Mar 24, 2015
The room of St. Rafqa in St. Simon Monastery, in Ayto.
The picture of St. Rafqa with the sisters was taken in 1896.
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The room of St. Rafqa in St. Simon Monastery, in Ayto.
The picture of St. Rafqa with the sisters was taken in 1896.
The relics of Saint Rafka are currently visiting the Maronite Parishes in the USA between Mid-October and Mid-November, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of her death (1914-2014).
The relics are bones from her jaw, and they have never been exposed before. The relics have been visiting parishes in Lebanon, since the 23rd of March 2014.
Star of the East Radio, the first maronite radio in the USA, is covering the visits. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/StarOfTheEastRadio
70 أعجوبة سجلت للقديس شربل هذا العام خلال سبعة أشهر
From His feast day (24 July) until now, 70 miracles were recorded, attributed to St. Charbel.
The newest is of a woman with breast cancer. She’s a Syrian refugee and a Muslim! Her friend told her about St. Charbel making miracles, so she was desperate and she tried for the sake of her children.
One night, at midnight, no lights were on, she saw someone wearing black, he approached her a burned her hand and said: “You are healed”.
After 3 days she went and did all the medical tests, and the cancer is gone! She was healed! She threw away all her medications, she doesn’t need them any more!
The priest, who is responsible of recording and approving miracles reported by people, says that since St. Charbel’s feast day on July 24, 70 miracles were recorded: “St. Charbel doesn’t care about the denomination, he cares about the person asking his help! Out of the 70 miracles, 3 are Muslim Sunni, 2 Muslim Shia, 2 Druze, and 1 Jewish from France…”
What a surprise!
My cousin Mike gave me an old Saint Charbel medal (actually from when he was Blessed). It was my Aunts. It has a tiny cloth relic on the back. On the front there is writing in Latin and Arabic. In order to read it had to get out a magnifying glass.
It's beautiful. I must try to get a good photo of it, but that might be tough and, I need to find a little case to keep it safe.