God and miracles today

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In the Bible there are many miracles, such as the parting of the read sea etc.

Why aren’t there any miracles today?

If God revealed himself to Paul,

why doesn’t he reveal himself to everybody in the same way?
 
There are miracles. We haven’t seen anything so blatently obvious for awhile, but there are still miracles. I assume God simply doesn’t feel the need to make such huge statements about himself anymore.
 
Not to be trivial, but the other day while traveling on an interstate I decided to pull off and get a drink. After purchasing my drink I was standing at the car and could hear sirens from police, fire and ambulances all heading to the interstate, and in the direction I was heading. As I entered the interstate and about 3 or 4 miles down the road was a bad accident. If I had not pulled off, I very well could have been in the thick of it. Was this coincidence, blind luck, or divine intervention? You tell me, it is all a matter of what we choose to see and believe. To believe it was either coincidence or blind luck is to be limited in scope and vision and blinded to Gods graces, however to see miracles even in the smallest of things is to see God alive and everywhere, working in our lives daily. This of course is just my opinion. Peace.
 
who says there are no modern day miracles? just read about St Padre Pio 🙂
 
There are plenty of miracles today, maybe all not noted in the paper or whereevr. When God answers a prayer that is a miracle.👍
 
That there are no modern day miracles is an insupportable claim.

Every person that is canonized a saint must have two proven miracles that are documented to have occurred due to that person’s intercession. John Paul II canonized more saints than any previous pope (I believe the final tally is 482). Do the math. That’s a lot of miracles. And those are just the documented ones used for the canonization process.

Just last week, someone I know poured boiling water over her hand and it was looking pretty bad (I saw it). Her husband went to Eucharistic Adoration that night and prayed for her. The next morning, her hand was perfectly fine.

Sure, we don’t have people walking on water on the 6:00 news. Miracles tend not to make the news because most people have already made up their mind that miracles do not exist. But they are happening all the time.
 
Miracles happen every day - to every day people. You need to open you eyes and heart to see the blessings and miracles that are from God.

God will not speak to everyone the same way - through a donkey. God speaks to people in ways we may each possibly open ourselves up to hear. We may even miss the miracle and chalk it up to coincidence or good luck.

Wow, I sure was lucky that I missed that accident today.
Wow I sure was lucky I got this job.
Wow I sure was lucky etc.

Not luck. But tiny miracles that happen daily. Once in a while, there are big miracles. Unless you open your eyes, it’s easy to miss or mistake them.
 
Our previous bishop told a story about when he was a priest in a rural area in Nova Scotia. He had a regular route that he travelled. One night he decided for no reason at all to take a road that was off his main route. He came across a single car accident with the driver in very bad shape. In fact, the priest barely had time to give him last rites before the man passed away. Later, when the priest was talking to the man’s wife she told him how it had been her husband’s fervent prayer that a priest be with him when he died. And how “lucky” was it that when he had a fatal accident, the only person around for miles was a priest who wouldn’t ordinarily have been there?
 
Sorry, I just had to add some things. :o

If anyone thinks miracles don’t happen, they really need to read up on the lives of the saints!

Just two days ago was the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas). Grant it, that happened nearly 500 years ago, but still well after biblical times. The image of Our Lady miraculously appeared on St. Juan Diego’s tunic. We still have that tunic. It’s right down in Mexico. The material never should have lasted 500 years, and yet, it is still there. There’s lots of other miraculous things about it, too, so look into it.

Or how about Fatima? That was just a hundred years ago. 70,000 people in Portugal (including the secular authorities) saw the sun dance in the sky. I’d call that a pretty grand, large scale miracle.

There are dozens (if not hundreds) of Eucharistic miracles. Read up on those. How about the incorrupt bodies of saints? There’s some good books out there about those. Look into the Shroud of Turin. There’s all sorts of amazing stuff going on there. Read C.S. Lewis’ book Miracles, too. 😉

Do not fall for that anti-Christian fable that atheists trot out as “evidence” for their beliefs: “Well, the Bible lists all sorts of miraculous events. If God exists, why doesn’t he still do those things today? If he did, then I would believe. Since he doesn’t, I don’t believe.” Hogwash! Miracles are still happening all the time.
 
seagal said:
Our previous bishop told a story about when he was a priest in a rural area in Nova Scotia. He had a regular route that he travelled. One night he decided for no reason at all to take a road that was off his main route. He came across a single car accident with the driver in very bad shape. In fact, the priest barely had time to give him last rites before the man passed away. Later, when the priest was talking to the man’s wife she told him how it had been her husband’s fervent prayer that a priest be with him when he died. And how “lucky” was it that when he had a fatal accident, the only person around for miles was a priest who wouldn’t ordinarily have been there?
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Wow… that is a miracle.
 
seagal said:
Our previous bishop told a story about when he was a priest in a rural area in Nova Scotia. He had a regular route that he travelled. One night he decided for no reason at all to take a road that was off his main route. He came across a single car accident with the driver in very bad shape. In fact, the priest barely had time to give him last rites before the man passed away. Later, when the priest was talking to the man’s wife she told him how it had been her husband’s fervent prayer that a priest be with him when he died. And how “lucky” was it that when he had a fatal accident, the only person around for miles was a priest who wouldn’t ordinarily have been there?
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Nice story - powerful. The importance of that story is that the priest listened to that tiny voice/feeling that told him to take the alternative route. He did was obedient thus a miracle could take place for someone.

We need to listen to the tiny still voice/feeling that we get. The Holy Spirit needs a chance to be heard sometimes for a miracle to happen.
 
Rats! you all said it so well & with such fine examples all I can do is add my concurrence.
TY all for some very good replies.

Miracles are an everyday occurrence & I’m glad they are. 😉
 
I just want to remind everyone that there are miracles, then there are Miracles.

There are wondrous things that happen every day, the Eucharist, Guardian Angels protecting us, etc. Not to diminish these wondrous things, evidence of God’s Providence in our daily lives.

Then there are strict, true miracles: the suspension of the basic laws of nature by God for a certain purpose. We should be clear that yes, even these miracles, that many people think are not possible, do happen. They happen often, if we would just look!
 
To me, the greatest Miracle of all is that He owed us nothing, but suffered and died for us to give us a shot at eternal life. We owe Him everything, every thought and every breath and every smile. Yet, He still lets us come to Him of our own free will alone, and gives us His love no matter what we do.
 
Monica4316 said:
Amen 😃

the Eucharist is the greatest miracle 🙂
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I’m often worried that many (most?) Catholics are unaware that an incredible miracle is taking place on the alter at each and every Mass.

That miracle is on an astronomical magnitude. Mere bread and wine become God during the Sacrifice of the Mass!!!
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To me that is above and beyond raising the dead, curing the blind or parting the sea!
And we are all there as witnesses and we can actually receive our Lord and Savior on our tongues. Wow.

(What’s the best ‘smiley’ for showing sincere awe?)
 
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