“She’s alive!” the doctor announced, his voice filled with the same relief that Kathryn Rossi felt. But no first cry echoed through the delivery room. “I need a breathing tube!” the doctor shouted. As her baby disappeared behind a wall of doctors and nurses, Kathryn and her husband, Robert, clasped hands. Please, the couple prayed, our…
The simple stone house in which the Virgin Mary was born, received the message of an angel at the Annunciation, and lived with the Holy Family, is believed to be in the town of Loretto, Italy. To the marvel of scientists, the House of Loretto disappeared from Nazareth and moved to Croatia and then later…
Paul Walsh was 17 when the car he was driving hit a tree on Chester Pike in suburban Philadelphia on an icy December night in 1983. Not only was his skull shattered, every bone in his face was broken and there was a tear in his brain. Doctors at Crozier Chester Medical Center said he…
An eight-year-old girl who was deaf and mute is reported to have been miraculously healed last year before the “She Who is Quick to Hear” icon. This ancient icon is one of the most well-known miraculous icons of the Theotokos, (which means Mother of God, the name used in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a title of the Virgin Mary.)
Have you ever prayed to St. Therese and received roses? I did once. I never asked for a sign of roses before, but one time after finishing a novena, I told St. Therese it would mean a lot to me to receive them as a sign that my prayer request would be granted.
On December 12, 1531, Our Blessed Mother appeared clothed in the sun with the moon at her feet and transformed the Aztec/Mayan people who were practicing human sacrifice. Within 9 years of her appearance, 9 million were baptized into the Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the reason that Mexico became a…
Mo and Alan with Victor Thirteen years ago, Mo Bergman rejected a doctor’s suggestion to abort her baby because of physical abnormalities. Instead, she turned to God and the situation changed dramatically. She is turning to God again and asking for healing for her son. Here is her story excerpted from Amazing Grace for…
“Stand still, Mary,” my mother scolded. “Or I can’t get these dress measurements right.” I was a typical nine-year-old girl, full of energy and mostly oblivious to the poverty that nipped at my parent’s heels. It was 1939 and the depression was in full force. Once my father was out of work, poverty…
When Veronica Hargrove’s son was fighting overseas in Kuwait, praying the rosary for him took away her feeling of fear and helplessness. And the Blessed Mother came through. As a little girl, I often noticed my father fingering a string of pretty beads. I would wonder why he played with those beads so…
Every Mother’s worst nightmare: “I could not just watch my children plunge to their deaths so I threw my body in front of the vehicle.” “Come on, Mom, let’s go,” my kids begged. It was a typical plea from kids painfully waiting for adults to finish up so they could get on with their own…
l Walsh was 17 years old when the car he was driving hit a tree on Chester Pike in suburban Piladelphia on an icy December night in 1983. One doctor described his head injuries as the equivalent of dropping an egg on a cement sidewalk. Not only was his skull shattered, every bone…
This powerful story of Divine Mercy is from the book, Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart I watched as many poor people walked about in tattered clothing; visiting, eating tacos…and smiling. “What do they have to be so happy about?” I wondered. I was attending a medical conference in Mexico City in 1991 and…