{"id":44748,"date":"2021-02-02T00:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=44748"},"modified":"2021-02-02T08:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:27:54","slug":"the-miracles-of-saint-andre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/the-miracles-of-saint-andre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracles Of Saint Andre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the Quebec Catholic Register:<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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[It was ten years ago that Canada\u2019s Br. Andr\u00e9 Bessette was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI. The humble Holy Cross brother who was instrumental in the construction of St. Joseph\u2019s Oratory in Montreal died Jan. 6, 1937 at the age of 91. Over his remarkable life and in the years since, he has been credited with many miraculous healings. During the six days after his death, up to a million people filed past his coffin, surrounded by hundreds of crutches and canes from pilgrims who attested to his gifts. Here is an excerpt from The Register<\/i> of Jan. 21, 1937]:<\/p>\n

MONTREAL \u2013\u00a0Shortly after the death of Br. Andr\u00e9, founder of\u00a0St. Joseph\u2019s Oratory<\/strong><\/a>, a plaster cast of his features was taken. From this cast a life-size monument to the saintly religious will later be made.<\/span><\/p>\n

A \u201cfarewell\u201d letter, carrying 44 signatures, mostly of persons who claimed physical cures through Br. Andr\u00e9\u2019s prayers, was placed in the coffin with the body of the religious prior to the entombment in a special vault near the Oratory.<\/span><\/p>\n

A copy of the letter will be contained in the documents which will be prepared for the cause of Br. Andr\u00e9\u2019s canonization, as it carries many signatures of persons whose cures have been attested.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the signatures was that of Francois Lecuyer, a Montreal policeman who attributes a cure of rheumatism to the intercession of Br. Andr\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lecuyer, who is 54, was retired from the police force four years ago because of rheumatism. He had been treated by physicians but had never been to the Oratory to see Br. Andr\u00e9 in his cell. On the Feast of the Epiphany he was seated beside the radio listening to a broadcast from the Oratory of St. Joseph to which the remains of Br. Andr\u00e9 had just been transported.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the religious, who was speaking over the radio, said: \u201cEven though Br. Andr\u00e9 is dead his soul remains with us so that one may still pray and obtain graces through him as when he was living,\u201d Lecuyer was struck by this remark and he and members of his household recited the prayers in unison with those broadcast from the Oratory. He prayed that he might be cured and with such fervor that, according to witnesses, he became quite pale and tears ran down his face.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the close of the program, Lecuyer walked into the kitchen and, quite suddenly, realized that he had done so without the aid of cane or crutch. … \u201cFor a moment,\u201d he says, \u201cI could not believe that I was standing on both feet. I called to my wife, \u2018But where is my crutch?\u2019 and she, astonished, cried out: \u2018Beside the radio.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, Lecuyer has been walking about in a normal manner and declares that he experiences no pain. He went to the Oratory and walked past the casket containing Br. Andr\u00e9\u2019s body.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another case reported is that of Arthur Ducharme, an eight-year-old boy, whose right arm was injured in an auto accident last August.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He declares he was completely and suddenly cured after having touched the feet of Br. Andr\u00e9 with his arm, which was in a plaster cast, as he was passing the bier that held Br. Andr\u00e9\u2019s casket. His mother, when interviewed, stated that Arthur had not the use of the arm since the accident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He had undergone a long treatment at the hospital and 41 sutures had been made. His shoulder was dropping at an alarming rate and his fingers were becoming more and more anchylosed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Physicians advised another operation which was postponed because of the Christmas holidays. He was to have entered Children\u2019s Memorial Hospital the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steps are being taken to preserve intact all the clothing and personal effects of Br. Andr\u00e9 as relics to the community of the Holy Cross of which Br. Andr\u00e9 was a member.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also stated that Br. Andr\u00e9\u2019s heart will be preserved in an urn, placed for the time being in the crypt but later to be placed in the Basilica upon its completion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Protestants and Jews as well as Catholics have a right to share in the spiritual heritage of Br. Andr\u00e9, the Rev. Burton S. Robinson, of Fairmont St. Giles Church here, declared in a tribute to the memory of the humble religious. Robinson\u2019s tribute was one of a number of Protestant public testimonials to the memory of Br. Andr\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robinson likened Br. Andr\u00e9 to St. Joan of Arc and King David, in the way in which God seeks out persons in unexpected places to serve His Divine purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

Declaring that Br. Andr\u00e9 was \u201cnot merely a worker of miracles,\u201d Robinson said his life was a \u201cmiracle, God\u2019s miracle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Robinson went on to say that he himself was incredulous as to modern miracles and faith healing, declaring that Br. Andr\u00e9 never posed as a miracle worker nor did the Catholic Church put forward any such claims for him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But, he added, \u201cin an age of materialism, of scientific discovery and treatment, to challenge us in a day of easy self-sufficiency and complacency, God has given the world a little Brother, who, by sheer goodness and simple religious faith, has brought thousands of men and women into that attitude of mind where God does for them something that ordinary methods have not been able to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

(To explore more from\u00a0<\/i>The Catholic Register\u00a0Archive, go to catholicregister.org\/archive<\/a>)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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