There are many versions of the First Vision – this is undisputed. There are the four that were recorded in Joseph’s lifetime, each different, each with important nuances.

Then there is the version in every young person’s heart who grew up in the Church – the innocent powerful hope that perhaps God would show Himself to another questioning, sincere 14 year old.

And while God never showed Himself to me, even in my darkest hours, I cannot stop lighting beacons, a searching child looking for his Father, beseeching Him for the further light and knowledge that was promised