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To: Aliska; NYer

List of Lourdes Cures from the source: http://www.lourdes-france.org/upload/pdf/gb_guerisons.pdf

Another article: http://olrl.org/stories/lourdes.shtml


7 posted on 12/04/2008 3:42:00 PM PST by RGPII
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To: RGPII
Thank you for the links. The .pdf file did show some of the cured came from Germany, Switzerland, Italy and one from Algiers. The rest were from France.

The second link I hadn't heard of the first cure but am sure the Traynor cure, one of the most spectacular ones, was in the book I read. It's quite a thing to close a hole in the cranium and what became of the silver plate?

One sad case I read in the library at church was of a little boy who wasn't cured; he felt it was God's will, had heard a voice from the grotto, still it made me very sad.

I think it was a good thing that people didn't have to be perfect afterwards, and some of their whims were indulged. One cure had dreamed of wearing a pair of red boots and was able to. Funny the things that stick out in your mind.

Of the ones who aren't physically cured who by far are in the majority (although some receive their cures on the way home or after), I think there is sometimes some improvement.

A local family took their cerebral palsied son to Lourdes years ago now, like 20 or more, at great trouble and expense. He received no cure, but the family felt it had been worth it anyway. I saw him before, he was then a pretty young child, definitely severely handicapped, then last heard of him a couple years ago where some nice people pushed his wheel chair in a local race. He grew to full manhood and became much harder to care for.

8 posted on 12/04/2008 5:08:27 PM PST by Aliska
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