Actually, nobody really talks about or announces the healings in Medjugorje, but the belief that they occur stemmed from the apparitions, blessings, prayers, trips to Apparition Hill or on the high hilltop of Cross Hill some five hundred meters away.
Among the hundreds of cases, one that definitely stands out is of Arthur Boyle, an American from Hingham near Boston. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer which spread to his lungs. Doctors sadly predicted a speedy death.
“I was diagnosed with cancer in 1999. They removed my kidney. I thought the operation took care of everything, but eight months later during a follow-up exam, doctors found three tumors in my right lung. They gave me a less than a 5% chance that I’ll survive. Radiation and chemotherapy was out of the question. Only an operation to remove my right lung was possible. At that time, my best friend asked me if I’ve heard of Medjugorje.” recollects Arthur Boyle.
“I remembered then years back how my daughter, while studying medicine, brought me a book from Medjugorje titled ‘The Messages of Medjugorje’. My wife read me the messages but I didn’t pay much attention to it. However, after my friend asked me about Medjugorje, I went home and asked my wife: ‘What is this Medjugorje? What did you tell me about Medjugorje?’ she told me all that she knew about that place of prayer, love, peace, and healing.”
One week later in September of 2000, Arthur Boyle, emotionally crushed by the progressing illness traveled to Medjugorje. At first, he felt a great power after confession, then he had an impressive meeting with the visionary, Vicka and father Jozo Zovko at Široki Brijeg, not far from Medjugorje. That gave him the strength to attempt climbing up Cross Hill.
“It was raining. As I was climbing, I felt tired. I had a strong pain in my legs and I felt as if everything was getting worse. My chest hurt like never before, but we climbed to the top. We were the only three adult men on Cross Hill. I prayed with all my heart and soul for God to forgive me and to help me to get well. We cried as we prayed. After that I called my wife on my cell phone, because my friends and I had a feeling that something strange happened to me up on Cross Hill. She then told me that she scheduled an operation to remove my right lung four days upon my return from Medjugorje. I asked her if she could ask the doctors to examine me one more time before I go into surgery. I also asked her to organize everything if it was possible when I got back to America.
Shortly after that, the doctor’s secretary called me and said: “Mr. Boyle, we know that you are in Medjugorje and we know why. That is really great, but you have cancer and it’s not going to go away all by itself, believe me. I assure you that you need this operation.” Arthur Boyle told his story.
He arrived home in America convinced that he was healed.
“God healed me. I am healed in my heart. I am spiritually healed. All that was rotten and unhealthy in me, I got rid of in confession in Medjugorje.” he repeated.
He then went to his doctor who showed him the old and new CAT scans.
“He told me to wait outside for five minutes then he called me into his office. He was scratching his beard while looking stunned. He concluded that the cancer has just disappeared, that it was gone. We called all the attending doctors who had to operate on me and told them about it. Astonished, they all accepted the fact that I was cured,” described Arthur Boyle. That day, September 14, 2000, instead of going into surgery to remove his right lung, he went to play golf.
There were hundred of cases like this one collected throughout these past three decades in Medjugorje. Evidence is recorded and stored in the “Mir” Information center in Medjugorje awaiting further processing from medical and theological experts.
SOURCE - MINISTRY VALUESThere were hundred of cases like this one collected throughout these past three decades in Medjugorje. Evidence is recorded and stored in the “Mir” Information center in Medjugorje awaiting further processing from medical and theological experts.
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