{"id":54979,"date":"2022-06-09T18:24:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=54979"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:18:09","slug":"a-small-miracle-or-a-gigantic-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/a-small-miracle-or-a-gigantic-one\/","title":{"rendered":"A Small Miracle, Or A Gigantic One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Mail:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/05\/20\/multimedia\/20xp-tornado-02\/20xp-tornado-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Damage at a commercial area after a tornado passed through Gaylord, Mich., on Friday.\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I know you run pieces from time to time documenting calamities and how blessed objects and sites are inexplicably spared. On May 20th <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/20\/us\/northern-michigan-tornado-gaylord.html\">a massive tornado<\/a> <\/span>hit the northern Michigan town of Gaylord (a first). It was estimated that it stayed in the area for a whopping 26 minutes before moving on.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Gaylord is the diocesan seat for the Diocese of Gaylord. I live in the area and toured the aftermath.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2022\/05\/Gaylord-Tornado-Nottingham-Forest-Mobile-Home-Park.png?w=713\" alt=\"The Gaylord Tornado Rated EF3 \u2013 150 mph winds | WOODTV.com\" \/><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>The Cathedral in Gaylord was spared but what was ironic, the next block had serious tree and home damage. The distance between the Cathedral and these homes is measured in feet, not yards.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Also, the St. Mary Cathedral K-12 school a few blocks away was spared but only a half a block away there was massive home damage. One home was spun off its foundation and sits in its yard.\u00a0 \u00a0Fortunately, the school principal let the students go home about 40 minutes before the tornado hit.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dioceseofgaylord.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/parish_image_large\/public\/2021-10\/20210630_0010.jpeg?itok=5SlQOj-W\" alt=\"Diocese of Gaylord | St. Mary Cathedral-Gaylord\" \/><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ve attached a photo of an 87-year-old parishioner&#8217;s home which was blown in two. I do not have permission to use her name but she was sitting inside her home reciting her Rosary when her son next door phoned her and told her to take cover in the basement immediately. She replied, &#8220;I have to finish my Rosary first.&#8221; She was totally unharmed while the roof above her second-story home was severed off and demolished.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54995\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1.jpg 715w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-255x191.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Our God&#8217;s mercy extends to those who seek Him.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Thank you,<\/div>\n<div>Jeff Crane<\/div>\n<div>+<\/div>\n<div><em>[Thank YOU, Jeff!]<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"mail,miracles\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1654799080\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"A Small Miracle, Or A Gigantic One?\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Mail: I know you run pieces from time to time documenting calamities and how blessed objects and sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[148,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mail","7":"category-miracles","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}