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Hey there, sprouts, today is Thursday, May 15th, 20205. Today is also the feast day of one of my favorite saints. I grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota, and my father is a farmer. And so one of my favorite saints is

Saint Isidore the farmer. St. Isidore the farmer. He lived in Spain in the 1000s and he was a very

ordinary man. In fact, he was very poor. He farmed the land of a rich man and he was a very ordinary man. In fact, he was very poor. He farmed the land of a rich man,

and he worked hard every day of his life. It's probable that he never learned how to read or write,

but he certainly knew God. And he came into conflict with some of the other men that worked the land with him.

They would sometimes get irritated that Isidore would take breaks to kneel beside the field

and pray. And so they tried to catch him at this, to catch him praying and not working so he

could get in trouble. So one day they snuck up on him, and sure enough,

there was Isidore, kneeling by the side of the field in prayer.

So they thought they would go and run and find the landowner,

but then they noticed that his plow was out in the field

and that it was moving.

They looked closer and they realized that his plow was pulled by

two gleaming white oxen. Standing behind it was a man who was glowing white. They decided that

this must have been an angel sent by God to Till Isidore's field while he prayed,

and they never gave him a hard time again.

There are many such stories of St. Isidore, and it's a great reminder to us to, number one,

take a break and pray while we are working, and also to work with God,

to bring him with us no matter where we are, whether we are at school, at work, or tending a field.

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