Karine's present and St. Jude

I was reading Juliet's blog a moment ago about how she experienced the power of God through the intercession of Saint Anthony, patron saint of lost items, and it kinda reminded me of something which happened to me just last Friday. After class, I went to the Church of St. Alphonsus aka Novena Church to get a birthday present for Karine, but I didn't get it blessed. Since I was meeting her only in the evening at 7pm, I went home. I met Esther at 6.30pm and decided to go IHM to get the present blessed. So Esther and I walked all the way there. (Yes, Karine should be grateful.) We waited for mass to end at 7pm before dashing to catch Father Jo before he disappeared into his office.

Recalling back, I think the scene was all quite amusing, with me running, and Esther just behind, after Fr Jo like a crazy little girl, going "Father!! Quick! Bless! Bless! My friend's birthday present! Urgent!" Esther was pretty amused, and I think Fr Jo was amused as well.

Anyway, yes, we were late. Very late, so we dashed outside to catch a cab. Of course, naturally, according to Murphy’s Law - whatever can go wrong, will go wrong – We couldn’t get a cab. Yeah, it was the peak hours and the cabs were either occupied or simply refused to stop. I guess we were getting frustrated until I remembered to pray, and I did. “St Jude, (patron saint of desperate causes), intercede for us!” I cried out. Well, surprise, surprise. We got a cab almost immediately. “Thank you!” I said my thanks.

This isn’t the first time I’ve prayed to a saint for intercession to God. When I’m in trouble, (or when trouble finds me), I’ll make it a point to pray to the angels and saints, and of course to the Mother of God, herself, and I’ve never failed to feel God’s grace and the power of intercession.

4 days to baptism.