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Divine Providence: St. Joseph Edition

4/23/2013

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I currently use Earthlink as my internet provider.  As you can no doubt tell by my lack of posts, this provider hasn’t been providing anything aside from agita for the last month.  I’m lucky to have internet for 3 minute stretches.  Most days I’m simply without.  Extremely frustrating, but not exactly the worst thing ever.

Anyway, I wanted to share a fun story of Divine Providence with you.

A few months ago, I ordered a few copies of my favorite St. Joseph book.  These last few months they’ve sat in a closet because I kept forgetting to bring them to their intended recipients (my mother and a priest friend… we’ll call him Fr. Happy Meal). 

Every time I’d go to my mother’s house, I’d think to myself, “Darn it, not again!  I left the books at home!”

Seriously… it was SO frustrating!  I felt so foolish every time I’d show up without the books that were sitting pointlessly on a shelf. 

Anyway, fast forward to last week.  I had a last minute meeting spring up and was unable to find a sitter.  I called my sister in Philly to see if she’d be able to swing by last minute to help out.  She could, so she came by to sit for Vince.

While she was there, I gave her the books because I was NOT going to forget them again!

She took them home and gave them to my mother.  I let my mom know that one was for her and one was for Fr. Happy Meal.  She assured me she’d pass along the book to him when she saw him next.

A few days later, I got a phone call from Fr. Happy Meal.  He was really happy to have received the book because he’d recently been looking for a new book to read.  His bookshelf is full of theology / spirituality books, but he was craving one on a saint – any saint.  He didn’t have any, though, and no real time to purchase any, so when the book on St. Joseph fell into his lap, it was a happy answer to his desire for such specific reading material.

I love stories like that.  God obviously knew St. Joseph would come knocking on Fr. Happy Meal’s heart in Lent, so He made sure to plant the idea of purchasing that book into my head.  He also made sure I forgot the book repeatedly until the timing was just right.  Then, when things were in order and Fr. Happy Meal felt the yearning for saintly reading material, He lined things up to make certain my sister would pick up the book from me (since He couldn’t trust I’d ever remember to bring it, myself – sorry, God!).  How cool is that?

Things like that are nice little reminders that God’s always thinking of us and laying down the path for us to follow.  Some people might chalk all this up to a crazy set of coincidences.  I feel lucky to be one of the “crazies” who not only sees, but feels, the Hand of God in these happy occurrences.  

9 Comments
Kathryn H.
4/23/2013 11:39:11 am

That's interesting, Gina. I sometimes have wondered if God used my "delay" to get something done at the "right" moment, too. I actually have kept books or articles for years (that I got from others) without reading them and then "happened" to get around to them when I needed them!

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Gina
4/25/2013 09:03:13 am

Right? It's like the best feeling ever! I love it when things like that fall into place. I always feel like I'm getting a special "reminder-hug" from God saying, "No worries... I haven't forgotten about you just yet."

*Grin*

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Fr Levi link
4/23/2013 01:13:19 pm

Gina - why pick 'Fr Happy meal' as his 'code name?' Do tell!

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Gina
4/25/2013 09:01:13 am

He recently shared his "1st Communion Homily" and he does this awesome comparison to McDonald's Happy Meals. Instead of getting this throw-away toy with nuggets and fries that are gone once you eat them, he explains that the Eucharist is getting something WAY cooler that lasts for all eternity!

It's God's food from Heaven and instead of a plastic toy you lose in a few days, you get the gift of Jesus, Himself!

Isn't that such a fun way for children to get the concept of the Eucharist as a special meal they should be excited to receive? I think it's brilliant to break it down for young minds in a way they'll be sure to understand and appreciate. :)

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Theresa
4/24/2013 03:23:02 am

You know what is so ironic, Mark and I were visiting my grandmother on Easter and she had a copy of a book "Listening to God's Whispers" written by a local priest Fr. Domenic Rossi. He had given a Lenten mission at her parish and the book was in the Lenten packet handed out at her church. I just picked it up to look at it, and my grandmom said she had read it and that I should take it. There are a few things in it that I was planning to share with you and i will at a later time. I just was struck by Providencial aspect, and had to mention it.

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Gina
4/25/2013 09:02:10 am

Sweet deal! I'd LOVE to hear about that! I'm glad to hear some parishes are still doing the Lenten missions. We finally had one at ours this past Lent after being without for the last couple. We didn't get any packets, though! LoL. Now I'm jealous!

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Anabelle Hazard link
4/26/2013 02:37:21 am

Obviously, you hear God's voice (since you heard my silent prayer for guardian angel earrings.) What book of St. Joseph is that? I'm looking for a good saint read myself and I don't really know much about this holy, humble foster father of Jesus.

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Gina
4/26/2013 05:07:34 am

I'm sending you a copy. I had originally gotten five. What's odd is that when I ordered them, the woman said "Well, if you order five, you'll get a discount of 40%."

I said, "Well, how much for five, then?"

She did a quick calculation and said, "Actually, it's the same price for five as it is for three."

I said to her, "Guess God wants me to have five copies, then!" I ordered the five and wondered where the other two would end up (since I had only wanted three for myself, my Mom and Fr. Happy Meal)

Now I'm saying, "Guess God knew I'd need five copies to cover you, my mom, Fr. Happy Meal, Cam and myself!"

Ha ha - yet again more proof that God's Hand is in everything!

I LOVE THIS!

Just let me know how you like it!!! I am pretty sure someone like you is gonna go bonkers reading this. <3

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Anabelle Hazard link
5/2/2013 07:44:19 am

Thank you Gina! What I ever did to deserve you and your generosity is beyond me. I am so grateful to God (and Earthlink ;)) for letting me meet you.




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