Remote on The Fritz

The first thing I heard this morning was "MEOW!!!" Winky, the cat, was up early! So I got up; no sense trying to sleep when he's running around playing.
At 7:00, I prayed the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer as I always do.
Winky and I usually go upstairs after that; he likes looking out the upstairs windows. Most of the time, I open the windows, then leave the upstairs apartment and close the door. This morning was different; Mom was already up and in the kitchen. Winky had also awakened her early.
And then Winky went into the bathroom and used his litterbox. He even did his morning poop earlier than usual!! I cleaned it out and took it downstairs to our garbage can.
Well, it turned out to be a good thing that Mom was already up! I changed to my good clothes, (see post below this one) and reached for the remote. IT WASN'T WORKING. I tried a few times; nothing. And my TV is the kind where you need a remote to change channels, and it wasn't set to EWTN. And there was no time to turn on the computer and watch the Mass online.
I went upstairs and told Mom I'd have to watch the Mass in her living room. That really wasn't a problem as far as her own TV viewing was concerned; she watches in
her bedroom because the tv screen in there is bigger.
Winky went back downstairs, and I turned on the TV in the living room.
During Fr. Mitch Pacwa's homily, Mom came into the kitchen to take her pill with a cup of coffee. Then she called to me, "I hate to bother you, but I dropped my pill."
{Mom can't bend any more}.
"Don't worry," I told her. "Winky's downstairs."
If my remote hadn't gone on the fritz, Winky would've been upstairs with Mom when she dropped the pill, and he might have eaten it. I began to wonder if that was WHY the remote went on the fritz!
I went back downstairs and tried the remote again. Sure enough, it was now working just fine! I am convinced that God used that remote to protect our beloved cat.