Virgin by Mary Elizabeth Murphy

Author:Mary Elizabeth Murphy
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian, Religious - General, Fiction, Fiction - General, Suspense, Thrillers, General, Religious, Espionage
ISBN: 9780425151242
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Published: 1995-12-31T02:00:00+00:00

Quantas flight 902 out of Sydney encounters a massive storm along its route to Los Angeles.

Faced with a raging front of swirling black clouds, the pilot pushes the L-1011 to another

5,000 feet in altitude and angrily radios back to Sydney. He was told there was no weather on

this flight path and here he is facing a monster.

The reply comes that radar shows no sign of the slightest storm activity at flight 902's location.

The pilot tells Sydney to get its radar fixed because the mother of all supercells is moving

northeast along his course.

21

Manhattan

Carrie turned away from the steaming stove and wiped the perspiration from her face. Hot down here. Already fall, but September was rarely a cool month in New York.

She saw Dan sitting in the corner staring at the floor.

"Why so glum, Father Dan?" she said.

He looked up at her. The usual sparkle was gone from his eyes, replaced by a haunted look.

"I don't know," he said, sighing as he leaned back in the chair. "Don't you get the feeling that everything's spinning out of control?"

"No," she said, and meant it. "Just because we can't see where events are leading doesn't mean they're out of control. We may not be in the driver's seat, but that doesn't mean we're on a runaway bus."

"Is anybody in the driver's seat?"

"Always."

"I'll tell you something," he said, jerking his thumb toward the ceiling. "No one's in charge up there in St. Joe's. It's chaos."

"Confused, maybe, but it's not anarchy."

"Talk to Father Brenner about that, why don't you. He's got a slightly different take on the situation."

They'd both received a dressing down for opening the church to the Mary-hunters. They'd expected that. Father Brenner had lost control of his church—he couldn't close it at night, couldn't say Mass for his regular parishioners, couldn't get on with the day-to-day business of the parish. Every square inch of St. Joseph's, from the rear of the sanctuary to the vestibule, down the front steps and into the street, was occupied by a restless, weary mass of humanity in every imaginable state of dress and health.

Father Brenner placed the blame on Dan and Carrie.

Carrie's order had restricted her to the convent until proper disciplinary action could be taken. Carrie refused to submit to what she saw as house arrest and, much to the dismay of Mother Superior, went about her usual duties at Loaves and Fishes. She'd broken the vow of obedience so many times already she couldn't see what difference it made if she kept on breaking it. Besides, she'd made a vow to the Virgin to protect her and always stay near—that vow superseded all others.

"Father Brenner should be honored this is happening in his church. So should you. This is the most wonderful thing that's ever happened to any of us. Or ever will."

Dan shook his head slowly and smiled. "I wish I could look at everything like you do. I wish I could work a room like you do."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I wish I could get people to respond to me like you do.

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