Divine inspiration: Ohio man gives fellow travelers signs from God

Published: 2007-03-22

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- On the road of life, there's nothing more comforting than getting a sign from God. Sometimes that sign is a feeling. Other times it's through Scripture. Sometimes it's a 30-foot-high billboard depicting Jesus. Lately, getting a sign from God has become easier thanks to the efforts of 82-year-old Joe Cannon. Cannon, a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood, is the man behind the billboards around the Cleveland Diocese showing a large image of Christ as the Divine Mercy with the words "Jesus, I trust in you." He also has put up hundreds of billboards in other states. "It's a 'wow' thing," Cannon told the Catholic Universe Bulletin, the diocesan newspaper. "It shakes you up. People don't expect to see it." He puts his name and a toll-free number on the signs for people to call. And they do. He claims to have received nearly 1,000 calls from people across the country since he started putting up billboards five years ago.

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