Lourdes: the day of the Immaculate Conception heals miraculously

Cécile DOUVILLE de FRANSSU. Witness of faith up to 106 years old ... Born December 26, 1885 in Tornai (Belgium). Disease: Tuberculous peritonitis. Healed on September 21, 1905, aged 19. Miracle recognized on December 8, 1909 by Mons. Charles Gibier, bishop of Versailles. On December 26, 1990, looking at this woman celebrating ... 105 years in the family, who could imagine that, at the age of 20, her life expectancy did not go beyond a few months, a few years at most! The family members who surrounded her that day live with her on her last birthday. They don't know it naturally, but everyone is aware of the extraordinary destiny of this beloved and affectionate old lady. Remember, remember ... some of which are painful. A constant torture from the age of 14 slowly kills her morale. The disease has spoiled her childhood and may even prevent her from becoming an adult: she has a white knee tumor, namely tuberculosis. After four or five years of careful treatment, with no apparent success, it was decided, in June 1904, to attempt an intervention. Tuberculous peritonitis occurs almost at the same time. Months pass, his condition worsens. "I want to go to Lourdes!". When he expresses this desire, in May 1905, Cécile is almost without strength, he feels consumed from within by pain and fever. In front of the few results and despite the precariousness of its general state, the trip is made in September, not without concern. In Lourdes, on September 21, 1905, with infinite precautions, she is taken to the swimming pools, from which she comes out healed ... and for a long time!