"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
If you want to go to heaven . . .
The caption reads that this 1 year old child, Anna Maria, often tiptoes around the garden and then will stop in front of the statue of Mary in full babble.
She knows instinctively what we all know intuitively but often learn the hard way:
The best man for the job is often a woman.
"And a little child shall lead them."
(But, wouldn't you really love to know what she was saying?)
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Don't know if my first comment went through (having trouble signing in), but thanks for sharing this! What a lovely and sweet story. :)
ReplyDeletePerhaps she is reporting to the "Queen of Angels" on how she did with those last minute instructions. I hope she is also putting in a good word for all the women clergy who are under attack these days. God bless the tiny mystics who still remember how to talk to the saints and angels.
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