St. Andre
Saint Andre had a very hard life. He was from a poor family and lost both of his parents at a young age. He was constantly sickly and was too poor to pay for his education. Even though his life was difficult he did not lose faith in God. Saint Andre wanted to become a priest. The church could not make him a priest since he was poorly educated. However, he was given a job as the door man for the church. While people waited in line to speak to the priest, Saint Andre would talk to them. He would listen to their problems and pray with them. Miracles started to occur, it seem that whoever prayed with Saint Andre had their prayers answered. Now everyone wanted to see Saint Andre and ask him to pray for them. The people stopped coming to see the priests and as a result a church was opened dedicated to Saint Andre.
By: Tif K.
Great blog, I thought it was quiet ironic that the people actually came to the church to see the door man and not the priests. I recall being told by our teacher that because there was such a long line of people at the church to see St Andre they moved him to his own area for people to visit him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
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