Miracles Do Occur

Miracles it seems never ceases. As a non believer naturally I was skeptical when I recently heard of one that was narrated to me by a close dear friend living in London while describing her experience of one such. The incident in question took place at a place West of London called Hounslow in the thickly inhabited shopping area on high street. She alonwith her mother in law and husband had gone shopping on that autumn afternoon. While the two ladies went into the shop her husband sat outside watching the general scene. My friend went about her shopping chores while her mother in law looked around for greeting cards. She was very particular in sending cards to her relatives and friends for all occasions. Shortly after entering the shop the mother in law called out to my friend telling her that she was feeling unwell. She at once took her out to where her husband was sitting and sat her mother in law down and asked her husband to fetch some drinking water. No sooner than her husband left, she found her mother in law swaying to a side with a fixated expression. She immediately set her on her lap when she realized that the latter had gone completely cold. Panicking she started weeping and requesting the passers by for help. However none was forthcoming busy as the street was. She was also desperately trying to get to her husband on her mobile without any success. As stated by her she had started to give up all hope and in between tears was preparing to accept her fate. It was then that one young lady who was passing by came to her and enquired what the matter was. My friend narrated all the events as it happened and informed her of her inability to reach her husband. The young girl calmed her down and sought her permission to attend to her mother in law. She sat next to her and held her close slowly massaging her arms all the while. She also placed a small white cloth in her hand and got her to close her hands round the cloth My friend meanwhile was trying to call her husband and seeing her do so the young lady asked her what she was doing. Hearing that she was trying to call her husband she told her to call out to a greater force for intervention. Asking permission of my friend for using her mobile she dialed someone and said “So and So” is in trouble kindly pray for her. She also whispered into my friends ears that her mother in law had suffered an heart attack and should be taken to hospital immediately. Just as this was happening another couple possibly Indians with two kids also came along and after enquiring about the details rang up for an ambulance and were helpful in escorting the para medics to where the mother was sitting Within minutes of all these events my friends mother in law who had become senseless and cold started becoming warm and by the time her son arrived with the water had revived miraculously. She wanted to know as to what had transpired and why were all of them looking. so glum She also wanted to know who the young lady was and what she was doing sitting next to her. Telling her just the bare minimum facts they told her that she would have to go to a hospital for which she was hesitant saying there was nothing wrong with her. However on insistence of my friend, her son and the young lady, she was persuaded to get into the ambulance when it arrived. My friend thanked the young lady profusely and wanted her name and address which the latter said was not necessary. Instead she asked her to keep the white cloth she had given next to her mother in law’s heart. Thanking her she and her husband accompanied her mother in law to the hospital. At the hospital it was revealed that she had in fact suffered a minor heart attack and a stroke but was miraculously all right now. It was then that my friend remembered the small white piece she had kept next to the heart and lo that was also untraceable. Thanking the lord for his benign grace on them the two returned home. Her mother in law too returned soon after fit and fine.
The questions that puzzled my friend no end on the succeeding days were as how and from where did that young lady emerge? Who or which power did she call to pray for her mother in law? What was the relevance of the white cloth and its mysterious disappearance after the storm had passed over? Why was the lady reluctant to give her particulars? My friend and her husband strongly believe that it was Sister Alfonsama who had come there in the form of that young lady and saved the situation. Being the non believer that I am I too am intrigued by these events and thought that I must share this experience with others so that the fact that miracles do take place when ones faith is deep and supreme in extreme times of personal crisis is a fact and not a superstition gets reinforced. I sincerely do not want to accept the fact but then my friends who have experienced it are there for real and I have cent percent faith in their simplicity and truthfulness. I am convinced that a power greater than the human one does exist. Well the only doubt is how does it manifest?