As girl lay near death, family prayed to Kapaun - Wichita Eagle
The following excerpt is from Wichita Eagle - Kansas.com:
In October 2006, 12-year-old Avery Gerleman scored a goal in a soccer game.
She did not celebrate. She walked to the sidelines and threw up a gob of bright red blood into the grass.
She told her coach, "I need to get back in there."
The coach sat her down. After that, bad went to worse.
Doctors in Wichita put Avery in a drug-induced coma and pushed a breathing tube down her throat. Avery's lungs filled with blood. Her kidneys shut down.
There was so much air and fluid leaking into her chest that her heart nearly stopped beating from the pressure.
Doctors told Melissa and Shawn Gerleman that their daughter was going to die. Melissa cried.
She and Shawn began to pray; to Jesus and to a priest from Kansas who had been dead for 55 years.
Doctors say what happened next is the most mysterious medical recovery they have ever seen.
Avery's two primary physicians are scientists, with intellectual allegiances rooted firmly in facts and skeptical reasoning. And they are Protestants, with none of the Gerleman family's training in the Catholic traditions of sainthood, guardian angels and miracles.
But the doctors have told the Vatican that Avery's recovery is so unusual that there is no other explanation for what happened: They say it's a miracle.
Avery's parents say Father Emil Kapaun heard the prayers, and tipped the scales in heaven.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Wonders Photobook on Focus Project 2011
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| Miracle of the Sun Photo by Loci B. Lenar |
Wonders of Color and Light Photobook on Focus Project 2011
By Loci B. Lenar
Twenty of my photographs have been submitted to the Focus Project 2011 in order to share my work with others. One of the photos, Miracle of the Sun was photographed in 2008 inside the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at the Shrine Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima. The chapel is located on the grounds of the World Apostolate of Fatima, Washington, New Jersey.
After taking the photograph, I shared the image with my spiritual advisor, Fr. Richard Tartaglia, exactly as it was captured on the camera's digital memory card. The image was transferred on to a CD for St. Mary's Church archives in Denville, NJ.
The competition is open to everyone interested in photography and helps in supplying exposure to emerging photographers. The Focus Project indicates on their website that portfolios are viewed by thousands of visitors every month.
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| Corpus Christi - 2 Photo by Loci B. Lenar |
A jury will review all of the entries; the Grand Prize selected winner will be announced in March 2012. For additional information, please visit the website: Focus Project
In the meantime thank you very much for reviewing my portfolio and voting for my work at the following link: Wonders of Color and Light Photobook
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Our Lady of Medjugorje's Message of June 25, 2011
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| Photograph by Loci B. Lenar |
The Medjugorje Web - Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje
Our Lady of Medjugorje's message communicated to visionary Marija Pavlovic on June 25, 2011:
"Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages. Many of you have responded, but I wait for, and seek, all the hearts that have fallen asleep to awaken from the sleep of unbelief. Little children, draw even closer to my Immaculate Heart so that I can lead all of you toward eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Candace and Dennis Gaines: Miracle Baby
Candace and Dennis Gaines: Miracle Baby - CBN TV - Video
The following excerpt is from CBN.com:
Candace and Dennis Gaines will tell of Candace's 2008 pregnancy when no heartbeat was found for three weeks. They prayed for a miracle and got it. Their daughter Grace is now three- years-old.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
30 years since apparitions of Virgin Mary at Medjugorje
30 years since apparitions of Virgin Mary began in Medjugorje
The following excerpt is from RomeReports.com:
Thirty years ago, on June 24, 1981, the Virgin Mary supposedly began appearing to six young people in a small village called Medjugorje in Bosnia Herzegovina. Thus began of one of the most controversial phenomenons in recent memory that turned this tiny village into one of the most visited places in Europe. More than one million visit Medjugorje every year.
However, the Vatican has taken a cautious road and has not made any decisions on these occurrences.
Of the six visionaries, three allegedly see the Virgin Mary every day and the other three just once a year.
In order to make a decision, the pope convened a commission in March of 2010 which was tied to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and led by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. The priest Salvatore Perrella is one of its members.
Fr. Salvatore Perrella
Member, Commission of inquiry on Medjugorje
“If the Lord lets us see the truth of the apparitions that's great, but we must be sure they come from God and they haven't been built up even if they had good intentions. This is what the papal commission does. So there is still no verdict to give. We want to see if the event as explained by the visionaries, which is talked about in the media, and attracts millions to this small town, is truly from God.”
Thirty years after the first apparition of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje there is still no clear judgment about its authenticity. It's something that the 17 experts on apparitions from this commission are investigating, but for now they prefer not to comment.
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