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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 8-21, 2017 Attend my free "Wills and Trusts 101" workshop and learn about "Trump's Death-Tax Plan" . . . and what you should do now to prepare for an uncertain future Hello. My name is Richard Hughes, senior partner of The Hughes Law Firm. We are a boutique 18-member estate planning and elder law fi rm dedicated to protecting and preserving family legacies. If you are a careful life-long saver, real estate or equities investor, business owner, inheritor, or professional, join me to discover how to plan for the second half of life under a new administration and tax regimen. Here's what else you'll learn: • 5 sure-fi re ways to avoid probate • How properly drafted powers of attorney can help families protect assets even after a nursing home admission • Wills vs. trusts vs. benefi ciary deeds vs. DIY planning • The little-known secret to avoiding future nursing home bills of $8000+/mo. without buying LTC insurance or giving everything to your children now • Ensuring the optimum stretch-out, asset protection, and management of unspent IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement plans you leave your children • Preventing a surviving spouse from disinheriting the children or other benefi ciaries of the fi rst spouse to die—particularly in a 2nd or subsequent marriage • Avoiding the high cost, family confl ict, and courtroom drama a sudden stroke or Alzheimer's can cause • How our Bulletproof Trust™ shields what you leave your children or other loved ones from their divorces, medical bills, credit card debt, lawsuits, IRS liens, substance issues, over-generosity, investment blunders, and other costly mistakes Since 1974, my staff and I have helped over 80,000 Colorado families reduce their stress and worries, protect their assets and income, fi nd valuable government benefi ts, and plan wisely for their loved ones, cherished pets, and causes. If you are thinking about updating your old will and trust, or starting your planning from scratch, my Wills and Trusts 101 workshop is the perfect place to begin. Bring your spouse or a friend and profi t! Learn all about us at TheHughesLawFirm.net. A special invitation to the members of our strategic partners: Call for reservations today. (720) 259-4393 (recorded 24 hr. reservation line) or register on-line at seminars.TheHughesLawFirm.net 1974 Specializing in Peace of Mind SM Complimentary refreshments and snacks served • Free convenient parking FREE 90 Minute Workshops Wheat Ridge Recreation Center 4005 Kipling, Wheat Ridge 80033 (40th & Kipling) Saturday, April 15th at 10am Olympian Plaza: Reception and Event Center 975 S Union Blvd., Colorado Springs 80910 Tuesday, April 18th at 2pm Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center 11151 Colorado Blvd., Thornton 80233 (110th Place & Colorado Blvd. West side of street) Thursday, April 20th at 2pm or 6pm Heather Gardens 2888 S. Heather Gardens Way, Aurora 80014 (South on Abilene from Yale then turn right on Heather Gardens Way to Community Room) Saturday, April 22nd at 10am BY CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY P ope Francis said that each of us carries some kind of tomb inside our heart, whether from sin or su• ering, and we can either stay bogged down in misery, focusing only on our- selves, or we can allow Jesus to come into that place and heal it. "In front of the big 'why' of life we have two paths," the Pope said April 2, "to stay to watch gloomily the tombs of yesterday and of today, or to bring Jesus to our tombs." "Yes, because each of us has a small tomb, some area that is a little bit dead inside the heart: a wound, an injury suf- fered or done (to us), a bitterness that does not let up, remorse that returns, a sin that you cannot overcome." "We identify these today, our little tombs we have inside and invite Jesus there," he said. Often, the Pope said, we can be tempted to hide our weaknesses and sins from God, dwelling on them. "It's strange, but often we prefer to be alone in the dark caves that we have inside," he said. "Instead, invite Jesus; we are tempted to always look to ourselves, brooding and sinking in anguish, licking our wounds, rather than going to him, who says, 'Come to me you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.'" Pope Francis refl ected on the Gospel which tells the story of Lazarus' death, the sorrow of Jesus and the miracle of Lazarus' raising. "Even Jesus is shaken by the dra- matic mystery of the loss of a loved one," he said. But in the midst of this su• er- ing, he shows us how to act. "Despite su• ering himself, Jesus was not carried away by anxiety." Jesus didn't try to escape the su• er- ing, but he also didn't get bogged down in pessimism or gloom, Francis said. Instead, he brings hope, proclaiming: "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me...shall live." "So he says: 'Take away the stone' and to Lazarus shouts loudly: 'Come out!'" This is what Jesus also says to us: "Get up, get up!" the Pope said. "In following Jesus, we learn not to tie our lives close to the problems that tangle: there will always be problems, and when we solve one, promptly another one arrives," he pointed out. What we can do, however, is tie our- selves to the one thing that is stable and unchanging — Jesus, he contin- ued. "With him joy dwells in the heart, hope is reborn, pain is transformed into peace, fear into confi dence, proof of the gift of love." We have to decide which path to take, he said: "the side of the tomb or the side of Jesus." It doesn't matter how heavy our past sins, shame or hurt may be, with Christ's grace, we can roll away the stone that is keeping him from our hearts. "This is a favorable time to remove our sin, our attachment to worldly vanity, the pride that stops us the soul," he said. "Visited and freed by Jesus, we ask for the grace to be witnesses of life in this world that is thirsty, witnesses that arouse and raise the hope of God in hearts weary and weighed down by sadness." He concluded: "Our announcement is the joy of the living Lord, who still says, as in Ezekiel: 'Behold, I will open your graves, I will make you get up out of your graves, O my people.'" Pope: Don't dwell on su ering, let Jesus heal you Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 29, 2017. PHOTO BY LUCÍA BALLESTER | CNA Vatican Notes

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