I had the most delightful conversation with a woman named
Mariam who lives in Morealis, Mexico.
She works at a restaurant named San Miguelito where there is a serious
shrine to St. Anthony. People come from
all over the place to leave letters petitioning St. Anthony to help them find
true love in their lives.
I explained our St. Anthony project and she was so friendly
and helpful in our research of the legend of St. Anthony, the finder of love.
I asked her for samples of letters of petition as well as
letters of thanksgiving for love found.
She sent them, as well as pictures of their beautiful town and
restaurant, in particular of the room that houses over 750 statues of St.
Anthony (all upside down – as one myth goes…..put him on his head until he
answers your prayers, then you set him upright!) Yikes!
I’m going down there to see San Miguelito for myself in
January or February. The place must get
totally overrun with love seekers on Valentine’s Day. What a ball that would be. Who needs e-Harmony when you have a direct
line to the “finder of love” himself?
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