Nuns use power of prayer in crisis

"It's a miracle," mother superior says as elderly saved from evacuation
Saturday, December 13, 2008

COLONIE — God works in mysterious ways apparently, especially during ice storms.
Without power since 2 a.m. the indoor temperature dropped by the hour and evacuation was imminent at Our Lady of Hope retirement facility run by the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Against this natural disaster, they offered prayers, fingered rosary beads and heard Mass celebrated.

Just as the 86 elderly, low-income residents and the 10 nuns who care for them had packed suitcases and were about to begin loading into ambulances and buses for a temporary placement in a nursing home across town, the lights flickered on and the furnace roared back to life, just before 1 p.m. Friday. the rest