THE FINAL CHAPTER : A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (Sept 2009 to Jan 2010)
At the Grotto of Our Immaculate Conception, in Lourdes
Daniel (14+ years old) (Thursday 24/9/2009)
Day 15 in Lourdes
NOVENA DAY 7
This morning, You could not wake up.
Mom could not wake You up. Neither could Dad.
We decided to let You sleep in and go for the bath session in the afternoon, assuring ourselves that perhaps your body was demanding for uninterrupted rest after the accumulated exhaustion of the last two days.
Aunt Laura had left for Spain the day before, with her mother and her brother who had come to visit her from Malaysia. Before she left, she had said to Mom, to be strong and that there might be challenges towards the end of the nine days of our novena. She said whenever she was doing the novenas, she would always find some kind of obstruction that would attempt to stop her from completing the nine days.
God must have sent Aunt Laura to prepare Mom about that.
This morning, instead of panicking and being clueless as to what to do, your mother had somehow remained calm.
In times of turbulence, did God not say to BE STILL ...
Dad went to the grotto while Mom stayed with You in the hotel room. With dad at the grotto, Mom knew in her heart that You would be waking up any moment now. Things somehow have a way of turning out right after we plead to Our Lady for Her intervention.
We were in Her territory.
God's Mother is right here.
We couldn't be in a better place ...
