Since I do not have time today to write the usual involved theosophical or philosophical piece (some may be relieved to know), this story of a miracle came to mind.
It happened only a few weeks ago, and is was told to us last week by a woman at church in this manner: "I have a friend who went blind in one eye from shingles, and she had to drive from a meeting one afternoon from Green Bay to Milwaukee. The meeting was let out late, and the woman was in a panic. It was already dark, and because of her bad eye, she had tremendous difficulty driving at night. She drove on anyway, and stopped [for reasons unknown to me] in Champion, WI, which is along the way."
In this tiny town is found the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, where in the epic Peshtigo Fire of (I think) 1871 (at the same time as the Chicago fire, which happened for similar reasons of drought and wind), people bunched together in faith as their last resort. 3,000 people died in that fire, whose flames actually leaped across Green Bay to ignite parts of Door County, but the area around the shrine, which was then just a log-cabin church, remained miraculously untouched and the people there saved. A vision of Our Lady was seen at this time, and for these reasons, it is now an official Mary shrine.
Anyway, back to the story: "She went inside and prayed, and when she opened her eyes, she could see perfectly out of both!"
Maybe a great miracle, maybe not; maybe psychological, maybe not. But it was real, it happened just a little while ago, and it reminds us that miracles are still possible.
For those interested, the shrine is still open for visitors, as it always has been. FK
It happened only a few weeks ago, and is was told to us last week by a woman at church in this manner: "I have a friend who went blind in one eye from shingles, and she had to drive from a meeting one afternoon from Green Bay to Milwaukee. The meeting was let out late, and the woman was in a panic. It was already dark, and because of her bad eye, she had tremendous difficulty driving at night. She drove on anyway, and stopped [for reasons unknown to me] in Champion, WI, which is along the way."
In this tiny town is found the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, where in the epic Peshtigo Fire of (I think) 1871 (at the same time as the Chicago fire, which happened for similar reasons of drought and wind), people bunched together in faith as their last resort. 3,000 people died in that fire, whose flames actually leaped across Green Bay to ignite parts of Door County, but the area around the shrine, which was then just a log-cabin church, remained miraculously untouched and the people there saved. A vision of Our Lady was seen at this time, and for these reasons, it is now an official Mary shrine.
Anyway, back to the story: "She went inside and prayed, and when she opened her eyes, she could see perfectly out of both!"
Maybe a great miracle, maybe not; maybe psychological, maybe not. But it was real, it happened just a little while ago, and it reminds us that miracles are still possible.
For those interested, the shrine is still open for visitors, as it always has been. FK
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