Friends in High Places
This was the prayer I posted yesterday on the page of Saint Apollonia at Catholic Online : "Saint Apollonia, please pray for me and my teeth this week. At age 23 I'm finally getting braces, and I am afraid of the pain this process will involve, as my particular case will need extractions and possible surgery on my jaw. Help me to confront the fear and pain, as you did in the face of persecution and torture. Calm my mind and heart and help me brace (no pun intended) against the discomfort and embarrassment, so that when this process is over, I might smile with purer joy and greater confidence than I have ever had in my smile. This I pray in Jesus' name. Amen." Around the time I posted that prayer, on Facebook I posted a status saying I was heading to Mass in the evening and praying to Saint Apollonia for my teeth this week. A Baptist friend of mine commented, confused that we have a patron saint for teeth, of all things. I replied with the reason wh...