“I wish you could look in that casket because she’s so beautiful,” said Graham, clinging to his walker. “She was a wonderful woman.”

Ruth Graham died Thursday at age 87 following a lengthy illness. Her husband’s closest confidant, she was remembered as a spiritual stalwart and modest mentor who provided a solid foundation—both biblically and geographically—for her globe-trotting husband.

I’m a guy with a lot of respect for Billy Graham, because of his presentation of the truth.  He didn’t ram it down people’s throats.  He instead met them where they were, shared it, and simply left the next step to them.  Evangelization is not the Catholic Church’s strongest point lately, although I do believe it’s improving.  Ruth Graham epitomized the strong, supportive wife concept that we’ve come to perhaps believe is extinct in the world of radical feminism.

Here’s and aside, though.  Any time a protestant tells you that it’s wrong to pray or talk to Mary, the saints, etc., ask them if it’s okay for Franklin Graham to do it.

“I thank you mama for your example, for your love, for your wit, for your humor, for your craziness,” he said. “I love you for all of it and I’m going to miss you terribly.”

At times, protestants show that the Communion of Saints isn’t all that foreign to them.