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our appreciation to all of you. She is
not out of the woods yet, so please
continue to remember Jennifer in
your prayers. < Ann, IL – USA >
My own living situation was difficult
and my brother asked me to move in
with him. After the move was made, I
realized what a great mistake this was.
Their family made fun of my religious
practices and the house was so secular
that I could scarcely pray or find any
peace. My daughter wished for me to
live with her, but she was not ready for
this to happen. I made a 9-day novena
to St. Philomena. Two days after the
Novena was completed, I became very
ill with a bad attack of vertigo. It was
so bad that my Lori called my brother
and told him she was bringing me to
her house. My sickness scared and
worried him. After 6 days, my brother
told Lori that I could stay with her,
and he could manage without my
help. I was still dizzy but I loved it! It
was a good suffering. My daughter is
very kind and loving to me. In August,
Lori and I will ship two bottles of olive
oil to the ULRA in thanksgiving!
< Lorraine, RI - USA >
M
any of the faithful
share the miracles
that St. Philomena
has obtained for their
families. Mama Ludwig
shared her story with
me. Her son, Esekia,
is in Grade-II. He is
an asthmatic patient
who has been in and
out of hospitals with
strong asthmatic attacks most of his
life. In 2018, there was a huge flood
here and all the roads that go to the
stores and hospitals were flooded. She
had no medicine for her son and it was
raining heavily. Esekia had an attack
with high fever. She gave him aspirin,
but his attack got worse. His father went
to get the St. Philomena oil we had
given them. He rubbed the oil on his
chest and neck, and told him to drink
some. They prayed to St. Philomena
and went to bed. Esekia slept silently
that night and had no problems. The
next morning, he was laughing and
playing. < Seminarian James Wau
PAPUA NEW GUINEA >
From our Center in Ghana, we received
this special report:
1. Mrs. Mavis Achiaa informed us that
she had suffered four miscarriages.
After becoming a member of the
Living Rosary and using the holy oil
and cord of St. Philomena, she later
conceived and gave birth to her only
child who is named, Mary Immaculate
Philomena! This daughter is now in
Russia studying medicine and will soon
be a doctor.
2. Madam Mary Anane informed us
that she went to visit a patient in the
hospital who had been in a coma for
three weeks and was declared hopeless
by the doctors in charge. After her
prayers for him, she placed the blessed
St. Philomena cord under his pillow,
anointed him with the holy oil, and
then left. The next day, the patient
recovered from the coma and was later
discharged. She gave thanks to God
and St. Philomena for their powerful
intercession.
3. Our leader from Atebubu in Brong
Ahafo Region reported that, last year
on the Feast of St. Philomena, along
with all those attending, she presented
prayer petitions to our dear Saint and
then burned them. Afterwards, she took
some of the ashes home and smeared
them on the whole body of her husband,
an Angelican Priest who had suffered
from a stroke several years before.
Some days later, he was completely
healed. We thank Our Blessed Mother
and St. Philomena.
< Patricia - GHANA >