Miraculous Healings
What better proof is there of God’s existence, omnipotence, and powerful love than a miraculous healing? The instant and clearly perceived reversal of a debilitating illness, physical handicap or the gift of sight where minutes earlier there was blindness is but a reflection of God’s grace, given so that we might believe. Such a miracle is a sudden loving event that defies rational or scientific explanation. Nevertheless, we often forget that the glorification of God and the calling of people to the Lord’s table is always the miracle’s primary purpose. The grace of restored health is but a secondary purpose. A miracle always provides a clear sign of God’s intercession and is a supernatural phenomenon; it is much more than an event which is merely remarkable or improbable.
We will examine five claimed miraculous healings — but more to follow:
- Marie Bailly and Nobel Laureate Alexis Carrel (1902, 1944 – Lourdes and follow-on)
- Jack Traynor (1923 – Lourdes)
- Gabriel Gargam (1901 – Lourdes)
- Marion Carroll (1989 – Knock, Ireland)
- Francis Pascal: Blindness Cured (1938 – Lourdes)
You will note that four of the above miraculous healings took place at Lourdes. You can be sure that there have been thousands upon thousands of other miraculous cures, at Lourdes and throughout the world. Lourdes is over-represented simply because its inexplicable and miraculous healings are so well documented that they preclude fraudulent or erroneous claims.
Future articles
Additional articles will be presented from time to time or references made to other well-documented and inexplicable healings. For example, you may wish to begin with Father Atwell’s miraculous cure at the age of 16 (1974 – Montana).
Some websites and references
Last modified September 10, 2019