Emphasis Preaching Journal

Truly our Lord is merciful beyond comprehension. There are rare situations when individuals have demonstrated love and selflessness to save others from death, or fates worse than death. At the time of the liberation of Italy over 200 years ago, Countess Evelyn Confalonieri received word that her husband, the Count, had been condemned to death. She risked her life by rushing to the Emperor Napoleon and begging him to spare the Count. Finally she was successful, but she feared she was too late. The death warrant had been signed and was on the way to the place of execution.