Supposedly a true story that relates to the Passion of the Christ

[Puddles]

Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. You will be surprised who this
> young man turns out to be. (Do not look at the bottom on this letter
> until you have read it fully.)


> 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 his body brutally with clubs, leaving him for dead. When the
> police happened to find him lying in the road they assumed he we dead
> and called for the Morgue Wagon.
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> 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 this
> 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
> his 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.
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> 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 seen 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
> everyday 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.
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> He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, 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.
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> The young man. 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.
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> Mel Gibson has produced the movie "The Passion of the Christ".
> This is his way of thanking God for his many blessings. And it's also
> his way of showing us how Christ truly suffered. He's gotten a lot of
> slack from Hollywood for doing this movie.

[Stonecold54]

man that plastic surgeoun did a hell of a job. I thought it was going to be michael jackson. LOL

[gearjunky]

wow interesting!!!

[J.D.]

It's supposedly an urban legend

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/gibson.html

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by J.D.
It's supposedly an urban legend

http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/gibson.html

are there ever any "rural" legends? LOL

[Puddles]

LOL I'll pass this along to the person who I got it from.