it all boils down to a matter of faith. even doctors know that no matter what they do to a person, if the person does not want to heal, he won't heal, according to a lesson shared by a local medical student.
as for the gift of healing, many people have it, so why not a priest in this instance?
Father Suarez claims he discovered his gift of healing at the age of 16. He saw a crippled woman and upon feeling sorry for her, he sat and prayed with her. During this, he literally started to feel bones growing in her legs, and due to shock, he ran away. To this date, no one has found this woman. He tried to keep this a secret for as long as he could, and agreed to pray with the sick as long as they didn't tell anyone about him for a fee or a donation. However, upon being ordained a priest, it became more evident to him that the gift of healing was not only meant for him, but to be shared with other people as well. Since then he has been traveling around the world celebrating healing Mass and praying with the sick.
On January 11, 2008, Manila Cardinal Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales officiated the sacrifice of the Mass which started the 3-day, 40-hour vigil at Fr. Suarez' Batangas City Montemaria mega-shrine. Hundreds of devotees and the sick gathered.
Suarez, 44, announced his return to and resumption of healing in the Philippines on May, 2008.
Suarez, on July 21, 2008, healed Filpinos in the 7 hours healing Mass at the Saint Joseph Community in Brussels, Belgium.
Fr. Suarez had his radio program "Healing Grace with Fr. Fernando Suarez" aired over Radyo Veritas every Sunday night. (wikipedia)
Isles, Amen!
Medicine is never "100% sure" of anything. We only implement strategies with what we know to be 'scientifically and medically sound' according to our present understanding of nature and its biochemical, genetical, and physical laws.
I can remember several weeks ago during a code blue, one patient we had suffered from Ventricular Tachycardia, which progressed to Ventricular Fibrillation. Despite the efforts of the medical staff (we gave him 3 boluses of epinephrine, and defibrillated; following standard protocol). The patient's EKG progressed to asystole. I assisted in the defibrillation of the patient, wala jud response.
After almost 15 minutes of following advanced cardiac life support maneuvers, still the patient did not recover from asystole. Wala gajud heart beat. The attending physician told us (there were 3 of us medical interns) to cease and to declare TOD (time of death). We asked him if we could try one more defibrillation. Just one more. The attending said to us, "Fine, but remember to follow protocol and alert pathology afterwards".
We defibrillated the patient 1 last time. And can you believe it? The ekg monitor showed a response. We saw a PQRST complex.
P wave = atrial depolarization and contraction, QRS complex = Ventricular depolarization and T wave = repolarization. We called the attending, he rushed back. We stabilized the patient.
Can you imagine. If we had given up on that patient, instead of giving it 1 more try, he would have been a dead man. Ang moral ani: there is never a "sure" thing.
Later that evening, that same patient was sitting and talking to family members. Later that night during post-admissions, i sat next to the patient and talked to him. It was surreal to think that this man (who is living) could have been dead. For some, they attribute his recovery to "advanced cardiac life support", while there are others who might say it was "divine" plan.
For me, i know what i am taught, and implement what i am certified in. But, I do not disregard the presence of Divine Providence in all things. That is my own personal view.
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