May 30, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Over the weekend, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, who is recovering from a car accident that took place on January 11 in Florida, wrote a message to people praying for him stressing his conviction that everyone has been called to do something for God.
Father Groeschel, director of the Office of Spiritual Development for the Archdiocese of New York, and founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal –a congregation pursuing radical poverty, evangelization and pro-life witness- had both legs, both arms and several ribs broken, when he was hit by a car while crossing the street.
He also sustained intracranial bleeding and suffered a heart attack, among other injuries. At the time, the priest's secretary said that it would "take a miracle" for the 70 year old priest to survive.
Fr. Groeschel wrote the following letter dated May 28: