His Prodigies on Behalf of
the Sick
Certain Saints are given the power by God to cure some illnesses,
particular ones to one Saint over another; in the case of our Saint,
God is liberally predisposed.
Innumerable cures testify to this.
Lady Antonietta de Vallo fell very sick. She had a kinsman who
was a priest; he placed a relic of the Saint beneath her pillow. Then
after some time, Gerard appeared to her,
making over her the Sign of the Cross, saying: "Behold, you are
cured!" Since she did not know who he was, she was shown images of some
Saints and when she saw Brother Gerard, she proclaimed "There,
that is the one who
cured me!"
Lady Maria Giordano of Corbara was steadfast in her pleas to Gerard:
One day she was praying in the church of
Caposele, when the Saint appeared to her also and said: "Prepare for
great
tribulations, but have courage. God will assist you." Shortly the truth
of his startling words were revealed for it came to pass that she
indeed had much to suffer, but Gerard came to her anew to support her
in her tribulations.
Victorina Coccione fell from the top of a ladder resulting in one leg
being badly injured, so much so, that she could not move without horrid
spasms of pain. A relative gave her a relic of the Saint. When she
applied it to her leg, she was instantly cured.
In 1780, Leonarde Miocore was immediately cured of eye trouble which
had left her almost blind. When she went to her physician soon after,
she told him: "You could not cure me, but I have just been
consulting a doctor who knew how to do it."
He did not believe her and thought she was jesting with him. So she
showed him her eyes and after he examined them, he realized she was
healed. She then showed him a picture of the Saint, calling him her
doctor.
Five years before a Father Mansione was at the bedside of a dying man
who had been attacked by a putrid fever when the man's friend, Pasquale
de Silla came into the room and placed a picture of the beloved
Redemptorist on his chest, saying: "Brother
Gerard, I have heard of the wonders you everywhere perform. But if you
do not cure my friend, I will not think you a Saint." Immediately,
in Father Mansione's presence, the dying man was rid of his deadly
illness
There are so many instances of such cures, that it would take pages
more. Suffice it to say that the extent of the kinds of cures, from
hemorrhages, cancers, stomach wounds and so forth, such as disfiguring
burns, is indeed breathtaking.
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