Patience

A young girl was asked by her religion teacher to share a prayer that she likes very much. The girl thought for a while and then said: ‘This is my mother’s favorite prayer – Oh God, give me patience!’ Then there is that story of two young men carrying big sacks of vegetables, and one of them was constantly complaining how heavy they are. The other one scolded him and told him to calm down. He told him ‘mine doesn’t seem to be that heavy.’ ‘Why, what’s in your sack?’ The response left the other guy more angry, as he told him ‘I have some fruit called Patience!’ There is another story told about our Maltese saint St George Preca, canonized in 2007. A young doctor was caring for him towards the end of the saint’s life, and he told him that he just got married. So he asked the saint ‘Father, I just got married a few months ago, do you have any secret or suggestions for a happy marriage?’ And Father George told him ‘yes, I have a very practical suggestion – when you go home tonight, write on every door of the house PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE.’