Testimonials

 

 

Miraculous Healing from A Stroke: 

by: Janice Lima

 

I would like to share a praise report.  About rwo months ago, I submitted a prayer request for Jo Alexander.  She fell down, hit her head, and suffered a concussion.  Jo Alexander is the mother of my chiropractor Kurt Alxander who I have been a patient of for many years. He is a strong mormon. I say this because, "all things work together for Good for those who love God and are called according to his purspose." (Rom. 8.28) May the Lord use this for a true conversion to the Catholic faith.  He was very concerned about the injury his mother suffered and relayed this information to me.  I mentioned to him that I would pray for his mother.  He responded "I know you have a connection."  So, I asked for prayers from St Margeret Mary as well.  When I spoke to him a month ago, he mentioned his mother had a stroke due to the fall.  Well as of last night, his mother has completely recovered from the stroke as if she had never had one!  He said it was a miracle and thanked me for the prayers.  Thank you Jesus!

 

 

 

 

Miraculous Hip Healing:

By. Lorraine Bradshaw

 

On June 26, 2009, 90 year old Lorraine Bradshaw was walking across the floor in her house to fill her dog's bowl when she tripped over a little carpet slip and broke her hip bone. Her physician was ready to order tests for her to have surgery.  Because of her age, the physician said that it was risky for her to have surgery due to the anathesia.  However; the physician recommended that she have the surgery anyways, and that it was worth the risk.  That same day that Lorraine broke her hip bone, she attended a Catholic charismatic prayer meeting.  A brother in the Lord in the meeting called out a word gift about a healing of a hair line fracture.  After this prayer meeting, her doctor had ordered several exrays to see if the bone had been displaced, and it was not.  Her  physician also said that it generally takes six to eight weeks for a bone to heal, and it takes up to a year to be able to see on an exray if the bone has healed.  Her last exray was on September 23, 2009, and her physician said that Lorraine was healed!  The exray shows the line where the bone was broken, but in another view behind it, it showed white fiilling in a dark cavity. The bone has re-grown, and this is very rare at her age.  The physician said, "90 year olds are not suppose to heal, but you did!"  

 

 

Medullary Cancer Healing:

By:  Lou Valci

 

In the month of January, I had a physical with my doctor, Dr Sandhu.  I have not had a chest exray for over 20 years.  I had a chest exray done this time, and they discovered a tumor in my lower throat.  The tumor was the size of a small chicken egg.  A biopsy of the tumor came back from U.C. as a Medullary cancer at 80%.  My surgeon Dr Araj explained to me that they needed to prepare to remove my thyroid glands and lymph glands to validate the cancer.  The surgeon removed the tumor and one thyroid gland,  and he sent it to Washington Hospital Lab while I was in surgery.  My surgery was January 27, 2009 at Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA. They woke me up just after surgery, and they said they needed to plan to go back again on Friday of that same week.  My thyroid and tumor went to U.C. Lab the Thursday of that week before the surgery, and the results came back with no cancer.  Note the Medullary cancer that they had identified was gone. 

I want to thank the Body of Christ for their prayers, and give praise and glory and thanks to Jesus Christ for his mercy and healing!

 

 

Angel Encounter:
By:  Connie Lucas

In the month of February 1997, I was driving to Concord, CA to speak with a priest so that he could help me with some problem that I was having.  I was driving my father-in-laws car in which I was not very use to.  I noticed that the fuel tank light in the car was red, but that the needle to the fuel tank pointed that it was full.  So, I paid no attention to it.  Driving on the freeway on the way back home from seeing the priest that I went to talk with,  I could feel that the car was loosing power.  I heard a big noise in the car like a bomb, and then the car stopped completely.  It was dark and cold outside, and I had $20.00 on me.  I called out to the Lord "Lord, why did you do this to me?"  "I am here in the cold with no money.  "I am lost, and I don't know where I am at."  "I have no phone with me." "Lord, why did you do this to me?"  "What am I going to do now?"  I thought, "well I won't stay in the car."  "I will go look somewhere for a phone or something."  I stepped out of my car and took three steps.  I was so nervous and cold, and I did not even look to see who was in front of me.  I heard a man's voice with a hand outstretched in front of me holding a cell phone.  The man's voice said, "here is a phone for you to use."  I looked at him but did not see his face, and I said, "you must be an angel from God."    He asked me if I had a Triple A card.  I was a Triple A member, but I did not have the card on me.  Then he asked me if I had my social security number.  He said that Triple A will accept that.  I was so nervous that I could not even make the phone call.  I said to the man, " I am so nervous and cannot make the phone call."  So he did it for me.  He placed the call to Triple A and after placing the call, he said to me, "Go inside the car and wait there, it is very dangerous for you to wait her."  "They will be here in fifteen minutes."  I went inside my car and waited and in fifteen minutes, Triple A arrived, and I never saw the man again.  I asked Triple A to check and see if it was the gas.  The technician said that it was not the gas.  So, then the car was towed to a Mechanic's shop in San Leandro, CA.  The mechanic gave me a ride home, and then a couple of hours later, the mechanic called me to tell me that it was indeed that the gas tank was empty.  I paid $70.00 for Triple A to tow my car to the mechanic's shop, but then because of the error of the Triple A technician who said it was not because of the gas, Triple A reimbursed the $70.00 back to me!

