Sister Mary Eugenia loves red birds.
She has a lovely book by Paula D’Arcy The Gift of the Red Bird
in which the cardinal is seen as the healing presence of God. Sister and
Bill Loechler attended a retreat given by Ms D’Arcy in Dubuque
recently. Later, Sister had a very sore and swollen leg, requiring her
to walk with a cane. As five of us prayed in a circle in the Chapel over
her ailment, a beautiful cardinal flew against the Chapel window,
stopped briefly for a bird’s eye view, then swooped away. Another sign
of the presence of God!
Later Sister’s leg was still swollen when she
left for California to visit her sister and her family and we were very
concerned about her. However, she returned a week later well and without
her cane. She even visited the mission at San Juan Capistrano. Praise
the Lord for such a speedy recovery!
