Vatican Declares Boy's Recovery A 'Miracle- Boy's recovery linked to Blessed Kateri's sainthood'

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Boy’s recovery linked to Blessed Kateri’s sainthood

“In February 2006, 5-year-old Jake Finkbonner fell and hit his head while playing basketball at his school in Ferndale, Wash. Soon, he developed a fever and his head swelled. His mother, Elsa, rushed him to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where the doctors realized Jake was battling a flesh-eating bacterium called Strep A…” Read more
 
This article contains an audio clip of an the boy’s mother as well as a few words from the boy who was healed of the flesh eating disease. They live in the state of Washington.
 
zab said:
Better yet- here is a video story from KOMO News
komonews.com/news/local/Vatican-calls-Jake-Finkbonners-recovery-a-miracle-135908348.html?tab=video&c=y
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I really don’t get how these miraculous recoveries are linked to Saints. He lived, but he had to undergo tons of surgery.

So if someone prays to a Saint for a sick loved one and eventually that person makes it, is that all it takes for it to be a miracle that came about through the intercession of the Saint?

I don’t mean to sound cynical, but when I read of some of the miracles that occurred through the intercession of Saint Francis for example, back in the middle ages, those were pretty clear.
 
No, the process of canonization and of declaring something as a miracle is very intense and it involves more that just praying to a saint and getting well. As I recall, in the case of this boy, The doctors were preparing the parents for the boy’s death when a relic of St. Kateri was placed on his pillow, and that was the point when the flesh eating all of a sudden ceased. The church wants to be certain that any “miracle” is in fact a miracle and not just a co-incidence or a result of medical treatment. A couple of things that were taken into consideration here were the suddeness of the stopping of this flesh eating disease and the point that it stopped in relation to the relic being placed on his pillow. And yet, it was still a very intense process in questioning everyone including doctors, etc. to determine whether or not a miracle took place. Reading the entire story and listening to the audio and video reports may help you to get a better understanding of this case.
 
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No, the process of canonization and of declaring something as a miracle is very intense and it involves more that just praying to a saint and getting well. As I recall, in the case of this boy, The doctors were preparing the parents for the boy’s death when a relic of St. Kateri was placed on his pillow, and that was the point when the flesh eating all of a sudden ceased. The church wants to be certain that any “miracle” is in fact a miracle and not just a co-incidence or a result of medical treatment. A couple of things that were taken into consideration here were the suddeness of the stopping of this flesh eating disease and the point that it stopped in relation to the relic being placed on his pillow. And yet, it was still a very intense process in questioning everyone including doctors, etc. to determine whether or not a miracle took place. Reading the entire story and listening to the audio and video reports may help you to get a better understanding of this case.
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Okay.

I saw the news report video and now I read the report.
 
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