[Aquinasfan]

he felt a hand on his forehead and a voice said, "Back!" right next to his ear. Naturally he jumped back startled against the well sheathing -- just as the guys up top lost hold of the full bucket and it went whizzing past his nose

Wow!...and it sounds like he was a great man.

Mother Angelica, the founder of EWTN, had a similar story. When she was a girl, she was playing in the street when a car came whizzing around the corner. She was standing, frozen, in its path when something picked her up and moved her to the sidewalk. She didn't suffer a scratch. She attributed this to her guardian angel as well.

[AnAmericanMother]

How is Mother Angelica doing these days?

I heard she had suffered a stroke but was beginning to make a recovery. Haven't seen anything on their website in awhile.