Mysterious "Angel Priest" Appears at Critical Missouri Crash Scene to Save 19 Year Old Katie Lentz

Katie Lentz - now recovering in the hospital

Local TV station KHQA seems to have the original story of the mysterious priest who appeared out of nowhere to rescue 19 year old Katie Lentz from her mangled car wreck Sunday morning August 4.

More recent reports indicate the mystery may be somewhat, solved, but KHQA gives the great original account.

There article, Mysterious priest performs miracle at site of Mercedes crash has a great 3 minute, embedded video, plus an excellent print account.

More recent reports, like UPI's article Mystery priest who appeared at Missouri crash scene identified say the priest is identified as Reverend Patrick Dowling.

Above I said, somewhat solved, because there does seem to be significant supernatural involvement.

For example, none of the some 70 photos shot at the scene show Dowling, and he seemed to appear and disappear completely unnoticed.

Reverend Patrick Dowling

The National Catholic Register article, Father Patrick Dowling and the 'Missouri Miracle' adds considerable detail.

Katie's great personal faith in God certainly must be the key to this puzzling event:

"Ralls County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Adair, who was in charge at the scene, spoke with the Register about the experience.

“Katie has an unbelievable and unshakable faith in God,” he said of the young woman who was pinned in her car.

He described how, “in 27 years of handling fatal accidents and being a supervisor in a fatal-accident unit, that’s the worst accident I’ve seen that a human was in and survived.”

More amazing to Adair was Lentz’s reaction. “She didn’t yell, scream, curse, or say anything negative about the other driver.” He and everyone on the scene saw something entirely different.

“She had faith in God,” he said. “She was calm and composed. She asked people to pray with her and to pray out loud. And that’s the real story.”

Adair said the 19-year-old young woman’s faith moved everyone. “The first responders, the state trooper on the scene, the EMTs and paramedics were touched by that.”

The policeman further reflected how this event compared to the many hundreds he has witnessed: “You kind of expect people yelling and screaming. But not someone having that faith in God and [wanting] to pray. And when you talk to her family, her mother and father are the same. They have that faith in God.” (The family are members of the Assemblies of God.)

At the scene, when New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed told Adair the rescuers were unable to cut Lentz out of the mangled wreck and had no options available, Adair told Reed he had promised the young woman and her mother he would get the girl out of the car. She had several broken bones, internal injuries and weakening vital signs."

An ABC News article says that Rev. Dowling did pay a visit to Katie in the intensive care unit at the hospital.

They report:

"Thanks, gio. Now, we turn to the mysterious priest who came to a woman's rescue just in time, after a nasty car crash. And just as quickly, vanished.

Many were wondering if he was real or an angel. He was both. The heavenly hero is speaking to abc in a network exclusive.

And abc's alex perez has our story. Reporter: He was the man from behind the miracle. I was coming from 8:30 mass.

Saw this line of cars. Reporter: Reverend patrick dowling revealing himself, after his seemingly devine intervention. One of the rescuers said to me, we need all the help we can get.

Reporter: Struck by a drunk driver, 19-year-old katie lentz was barely clinging to life. That's when the mysterious priest teamed to appear out of thin air. I think this time, I've actually witnessed a guardian angel at work.

Reporter: Adding to the air of mystery, father dowling's disappearance, when lentz was air-lifted to the hospital. It wasn't long before the town was searching for this hero. Even prompting this sketch.

Uncanny? Probably not. I hope I'm not as hungry looking."

Again, we note, there seems to be supernatural involvement.

News Channel WJBF.COM says in Gardian Angel: Priest Mystery Solved:

"I think that this time I've acutally witnessed a guardian angel at work," said Jeremiah See, of the New London Fire Department.

Adding to the air of mystery? Father Dowling's sudden disapperance once Lentz was finally rescued and airlifted to the hospital. It wasn't long before the entire town was searching for this seemingly heavenly hero, even prompting a sketch...uncanny? Perhaps not...

"I said, 'I hope I'm not as hungry looking!'" said Dowling.

As for Lentz, Father Dowling had the chance to meet with her Saturday in the ICU. "I think it was the most disapointing moment of all that I wasn't an angel or something," he said.

And, while her savior may have salt and pepper hair instead of a halo, those closest to Lentz say they still believe he's an angel among men.

"Let's remember, it was the Almighty who loved that little girl so much and and took such good care," Dowling said."

Katie

There are numerous articles on this wondrous and strange event.

Not everything fits into nice, neat pigeon holes.

I have considerable differences with Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, and many other so-called Christian churches, including, supposedly sound churches.

But, God is mighty, and I have met folks in these places I did actually think were true believers in Jesus Christ.

But, they continue in these places, for family, social, or who-knows-what, other reasons.

There is a sense in which some true believers may consider their own churches their mission fields.

I do not know what church affiliation Katie Lentz has, if any.

But, the reports indicate she requested someone to pray out load, for her, while trapped in the wreck, and apparently several did.

It was a great testimony for God in addition to being an effectual, fervent, prayer.

James 5 says:

¹⁵And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

¹⁷Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

As several have said, she certainly has remarkable faith in God.

As for professionals like Reverend Patrick Dowling, they are rather stuck in the career choices they have made.

A Catholic cannot just decide he wants to be a Baptist, he's really rather stuck.

I met an engineer who said he wished he had been a dentist instead, but, of course, he was stuck.

Rev. Dowling may well be a genuine man of great faith in God and in the Lord Jesus Christ, although a Catholic.

So many stuck folks must simply do the best for God right where they are at.

As a co-worker use to say, "bloom where you are planted!"

Any one who is not sure he or she is a true believer in Jesus Christ should read my pages, They Came to Jesus, or Jesus Gets a Visitor in the Night.

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