*this is beautiful* *Thanks for posting* *Ann * On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [Attachment(s) <#12f565be071aa025_TopText> from [email protected] included > below] > > Remember the story I told you all that on my trip to South Texas I found > a hand carved "Santo" with a dog at his side? I also told you I bought it > because I had never seen a saint figure with a dog (other than St.Francis). > So, I researched it on the internet and sure enough there is a saint with > dog. I found St. Roch, "the patron saint of dogs and of those who love > them". The legend is that St. Roch devoted himself to caring for victims of > the plague. He eventually got the disease and went alone into the forest to > die. There a dog came upon him, licked his wounds until they healed and > brought food to him. From that point on St. Roch always had his dog by his > side. > > Gloria > > >
