87 years old Domenico Mascheri from Italy had been using hearing devices since the 1970s. But during a Mass in Medjugorje on September 27, 2011 he suddenly started to hear the priest still more clearly. One week into his new life with good, un-aided hearing, his wife still cannot understand she does not have to shout anymore.
Thousands of pilgrims gathered for Mass on the outdoor altar behind St. James Church in Medjugorje. It was here Domenico Mascheri regained his hearing after 40 years
Domenico Mascheri has gone to Mass all his life. But the 87 years old Italian from Cesena will never forget the outdoor Mass he attended on September 27 in Medjugorje.
During this Mass he started to hear by himself after 40 years when he was totally dependent on hearing devices to hear the little he could.
When Domenico Mascheri went to Mass that Tuesday evening, it was after two days when he had lived in a completely silent world, his hearing devices having run out of battery, he tells the Bologna-based local newspaper Il Resto del Carlino:
“We arrived at the sanctuary on Sunday, September 25. The next morning I realized that I had lost the batteries for my two hearing devices. I found myself in a world of my own because I saw others moving their lips, but I could not hear them.”
“I phoned my wife at home, but I could not talk to her. She told me upon my return that I had not heard her screaming. There was no possibility of finding spare batteries, and I resigned myself to continue my pilgrimage in total deafness”, Domenico Mascheri says.
After two days in a world without a sound, what should become the great day of the 87 years old dawned on September 27:
“On Tuesday I climbed Apparition Hill with the help of a stick. Then, in the evening, what I had never expected happened”, Domenico Mascheri tells Il Resto del Carlino.
“At 6 o’clock in the evening, together with five people in my group, I went to the open air Mass in the large square in front of the sanctuary. I sat on a bench, but not hearing what the priest said, I prayed for myself, so I could not answer the celebrant. Then suddenly, while reciting the Ave Maria, about halfway I started to hear the pastor’s voice that gradually got stronger.”
“I did not know what to do. The intensity of the celebrant’s voice increased, and at one point became so strong for me, accustomed to not hearing, that I thought I was dreaming. When I realized I was hearing through my ears without any artificial help, I started to cry, but I did not have the courage to say anything to my traveling companions.”
“At the evening dinner I loudly told everyone that I had found the batteries. They all asked me where I found them and I said, “they rained down from Heaven.” Everyone understood, stood up, hugged me and then we partied. We came home on Thursday and my wife still does not believe it because shouting to talk has ceased now after 40 years”, Domenico Mascheri tells.
“For me it is a miracle, but establishing it shall be to doctors and religious personel. I only know that after many years of suffering, I do not need the equipment. On Monday I will go to my doctor and my specialist, of course without the devices stuck in their ears, and carry out all the tests I have been through in these forty years.”
It was a long life of faith that culminated that evening in Medjugorje:
“Even as a child. I had a devotion to Jesus, Mary and the saints. I have had an adventurous life and always maintained a steadfast faith. I have always seen the apparitions of Our Lady of Medjugorje on television and felt the desire to go there. From the first time I heard of the miracles, I said that I had to go there”, Domenico Mascheri says.
“I am rejuvenated and I feel the weight of my 87 years even less. And all this thanks to the Madonna.“
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