He healed my eyes! ~ Muriella’s testimony
November 12, 2005 by Melody Laila
Filed under People of God, Testimonies
From the age of 11 -21, i used to wear spectacles. Then at 21, I just felt bored & tired of wearing them & so I stopped - also, rather shamefacedly I confess, some vanity was involved). And so for the past 7 -8 years I moved about and managed without them.
Recently, very often in prayer, I felt urged by The Lord to get my eyes checked. Finally on Friday November 26, 2004, my mum and Ii went off to the optician, who looked ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED when she checked my eyes and recommended I see a specialist.
Since it was not too late, we went immediately. When the specialist checked my eyes however, he announced that I have just TEN PERCENT VISION. In America that would mean that I am legally blind!
Even the specialist was amazed that I was moving about, living an absolutely normal life with no accidents or anything of the sort. I didn’t want to make him keel over, so didnt mention that off and on I also drove my family car!
I went to every God, but only Christ Saves ~ T. D. Joseph’s testimony
May 12, 2005 by Melody Laila
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Wealth
The year was 1993. I was a businessman, involved in R & D in the Film Industry, who had not only had major losses in my business, but also owed great amounts of money in loans. Though I Catholic by birth, I was not religious and had not even seen a church for over 15 years. To get myself out of my debts I tried everything. I even went to Muslim Babas and Hindu Shrines. But I did not go to the True Living God as I did not know who He was.
One night, I got up from my sleep at around three am and started saying the rosary. I was crying as I said the rosary because in addition to my huge business losses and the loans to repay, I was the only provider for my wife and three children, all of whom were in college where tuition costs are high.
“Holy communion turned into Flesh” ~ Gijo’s testimony
October 12, 2003 by Melody Laila
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I was born in Kerela, but my parents eventually settled in Madras so I completed all my studies from there. I have an elder brother and a younger sister. I now work in Saudi Arabia.
When young, I was very active in church activities. I was an altar boy, I helped the priests and nuns in various different ways; organizing & planning church functions, doing decorations in the church etc. I also played the guitar for the church choir. I had some faith in God but it was very limited.
In 1992, I attended a retreat in Potta, Kerela (India) and I had an experience on the 4th day of the retreat during the Holy Spirit special prayer time. While I was praising the God my right hand started shivering and I experienced a powerful force which I subsequently only learned was due to the Power of Holy Spirit. This was my very first personal experience of God in my life.
My Road to Christ ~ Dr. Ezekiel’s testimony
August 12, 2003 by Melody Laila
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I was born and brought up in a Hindu backward class community and named Sanjay. My father was a highly educated, esteemed and a dedicated person towards social upliftment in vast contrast to most politicians. He expired in 1981 after struggling with cancer for a few years leaving behind my mother and three children.
My mother though illiterate was very hardworking, determined and loving, going out of her way to help others and unable to say no to anyone when it came to helping. Her desire to see us educated and excel in the society gave her a reason to live. She worked hard and brought us up giving us the best in her capacity. As the eldest amongst her siblings, she also shouldered the responsibility of educating, getting her younger brothers and sisters married and settling them with jobs. All the family pressures, ups and downs, fears and insecurities were borne by her alone. As a young girl, she grew up in one of the remote villages of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra (India) in a thatched house and in her teenage years, managed to build a firm stone walled house in the town and then in the later years, during my medical education bought a flat in Pune, a city of educational institutions, for our ease.
Why I chose the Catholic Road to Christ ~ Tina Klein’s Testimony
June 12, 2003 by Melody Laila
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Mat. 7:7)
My answer to the question, “Why are you Catholic?” is pretty simple - Real Presence.
I chose the quote from the Gospel of Matthew above for my title because that is basically the story of how my spiritual journey began. I was raised as a non practicing Christian. My mom was raised Presbyterian, but is no longer practicing, and my dad is a fallen away cradle Catholic. Basically we celebrated the major Christian holidays, had a Bible available to read if we wanted to, watched religion based movies if we wanted (such as “The Ten Commandments”), occasionally went to church on Christmas Eve, went to Mass with my cousins occasionally when we were over and they had to go, and that was pretty much my religious upbringing. I knew about Jesus, but all He was really to me most of the time growing up was a very nice man who lived a long time ago. I knew He was the Son of God, but I didn’t really understand the concept.
