A Season of Miracles

I never get tired of reading about special graces received through the intercession of Blessed Frassati.  This one happened in July, a few weeks after we celebrated his feast day novena.  It has been shared with the Frassati contact in Rome for review.  As we wait for the miracle of Christ’s birth, I hope it will inspire you to pray with confidence for the difficult situations in your own life.

As reported by Vicky T. (keeping her last name private for cyber-security reasons), her father had a massive heart attack and was rushed to the hospital.  He was resuscitated many times on the way. At the hospital, the family was told he would most likely not make it. He was on a respirator and not breathing on his own but did make it through the night.

Because he did not have a pulse in his right leg since his arrival, the vascular surgeon informed the family that it was a essentially a dead limb and would need amputated or that alone could result in death.  Vicky’s father’s heart was weak and his kidneys were shutting down.  The family had to make the decision to have surgery knowing that he had essentially no chance of surviving it.

“We needed a miracle.”

Here’s what happened next, in Vicky’s own words:
 
“Right then and there I remembered a story that our parish priest told us a while back about a young man named Pier Giorgio Frassati. After the homily we had researched Pier Giorgio's story. We had watched a YouTube video about how Pier Giorgio had interceded for a family praying for their son. This story has always stayed in my heart.
 
I realized during our talk with the vascular surgeon that my dad would probably pass away during the upcoming surgery and the only hope we had was for my dad not to have to have that surgery. Immediately I called on Pier Giorgio. My dad needed a miracle and so does Pier Giorgio. I knew he would help. I googled and found an intercessory prayer and sent it out to my whole family and to my family that was at the hospital with me. We all said it immediately. I continued praying asking for help during the hours in the waiting room.
 
Around 5:45 that night we went in to say our goodbyes to my dad because his surgery was scheduled for 6:30. We had a local priest come in at that time also to give my dad blessings. We left the room so my mom could have private time with my dad to say her own goodbyes. She came back to the waiting room around 6:15 … understandably very upset as we all were. She told me that she is just praying that he wasn't in pain and that she was worried about that because my dad was kicking around his leg the whole time she was saying her goodbyes to him. I asked her what leg he was kicking and she said his right leg. That's the leg they would going to amputate! He had not had a pulse in that leg for around 18 hours!!
 
I ran back to his room and asked the nurse if she could please check his pulse in his leg. Thankfully she indulged my request although she probably thought I was crazy! By that time my whole family crowded in my dad's room while the nurse began looking for a pulse. I had Pier Giorgio's picture on my phone and was praying to him to help my dad. Praying to make his pulse stronger! And thanks be to God and to Pier Giorgio the nurse found a pulse. It was nothing but a miracle.
 
The nurse immediately called the vascular surgeon down to check on my dad. At that point we were minutes from his scheduled surgery. The vascular surgeon heard his pulse too and cancelled his surgery. None of us could believe it.

The vascular surgeon met with us the next day and told us that my dad was an absolute miracle and we should be thanking whatever higher power we believe in. Which of course is God and Pier Giorgio's intercession.

My dad had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks recovering enough to have a triple bypass surgery which was successful. During my dad's stay at the hospital he had many nurses and doctors coming in to see him and all of them called him a miracle. I truly believe my dad is alive thanks to the wonderful intercession of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati."
 
You may not realize it but you participated in this miracle!  Vicky discovered our video about Kevin Becker’s healing and found the prayers to pray online.  Without your financial support, these important resources would not exist.  Thank you!  And Vicky says she first learned about Blessed Pier Giorgio from her parish priest during a homily. Look at how the seed planted by that priest bore fruit!  Never be shy about sharing the beautiful testimony of Blessed Frassati with the people around you. 
 
Finally, Our God is a God of miracles.  Never stop believing.  Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8)
 
Verso l’alto!  ///cmw


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