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PJM
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Have you ever sen a miracle?
Please describe it.
Please describe it.
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Bob_Crowley
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In the sense of Biblical miracles, no. I’ve never seen anybody healed miraculously and obviously - blind receiving their sight, deafness healed, paralytics jumping around, lepers cleansed miraculously, the dead coming back to life, no bags of hops and jars of water becoming beer at my command, and certainly not 4 day old corpses coming back to life.
I did have the experience of my father appearing spiritually to me the night he died, although his body wasn’t found till four days later. But that was not a miracle in the sense that I think you mean.
I have seen or experienced uncanny answers to prayer, have experienced quite a number of spiritual things, have read of others who experienced miracles, but I have not witnessed or experienced a miracle in the form that we would expect from reading the New Testament.
No doubt they occur, but I think they tend to take place when there’s nothing else but God to rely on - when we’ve been reduced to extremis by either persecution or circumstances.
I did have the experience of my father appearing spiritually to me the night he died, although his body wasn’t found till four days later. But that was not a miracle in the sense that I think you mean.
I have seen or experienced uncanny answers to prayer, have experienced quite a number of spiritual things, have read of others who experienced miracles, but I have not witnessed or experienced a miracle in the form that we would expect from reading the New Testament.
No doubt they occur, but I think they tend to take place when there’s nothing else but God to rely on - when we’ve been reduced to extremis by either persecution or circumstances.
Are you willing to accept the term miracle as including the Eucharist? If so, then I saw (and received) one last Sunday, and I assume you did, too.
Are you willing to accept the term miracle as including Holy Baptism, and Holy Absolution?
As Bob said, I’ve never seen a blind person miraculously receive his sight, but I have seen mere bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ.
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twopekinguys
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I experience one every morning that the Good Lord let’s me wake up…
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buffalo
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Yes.
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blazerdave
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Years ago I saw a dying man call out to Christ for healing and mercy, and within minutes all pain was gone and he got up out of his sickbed. He’s still serving the Lord today. But I’ve worked with missionaries for long enough that I’ve seen a thing or two. 
God sometimes does things in extraordinary ways in remote places, and I’ve been blessed to see a couple things that can only be explained as His work.
God sometimes does things in extraordinary ways in remote places, and I’ve been blessed to see a couple things that can only be explained as His work.
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latin_rite
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I have. I don’t like to talk about it much, because i grew tired of all the doubters.
But meh. Since you ask.
It was during my wife’s pregnancy with our fourth daughter. Now my wife is a woman who can stand a lot of pain. I once cut the tip of her finger off, first off she let me know she thought i was a beeping idiot. Then she went and put a bandage on her finger and went about her business. Another time she fell down a hole, breaking her ankle. She let the hole know it was a beeping bastard, stood up and limped to the car. So on the night she was crying in pain, because something was wrong with her pregnancy. I started to get worried. I kept asking her if she wanted me to call an ambulance. But she kept on saying no. but after about an hour n a half. She finally gave in and told me to call one. While i was calling the ambulance. She walked out the room as right as rain. And told me to not worry about it, she is feeling fine now. I thought that she was trying to play it down. But since she looked ok and had stop crying, where only moments before she couldn;t even move because of the pain or could even barely speak. I took her word for it. But only on the proviso she let me drive her to the hospital to get checked out. Which we did ,her and baby were just fine. The next day she told me, when she was laying in bed. feeling the worse pain she had ever felt in her life. She said. She felt this hand on her stomach. She said it was the size of a mans hand with its finger spread out. She said it pushed down very gently on her stomach, and when it did the pain just left. There was no “residue " pain or anything. In fact even her fears that there was something wrong the baby had dissapered as well.Now my wife wasn’t a very religious woman at all. In fact at the time she could have been classed as an agnostic at best. But after the incident she started to feel there was something/one out there. What sealed the deal so to speak. Was when she was pregnant with our 5th child. She started to feel the pains again. But this time things happen very quickly. And she started to bleed. We rushed to the hospital where the doctor told us she had miscarriage. When the doctor (a very young doctor)took her in op room to give her a cruet(sp). A senior doctor poked his head in the door and asked whats happening. When informed, He asked the young doctor did he do a scan? He said no. So the senior doctor sounding a little annoyed told him to do one. When he did, they discovered there was another heart beat. Which turned out to be our youngest son. While very upset over the loss of our child. The joy and relief of finding out about the second child thus saving his life,sort of over rode the feeling of loss. A few years later while watching the youngest son play a video game. My wife said. " Just imagine, there could have been another one sitting there.” Which to her was an awakening (yes it sort of was delayed, But better late than never, i suppose.) She started going to Church not long after. And it was an awaking for me as well. While i always was against abortion. It really brought home the fact to me, that every time someone has an abortion. They truly are ending a life.
On a side note. When my youngest daughter was about 8 years old, My other daughter asked what does Jesus look like? I told her no one knows for sure.as no one as seen him. ( in living memory that is) My youngest daughter piped up and said. " i’ve seen Jesus." My other daugther asked sarcastically’. “when”?. She replied. “when i was in mums belly”. We never told any of our kids about the experience all those years ago.
