On the sun-baked sidewalk near an Interstate 581 entrance ramp, two Franciscan friars prayed for a ride Thursday afternoon as they waited in their woolen robes, thumbs in the air.
They were on their way to Nicaragua from Emmitsburg, Md., where they started their journey Wednesday – without money or food.
They believe God will get them there.
“We just let God provide for us – even for food. And he always does,” Brother Patrick Mary Ginty said.
Ginty and Brother Sean Patrick Hurley, both 24, have lived at the Mother of the Good Shepherd Friary in Emmitsburg since it opened last fall. They plan to establish such a community in Nicaragua along with four other friars who are traveling in pairs.
Maybe the Franciscan nuns from the other day can give them a ride. Except they’d be going to Stonehenge to discover the sacred within, so never mind.
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