Phil Cuzzi
Episode 73
22 JUNE 2020
He has been a Major League Baseball umpire for more than 20 years, including having worked a World Series and multiple National League Championship Series, plus even two All-Star Games. Off the field he is very active in his community and with charitable efforts. Have one or more tissues close by as this lifelong Catholic shares some emotional witness!
Notable guest quotes:
“I was born and raised Catholic. I knew nothing else. I grew up in Belleville, New Jersey, and our parish was Holy Family Church.”
“It was just a great way to grow up. We were friends with our priests. They took us on outings. My mother cooked them dinner.”
“Even to this day I am not a good spectator. So, as a young boy, when my mother started taking me to church, I said, rather than just sitting in the pew, I wanted to participate. So I became an altar boy.”
“I remember just praying about it and saying, ‘Lord, this is what I think I want to do, but if this isn’t what You think I should be doing, show me what it is that I’m supposed to do’.”
“I remember looking in the mirror and just hitting my knees and praying. And I said, ‘Lord, you brought me this far. And, if it’s over for me – I don’t want it to be over – but if it’s over for me, show me what it is that You want me to do’.”
“Now… talk about divine intervention, because, I lived it and I believe it.”
“…and we all know that God laughs at your plans…”
“When I hear people say there is no God and there is no Lord, I laugh, because He spoke to me.”
“I talk to God when I’m on the field all the time… You see players, they say a prayer, they want to hit a home run. My prayer is to say, ‘Lord, just give me the strength to just see things clearly.’ And if i see things clearly, I think I’m going to be right more times than I’m wrong.”
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