By Kate Pipkin, The Baltimore Catholic Review
If she hadn’t been wearing her Miraculous Medal, 53-year-old Lennis Fewster, a parishioner at the Shrine of the Little Flower, might not be alive now.
The Miraculous Medal was the only thing that came between her heart and a Thug’s bullet.
It was Aug. 9, Ms. Fewster’s birthday. She had just gotten off work from her part-time job at the public Library near Erdman Avenue. It was about 1:30pm and she was standing at the Bus Stop. As she waited for the Bus, she clutched a Rosary in her hands and silently mouthed the prayers.
Suddenly Ms. Fewster’s prayerful reverie was interrupted by someone trying to grab her pocketbook. The Thief yanked her around but she would not let go of the purse. Suddenly she heard a loud crack.
“I thought he just set off a firecracker or something like that to scare me,” Ms. Fewster said. “I didn’t realize he had shot me.”
When Ms. Fewster still refused to give over her pocketbook, the Thief punched her in the stomach and knocked her to the ground, finally getting what he was after. Ms. Fewster, still unaware that she had been shot, climbed unsteadily to her feet and walked back to the Library to get help. It wasn’t until she arrived there that she noticed the blood and knew she had been hurt.
Paramedics soon arrived and rushed her to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
“The Miraculous Medal had been split in two by the bullet and the bottom half was imbedded in my chest,” Ms. Fewster said. “The doctor said the miraculous medal saved my life.”
The bullet most likely bounced off the Miraculous Medal and hit the ground. Police retrieved both Ms. Fewster’s Rosary and the cartridge from the gun. Ms. Fewster still keeps the broken Miraculous Medal with her in a small plastic bag.
“I think this was more than just coincidence,” Ms. Fewster said. “I learned that Mary is protecting me. The Lord isn’t ready for me yet.”
Ms. Fewster, a member of the Blue Army, said she attends her parish’s regular novenas and has been praying for the thief who attacked her when she say the Rosary.
“I encourage more people to join the Blue Army,” she said. “Our Lady has asked for the rosary to be said every day. I also pray for the Thief. He needs help.”
Ms. Fewster said her favourite words in the novena are, “Ever while wearing it, may we be blessed by your loving protection.”
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