Do Miracles Still Happen?

You may remember in a past post the story of Sr. Catherine Laboure, a nun living in Paris who had a vision of the Virgin Mary back in the 19h century? From that vision arose the creation of the Miraculous Medal. The site of of her vision at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal is located on Rue du Bac.

Certainly, visions can be contested. But how does one explain the amazing recent recovery of Sister Marie-Simon Pierre from Parkinson’s Disease? Plagued with the disease since 2001, in June of 2005, Sr. Marie-Simon-Pierre describes her experience. She had been writing a letter to Pope John Paul II when a feeling over complete well-being came over her - and she was able to write legibly - which she hadn’t been able to do in a long time.

When she made her next medical visit, the doctors found no signs of the Parkinson’s Disease.

Sr. Marie Simon Pierre’s unexplained recovery is only one of many such mysterious cures which have been attributed in recent years to audiences with Pope John Paul II. The case of this French nun was selected over other cases even thought there were many authenticated cures. In one case, a man who had been suffering from cerebral palsy went for an audience with Pope John Paul II. The pope told him to go to Lourdes - which he did - and was cured.

It will be the decision of current Pope Benoit XVI to decide whether the former pope should be canonized as a saint. To be canonized, a miracle must have occurred.

Webster’s dictionary defines miracle as: “An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention.”

Divine: “of, proceeding, directly from God or a god (~love)”

Although the nun had been living in Aix-en-Provence at the time of her ailment and recovery, she was transferred to the Clinic St. Felicite in the 15th arrondissement where she works.
Clinic St. Felicite brings 3000 babies into the world each year!