In 2019, a man who appeard to be somewhat homeless (loitering around rue Marche Saint Honore for a few days, alone and obviously new to the area), stole an expensive watch from a local shop owner and ran for it. The police who quickly received the complaint were looking everywhere for him, all day, but couldn't find him. He couldn't have gone far on foot so the police politely approached me, since I know the streets, and asked if I'd be interested in helping them find this particular man. The suspect was unknown to me but I agreed to help the police because I believe in justice.
I didn't know where to start to be quite honest, so I walked over to the most popular grounds of the Louvre Pyramids, and stood tall on the fence that sections off the Gardens from rue Rivoli (which is just around the corner from rue March Saint Honore), and gazed into the distance for approximately five minutes but had not a single clue because I was relying on my eyes.
Then I pulled out the Rosary Beads from my pocket and began praying silently for direction to rely on my heart this time, and it came all at once. I followed the messages that fell like torpedoes in my heart, one after the other; the first one "cross the road that leads to the river then take a walk under the bridge".
When I got there I noticed a police officer out of uniform with a walkie talkie in his hand scowering the same area and I thought to myself "how can the suspect be here at the same lactation as the police and go unnoticed?"
Then I continued in the opposite direction of the police officer but the messages in my heart urged me to turn back, indicating that he's right under my nose. As I did, I noticed the police officer on duty (looking for the same man) walking away and his image becoming smaller and smaller into the distance.
When there was no sighting of the police officer, a man with dirty black clothes (who by then had removed his bandana and dark glasses), suddenly appeared from a large groove in the wall that was only big enough to stand perfectly still in, that he covered with large black rubbish bags full of paper scraps; and on his left hand was the shinning new stolen watch.
I had no mobile phone to call the police back to the area where I was standing, while isolating the suspect, so I ran back to the first district police station to inform duty police of his location.
By the time I returned with the police to the under bridge where I found the suspect, he was gone. So we had another look around but there was no sightings of him.
I began praying the Holy Rosary again and this time the messages in my heart said "now you are to leave him alone for he is in front of GOD and anyone that seeks refuge in the House Of GOD is to be pardoned, are you free from sin yourself?"
OMG I was so overwhelmed with that message that I couldn't face the police with it because they are my friends and I didn't want to let them down. I found the man they'd been looking all day for in just 10 minutes, and now his fate was in my hands. So I said quietly to myself, "what am I going to do now?"
Suddenly the message in my heart was as loud and clear as a church bell on a Sunday morning, "GOD BEFORE MAN!"
I entered the local church at rue Saint Roch, just to check for myself and there he was in front of the crucifix praying for forgiveness, as he gripped with deep regret the stolen watch fixed to his left hand. To his right, the sacred statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of GOD. I was in no position to defy that.
I approached him just to look into his eyes for a split second and he was sincerely regretful of his actions but did not come across as a first timer.
Then the message in my heart then concluded with, "tell him that when he is in front of GOD, all sins are forgiven but also remind him that stealing is against GOD and next time he is to ask for help when he needs it."
So I did just that and when I left the church, I prayed to GOD in my heart, to also forgive the sinns that I may committed that I forgot about.
And so it was done.
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