Old Post: March 23, 2014 THE POWER OF PRAYER

I will always be grateful for the rest of my life to Mother Mary!  23 yrs ago,  i thought i was gonna die. I had a terminal stage D cancer of the colon. I was operated and was advised to take chemo.  But something  told me, like a whisper,  that i should not continue doin chemo. So i stopped and gave my meds to the other patients and went to Lourdes in Southern France.

Lourdes really si such a holy place. You will feel it the moment you set  foot.  I felt right away that Mother Mary welcomed me into Her loving arms.  I felt soo secure and certain that i  need not worry about my health! 

I stayed for two weeks in Lourdes talking to Mother Mary and listening to Her thru St. Bernadette. I tried to learn all the details of Her apparitions and what She told Bernadette during the  18 times that She appeared to her.

When i took the Holy Bath administered by those who served in Lourdes(mostly volunteers who were cured by miracles too) I knew i was completely healed. My whole body just heated up like a high energy had engulfed me! My sister, Emma who met me at the outside commented that i was sort of  "GLOWING". I was praying and at the same time thanking Mother Mary.

When i got to NY for a medical check up, the specialist didnt find any cancerous cell. I thought then....NOW AM GONNA LIVE 10 YRS! I remember crying at night imploring Mother Mary to give me a miracle of life for 10 yrs after my operation as i imagined  my little kids Laureen and Erwin to be able to finish their studies by then. That was 1988.

My Miracle had a funny side to it.  When i pleaded for 10 yrs life extension with Mother Mary, i was serious about it. Who wouldnt??  Then came June 13, 1998...exactly 10 yrs from the day i was operated.  I felt pain again...and the same pain i experienced the first time. I rushed to the hospital for check up with my mother, father and some brothers in tow. The colonoscopy showed lots of big polyps like bunches of lanzones that Dr. Tan stopped counting as he got to 22. He told me i was to be opened up the following day. So i didnt go home anymore. Everyone in the family was blaming me why i asked only for 10 yrs hahaha. I told them i was very grateful for the 10 yrs and if God will take me now, am too grateful! 

 Maybe because i wasnt angry nor pointed  a finger at God WHY.... another MIRACLE DID HAPPEN to me. Dr. Tan was very surprised when he opened me up.....those big polyps changed to tiny ones that the doctor only cauterized it. You see, GOD IS REALLY MERCIFUL!  The biopsy result showed benign. Therefore i didnt have to undergo chemo.

NOW ITS BEEN 13 YRS HENCE FROM THE SECOND OPERATION!!! AND 23 YRS FROM THE FIRST ONE!!!

THANKS BE TO GOD AND MOTHER MARY!!!