A truly extraordinary miracle of Padre Pio

A woman from San Giovanni Rotondo "one of those souls", said Padre Pio, "who make confessors in whom there is no matter to apply absolution", in other words a soul worthy of Paradise had this experience. Towards the end of Lent, Pauline, this the lady's name, became seriously ill. Doctors say there are no more hopes. The husband with five children goes to the convent. They beg Padre Pio; The two younger children clinging to the habit sobbing. Padre Pio is upset, tries to console them, promises prayers and nothing more. A few days after the beginning of the Holy Seventh, Padre Pio contains himself differently. To those who implored his intercession for the healing of Pauline, the Father says in a firm voice: "He will rise again on Easter." On Good Friday Pauline loses consciousness, at dawn on Saturday she goes into a coma. After a few hours the agonizing person becomes frozen. She's dead. Some family members of Pauline take the wedding dress to dress it according to the tradition of the country, others, desperate, run to the convent. Padre Pio repeats: "He will rise again ...". And he goes to the altar to celebrate Holy Mass. In intoning the Gloria, while the sound of the bells heralds the resurrection of Christ, the voice of Padre Pio is broken by a sob as his eyes fill with tears. At the same time Pauline "resurrects". Without any help he gets out of bed, kneels and aloud recites the Creed three times. Then he stands up and smiles. It healed ... rather, it rose again. Padre Pio had said: "He will rise again", he had not said "He will heal". When, shortly thereafter, she was asked what happened to her in the period of time when she was dead, Pauline, blushing, with modesty, replied: "I was going up, I was going up, happy ... When I was entering a great light I went back, I was come back down ... " It will not add anything else.