The wife of a baker had lost her
wedding ring shortly after her marriage. This really worried her, as she
considered losing the ring an ill-omen. She earnestly prayed to St. Anthony in the
hopes of finding it, but he seemed to
have turned a deaf ear to all her en-
treaties. After searching everywhere
for it, she came to the conclusion that
she must have lost it while swimming in
the Rhine at Breesach, and, therefore,
gave up every hope of finding it again.
A year had just passed, when the baker's little nephew came to pay them a
visit, and one day while swimming in
the Rhine, he began poking about
the stones in the river, when suddenly
something bright attracted his attention. It was the lost ring.
The joy and gratitude of its owner
can be easily imagined.
Thank you to 'Miracles of St. Anthony of Padua' by
Joseph A. Keller
He is one of the great saints of the Catholic Church, and one of the beloved--even far beyond Catholics themselves. Untold numbers of people turn to him, still, when there is loss. And strangely--at least strangely in the usual ways of the world--those things often quickly turn up. And often they turn up in the most unexpected--even seemingly miraculous ways. Let the stories begin.
