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In May 1890 St. Thérèse sent a note to her sister Pauline to tell her that Léonie would go to Lourdes and seek healing in the baths for her eczema, accompanied by Céline; the family prayed for her cure.
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In 1829 Sr Stanislaus of the Child Jesus from the Carmel of Baltimore received this prayer from her Jesuit spiritual director: “No more my sins shall tempt me to despair, My Father pities and forgives and hears a child's repenting prayer.”
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On 17 November 1991, St. John Paul II presided at the Rite of Canonization for Raphael Kalinowski. A 7-year-old boy from Wadowice who was struck by a car and suffered massive brain trauma, experienced an astonishing miracle of healing. We have his story.
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Today St. Edith Stein teaches us that compassionate love and mercy flow "from the divine heart." The prophet Isaiah reminds us that "the Lord waits to be gracious;" and "all those who wait for him" are blessed.
When Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll was a young man 50 years ago, he started reading and collecting articles about Father Titus Brandsma, one of Netherlands’ leading churchmen.Carmelite priest’s miracle is touching hearts and souls around the world — Crux Now
After the healing of St. Thérèse on 13 May, her sister Pauline wrote to Thérèse to offer words of gratitude, compassion, and encouragement. "What a joy to see you well! How good the Blessed Virgin really is!"
In her autobiographical manuscripts, St. Thérèse describes her healing on this date at age 10: "All of a sudden the Blessed Virgin appeared beautiful to me... then all of my pains faded away..."
Saint Zélie Martin learns that her breast cancer has reached such an advanced stage that it is inoperable. She writes to her husband, "I'll go to Lourdes on the first pilgrimage, and I hope the Blessed Mother will cure me, if it's necessary. In the meantime let's stop worrying."
St. John of the Cross says that "faith lies beyond all this understanding, taste, feeling, and imagining." Bishop Báez explains that it's the loving and welcoming presence of Jesus that gives us the faith we need to live: not only faith in God but faith in life, in ourselves, and others.
The more wounded the lover, the healthier the lover is, and the cure caused by love is to wound and inflict wound upon wound, to such an extent that the entire soul is dissolved into a wound of love.
A Roman soldier is concerned about his servant; he has feelings, he suffers for him.
In his Ascension Sunday homily, Bishop Báez say that by praying and witnessing to Jesus, we can heal the world
From 7th April to 10th May, the day on which the Blessed Virgin healed her, Therese remained in a sorry state
Our inner wounds, our weaknesses, our sins, and fears don't go unnoticed by Jesus. He wants us to be healthy and free.
Prayer can mean stretching out my hand, in the faith that he clasps my wrist
Her Name causes past memories to be taken away and deeply touches the intimate feelings of our soul.
She always had great trust and tender devotion for the Blessed Virgin
“My mother, please take me with you!”
The Blessed Virgin keeps us together under her mantle
She ascribed her healing to him
!["I took for my advocate and lord the glorious St. Joseph and earnestly recommended myself to him. [...] I don’t recall up to this day ever having petitioned him for anything that he failed to grant."](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/336879821_1374507696727108_3000064146961560788_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=zESZ1qSPVwUAX9cy5Ro&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCkrtIxW9mt_EKD65mOlVkZs1QYXOmQLrs1oY9qo7fa8g&oe=6425873B)
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