he join the freak show at the circus as "The Man Who Had No Face"..... and he did this for a while. He was still rejected by everyone and no one wanted to be seen in his company. He had thoughts of suicide.

This went on for five years.

One day he passed a church and sought some solace there. Entering the church he encountered a priest who had saw him sobbing while kneeling in a pew. The priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory where they talked at length. The priest was impressed with him to such a degree that he said that he would do everything possible for him that could be done to restore his dignity and life, if the young man would promise to be the best Catholic he could be, and trust in God's mercy to free him from his torturous life.

The young man went to Mass and communion every day, and after thanking God for saving his life, asked God to only give him peace of mind and the grace to be the best man he could ever be in His eyes.

The priest, through his personal contacts was able to secure the services of the best plastic surgeon in Australia. There would be no cost to the young man, as the doctor was the priest's best friend. The doctor too was so impressed by the young man, whose outlook now on life, even though he had experienced the worst, was filled with good humor and love.

The surgery was a miraculous success. All the best
dental work was also done for him. The young man
became everything he promised God he would be. He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, and many children, and success in an industry which would have been the furthest thing from his mind as a career if not for the goodness of God and the love of the people who cared for him. This he acknowledges publicly.

The young man was and is

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Mel Gibson.

His life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man Without A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as a God fearing man, a political conservative, and an example to all as a true man of courage.

And to think I admired him before I knew any of this!
He is quite a man!

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Old 03-03-2004, 07:17 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Pam.............that blessed me. How many years has he been voted "sexiest man alive"? Quite a comeback from "A man without a face".

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Old 03-03-2004, 10:44 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Amazing to find out 'the rest of the story', isn't it? So many times we look only at the surface and don't take time to realize what makes a person the person that they are.

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Whooo Weeee. I sent a copy to my (darling) wife and she submitted around the office. You've started a flurry.....(as if any woman on the planet needed another reason to love the Mel-man).

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WOW...that is amazing! Thanks Pam for sharing with us the background of a wonderful man...
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That is just great! That has made my day...you often forget how hard life is for others and worry about your own problems no matter how big or small. It pays to really get to know a person and look BEYOND the face.

Thanks so much for sharing this.
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http://www.snopes.com/glurge/noface.htm

OOPS! Just found out this is another urban legend. Too bad...it is a great story!

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anything to do with God is an "urban legend".
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Dang it

But this is just the type of thing people want to dream up when something as controverial as "The Passion" comes to surface.
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