September 24: ST. GERARD OF CSANÁD: Rerouted for Christ

A storm blew St. Gerard of Csanád off course toward the Holy Land — and sent him to Hungary instead, where he tutored a future saint.

Bound for the Holy Land, Gerard's ship was forced ashore by a storm, and he ended up staying in Hungary as a missionary bishop instead, personally tutoring the boy who became St. Emeric. He was martyred in 1046 during a pagan uprising, having spent his life noticing people — like a singing slave woman — that others overlooked.

"Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers by getting us where we meant to go. Sometimes He answers them by sending us somewhere we never expected at all."

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