Are We There Yet?: Are there such things as coincidences?

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Are there such things as coincidences?

I was looking for a picture of a ring that answered the description of the one Our Lord gave to St. Catherine, and this was the closest I could find:

This is the ring Gabriel found out in the dirt today. None of us has ever seen it before.

Cool, huh? Gives us a prop to discuss the day's feast, anyway...

5 comments:

Blessings each day said...: We had an out of town deacon give us our pre-Lenten parish retreat and he called them Godinstances, not coincidences. God helps us in so many ways, some very tiny indeed.

blessings on your gifted lessons,
marcy; April 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Unknown said...: Love it! What a real treat and a wonderful conversation piece for the dinner table! Cherish it!; April 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The Jaracz Family said...: Awesome! Coincidences are gifts from God, if we are open to them. St. Catherine of Siena is a wonderful Saint, I named my guardian angel after her.

I was just relating the story of how my husband's lost wedding ring was found on my blog a few days ago.; April 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM
MightyMom said...: very cool!!; April 30, 2009 at 11:05 PM
A Bit of the Blarney said...: Causes one to ponder! Cathy; May 1, 2009 at 5:29 AM

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Heavenly Father, we ask You to guide our children in the choice of spouse. Don't let them be carried away by false charms or be fascinated by mere outward glamour, but guide their minds to look beneath and beyond all external attractiveness for the deeper things which alone are worth while.

Especially let the choice be of one who is a fervent Catholic, true in thought and word and deed to those ideals which are Yours, especially the value of their purity.

Dear Father of us all, give Your guiding help to our children, who are Your children, too. We will be letting them go soon, but please don't ever let our children go from you. Amen

St. Valentine, patron of romantic love, pray for us!

O, St. Joseph...

...whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires. O, St. Joseph, do assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me from thy Divine Son all spiritual blessings; so that having engaged here below thy Heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers. O, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thy arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name, and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.