Chapter 159 186. The Boy Who Feeds Jesus

One day, a devout farmer found an abandoned little boy in his field. "Poor little fellow, you are so innocent," he said, "who is so cruel to leave you here to fend for yourself? Don't be afraid, come home with me, and I will raise you up." From that day on, everything went well for him.His trees were laden with fruit, the wheat grew vigorously, and even the grapes were plentiful.All in all, the farmer got lucky. The boy grew wiser and wiser, but he lived in the country and never saw a church or a picture, so he knew nothing about our Lord Jesus and the saints.Nor do they know the saints in heaven.One day, the farmer had to go to Catania. "Would you like to come with me?" he asked the little boy.

"Of course, Daddy," said the little boy.So he went to the city with the peasants. When they came to the cathedral in the city, the farmer said, "Now I have something to do. You go to the church and wait for me to fetch you." The little boy walked into the church and saw the vestments embroidered with gold thread, the precious altar cloth, flowers, and candles.He had never seen these things before, and he was a little dumbfounded. He walked slowly towards the main altar, saw the crucifix, knelt down on the steps, and said to the statue, "Dear friend, why did they nail you to the wood? Have you done something wrong?"

The crucified Jesus nodded. "Oh, poor friend, look at the punishment you are receiving now, and never do any more evil things in the future!" Jesus nodded again. So he continued talking to Jesus for a long time, until all the religious services were over.The sacristy was about to close the door when he suddenly saw the country boy kneeling in front of the main altar, "Hey, get up! It's time to close the door." "No," said the little boy, "I will stay here with him, or the poor man would be so lonely. You crucified him, and now you leave him here alone. Dear My friend, may I stay with you?"

Jesus nodded in agreement. The sacristy was amazed to see the little boy talking to Jesus Christ, who answered him with a nod, and hastened to the parish priest to report to him what had happened."He must be a saint," said the priest; "you let him stay in church, and give him a plate of macaroni and some wine." The sacristy gave him a plate of macaroni and some wine, and the boy said, "Put it here, please, and I'll eat it later." Then he turned to Jesus and said, "Dear friend, you must be starving. God knows how long they haven't let you eat. Have some noodles." He climbed up the altar with the noodles in his hand, The fork took some and fed it to Jesus.Jesus opened his mouth and ate the noodles.Then the little boy asked again, "Dear friend, are you thirsty? Come, have some wine." He brought the wine to Jesus' mouth, and Jesus opened his mouth and drank some wine.

After sharing the noodles and the wine with Jesus, he fell down and died, and his soul went up to heaven to praise God.The priest hiding behind the altar saw all this: After the little boy had eaten with Jesus, he crossed his arms in front of his chest and formed a cross. His soul left his body and flew into the sky singing hymns.The priest ran to the body of the little boy lying in front of the altar: the little boy was dead.Immediately, the priest had it announced to the whole city that a saint was in the church, and ordered that the saint's body be placed in a golden coffin.People from all over the city rushed to hear the news and knelt down beside the coffin.The farmer also came, and he recognized the saint lying in the golden coffin as his child, and said, "Jesus Christ, you gave him and called him back, and you made him a saint!" Then he just went home.From then on, everything went well for him, and he finally became a rich man.

However, he distributed the money he earned generously to the poor and lived a very religious life himself.After his death, he ascended to heaven.Hope we all can be like him. (Catania region)