Sorry about the punctuation and grammar. but its 1.15 am and I’ve been up since 5 am. I’ll fix everything tomorrow
But meh. Since you ask.
It was during my wife’s pregnancy with our fourth daughter. Now my wife is a woman who can stand a lot of pain. I once cut the tip of her finger off, first off she let me know she thought i was a beeping idiot. Then she went and put a bandage on her finger and went about her business. Another time she fell down a hole, breaking her ankle. She let the hole know it was a beeping bastard, stood up and limped to the car. So on the night she was crying in pain, because something was wrong with her pregnancy. I started to get worried. I kept asking her if she wanted me to call an ambulance. But she kept on saying no. but after about an hour n a half. She finally gave in and told me to call one. While i was calling the ambulance. She walked out the room as right as rain. And told me to not worry about it, she is feeling fine now. I thought that she was trying to play it down. But since she looked ok and had stop crying, where only moments before she couldn;t even move because of the pain or could even barely speak. I took her word for it. But only on the proviso she let me drive her to the hospital to get checked out. Which we did ,her and baby were just fine. The next day she told me, when she was laying in bed. feeling the worse pain she had ever felt in her life. She said. She felt this hand on her stomach. She said it was the size of a mans hand with its finger spread out. She said it pushed down very gently on her stomach, and when it did the pain just left. There was no “residue " pain or anything. In fact even her fears that there was something wrong the baby had dissapered as well.Now my wife wasn’t a very religious woman at all. In fact at the time she could have been classed as an agnostic at best. But after the incident she started to feel there was something/one out there. What sealed the deal so to speak. Was when she was pregnant with our 5th child. She started to feel the pains again. But this time things happen very quickly. And she started to bleed. We rushed to the hospital where the doctor told us she had miscarriage. When the doctor (a very young doctor)took her in op room to give her a cruet(sp). A senior doctor poked his head in the door and asked whats happening. When informed, He asked the young doctor did he do a scan? He said no. So the senior doctor sounding a little annoyed told him to do one. When he did, they discovered there was another heart beat. Which turned out to be our youngest son. While very upset over the loss of our child. The joy and relief of finding out about the second child thus saving his life,sort of over rode the feeling of loss. A few years later while watching the youngest son play a video game. My wife said. " Just imagine, there could have been another one sitting there.” Which to her was an awakening (yes it sort of was delayed, But better late than never, i suppose.) She started going to Church not long after. And it was an awaking for me as well. While i always was against abortion. It really brought home the fact to me, that every time someone has an abortion. They truly are ending a life.
On a side note. When my youngest daughter was about 8 years old, My other daughter asked what does Jesus look like? I told her no one knows for sure.as no one as seen him. ( in living memory that is) My youngest daughter piped up and said. " i’ve seen Jesus." My other daugther asked sarcastically’. “when”?. She replied. “when i was in mums belly”. We never told any of our kids about the experience all those years ago.
Sorry about the punctuation and grammar. but its 1.15 am and I’ve been up since 5 am. I’ll fix everything tomorrow
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buffalo
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The “noise” in our lives can mute our experience of miracles.
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Harpazo
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I depend on miracles daily.
In Christ,
Andrew
In Christ,
Andrew
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kage_ar
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Every day.
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blazerdave
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Well said, sir.
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jesuspsr
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With every breath I take…
God bless you all.
God bless you all.
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rinnie
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Sure many many ways. But one sure way is to look into the eyes of a newborn baby! Apart from the Eucharist you don’t get no closer to God than that!A new born baby is God bringing a human miracle to Life!! The feeling you get when you touch their skin, smell them! Its awesome.
Oh NO! My poor daughter I really want a grandchild now!!
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wina
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it’s very true.
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Joshua27
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Forgive me for stirring up the pot, but I recall something in scripture about miracles:
Not every miracle - which is assumed good in “deed” - is from God, so not all miracles are rightfully attributed to Him. We must discern from whom each sign and wonder comes using the Word of God (not our own standards of “good”) as our guide.
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rinnie
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Joshua scripture says we should not demand miracles. It says nothing about believing in miracles. Of course we believe in miracles. But we do not need them to prove to us there is a God. Big difference between believing and needing to see them.
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Joshua27
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Truly…of course. Question was “do Miracles Still happen?” Yes. I believe most here would answer in the affirmative (I answer in the affirmative as well)…but my point is that not all miracles - which do still happen, and which we would assume as “good” - are (automatically) of God these days.
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Holly3278
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I have personally experienced several miracles. 
Wasn’t there a miracle overseas receny, where something happened in an Orthodox family? The father is orthodox but the wife was catholic. So due to the fathers faith the catholic church chose to let the orthodox church investigate instead of sending one of theirs own. I realize this is extremely vague but I remember reading about it on this site so did anything come of the investigation?
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abucs
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