MIRACULOUS CURE EFFECTED THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY FATHER.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 152, 31 March 1876, Page 13

MIRACULOUS CURE EFFECTED THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY FATHER.

(Translated for the ' Freeman's Journal,') The ' Journal de Bruxelles ' relates the following miraculous cure recently performed by the intercession of the Holy Fathar : " A rehgieuse of the Sacred Heart, Rev. Mother Julia N , a daughter of one of the most distinguished Belgian diplomatists, had, after a very violent nervous attack, her right arm entirely paralaysed, so much so that she was obliged to support, it on a splint by means of bandage?. The finger nails had become black and the bones of the fingers and elbow were distorted, as if out of place. In vain did pin sicians advise a change of climate. At Vienna, where she first went, and then at Rome, where she arrived about the loth of September, the araiction only grew worse. Mother Julia, however, nourished a secret hope of recovering, and of recovering iv Rome itself, provided she could see the Holy Father She obtained an audience on the 19th of October. The Holy Father, at first surprised at the request for a cure which was made him, and being desu*ous also of trying the faith of j the patient, said to her: '' My daughter, I have not the gift of miracles," but he immediately added : '• Have confidence in God, fur nothing i s impossible to Hi=> mercy." Yec, as the -isters, and especially the Holy Father's niece, insisted that He Himself should deigu to recommend the patient to God .i' d bless I er, the Holy Father prayed for a moment with his hands joined together aud his eyes raised to heaven, and then said to the pal lent • " My daughter, have faith, the faith that removes mountains." He repeated those words to her several times, and having asked her name, he took occ lsion again to speak to her of faith : " St. Julia," said he, " gave her lite for Jesus Christ, and she proved by her martyrdom the ardor of her taith " Then, taking the ring of the religious profession which the patient wore upon her left hand, the Holy Father blessed it ami told her to put it on her right hand. *' At the" very instant," siys Rev. Mother Julia, " I felt life renewed in the paralysed parts and the blood again circulating all through my right arm." The Pope then commanded her to make the sign of the Cross ; but as instinctively, by force ot habit, she was about to do so with the left hand : " No, no, not in that way," said the Holy Father, "you must make the sign ot the cr.>ss with your right hand, a Catholic si<m of the Cross," and sure enough, Rev. Mother Julia nas able to bless herself with her right hand, although she still hesitated and did so fl ith some difficulty. At the command of the Holy Father she made another sign of the Cross, and this time without the slightest hesitation, and iv the ruosb approved manner. On her return to Villa Lanta, iho Rev. Mother was able, on the same day, to write a lon_r letter of thanks to tha Holy Father, and she wrote it with that self-.«anie hand which, a few hours betore, was powerless. The finger nails have resumed their natural color, and the bones of the fingers and elbow leturned of themselves to their normal plates. It is no doubt to the too prudent and moaest i\ serve of the Ladies of ti>o v 'acreil Heart, that we must attribute the silence which has thus far enshrouded this wonderful act. I received the first intelligence of it a few days a_o from the doc. or who had attended Rev. Mother Julia, hers If. A number of pc sons h ive since confirmed his words. Finally, I followed the information nbove given to the very Sisters who were with the patient at her audience. It was time that the whole truth about the matter be known for the glory of God and of His Vicar.