|
In Salerno, on the beautiful Amalfi coast, in the south of Italy, lives Consiglia De Martino with her family.
At the end of October 1996, she was struck with a very rare and serious illness. She suddenly felt as if she was suffocating, her neck was swollen and a huge swelling, as big as an orange appeared on her left collarbone. She was immediately rushed to hospital to undergo various tests, including the TAC. The doctors discovered "the traumatic breaking of the thoracic duct with the subsequent leakage of lymphatic liquid into mediastinal and peritoneal cavities." An operation was necessary to close up the fracture, otherwise the woman would die. The operation was fixed for 2 November. During the night, Consiglia prayed to Padre Pio to whom she had been devoted for some time. At a certain moment, she smelt a strong perfume and said to herself, "Padre Pio is near, he will protect me during the operation," and she fell asleep. She dreamt that Padre Pio said to her, "Don’t worry, I’ll operate on you" and he placed his stigmatised hand on the woman’s neck. When Consiglia woke up the next day, she was completely healed. Instead of operating on her, the doctors observed instead that the fracture of the thoracic duct had disappeared, as if it had never existed.
This miracle was Accepted by the Church as the Official Miracle Required to the Beatification
|
