The other day I was
driving home with my parents from a doctor’s appointment, when I got pulled
over by police for speeding.
As I honestly
acknowledged to the very polite officer that I was mistaken about the speed
limit, I could hear Mami next to me whispering something.
“Don’t worry, St.Raphael will take care of us,” she assured me as I watched the policeman walk
away with my driver’s license and insurance information.
Sure enough, the
officer returned a few minutes later, handed me a warning ticket to sign, and
put his hand on my window, “Please be careful.”
Mami just smiled. I was
so stunned by the fact that the officer had not given me a ticket, that I accidentally
may have made the car tires screech as I pulled out into the street. True
story.
From the Old Testament
story in the book of Tobit (read about it here), I knew that St. Raphael is
the patron of healing. But I had to look up how he applied to my story!
The Healing of Tobit by Domenico Feti c. 1620
The name Raphael, in
fact, translates in Hebrew as, "It is God who heals,”
"God Heals,” or "God, Please Heal.” He is an archangel of Judaism and Christianity, who in the Christian tradition is the patron of: the blind, of happy meetings, of nurses, of physicians and of travelers.
"God Heals,” or "God, Please Heal.” He is an archangel of Judaism and Christianity, who in the Christian tradition is the patron of: the blind, of happy meetings, of nurses, of physicians and of travelers.
So... was it my blindness to the speed limit?
My traveling? My happy meeting with the officer?
St. Raphael, pray for
us!
Wall at St. William's Catholic Church
Round Rock, TX
Wonderful story!
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