Miracle Cure Brings Sainthood to Polish Nun (Divine Mercy)

Detroit News via the Washington Post ^ | April 26, 2000 | Carlyle Murphy

[Aliska]

Miracle Cure: Priest's recovery brings sainthood to Polish nun

By Caryle Murphy/The Washington Post In 1995, the Rev. Ronald P. Pytel, just 48, had resigned himself to an idle life and early death. His heart was so damaged that simply walking made him winded. His complexion was pallid, his weight a gaunt 140 pounds. His quality of life, he recalls one doctor saying, "wasn't worth a plug nickel." But the pastor of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Baltimore, like many of his parishioners, had long been devoted to Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun and mystic who died in 1938. At a healing service in October 1995, he and a dozen church members were praying to her for his health when Pytel fell to the floor and, although conscious, couldn't get up for 15 minutes. "I could talk, but I couldn't move a muscle," he recalled. "It was as though I was paralyzed." When he finally stood up, he felt so fit he began laughing. Nowadays, the blond Pytel has the rosy cheeks of a choirboy, weighs a hearty 170 pounds and swims with abandon. His pumping machine is so robust he jokes of having "the heart of a 19-year-old." He and his parishioners call what happened a miracle. And so does the Catholic Church.

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[JMJ333]

The prayer to her is not one of worship but is akin to asking for a favor and does not in any way imply worship of Faustina. Apparently, the concpet of intercessory prayer is beyond your limited mental capabilities.

Main Entry: in·ter·ces·sion
Pronunciation: "in-t&r-'se-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin intercession-, intercessio, from intercedere
Date: 15th century
1 : the act of interceding
2 : prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of another
- in·ter·ces·sion·al /-'sesh-n&l, -'se-sh&-n&l/ adjective
- in·ter·ces·sor /-'se-s&r/ noun
- in·ter·ces·so·ry /-'ses-rE, -'se-s&-rE/ adjective

Get it? Its asking for a favor. Oh nevermind....

[drstevej]

***We must remember that Jesus said this before there were any saints and before there was any church.***

What about Abraham, Moses and David (and other Old Testament saints)? Why may these not intercede for you? Do only post-Pentecost believers qualify?

Can John the Baptist intercede? He was killed prior to Pentecost?

[CCWoody]

At a healing service in October 1995, he and a dozen church members were praying to her [Faustina]

Get it? Its asking for a favor. Oh nevermind....

Sure I get it. There is a Biblical basis for me making intercession for another person. I can go to my Bible and simply read the verse for myself. You simply need to show me from the Bible where Prayer to the Saints... is Scriptural.

As I said, feel free to pray to [mouldy] green cheese if you want.

Do you get that!

[JMJ333]

John can intercede. He is a saint. We can ask favors from any saint that is in heaven. John is the patron of baptism, bird dealers, diocese of Charleston South Carolina, converts, convulsions, convulsive children, cutters, diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, epilepsy, epileptics, farriers, Genoa Italy, hail, hailstorms, Jordan, Knights Hospitaller, Knights of Malta, lambs, Maltese Knights, monastic life, motorways, diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, Penzance, Cornwall, England, diocese of Portland Maine, printers, Quebec, Sassano Italy, diocese of Savannah, Georgia, spasms, tailors, Torino, Italy Representation

We can ask him to intercede for us to God, along with our own prayer to God. Never hurts to have help from those who died for Him and in Him

[CCWoody]

We must remember that Jesus said this before there were any saints and before there was any church. He never specifically tells us not to.

BTW, although this is incidental to the true discussion, I'll risk asking this question: How does your Bible translate this verse:

• Act 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

[JMJ333]

Yeah, I get it. You're incapable of understand dictionary definitions, even more uncapable of understand when someone tells you they don't worship a saint because they ask patronage of them. I know...you being elect and all don't need any extra help or guidance. Yeah...I got it all right...

[Codie]

Are not prayers to and for the dead an old Jewish custom?

[JMJ333]

understand=understanding...sorry for the typos...

[CCWoody]

John can intercede. He is a saint. ~JMJ333

Gosh, and I'm only the patron of mesquite [wood]!

[drstevej]

So asking Abraham, Moses and David is legitimate from a RC perspective?

BTW, Jewish customs are not sufficient grounds for determining doctrine, are they?

[Wrigley]

Who handles Saint duties for owners of 1995 Pontiac Bonnevilles with slipping transmissions? I can use some help.

[JMJ333]

You could never be a saint because of your utter arrogence. Saints are humble and don't tout themselves as "highly favored" and "elect" above others.

[drstevej]

Why preclude Moses, Abraham, David, etc. ??? Also, was John not an Old Testament saint... he died before Calvary.

BTW, is there a patron saint of Pueblo pottery collectors?
I am also an astro fan, but I understand there is already a patron saint of hopeless causes. :)

[JMJ333]

I am sure there are patron saints of cars, notwithstanding your sarcasm. I guess we have moved on from the topic of intercession to the topic of what is interceded. I am not ashamed to ask the saints for help as well as petitioning God. I can use all the help I can get...and unlike some of you, recognize humility as a virtue.

[JMJ333]

See post 34.

[drstevej]

Pardon the pottery references and astros reference, I really wasn't trying to be derogatory.

The question re OT saint is a genuine question. I do not know why these would be excluded from recognized intecessors.

[Wrigley]

Funny story here Steve. I was walking my dog last evening and came across a family playing baseball in their front yard. One of the children was an 5 or 6 year old girl. She was a bit afraid of my dog, or it could have been me. Her father saw that I was wearing a Cub cap and told his daughter. "Don't be afraid of them, they're Cub fans, their harmless by September." I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face. Made some new friends though.

[drstevej]

Great story, and so true.

[Sock]

BTW, is there a patron saint of Pueblo pottery collectors? I am also an astro fan, but I understand there is already a patron saint of hopeless causes. :)

Yaknow, Mr. PhD of tap dancing, it's those kinds of remarks that convinces me that I was right about you from the gitgo despite the little ":)" after your post. You are disrespectful horse's a$$.

[Wrigley]

Sarcasm was meant to make a point.