The Pastor's Cat - 神父的猫咪

 

The Pastor's Cat

Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor of his church. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk, etc. The kitty would not come down. The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitten.

He did! All the while, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke. The tree went "boing!" and the kitten instantly sailed through the air-out of sight.

The pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they'd seen a little kitten. No. Nobody had seen a stray kitten.

So he prayed, "Lord, I just commit this kitten to your keeping," and went on about his business.

A few days later he was at the grocery store, and met one of his church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food. Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?"

She replied, "You won't believe this," and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, "Well if God gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it."

She told the pastor, "I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat. And really, Pastor, you won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws outspread, and landed right in front of her."

Never underestimate the Power of God and His unique sense of humor.
 

神父的猫咪

这位神父养了一只猫咪，有一天这只小猫咪爬上神父家后院的树上，神父很担心小猫会从树上摔下来，神父拜托小猫咪爬下树来，或是拿温热的牛奶引诱牠下来等等。用尽了方法，猫咪就是不肯从树上下来，因此神父决定试着用一条粗绳系在他车子上，另一端系在树枝上，然后发动车子往前开，树就会被弯曲，神父就可以把小猫抱下来，神父按照计划进行所有的步骤，神父下车检查一切是否都如预期。他想到，假如再开远一点点，那么树就可以低到足够让神父抓到小猫，但是当他这样做的时侯，绳子断了，当然，那棵树马上”碰”的一声弹回原位，小猫咪像箭一般射向天际，一下子就消失不见踪影。

神父的情绪蹧透了，他问遍了所有的邻居，希望有人看到小猫咪，答案就是没有人知道猫咪飞到哪里去，神父只有向天主祈祷，”天主，请看顾这只小猫咪”，然后开始专注于教区的工作。

几天后，神父去杂货店的时候，遇到一位教友，凑巧看见了这位教友的手推车里，居然有猫食，神父很讶异，因为神父知道这位教友非常厌恶猫咪。神父问她说:”妳很讨厌猫咪，为什么妳还要买猫食呢”﹖她回答说”你不会相信发生这种事的”，她说:”她的小女儿求她准许养一只猫咪，我总是说不行，但是几天之前，小女儿又来求我，我告诉我女儿，”好吧，假如天主送妳一只小猫咪的话，我就让妳养牠”。

话刚说完，我看着我的小女儿走到院子，跪在地上，祈求天主送自己一只猫咪，真的，你不会相信，但是我亲眼看到的，突然从天上飞来一只猫咪，身手利落，不偏不倚的就落在她的正前方。

这是一种巧合，还是天主的有意安排！