Years ago, while on a mission trip in Iowa, I heard a priest (a very devout man) say that he did not believe that Jesus found him parking places. I let it go with a shrug. Jesus finds me parking places all the time. Today, for example. I was heading off to school, but found that the community mini-van was already out of the house. That left me (hopefully) with the heavy-duty cargo van, which is parked in a public lot nearby. That means waiting until the attendents can bring the car down, and usually involves a good ten or fifteen minutes of downtime. Today it was more like a half hour. (Thanks be to God, I had gotten an extra early start this morning!) So as I approached Hyde Park and then made my exit from Lakeshore Drive, I reminded Jesus, "Don't forget my parking miracle." (Even when I'm early, it is a challenge to find a parking spot--and a week or two ago, when there was street cleaning and so the west and north sides of all the streets were off-limits, one of the students simply couldn't come to class for lack of a parking spot. I had a miracle that day, too. Bona fide.) Anyway, I finished my little prayer and turned the corner to see a car backing out of a coveted spot. It was my very own parking miracle. On a Monday morning.
And when the other students got to class, what was one of them talking about? Parking miracles.
Do you believe in parking miracles?
5 comments:
How about vending machine miracles? At least I'd always pray that it vends properly when I go to buy something.
Absolutely! And other small miracles, too. I see it all as part of Divine Providence that takes care of all our needs.
What about traffic miracles? Remember when Mom used to start the Hail Mary while waiting for a break in the flow of cars at intersections? She would barely finish saying "...full of grace..." when lo and behold, the prayer was answered and we could continue on our way---MKH
i dont believe in it, but there is nothing wrong in not believeing in it!!!! i dont know wnat you would call a miricle!!!!
St. Anthony has always been the one who helps me find parking spaces.
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