3 year old boy
miraculously saved
A new testimony of
healing attributed to Luisa “The Saint” was given during the Open Day, on June
14, 2015 and subsequently published by "Lo Stradone" newspaper from Corato.
It is about a boy who was only 3 years old.
Who tells this
poignant story is Mrs. C. R, the child's mother.
We start by
saying that the family in question is not from Corato. They live in their home town
Ruvo of Puglia, not far from Corato, but where the name of Luisa Piccarreta, at
the time of the events, was not yet widespread.
Everything
started between 2006 and 2007: the child was diagnosed with a sarcoma in the
head for which he underwent three surgeries at close range of each other.
Upon awakening
after the third surgery, the child said he had dreamt an old and perfumed lady.
The family immediately thought of the sorrowful Virgin, most likely because of the
child's health. Meanwhile, without their knowledge, some of their relatives
began to entrust to the Little Daughter
of the Divine Will their prayers.
After child’s
dream there was that of a relative of theirs, the aunt of Mrs. C.’s husband: it was Luisa who said "it's all good for the child."
The reference
was clear and the family decided to visit the house-museum of Luisa. My son was almost 4 years, and when he saw
the picture of Luisa Piccarreta he immediately said to me:" 'This is the
lady I dreamed! ", Mrs. C. continues "
and from that moment we began to read up on Luisa ... for me the book
The 24 Hours of the Passion has
become my creed. "
There was still
no mention of full recovery, the disease was very aggressive, but within the
family the confidence in Luisa and her intercession was growing.
A new sign that
Luisa had not been inactive during those years was given in 2014, when the
family was invited by some friends to lunch in the countryside. Here are the
exact words that Mrs. C. granted to "Lo Stradone" newspaper: "After lunch we went for a walk and our
friends led us to “the Holy ". I did not think in any way of Luisa. Along
the way, we found ourselves on a path, while the children (my son and the
children of our friends) proceeded on the sides, in the cornfields.
At a certain point my son, who was 11, left the group
and going farther than the others, he arrived early at the place. When we
arrived we found him at the foot of the big mulberry tree where Luisa loved to
pray and where there was a small and faded picture of Luisa. He stayed there
for a while, he looked me and my husband
in the eyes, without saying word. His look said: "I found Luisa!".
The reference
area is "Torre Disperata", the place where the family of Luisa moved
from spring to autumn in order to cultivate the
land.
Together with
his friends, the child picked some flowers and placed them in front of the
picture of Luisa as a token of his affection and gratitude, but on the way
back, he complained to his parents about “the
absence of an altar or a crucifix showing the sacredness of that place. "
Today that child
is a boy of 12 years old, very discreet, who, aware of the grace he received, has
been keeping for years a relic of Luisa, as a treasure, under his pillow, being
careful to put it back there, at each change of sheets.
This new testimony
could help, along with others already published on this website, to speed up
the cause of Beatification of Luisa Piccarreta, but it is not for us to decide.
Here below what don
Sergio Pellegrini, assistant ecclesiastical of the association "Luisa
Piccarreta Little Children of the Divine Will" said in an interview, last
November, to “Lo Stradone” newspaper:
"However we would need before an opinion of a medical specialist, then with
the consent of the Holy See, the Archbishop could proceed with the canonical
process, just as it will happen, in an extraordinary way, for the case of Ms Margarita Chavez who told
her testimony on the last day of the conference. The process will begin in
Florida in late November and will end in mid-January. The procedure for registering
a testimony is long and very complex. For the time being as regards the history
of Mrs C., we register that there was a grace.”
FIAT!