Category: Healing
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Francis Meets the Good Shepherd
Francis and his wife Mary lived in a house around the corner, but their lot is larger and extended behind ours. Our back yard was small with the garage attached behind the house. This left little room for the growing boys to play. I built them a play structure with a sandbox at the bottom…
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Abandoned in the Womb
The debate about abortion is endless. More thoughtful people will often debate when a fetus becomes human. When you finish this story there will be no doubt. The Catholic Church teaches that you become fully human at the point of conception. Science has discovered that when a sperm fertilizes the egg, a flash of light…
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The Healing Power of the Lord’s Prayer
I first knew Tom through his wife, Janice. She and I shared similar professional views, so we communicated by email and phone to discuss events in the investment world. Tom was always in the background. I knew that he was about 20 years older than Janice. He had a brilliant career in Phoenix, Arizona as…
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George is Healed
George is healed. My first encounter with a miraculous healing was with my brother, George. The story unfolds over a period of time, so I will narrate the first part from my perspective, then give our mother’s experience. To this day, George has no recollection of the healing. However, George has developed a spirituality of…
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Dirt from Siloam
Dirt from Siloam A friend of mine had just come back from the Holy Land. As he discussed his excursion, he reached into his pocket and gave me a small plastic film tube that he had taken with him on his trip. “What’s this?” I asked “It’s dirt…from the pool of Siloam. I thought you…