Theme: Divine Providence; prayer

The salvation of the train

In a European country, on a very rainy afternoon, a train driver, full of faith in God, starting to drive the locomotive with the passenger train for the long journey, observed the dark sky and repeated the Sunday prayer with great feeling.

The train ran leagues and leagues through the darkness when, late at night, the driver saw, in the light of the lit beacon, some signs that seemed to him made by the shadow of two anguished arms that motioned for his attention and help.

Thrilled, he stopped the train suddenly and got off, followed by a few travelers, to walk along the railroad tracks and try to understand the reason for the signs he had observed.

A few steps were enough to notice a huge flood on the road ahead. The river had overflowed with heavy rains and water had violently invaded the land, destroying the bridge through which the convoy would pass.

The train had been miraculously saved.

Seen with infinite joy, the driver and the travelers sought the person who had given them the saving warning, but no one showed up.

It was then that they heard a whistling sound and saw an animal flying by next to them. As he flapped its wings in the steady light of the train's headlight, the driver realized that the image he had seen and thought to be two distressed arms beckoning to him was actually the wings of that great bat that had flown in front of the train.

The train driver, impressed by the incident, told the travelers how he had prayed earnestly for God's protection before leaving.

Realizing that this could not be a mere coincidence of facts, he knelt there, grateful to Divine Providence, exclaiming loudly:

- Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come unto us, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil. So be it!

When he finished praying, great stillness reigned in the landscape.

All the passengers, believers and unbelievers, were also kneeling, repeating the prayer with loving respect. Some wept with excitement and recognition, thanking Heavenly Father.

An animal even seen with fear by some that night had been God's instrument to save all.

The remarkable experience inspired teachings.

Even the rain had stopped falling, as if the silent sky was just as well following the sublime emotion.

Adaptation of the text “The Miraculous Salvation” by Meimei, spirit.
 

Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com

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