![]() Miraculously, she was able to stand up and walk to the bathroom. I realized I could use my disabled arm and I could move my leg under the blanket.” I am Father Sharbel and have come to perform the operation.’ I felt a pain in my neck and unconsciously I touched the spot. ![]() “I saw a blinding light fill my room,” said the woman, “and two monks approaching my bed one of them placed his hand on my neck and said, ‘I am here to operate on you. Then, on 22 January, she again dreamed that the saint came to her. Later that night, she dreamed she was at the saint’s hermitage, where the holy man appeared and gave her Communion. When he applied them to her body, she felt a tingling sensation in her paralyzed limbs. El Shami’s son visited Sharbel’s monastery and collected soil and the oils that emanate from the saint’s remains. The day has been associated with the power of Sharbel’s intercession since 22 January 1993, when Nohad El Shami, a Lebanese woman who had suffered a paralyzing stroke, was healed miraculously. And when that day falls on a Sunday, as it did in March of this year, the number of pilgrims reaches the thousands. The tomb attracts the greatest number of pilgrims on the 22nd day of each month. Yeah, sounds pretty benign, I know, but go read this really wonderful hagiography from CNEWA.
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