How Did He Know?
Something I never figured out from the morning of my stroke was a post-it (a note) that was stuck to a monitor in my room in the hospital ICU. The note was in my room before I was. My wife noticed the note shortly after they put me in the room and hooked me up to the monitors. She took the note down and read it. The note was from the Pastor at our church. The note said that he stopped by to visit but he missed us, and he would be back sometime later. My wife, kids, and my parents were the only ones who knew of my stroke and they didn't tell him. This was very curious. I didn't think he knew my name. I shook hands with him most Sundays after mass, but I don't remember introducing myself. He stopped back later in the week. The other priest from our chuch also stopped by and performed the Anointing of the Sick sacrement on me. I an convinced this helped my recovery.
I was released from the hospital on a Saturday. Sometimes we attend the Saturday night mass so that we can sleep in on Sunday morning. When I stepped into the church with my wife holding me on one side and my son on the other side, our Pastor saw me right away and smiled. He did not seem surpised to see me.
I don't feel a need to know how he knew. I've stopped trying to guess how he found out.
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