Sacramentals
Maria Simma says: ‘I knew of a woman who had made the Poor
Souls the promise to light a blessed candle for them every Saturday. On one
such Saturday her husband said, "Oh stop that, you don't have to do that.
It's old fashioned, and the dead are happy. They hardly need that, and I don't
care what you promised them."
The woman, of course, was saddened but still wanted to go
ahead with it, but without being disobedient to her husband. So she thought,
"All right, I'll just stick it in the wood stove where George won't see
it. He hasn't lost anything in there." So she went ahead and put it in
there, closing the little door that, by the way, had a small window in it. Then
she left the house and soon her husband returned. As he was about to throw
something away he glanced over to the stove and to his surprise saw some light inside.
This puzzled him, and he opened the little door to look inside. To his great
astonishment, turning somewhat pale, he not only saw the burning candle, but
around it six pairs of perfectly folded hands. Shocked, he closed the door and
waited for his wife to return. When she did, he said, "Why put your candle
inside the stove? You might as well put it out here on the table."
Maria Simma, Mystics of the Church
Sacramentals –The story of a candle lit every Saturday for
the poor souls
Maria Simma says: ‘I knew of a woman who had made the Poor Souls
the promise to light a blessed candle for them every Saturday. On one such
Saturday her husband said, "Oh stop that, you don't have to do that. It's
old fashioned, and the dead are happy. They hardly need that, and I don't care
what you promised them."
The woman, of course, was saddened but still
wanted to go ahead with it, but without being disobedient to her husband. So
she thought, "All right, I'll just stick it in the wood stove where George
won't see it. He hasn't lost anything in there." So she went ahead and put
it in there, closing the little door that, by the way, had a small window in
it. Then she left the house and soon her husband returned. As he was about to throw
something away he glanced over to the stove and to his surprise saw some light
inside. This puzzled him, and he opened the little door to look inside. To his
great astonishment, turning somewhat pale, he not only saw the burning candle,
but around it six pairs of perfectly folded hands. Shocked, he closed the door and
waited for his wife to return. When she did, he said, "Why put your candle
inside the stove? You might as well put it out here on the table."
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