I can never forget this for the rest of my life!  I believe this was an angle from God who was sent to me!  I called upon the Lord and he saved me!

 

A Healing Testimony:

 

By: RoseMarie Mullins

 

I wish to give all the glory to the Triune God, the Father who loved me and created me, His Son who redeemed me by His dying on the Cross and the Holy Spirit who upholds me daily with His wisdom and grace. I'll never forget Oct. of 2007 as my life seemed to be ebbing away, I could actually feel my life's energy draining. I could no longer "work circles around people" like I had always done. I had to pull myself up by the rails when climbing stairs, my daughter had to help me get out of chairs, my strength was totally depleated. I could not understand why? I had serious health challenges, with my heart, blood pressure, swollen feet, eye sight deminishing, extremely short of breath and no ENERGY, moving slowly as my bones would hurt to move and on top of all that I weighed more than i had ever weighed, I weighed 287 pounds!
I had always been an upbeat person, seldom did I find myself depressed, but now I felt hopeless. How had I got myself into this position? I found myself in a condition I could do nothing about. I was taking 13 different medications that kept pileing on because one medication caused me to have to take another one to get rid of the problem the other gave me and I was in a vicious cycle. That night in October I found myself on my knees, not knowing if I could get up but I was on my knees praying and crying to the Lord. One of the things I clearly remember saying was, "Lord I need my strength, I don't have any stamina, my vitality is draining I feel my life is draining out of me, Lord help me"!
This was on a Monday, I clearly remember because the next evening I went to my prayer meeting and before it started my sister in Christ came over and said, "don't leave right after the prayer meeting, I have a word from the Lord for you". After the prayer meeting she immediately came over to me, she started to pray and then the words of the Lord came out, "I have heard your prayer and I will give you STRENGTH, STAMINA AND VITALITY my child"!
Now this got my attention!!! My sister in Christ had no idea that I had prayed these very exact words the night before! I'll NEVER forget these words, for they gave me HOPE for I had been hopeless. I had given up on losing the weight I was carrying all these years. I would lose from time to time only to gain it all back and more. I knew this night I had been touched by my God and Creator, my Redeemer, my Helper! I went home jubilant for, I knew that I knew that my God had spoken.
The next morning I woke up giving thanks to Him for the hope He had given me, I did not know how He was going to give me this new Strength, Stamina and Vitality but I KNEW that nothing is impossible with my God. I would wait... Two days went by and I get a phone call from another sister in Christ. She is all excited because she had talked to a friend and this friend had said to her " I have lost 20 pounds and I have my strength, stamina and vitality back! As my sister in Christ is relating this I am trying to stop her to ask her, "How did she do it"? She proceeds to tell me about a nutritional product she was using. I knew the Lord had brought me the answer! In my heart I knew I had to act. Now I know that God can use a donkey if He so choses, He can do it miraculously and I also know that His ways are not my ways, I am called to hear, listen and obey. I was not going to wait on this one. I found out what I needed to do, I received the product and directions on how to go about taking it etc. On October 25th I began, 3 days later I started feeling energy again...not a whole bunch but a little. A little goes a long way when you have had zero....none! 11 days later I had lost 14 and 3/4 lbs. That was fast, almost 15 lbs. in 11 days! I could not lose 1 pound before, I just kept adding them on daily it seemed. Well I was on my way, singing and leaping and praising God, for I knew that my God had done an awesome thing. He had given me hope that turned into faith! Now faith goes on as if it already is. That is where I am today, each and every day my Helper the Holy Spirit helps me chose what I eat and my body is RELEASING the fat, I am no longer losing fat as you find what you lose and I don't ever want to find this fat again. My body therefore is releasing the fat, I have released 55 pounds at this writing but I will continue to release much much more in order to glorify HIM!
Along with releasing the fat in my body it is also working to get rid of the toxins in my body that have accumulated through the years. We all know the air that we breath is toxic, the water that we drink is polluted, eating food that has food dyes etc. and food that has been sprayed with pesticides, our soil no longer has the nutrients to give the food that is grown in it any nutritional value.
Bottom line my God has come to our rescue and as He has provided this product out of plants and herbs that He has created, I am stronger today and feel so blessed with the changes in my body that I will always give praises to our God who loves us all so very much.
Yesterday, June 15th I turned 70 years old and I thank the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for my vitality, my zest for life is back with enthusia (enthusiasm) which is from my God. Amen

