Dear children
of Medjugorje,
praised be
Jesus and
Mary!
...
2.
Our Lady in
Galilee! In
the little
village of Abeline
I'billin,
where Saint
Maryam of
Bethlehem
was born, the
Hahouad family
was deeply
distressed.
Their
3-year-old
daughter,
Eleanor, born
with a
disability,
was doomed to
never walk. A
month earlier,
an Israeli
Catholic
friend went to
visit this
stricken
family. Seeing
the little
girl, he had
the idea of
giving her
some rose
petals which
he had brought
back from
Medjugorje and
which had been
blessed by the
Mother of God
during an
apparition.
The Gospa
(when she
appears to the
visionaries)
actually
blesses
religious
articles that
are presented
to her:
rosaries,
icons,
crucifixes,
medals, as
well as rose
petals.
Pilgrims then
give them to
those who
cannot come,
especially to
the sick, as
signs that
their Heavenly
Mother is
willing to
reach out to
them through
her maternal
blessing. With
such simple
signs received
in faith and
prayer, Mary
does what she
wants in the
person who is
suffering,
giving them
the graces she
deems
necessary.
Our
friend, upon
seeing little
Eleanor, was
overcome with
compassion and
began to hope
for the
impossible. He
explained to
the family
where the
petals were
from, and left
after having
prayed with
them. In the
evening, the
grandmother
said to the
mother, "Did
you put the
petals on your
daughter's
legs?" "No",
answered the
mother! "Well
what are you
waiting for?"
The mother
placed the
petals on her
daughter's
lifeless legs,
and after
praying
many Hail
Marys, she
went to bed,
crying all
night long
because her
heart was so
heavy. In the
morning, the
father, a
construction
worker, asked
his wife, "Why
don't you go
and see if Our
Lady has done
anything for
Eleanor?" The
mother went,
tried to lift
her daughter
upright, but -
to her
amazement -
the little
girl stood up
on her own,
she was
comfortably
standing on
her two feet
and started to
walk in front
of everyone!
She went out
into the
courtyard and
turned around
several times,
so amazed that
she was
finally able
to walk! Since
then,
Eleanor's
walking has
come on leaps
and bounds,
and the whole
family
continues
blessing God
for this
miracle.
Medical
records attest
to this
healing which
cannot be
explained by
science. The
Gospa of
Medjugorje
visited this
stricken
family, how
can we not cry
out with joy!?
