Donna gets up from her wheelchair, recognized as the last miracle in Lourdes
Donna gets up from her wheelchair: a miracle was officially recognized at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, the 70th miracle of Lourdes recognized by the Catholic Church.
The miracle was officially declared by Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonin of Beauvais, France, on 11 February, World Day of the Sick and the feast of the Madonna of Lourdes. During the mass in the basilica of the sanctuary, the bishop Nicolas Brouwet of Lourdes announced the miracle.
The miraculous event involved a French nun, Sister Bernadette Moriau, who went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in 2008. She suffered from spinal complications that made her wheelchair-bound and completely disabled since 1980. She also said she was taking morphine to control pain. When Sister Moriau visited the Shrine of Lourdes nearly ten years ago, she said she "never asked for a miracle."
However, after witnessing a blessing for the sick at the shrine, something began to change. “I heard a well-being throughout the body, a relaxation, a warmth ... I went back to my room and there, a voice told me to 'take off the device' ", the nun recalled 79 years. "Surprise. I could move, ”Moriau said, noting that she instantly walked away from her wheelchair, braces and pain medication.
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The case of moriau was brought to the attention of the International Medical Committee of Lourdes, which carried out extensive research on the healing of the nun. Eventually they discovered that Moriau's healing could not be scientifically explained.
After that a healing it was recognized by the Lourdes committee, the documents are then sent to the diocese of origin, where the local bishop has the last word. After blessing of the bishop, a healing can therefore be officially recognized by the Church as a miracle.