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Karenanna
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My mother (who is now deceased) was a whiz kid with the sewing machine. Mum made dresses for us when we were young. She even drafted her own patterns! I on the other hand was a lost cause. (I have a great sewing machine that I have had for about 30 years. It has all the embroidery stitches, but I failed to even learn how to thread it up!)
I have prayed about this, but to no avail. If ever anything looked like a lost cause, it was surely this! The new assistant priest in my parish, came to our house for a visit on Christmas night, to have apple pie and coffee with my husband and my (adult) children. I told the priest about my mum’s sewing and my own complete lack of know-how.
I never requested that he pray about this, nor did he say that he would. It was just a casual conversation over coffee and cake. Nineteen days later, I took out my sewing machine and the instruction book for the upteempth time, and then threaded the top section, threaded the bobbin, drew up the thread and then sewed!
I have been sewing ever since, and am I have even learnt a few basic dressmaking construction techniques! I recognized that a miracle of sorts had taken place, and then realised that the priest was the only person (apart from my family) that I had discussed this with recently.
I began to suspect that the priest had prayed for me to learn to use my sewing machine, and wondered how to find out if this was the case. When I saw the priest, without giving sufficient thought to what I was saying, instead of asking him if he had prayed a novena regarding the matter, I just asked him what kind of novena he had prayed for this intention!
He told me that he had prayed a novena to St. Joseph! My confidence with sewing is growing. I have even learnt a few basic sewing techniques. I have now been sewing off and on for eighteen days, and I am making up for lots of lost ground. I am so happy about this.
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I have prayed about this, but to no avail. If ever anything looked like a lost cause, it was surely this! The new assistant priest in my parish, came to our house for a visit on Christmas night, to have apple pie and coffee with my husband and my (adult) children. I told the priest about my mum’s sewing and my own complete lack of know-how.
I never requested that he pray about this, nor did he say that he would. It was just a casual conversation over coffee and cake. Nineteen days later, I took out my sewing machine and the instruction book for the upteempth time, and then threaded the top section, threaded the bobbin, drew up the thread and then sewed!
I have been sewing ever since, and am I have even learnt a few basic dressmaking construction techniques! I recognized that a miracle of sorts had taken place, and then realised that the priest was the only person (apart from my family) that I had discussed this with recently.
I began to suspect that the priest had prayed for me to learn to use my sewing machine, and wondered how to find out if this was the case. When I saw the priest, without giving sufficient thought to what I was saying, instead of asking him if he had prayed a novena regarding the matter, I just asked him what kind of novena he had prayed for this intention!
He told me that he had prayed a novena to St. Joseph! My confidence with sewing is growing. I have even learnt a few basic sewing techniques. I have now been sewing off and on for eighteen days, and I am making up for lots of lost ground. I am so happy about this.
Read more answers to prayer in my free online book.