saints be praised! Celtic prayer

Last night we got on skype with Robbie in Edinburgh. It is hard to believe that we can see his face and hear his voice and he can see us and hear us with only a fraction of a second delay. After his bout with food poisoning he looks like he lost a few lbs. (he says 10 lbs over a few days) His trip has not been without its bumps, starting with the emergency landing in Iceland, the flight delays, missing orientation at the university, and then being sick for 12 hrs. He is sharing a flat with freshmen at the U of Edinburgh, whom he has hardly seen because they are starting classes and getting settled in too. He was feeling pretty poorly last night and so we summoned all the wisdom we could to offer suggestions and hope to bolster him. Okay, which saint to we pray for in this circumstance? Well, we called upon St. Patrick and St. Andrew, because they are local to the British Isles... and to St. John Baptiste de la Salle, patron of teachers, and beloved by us, former students of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. This is a public shout out and thank you to those saints upon whom we called last night and to the saints in Robbie's life here on earth. Thank you! today is a better day...