So, we thought getting a one-year-old cat would give us a number of years blissfully free of veterinarian bills.
Not so.
Over the course of the two months that we've had him, he's had fairly deep puncture wounds in each of his front two paws, costing (now) us upwards of $400 in assorted ver expenses (some of the expense came as a result of us having to board him during our vacation so they could administer daily meds). Two months - two wounds. Very similar. One in each paw.
Totally weird!
We were trying to figure out what's going on - weird, loose, sharp hardware or screws in the basement? Centipede bites? (we've got a doozy of a centipede living in the cracks of the foundation in the recording corner of the basement) What?
And then it hit me....STIGMATA.
Unfortunately, according to Sharon, the Catholic Church does not provide any sort of cash reward for manifesting the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. Something about the reward being "the edification of the spirit" or something.
Whatever.
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6 comments:
ouch - poor cat
that is weird
and, it could still be stigmata
continue to treat that cat well
Dang. That sucks.
If the stigmata come with some of the other benefits of messiahdom, life could get pretty sweet.
The water to wine thing comes to mind, and even a cat that could walk on water could be pretty lucrative.
Even if it's just the stigmata, there are large numbers of observant Catholics out there that would flock to see Rocky.
To illustrate that point, recently a window in a hospital in Springfield MA fogged up into a representation of the Virgin Mary, causing THOUSANDS of people to gather in the parking lot to look at it.
It could explain his water fetish. When he sticks his paw in his dish, perhaps he's trying to practice turning it to wine, or parting it or, at the very lease, turning it holy.
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damned Massachussetts Catholics.
I mean, not literally "damned" Catholics.
I do wonder if I started a new website called "SaintRocky.com" with images of his two wounds, I could get some traction on this whole thing.
I am going to bet that it has to be nails or something like that. If the water turns to wine then please let me know let me know.
I'd give the website a try...
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