Hi y’all. It’s been awhile since my last post. I had to take a break from writing and kind of think about where I was heading, or at least trying to catch up with myself. Well we all have our ups and downs so here’s a story on the upside:
In my building block we have a common laundry room. I lost my keys to this and all other common spaces of our block and I wasn’t able to get into the cellar and foremost I couldn’t wash me and my sons clothes. After about a week me and my son constantly overdressed, since we only had white shirts and costumes clean after awhile. Well, we looked really sharp there for awhile:
How my son and I dressed when
we went out to buy milk
About that time I Understood that I had to do something. I had really a lot of work and hadn’t time to do a thorough search but I still decided to ask St Anthony to intercede for me. I told my brother (who is living with me for the moment) and my son that I had done this… They are not catholics and of course thought it was a bit fun.
My brother even tried to tease me (in a friendly way) a little about it. He asked if Anthony had found the keys for me. I answered that St. Anthony only can help me finding the keys, he wont come and hand them over to me. I have to put at least some effort in finding them myself, then perhaps he will guide me a little…
After that being said, I turned around opened the cupboard where the keys where supposed to be – And there they lied openly for everyone to see!!!
!!!
Now I know I have looked in the cupboard before, not once but several times. Even my brother had checked this place twice.
I mean everybody in the household knows about the missing keys and have been aware of them. No one had seen them there before, because they where not there:
– But they where now!
I have had divine help before, but never have a Saint interceded so almost embarrassing obviously. Saint Anthony, you.re awesome! No wonder you’re one of our most loved saints, all times.
Pray for us, blessed Anthony, that we may
be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Catholic Ponderer 
October 16, 2007 at 10:36 pm
That is a very awesome story Joakim. Do you know about St. Gerad Majella? He also had great faith in St. Anthony’s intercession. He dropped a key down a manhole. He went into a house and grabbed a statue of St. Anthony tied him to a rope and put him down it. The statue came back up holding the key and many witnesses saw this.
October 16, 2007 at 10:37 pm
ps. I am so happy that you are back blogging.
October 17, 2007 at 10:27 am
Wow, that’s something. I have to check up on St Gerard Majella. I know when I posted this story on the DCF board that many others could tell about similar incidents.
St Anthony seems to like being the obvious one. 🙂
October 17, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Enjoyed this post, Joakim, and the one about Tiny Tim. You brought me down memory lane with both of them, becuase I remembered seeing Tiny Tim many times on tv when I was growing up in the States, and I remembered a couple of my own St. Anthony stories!
October 17, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Glad you’re back blogging again, Joakim. I know many people who pray to St. Anthony.
October 17, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Happy to have you back Joakim! St Anthony is amazing, indeed. My mother made a novena to him for me at the end of 2004 and beginning of 2005. She requested that my way in life should “clarify” as she put it (I was in a murky phase). Well, in 2005 I converted to the Faith. What better clarification one could ask for? 🙂
October 19, 2007 at 11:10 pm
St. Anthony is truly amazing. He must get many requests.
October 21, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Joakim, I love your sense of humour. Hope you didn’t have to spend the whole weekend in the laundry room. Glad you’re back here. My husband loses everything; we love St. Anthony around here. 🙂