who fell ill and was expected to live but a
few hours was miraculously healed after her father prayed intensely for her. Her
father, an electrician, a man of faith … took a bus to the Marian shrine of
Lujan, 70 kilometers away. He finally arrived after 9:00 p.m., when everything
was closed. He began to pray, with his hands gripping the iron fence and he
prayed, and prayed, and wept, and prayed … and that’s the way he remained all
night long.
The man returned to the hospital the following morning and
found his wife weeping. She told him that the doctors came and said the fever
was gone and that she would live.
“This still happens,” the Pope reminded his listeners. “Miracles do happen.”
“This still happens,” the Pope reminded his listeners. “Miracles do happen.”
According to the Pope
miracles happen but prayer is needed, prayer that is courageous, struggling
and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.
I too agree with the Holy Father, that miracle may occur but
we don’t just pray for them to happen but do everything within our means to
make it happen. God doesn’t come in person to do some magic to answer our
prayers but he will come in disguise to grant us what we need to get us out of
our difficulties as long as we do the right thing to Him present in our midst.
God sends us to be His miracle worker among men.
Prayer is a very powerful weapon to give us the strength and
courage in our struggles to stand up for right. I don’t know whether it will
works miracles on the person for whom we pray but definitely works wonders in
us to bring about those miracles.
To me there are two types of prayers, prayer of sincerity that comes from the depth of our hearts and prayer of formality that comes just
from our lips. The former is bold, courageous, persevering and often
accompanied by tears of anguish as we reach out to God in faith when all others
means have failed. It is often offered for the well-being and needs of others.
The latter is just superficial and does not have any real meaning and is often
a recitation of formal prayers memorized from young.
With this homily of Pope Francis let us reflect on our own
attitude to prayer and miracle.
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