Prayers for a Miracle
About a month ago, our Sister Catherine Marie received word that her youngest brother, Paul, has been diagnosed with aggressive and incurable cancer. This news was a blow not only to Sister and her family, but to all of us. One Sister’s family is every Sister’s family, after all!
While medical professionals are giving Paul a grim prognosis, we know that our God is all-powerful, and that if He wills, He can grant a miraculous healing. Just yesterday, the Lord Jesus urged us in the Gospel to “ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you.” With this in mind, we will be praying a novena July 28-August 5 for Paul’s cure through the intercession of Ven. Maria Magdalena Marcucci, CP. If the Lord wills to grant a physical healing as a result of this prayer, we are hopeful that this could serve as the miracle needed for Madre Magdalena’s beatification. We are confident that whatever answer our Heavenly Father gives to our asking, seeking, and knocking (whether a miracle or not) will be the greatest possible good!
Below is the prayer we (and many others, including Passionist Nuns around the world!) will be offering each day. We invite you to join us in this time of special prayer, asking for both the healing of Paul and the glorification of Madre Magdalena.
Prayer for the healing of paul anthony schuhmann
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You will to be glorified in Your saints to that Your merciful power may be shown forth through their intercession. Your holy Church demands an authenticated miracle in order for a Christian to be raised to the honors of the altar. From the heart of holy Mother Church, we invoke the intercession of Ven. Maria Magdalena Marcucci, CP, as we ask for the complete healing of Paul Anthony Schuhmann from the aggressive cancer that has quickly spread throughout his body.
May it please You, our God, in this desperate situation to glorify Your handmaid by granting Paul’s healing through her prayerful intercession. With Mary, the Queen of the Passionist Congregation and with Madre Magdalena Marcucci, we thank and praise You for howeber it please You to answer this prayerbecause we trust in Your love.
Amen.