tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post6644797618597965070..comments2024-03-28T16:40:38.222-07:00Comments on TIME FOR REFLECTIONS: MiraclesVictor S E Moubarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-61572003961657753162013-05-09T22:27:30.109-07:002013-05-09T22:27:30.109-07:00It is also our duty to tell others about it. Thank...It is also our duty to tell others about it. Thank you again Melanie for sharing your story with us.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-68780389182551998052013-05-09T15:36:42.198-07:002013-05-09T15:36:42.198-07:00:):)Melanie Jean Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762839203074357706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-89312675390749887912013-05-09T15:36:23.108-07:002013-05-09T15:36:23.108-07:00it is good to remember what the Lord has doneit is good to remember what the Lord has doneMelanie Jean Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762839203074357706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-38633360840892974332013-05-09T15:19:30.679-07:002013-05-09T15:19:30.679-07:00That is wonderful Hand-Maid. It is good that a pri...That is wonderful Hand-Maid. It is good that a priest is making it clear that miracles do happen. May God bless him.<br /><br />And may He bless you and your family too.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-83246725756937802022013-05-09T14:51:55.840-07:002013-05-09T14:51:55.840-07:00I have a very good friend that is a priest. When ...I have a very good friend that is a priest. When he visits my husband and I and our children, he never fails to ask, "What miracles have happened in your life..."<br />He's a bit like Fr. Ignatius.Hand-Maid With Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391771730841208965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-58268256509941295672013-05-09T14:42:21.413-07:002013-05-09T14:42:21.413-07:00My cat does the same ... and tries to attack the m...My cat does the same ... and tries to attack the mouse when I use it.<br /><br />Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-17054140084908081072013-05-09T14:40:37.783-07:002013-05-09T14:40:37.783-07:00Thank you so much Melanie for sharing this wonderf...Thank you so much Melanie for sharing this wonderful story with us. I am sure it will bring comfort and encouragement, as well as joy, for many people suffering from various illnesses and pains to know that the Lord does love and care for us. And yes ... miracles DO happen.<br /><br />This is a wonderful story. Thank you again.<br /><br />Praise the Lord.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-79172510148127676062013-05-09T14:34:02.804-07:002013-05-09T14:34:02.804-07:00it is not in the right place, Victor..I blame my c...it is not in the right place, Victor..I blame my cat for sitting between me and the keyboardMelanie Jean Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762839203074357706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-79503630321122581662013-05-09T14:31:32.333-07:002013-05-09T14:31:32.333-07:00A Physical Healing. Really?
It was a conference fo...<br />A Physical Healing. Really?<br />It was a conference for Sunday School teachers.<br /><br />The crowd consisted of down-to-earth housewives, mothers, even some older, benevolent grandmotherly types. Lots of nice, well-meaning women attending, simply trying to fill a need at their church. Most were mothers who wanted to be involved in teaching the faith to their kids. My friend and I were the only Catholics in the group and that added to a feeling of alienation. So, I came albeit grudgingly. I really did not expect to learn anything more than a few interesting tips on how to hold children's interest.<br /><br /><br />I was pretty fed up with learning techniques and strategies. I wanted, no I needed, to receive more from God in my deepest self, in my spirit because I was tired and depleted. I did not need more facts. What I craved cannot be taught. It flows at the most unexpected moments from God himself. It did not look like it could ever happen in this setting.<br /><br />Then a nurse, with a freshly scrubbed face and no make-up, in running shoes and jeans, announced that she had a gift of praying for people with crooked spines or scoliosis. My friend elbowed me, and I shyly raised my hand only a little higher than my head. The nurse spotted me right away,<br /><br />"Come right up here to the front and I will pray over you for a physical healing."<br /><br />I sighed and stood up front, trying to open my heart to God but feeling self-conscious and doubtful. I felt nothing. No heat. No tingling, stretching or lengthening. Zip. Zilch.<br /><br />The nurse had me touch my toes again. Excitedly, she announced to the crowd,<br /><br />"Her spine is straight." She smiled at the audience.<br /><br />Then she sat me down on a chair, "Look, your legs are now the same length. How do you feel?"<br /><br />I was in shock as I stared at the leg that had been 1 to 2 inches shorter a moment ago. I reached back to feel my back. I felt taller and I knew I stood straight but my mind started to race, "How could this be? I did not feel anything. It was impossible. Surely if muscles and bones, never mind the nerves, moved and shifted, stretched and realigned, surely I would have felt something, wouldn't I?"<br /><br />I ran to the washroom and looked in the huge mirror. Sure enough, I stood straight and tall but my mind could not process this.<br /><br />When a chiropractor was struck dumb and my agnostic mother wept with joy, weeks later, then I allowed myself to relax and simply accept the bizarre, the surreal. I was healed.<br /><br /> (© 2013 Melanie Jean Juneau) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-21329191144699797362013-05-09T13:28:37.783-07:002013-05-09T13:28:37.783-07:00It's sad Jose, that many people don't beli...It's sad Jose, that many people don't believe in miracles.<br /><br />God bless you.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-57292782531874544512013-05-09T11:04:55.222-07:002013-05-09T11:04:55.222-07:00Great sermon from Fr. Ignatius!
Yes, indeed, fait...Great sermon from Fr. Ignatius!<br /><br />Yes, indeed, faith is necessary for miracles.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />Jose D. Pinell.Daniel Pinellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113045077194121628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-28753948548955068302013-05-08T14:13:20.521-07:002013-05-08T14:13:20.521-07:00Sometimes it helps to state the obvious, Vicky. Yo...Sometimes it helps to state the obvious, Vicky. You are right in that if God wanted to, He could sanctify us in an instant. But somehow, for His own reasons, He doesn't. He allows us to try and fail time and again. At least that is the case with me.<br /><br />I really don't understand why He leaves us to try in vain and fail over and again. Surely as our Creator He knows our weaknesses. <br /><br />He knew all too well St Peter's lack of Faith when he attempted to jump off the boat and walk on water. He knew his fear and cowerdice when He'd deny Him three times. Yet He allowed it to happen. <br /><br />He also allows us to try, with weakened Faith, to trust Him as best we can; even though He knows some of us will fail.<br /><br />Someone once said that Saints are people who failed yet continued trying. Maybe that's what He asks - that we continue trying.<br /><br />God bless you.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-48760870610961594832013-05-08T11:52:19.671-07:002013-05-08T11:52:19.671-07:00Maybe, it's not so much our failures that are ...Maybe, it's not so much our failures that are important, but our humility in persevering. If God wanted to, He could sanctify us in an instant and I guess our pride would want nothing better than to be perfect, right now. But, I think God wants us to learn to trust Him and to be little so that our love becomes pure, rather than self-centred. We can learn so much from our failures and I think our patient perseverance opens us up to an abundance of graces.<br /><br />Was that a rhetorical question, Victor? I may have just stated the obvious:-)<br /><br />God bless,Victor:-)Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020095571963954615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-34935731832614974122013-05-08T03:51:51.031-07:002013-05-08T03:51:51.031-07:00Thank you Vicky. I think you're right.
But wh...Thank you Vicky. I think you're right.<br /><br />But why does He test my Faith when He know I shall fail?<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-51745115560944518112013-05-08T03:48:29.873-07:002013-05-08T03:48:29.873-07:00You're right - it's faith that we need, is...You're right - it's faith that we need, isn't it? And patience. Sometimes, I think our faith is tested when we don't relief from pain and suffering as soon as we want it. Perhaps, we might need to heal our souls before we're ready for physical miracles.<br /><br />God bless, Victor:-)Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020095571963954615noreply@blogger.com