 

 

Power In Praise:

 

By: Lisha Servito-Beguhl

 

In February, Janice handed me a piece of paper. She said she wanted to give it to pastoral council members who were absent at the meeting where she had shared this prayer. I was intrigued because it was about four pages long. The title of the prayer was called, "Praise You, Jesus". I could hardly wait to start praising God with this prayer that Janice had given me.
At the next meeting I thanked Janice for sharing this prayer with me, and told her of my experience. She encouraged me to share my story because what I thought was ordinary she thought was extraordinary since I had never attended a charismatic prayer meeting or mass. It has been over a month since Janice asked me to write about my experience because I wasn't sure I had really anything worthy to say. Although I had put it in prayer, I felt immobolized and uninspired. No words would come to me. Then our computer broke down, and we had to get a new one. Janice kept on encouraging me. I kept on praying and asking God to give me the words He wanted me to use. Finally, the thoughts in my mind began to form as I heard God tell me to take my new laptop up to my "prayer space".
The first time that I began to recite the litany of praise I found it increasingly difficult to continue to look at the paper and read out loud the praises because I became entranced while praising the Lord. I lost my self in the praising of God. My mind was truly focused on the Lord. I was one in the spirit praising the Lord.
A few days later I awoke not "feeling right". I had no reason to feel sad. Everything was going great in my life. I couldn't understand why I felt as I did. I thought of all the things I was grateful for, but I still felt this emptiness. The thought to recite the litany of praise came to mind. I was driving in my car and did not have the paper with me, but I began to praise God, calling out to Him all the names I could remember, "Praise You, Jesus,You are my Redeemer, Praise you Jesus, You are my Salvation, Praise You, Jesus, You are my Rock, and my Shield". I continued praising God until I could feel my mood lifting. Afterwards, I praised God for what He had done and what He had shown me through praising Him.
It has become a daily practice to recite a litany of praise to God. One day I found myself lifting up my hands to the Lord, and shouting out the praises. Although no-one was home, I wanted my praises to be heard. In that moment, I felt as if I was letting the devil clearly know whom I was praising. Although I know God can hear me even when I am silent or quietly saying a prayer, in my heart, praising God just felt good to shout it out!

 

 A Yellow Rose

By:  Janice Lima 

 

 

Saint Therese of Lisieux recognized as a doctor of the church by Pope John Paul II.

I have grown to love this little young saint. Her simple way of humility is a path for everyone whether we are married, single or whatever calling we may have in life. Her example is a path for all to imitate. The book of Hebrews says in Chapter 13:7 "remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith." She has a message for everyone. I was deeply touched by her absolute and total abandonment to God. She was a girl in love with Jesus Christ, and she gave her all to him. She gave her body and soul to him and held nothing back. An example of Christ who gave his all to us and held nothing back from us. He gives us his body, blood, soul and divinity when we come to meet him at the sacrament of the Eucharist. When I first became acquainted with St Therese, I was so deeply touched that I began to share the movie that I saw of her life story, "Therese - Ordinary girl - Extraordinary soul". I shared her story with a sister in Christ. A few days later, a yellow rose was at my door steps!  Soon after I learned that she had said that she would give roses to anyone who either prayed to her or who honored her.

 

By: Saint Therese of Lisieux

"God gave me a Father and Mother more worthy of heaven than of earth" 

"I am a very little soul, who can offer only very little things to the Lord."

"My mission - to make God loved - will begin after my death," she said. "I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses."

"I feel in me the vocation of the priest. With what love, O Jesus, I would take You in my hands when, at my voice, You would come down from heaven. And with what love would I give You to souls! But alas! while desiring to be a Priest, I admire and envy the humility of St. Francis of Assisi and I feel the vocation of imitating him in refusing the sublime dignity of the Priesthood."

"O Jesus, my Love, my vocation, at last I have found it ... my vocation is Love! Yes, I have found my place in the Church and it is You, O my God, who have given me this place; in the heart of the Church, my Mother, I shall be love, and thus my dreams shall be fullfilled."

"Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness - Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well."

1Cor 12:31

"But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way."