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melvfe
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Which is better for healing?
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What do you mean by “healing”?
I went to Lourdes with a bum knee. I came home with a bum knee. But my soul was healed in ways I could not possibly explain with mere words.
I had surgery on the knee a year later and am fine now.
I went to Lourdes with a bum knee. I came home with a bum knee. But my soul was healed in ways I could not possibly explain with mere words.
I had surgery on the knee a year later and am fine now.
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melvfe
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Erm I want to go for healing, whether it is physical, mental or spiritual.
But my parents are bringing me to Lourdes because they want me to be healed of my congenital condition that makes me unable to walk.
But my parents are bringing me to Lourdes because they want me to be healed of my congenital condition that makes me unable to walk.
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JimR-OCDS
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I’ve been to Charismatic Healing events and saw actual healings, and I also went to Lourdes.
Both have special meanings, but remember, it is God who heals, not the event.
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Jim
Both have special meanings, but remember, it is God who heals, not the event.
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melvfe
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So how were your personal experiences like in both places?
My parents think that the healing at charismatic events are nada, but they think I will be healed at Lourdes. Have been going to charismatic events for years.
My parents think that the healing at charismatic events are nada, but they think I will be healed at Lourdes. Have been going to charismatic events for years.
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If your parents are already planning to take you to Lourdes, by all means go!
There’s no reason why you couldn’t do that and attend a Charismatic Healing event as well.
If you do avail yourself of either or both of these options, be open to whatever happens, even if it is not what you expect. Not receiving the exact healing you seek doesn’t mean you aren’t blessed in some other way. God bless.
There’s no reason why you couldn’t do that and attend a Charismatic Healing event as well.
If you do avail yourself of either or both of these options, be open to whatever happens, even if it is not what you expect. Not receiving the exact healing you seek doesn’t mean you aren’t blessed in some other way. God bless.
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melvfe
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Yes, but I don’t want to disappoint my parents who spent a lot of money for me to go to Lourdes just so that I can walk.
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How would you disappoint your parents? 
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JimR-OCDS
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At a charismatic healing service by Fr Ralph Diorio, back in 1976, I saw a little five year old girl healed. It was awesome, but I also learned that many people did not see it. Why ? I have no idea, other than being grateful to God for allowing me to see it.
At Lourdes on the first night, there were 20,000 people with lighted candles, in procession from the Grotto around to the esplanade in front of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. The event brought tears to our eyes. We prayed a decade of the Holy Rosary alternating between Italian and English. It was Italian.English week at Lourdes. In between each decade, the Lourdes choir sang a hymn. When the sang Ave Maria, it was heaven touching earth. It was everything I saw in film and photos growing up in the 1950s. coming to life, only this was 1998.
God may not be calling you to either. Instead, He may be calling you to just attend a week-end retreat at a monastery.
God leads, we follow.
Jim
At Lourdes on the first night, there were 20,000 people with lighted candles, in procession from the Grotto around to the esplanade in front of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. The event brought tears to our eyes. We prayed a decade of the Holy Rosary alternating between Italian and English. It was Italian.English week at Lourdes. In between each decade, the Lourdes choir sang a hymn. When the sang Ave Maria, it was heaven touching earth. It was everything I saw in film and photos growing up in the 1950s. coming to life, only this was 1998.
God may not be calling you to either. Instead, He may be calling you to just attend a week-end retreat at a monastery.
God leads, we follow.
Jim
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melvfe
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Because it’d seem like a waste of money? And time?
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Maximilian75
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A trip Lourdes is a dream of mine…
That mus have been an amazing experience for you.
That mus have been an amazing experience for you.
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JimR-OCDS
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It can be if it’s not what you are called to in order to grow closer to Jesus.
Keep in mind that whether it’s Lourdes, Charismatic, or prayer in your own room, it’s between you and God and your experience alone.
Don’t seek to experience with others do at any of these things. Each person has their own experience and it’s often ego-driven for some to try and copy what they heard from others.
Jim
Keep in mind that whether it’s Lourdes, Charismatic, or prayer in your own room, it’s between you and God and your experience alone.
Don’t seek to experience with others do at any of these things. Each person has their own experience and it’s often ego-driven for some to try and copy what they heard from others.
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It was awesome !
My wife and myself celebrated our 25th anniversary by making a trip to France and visiting the religious sites. She especially loved visiting Lisieux, where St Theresa grew up.
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My wife and myself celebrated our 25th anniversary by making a trip to France and visiting the religious sites. She especially loved visiting Lisieux, where St Theresa grew up.
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So because they spent a lot of money for you to go to Lourdes, they will be disappointed if you’re not healed of your congenital condition? That’s not the right way to look at it. No healing is guaranteed at Lourdes. The waters are not magical.
Again, be open to whatever happens. We don’t make demands of God. Always have hope, but if you come home with the congenital condition it doesn’t mean that the trip was a failure and a waste of time and money. You may be blessed in some other way.
Again, be open to whatever happens. We don’t make demands of God. Always have hope, but if you come home with the congenital condition it doesn’t mean that the trip was a failure and a waste of time and money. You may be blessed in some other way.
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Maximilian75
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I really want to eventually make a big European pilgrimmage…
Fatima, Lourdes, Knock, Rome, Milan, Poland, etc…
Fatima, Lourdes, Knock, Rome, Milan, Poland, etc…
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JimR-OCDS
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melvfe4, my son was born prematurely back in 1981.
My wife’s parents made a promise to God, that if he survived, they would one day take him to St Anne De Beaupre in Quebec City.
So, he survived and they kept their promise and we all went.
Nothing special happened. In fact, today my son at age 37, has no faith in Jesus or the Catholic Church, whatsoever.
Any talk about religion, he shuts down.
So, you have to decide if going to Lourdes is what God wants you to do. But be sure it’s what you’re doing for him, not for your parents.
Jim
My wife’s parents made a promise to God, that if he survived, they would one day take him to St Anne De Beaupre in Quebec City.
So, he survived and they kept their promise and we all went.
Nothing special happened. In fact, today my son at age 37, has no faith in Jesus or the Catholic Church, whatsoever.
Any talk about religion, he shuts down.
So, you have to decide if going to Lourdes is what God wants you to do. But be sure it’s what you’re doing for him, not for your parents.
Jim
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melvfe
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This can only be done via prayer, right?
I am a premy too.
I am a premy too.
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JimR-OCDS
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I have friends that did a religious pilgrimage through Europe.
They were not disappointed, but only wished they had done it earlier in their lives.
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They were not disappointed, but only wished they had done it earlier in their lives.
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JimR-OCDS
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God can do what He wills, whenever and wherever He wills it.
That being said, a trip to France is a beautiful experience, whether for religious reasons or not.
My wife and myself went on a tour with 206 Tours. They provided both religious and secular visits in the tour, which made it great.
Jim
That being said, a trip to France is a beautiful experience, whether for religious reasons or not.
My wife and myself went on a tour with 206 Tours. They provided both religious and secular visits in the tour, which made it great.
Jim
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Maximilian75
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Absolutely.
I’m considering Fransiscan U of Steubenville for college, and their Austria program (Go live in a remodeled ancient carthusian monestary for a semester, take classes, and see Europe on the weekends) is sooo attractive to me, in addition to almost everything else about the school.
I’m considering Fransiscan U of Steubenville for college, and their Austria program (Go live in a remodeled ancient carthusian monestary for a semester, take classes, and see Europe on the weekends) is sooo attractive to me, in addition to almost everything else about the school.
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