Posted on 04/11/2005 5:58:51 AM PDT by NYer
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A cardinal who worked closely with John Paul II says that he was once cured of a serious throat condition after the Pope prayed for him and touched the affected area.
Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, revealed details of the incident on Saturday, the second day of the nine days of Masses celebrated for the Holy Father's eternal rest.
The Italian cardinal, a friend of Karol Wojtyla's since 1962, spoke of his previously unpublicized healing during the Mass he celebrated in the basilica with Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, the Pope's personal secretary.
The cardinal recalled that five years ago doctors operated on one of the main arteries in his neck that supply blood to the brain, "and by error of the doctors, my right vocal cord was paralyzed, obliging me to speak almost imperceptibly."
Referring to John Paul II, he said: "As a father, he came out to meet me and, for two or three minutes stroked the area where I had been operated.
"I was speechless. Meanwhile, he said to me: 'Don't be afraid, you'll see, you'll see. ... The Lord will give you back your voice. You'll see. I will pray for you. You'll see ...'"
"Soon after, I was cured," recalled Cardinal Marchisano.
He added during the homily: "Let us also thank the Lord for having given the Church a Pope like this, and let us ask the Lord for the grace to give to the Church other Popes who will follow this path."
Now that he's gone, they are talking.
Good story ... horrible, horrible title.
I agree. Giving credit to the pope for what God has done completely misses the point. I doubt that the pope would want that.
Anyone know if the other Masses are being televised?
Well, it's no small thing to give a human being the glory for God's works. :o)
True!
I am not surprised that the pope prayed and people were healed!
And the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up James 5:15
If anybody is a great role model of praying a prayer of faith, John Paul is...
Throughout this Papacy there have been scattered reports of healings - but the Pope apparently didn't want his cardinals and assistants discussing these cases.
Now that he's gone, they are talking.
And that's the way it ought to be. Says something about John Paul's honest love of God to not let people talk about his intercessory prayer for people, lest people think he was the channel and not God.
But now that he's gone, both facts, that he prayed and that people were healed show the power of faith, his openness to God, and the power of God.
You are correct but it's somewhat difficult to get precise theology in a title. So I'm OK with the title. The Pope was the conduit for God's work.
Oooooh, that's got me shakin in my boots. NOT!
But doesn't the affected person usually hit the ground, as well? ;o)
Makes the beatification process much easier. I think it will still take a minimum of five years, though...
>> Throughout this Papacy there have been scattered reports of healings - but the Pope apparently didn't want his cardinals and assistants discussing these cases. <<
WWJD?
"...but he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead."
But yet the miracles are not counted towards the beatification, because they were while he was not yet in Heaven, right?
Isn't that the reasoning? That people must pray to God through the saint for healing, which, by virtue of it being granted, establishes that the saint is in Heaven, right?
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