Tips 'n' Tales fur-tured Elaine and Ed's cat, Terry, who was rescued from a camping site in a previous story. Fur your reading paw-leasure, the article was on “hiss” purr-evious miraculous event. He's now purr-formed another im-paws-ible miracle! No matter how purr-pared you are for his story, you will be purr-plexed at its unbelievable paws-iblities!
In 2014, Pope Francis quoted apostle Paul to console a child at the loss of his pet, "One day we will see our animals again in eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all God's creatures."
Knowing that the Pope is an animal lover might explain what happened next!
"Christmas morning, Ed was watching Pope Francis' Christmas Mass on TV. Terry was napping on the back of the couch," said Elaine. "When the Pope began reciting the Consecration Prayer, Terry sat up, faced the TV, ‘watched' the Pope, and unbelievably raised his left paw high in the air, staring at the Pope. He held his paw up for the entire prayer! Ed, in awe, stopped watching the Pope and focused on our cat.
At the end of the prayer, Terry lowered his paw. We had never seen him hold up either paw for more than a few seconds. It was a Christmas miracle like none other! It was like witnessing a scene at Christ's birth when all the animals gathered around the baby. A funny friend of ours began calling him, ‘Cat-echism'.
Before this miraculous event took place, Terry was having serious intestinal issues. Since his ‘visit' with the Pope, he's been healed without any medical intervention. On his next health exam he was given a clean slate of health."
One weekend, Elaine’s left ear and eye were in pain from a wax build up.
"My ear was squeaking like a door that needs oiling!" laughed Elaine. "So, I asked Terry Cat, the Holy Cat, to kiss it as I rubbed him on my ear. The next day my ear and eye were normal! Purr-eviously I have ALWAYS had to go to the ear doctor for treatment. There is something spiritual about our cat. I believe he has Holy powers.
I did an internet search on ‘healing powers of cats' and learned that their purr can lower the risk of human heart attack and our stress level. But, the most amazing thing is that cats' purr vibrations range from 20 to 140 Hz known as ‘medically therapeutic' for humans and the cats!"
When Elaine asks their special kitty for a "hug" he places his front arms around their necks and starts a roaring purr. “None of our previous cats would hug us,” said Elaine. “He is always so gentle.
In bed, he won’t jump on us, instead he politely jumps up next to us. It’s obvious that he doesn't want to hurt us. We love him so much!
His favorite cat nip toy has a Santa Claus picture (of course!) on it, and it is in his full toy basket. When asked for that one toy, "He walks over, selects it and brings it to me like a dog," said Elaine.
"When Ed goes out for the newspaper, Terry walks beside him to the front door and then waits until Ed comes back inside. Ed has a limp and he walks slowly, so, maybe that's why Terry believes in guiding him. He is such a special kitty!
When their kitty hears, "Terry cat, come see me," he runs and jumps on his pet parents' laps whether they are sitting or lying, and snuggles with them.
At meal time Elaine calls out "Mangi? Mangi?" It is an Italian for "You eat?".
"Hey, I figured that if our cat knows the Pope, maybe he knows Italian too!" laughs Elaine.
