Monday 13 June 2011

St. Anthony Does It Again...

We had two really lovely boys serving the Masses at Lourdes. Joshua, the younger of the two, wrote a very moving guest post for Fr. Finigan's blog. His uncle Thomas, the older of the two, was rather accident-prone - he managed to leave his cassock behind one time, and got lost, and then he dropped his cassock down near the dome of the Rosary Basilica (he was left holding the handles of the bag, while the rest of the bag and contents plummeted down over the balustrade!)

Well, it seems that Joshua also managed to lose something - a 3-D picture of Our Lady, which, somehow or other, fell out of a bag or something in the luggage compartment of the coach. It wasn't missed until much later, and calls to the coach company failed to locate the picture.

The loss of the picture was accepted in a penitential spirit. Prayers were, however, said to St. Anthony by the family.

This evening I received a phone call from the lady who owns the company. She told me that the picture happened to turn up in the office...

...and today is St. Anthony's feast day...

4 comments:

Genty said...

My oldest and best friend - and that's going back a bit.
He's never let me down.

Matthaeus said...

Genty,

Couldn't agree more. He's been helping me since I was a toddler. Great chap!

Annelies said...

Saint Anthony has truly worked a very beautiful and moving petition, and what better day than his own feast day! Joshua is overjoyed that his picture is on its way back, it will be given a place of honour in his room!

And thanks to Mac for all your effort throughout the search and being the bearer of great news xxx

Little Voice said...

Friendship with the saints is a wonderful thing. I am just discovering Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

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