Miracles

On Monday, I visited a good friend who I anointed several weeks ago before she was supposed to have surgery. It’s wise and common for Catholics to receive the Anointing of the Sick before surgery. Her surgery was to remove cancer from a breast which had been detected on a biopsy. She told me on Monday that they canceled the surgery; there were no signs of cancer! The surgeons said they had no explanation.

A very similar situation occurred months ago with a young parishioner. His planned surgery involved removing kidney stones. I anointed him at an evening Mass the night before the surgery. The next day, surgeons prepared him and his family for the procedure. He called the boy’s parents in from the waiting room to tell them that he didn’t have to do surgery. They asked why, and he said because the stones were not there. They said, where did they go? He couldn’t have passed them. The surgeon had no explanation. One parent asked, are we talking a miracle here? The doctor leaned back in his chair and said, that’s beyond me.

Yes, we’re talking miracles. Both stories appear to involve miracles. These will probably never be officially declared miracles by the Church, but they contain elements from official miracles. The statement of each doctor about not having an explanation is common among approved and official miracles. And, the other similarity with the above stories apart from the physical healing is the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. It has real power and can obviously bring physical healing. All of the sacraments contain the Power and Grace of Christ and are real. Come check them out!