I often worship in the Charismatic style, and attend many Healing Masses which are followed by Prayers for Healing, as well as other Catholic Healing services and Prayers for Healing.
This was a wittness I gave.
I have had disc problems and back pain most of my life. In the beginning of February, 2001, I learned I would need disc surgery and the surgeon said it would be a complicated and difficult procedure. I went for numerous x-rays & tests with delays in between. Each delay would cause anxiety, but I know all the prayers said for me & over me were the most important aspect of the healing. The prayers gave me the peace of the Spirit, and relief from pain so I could function during the wait. When the surgery was rescheduled and delayed for a week after I had waited five-hours in the hospital, I was really strung out, and had serious doubts.
The night before the rescheduled surgery, I asked Msgr Jeff to pray over me. After prayer, I realized that my human anxiety was covered in the blanket of the peace and love of the Spirit and held in check. By the morning, even before I had any medication, I was joking with the surgeon and anesthesiologist. The last thing I remember before going under was the incredible peace of the Spirit in my heart and the joy of Holy Laughter on my lips. I truly understood Holy Laughter.
After the surgeon had made the incision, he spent over an hour examining the disc with a microscope. He said the disc was so large and encapsulated that he feared it might be a tumor. He did not want to dissect it, if it was a tumor, in case of a malignancy, and to remove it whole would have meant severing the nerves, which would have paralyzed my left leg. After calling 2 colleagues out of surgery for consultation, he performed a microscopic dissection to remove the disc in pieces and free the nerves, which had become tangled in the disc. The surgery took over five hours, but I was walking 6 hours later with minimal pain. The surgeon (Dr Camins, who had operated on Dennis Byrd who was paralyzed on the football field) just kept saying, “You don’t know how difficult it was.” Praise You & Thank You, Jesus, I was healed physically by the guidance of the Spirit over the eyes and hands of the surgeon, and emotionally through the love and prayers of dear friends.
But that wasn’t the end —Three weeks after that, my husband had emergency by-pass surgery. Thank God, he came through it beautifully, and is recovered nicely. But unfortunately, I rushed my recuperation to visit and care for him, and was left with a sharp pain in my back. I couldn’t function without narcotic pain medication. Again I asked Msgr Jeff to pray specifically on that area of pain. The pain left that day, and never returned. Praise and Thank You Jesus for these healings, and for all the healing I have received over the years.
