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    吉太太坐在丈夫的床旁,他病得很嚴重,雖然他不是天主教徒,但是從來不干涉她的信仰,只是對宗教沒有興趣。

門開了,蘭祺-他們唯一的孩子,這是她第一天去學校,她有很多很棒的事要告訴爹地。

幾分鐘後吉太太說:「我想,假如妳說太多話爹地會很疲倦,你最好到外面去玩。」

但是媽咪,爹地必須教我明天的功課。」

他的父親笑著說:「留下來,告訴我怎樣棒的功課。」

    蘭祺打開她的教理問答書,立即跟著爸爸回答問題,忽然一隻小狗跳進來,小狗和小女孩就跑到花園去快樂的玩追蹤遊戲,小女兒出去了,吉先生很有感觸的繼續看那本書。 

有一天,蘭祺帶了老師給她的耶穌聖心聖牌回家:

「爹地,讓我把它別在你的枕頭上,因為修女說它會使你病好。」

    父親回答說:「我會接受任何能使我病好的東西。」

所以,蘭祺就把耶穌聖心聖牌別在枕頭上,從那天以後,他的病開始轉好。

    有一天吉太太進到房間,看見他得丈夫很專心的唸教理問答,她不說話只熱心的、默默的祈求耶穌聖心,使她的丈夫相信他正在讀真理,她靜靜的坐在窗口,但是幾分鐘後,吉先生說:   

「瑪麗,我要跟一位神父談談,在教理問答裡,有些事我要聽聽神父的解釋。」吉太太懷著感恩的心打電話給本堂神父。   

    本堂神父幾次造訪後,吉先生表示要接受洗禮,他很熱心的領了聖事,他的健康漸漸好轉,很快就可以去聖堂參加彌撒聖祭,他很熱誠的感謝耶穌聖心,治瘉了他心靈和身體的疾病。

    蘭祺很高興,爸爸告訴她,他欠了他小女兒的情,因為他給了他耶穌聖心聖牌,並教他走向耶穌聖心的道路。


28.A Girl´s Love to Her Father

        Mrs. G. sat in the room where her husband lay very ill.  He was not a Catholic and, although he had never interfered with her practice of religion, he seemed to take no interest in such matters.

        The doctor opened and Blanche, their only child, entered the room.  It had been her first day in school and she had many wonderful things to tell Daddy.  After a few minutes Mrs. G. said, “I think Daddy will be very tired if you talk so much.  You had better go out and play.”  “But, Mother, Daddy must teach me my lesson for tomorrow.”  Her father smiled and said, “Stay, and show me what this wonderful lesson is.”  Blanche produced her catechism and was soon repeating the answer after her father.  In the midst of the lesson the puppy came bounding into the room, and out into the garden ran the dog and child for a merry chase.  When the little one had gone.  Mr. G. continued reading the little book with much thought.

        One day Blanche brought home a Sacred Heart badge which her teacher had given her.  “Daddy, will you let me pin this on your pillow, for Sister said that it would help to make you well?”  “I shall be glad to accept anything that will cure me,” her father replied.  So Blanche pinned the little badge on the pillow, and from that moment, he began to improve.

        One day, Mrs. G. came into the room and found her husband intently reading the catechism.  She made no remark but murmured a fervent prayer to the Sacred Heart that her husband would become convinced of the truth of what he was studying. She sat near the window in silence, but after a few minutes Mr. G. said,  “Mary I would like to have a talk with a priest.  There are some things in that catechism which I would like to hear explained.”  Mrs. G., with a thankful heart, went to the telephone and asked the pastor to call.

        After a number of visits from the priest, Mr. G. expressed the wish to be baptized.  He received the sacrament with great fervor.  His health continued to improve and he was soon able to attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, where he rendered a fervent thanksgiving to the Heart of Jesus for his spiritual and bodily cure.  Blanche was very happy, for her father told her that he owed all his graces to his little daughter who had given him the badge and had taught him the way that led to the Heart of Christ.