Saint Miracles

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Hello all!
I have a request. Lately I have been trying to find stories of the miracles Saints have done after they have died but I can’t seem to find anything.
Awhile back a friend of mine asked me about Saints and why we pray to them. I was able to tell him that we ask for their intercession and so forth but he wanted to know the process of how they became saints. When I came to the part where they were to preform a set amount of miracles (after they have died) on earth he asked me to share some.
Unfortunately I had none that I could think of off the top of my head and now I realize I know none. I know about the miracles they did on earth when they were still alive but I realize now that I have no knowledge of any miracles saints have done AFTER they have died.

This is where I went to help me describe the process we take to make someone a saint…

catholic.org/saints/faq.php
Canonization, the process the Church uses to name a saint, has only been used since the tenth century. For hundreds of years, starting with the first martyrs of the early Church, saints were chosen by public acclaim. Though this was a more democratic way to recognize saints, some saints’ stories were distorted by legend and some never existed. Gradually, the bishops and finally the Vatican took over authority for approving saints.

In 1983, Pope John Paul II made sweeping changes in the canonization procedure. The process begins after the death of a Catholic whom people regard as holy. Often, the process starts many years after death in order give perspective on the candidate. The local bishop investigates the candidate’s life and writings for heroic virtue (or martyrdom) and orthodoxy of doctrine. Then a panel of theologians at the Vatican evaluates the candidate. After approval by the panel and cardinals of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the pope proclaims the candidate “venerable.”

The next step, beatification, requires evidence of one miracle (except in the case of martyrs). Since miracles are considered proof that the person is in heaven and can intercede for us, the miracle must take place after the candidate’s death and as a result of a specific petition to the candidate. When the pope proclaims the candidate beatified or “blessed,” the person can be venerated by a particular region or group of people with whom the person holds special importance.

Only after one more miracle will the pope canonize the saint (this includes martyrs as well). The title of saint tells us that the person lived a holy life, is in heaven, and is to be honored by the universal Church. Canonization does not “make” a person a saint; it recognizes what God has already done.

Though canonization is infallible and irrevocable, it takes a long time and a lot of effort. So while every person who is canonized is a saint, not every holy person has been canonized. You have probably known many “saints” in your life, and you are called by God to be one yourself.

I’ve highlighted the part I was wondering about and here is my request: Does anyone know of a site, or off the top of their heads, a list of the miracles saints have preformed?
If you could give me the name of the saint and their miracles(After they have died) that would be amazing!

God Bless!
~Katie :knight1:

 

[MarcoPolo]

I don’t know for sure, but check out books written by Joan Carroll Cruz. The Amazon reviews may reveal if the book has what you’re looking for. I know one book that may touch on some is Mysteries Marvels Miracles but I’ve not read it to know if post-death miracles are in there. But it is a pretty thick book.

 

[Mintaka]

You’re not looking in the right books and articles.

Any time a saint gets canonized or a blessed gets beatified, there will be news stories about the specific miracle. You’ll probably see other articles mentioning other miracles of a simpler and less scientifically provable kind. (Generally, many different kinds of miracles are expected; but only laboratory-provable medical miracles are usually submitted to the Vatican as proof of God’s favor responding to the saint’s intercession.)

When it comes to saints canonized a ways back, you’ll find that often, older biographies include sections about people flocking to their graves and starting to report miracles, or about other miraculous occurrences after the saint’s death They will usually go into detail about this. For example,many contemporaries of St. Therese of Lisieux.

(In fact, miracles at saints’ graves were so historically common that you get some medieval bishops running tests for sanctity by finding a bunch of sick or crippled people and having them spend time at the grave…)

“Moral miracles” which affect a person’s mind and heart (sudden conversion of life of a sinner or a non-Christian), miracles which affect the physical world (like St. Anthony’s intercession bringing miraculous finding of lost articles) in a way that’s not easy to prove, or miraculous experiences (like getting a rose from St. Therese) which are not easy to prove – these are of course welcomed and common, but they are difficult to prove.

A healing which is sudden, complete, and inexplicable by today’s medical science is a lot easier to prove as being miraculous. Almost all miracles accepted for proof in the canonisation process are of this sort.

(However, the provably inexplicable miracle of being able to move a flooded submarine door through the intercession of a nun-blessed was accepted. I can’t remember the name of the person just now, though.)

Anyway… the point is that, although there are many saints who were associated with miracles during their lives (this is called being a “wonderworker” if they do miracles; otherwise they just have their prayers answered a lot), that’s the tip of the iceberg. Most known saints aren’t really associated with miracles while they live, but rather with living holy lives. After their deaths, however, all known saints have miraculous signs of God’s favor associated with their intercession.

 

[Mintaka]

The basic saint miracles are the normal signs of Christ’s kingdom, as you might expect of good disciples of Christ. Matthew 11: 5 – “The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.” Multiplication of food, water, or wine, or miraculous appearance of these articles when needed. (Surprisingly common in food or hospitality ministries.) Prophetic warnings of trouble. Miraculous friendship and obedience of animals, plants, or other parts of Creation, as a sign of what we were meant to have in Eden. There are many didactic miracles and visions which encourage the despairing, and teach the Gospel and the resurrection (like St. Therese’s miraculous roses for encouragement, or the miraculous fruits and flowers from Heaven which many saints have sent to skeptics to soften their hearts). Many saints just spend their heaven being helpful to their brothers and sisters still running the race (like St. Anthony, who prays for all sorts of favors for us). Just as in life we who are in Christ receive many gifts from the Holy Spirit (prophets, teachers, etc.), so there are many wildly different gifts of intercession among the saints in heaven.

There is a lot more, but generally lists of types of miracles are found either in technical books about canonization testing (as in the multi-volume book by the cardinal who later became Pope Benedict XIV), or in books about “folklore motifs”, or in books about how stupid we Catholics are to believe in miracles.

 

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Padre Pio’s miracles

christian-miracles.com/anthonyfuinasmiracle.htm
sanpadrepio.com/Matteo.htm
padrepioshrine.org/testimonies.htm

There are many testimonies at St. Pio Chapel in the Philippines. I don’t know if they are available online.

 

[Miriam1947]

Blessed John Paul II had a medical miracle and cured a nun of Parkinson’s disease.

I would go down the list of modern saints and just google them. Should be lots of info out there.