So let us today have a look at two cases in which the doctors, or medical science if you
prefer, had now given up, and it looked like certain death was going to follow.
So was there still room, was there still hope for divine providence to intervene?
Could God, with the help of Padre Pio, somehow still achieve healing in these situations?
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And here through a series of short stories we take a look at the life of our great saint,
Padre Pio, who was Capuchin friar.
He was a mystic and he was a tremendous miracle worker.
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And in the first part of today's story, there was a fellow called Vincenzo de Lelo, and
he was just 12 years old at the time.
And this was mid-July 1949.
And Vincenzo had gone to the beach on a trip with his friends.
But while he was there, he became very thirsty.
And obviously that was because of the salt water and the wind and all the activity.
He became very, very thirsty.
We could say he was parched.
And then Vincenzo came across, he was lucky enough to come across, a well.
Or perhaps he was unlucky enough to come across this well.
And he decided, "Well, I'm thirsty.
I'm going to take a drink from the water in this well."
He did not realize, however, that the well was contaminated.
So not long after this, Vincenzo became very ill.
And he soon developed typhoid fever, and he had this raging fever running throughout his
body.
At the clinic, the doctors, they saw him and they immediately prescribed penicillin for
him.
And they proceeded to do everything else that they could to alleviate his condition.
But it seemed Vincenzo's condition just deteriorated hour by hour.
Everyone could see he was now wasting away.
Until finally, it reached the point where the doctors, they just gave up.
They said there's nothing further that they could do to help.
So science had come to the end of every possible solution, according to the doctors.
And at this point, Vincenzo's father certainly did not give up.
And he became desperate, we could say.
He was going to do whatever was needed, whatever it took.
And he quickly rushed off to San Giovanni Rotondo.
And there in our lady of grace's churches, he was able to meet with Padre Pio and to
ask for Padre Pio's praise, for his intercession.
It was now a full month since Vincenzo had drunk from the well.
And he certainly seemed to be nearing the end.
In fact, it was so bad that Vincenzo was drifting into and he was drifting out of a state of
coma.
In fact, his coffin had even been ordered.
And as we said, it just seemed everything was without hope.
That's how desperate the situation was.
Vincenzo's family had now gathered in the same room where Vincenzo was.
And suddenly they heard Vincenzo call out, in a very loud voice, "Padre Pio!"
And they said that at that moment this strange perfume just filled the air.
And it's incredible, but this coincided with Vincenzo's father's meeting with Padre Pio.
And during this meeting, Padre Pio had to him, "You may now go.
Your son is getting better."
So contrary to what the doctors and everyone else had been saying and expecting.
And from that moment onwards, Vincenzo's health began to improve.
He had been literally at death's door, and two weeks later he was well enough to get
out of bed.
And not long thereafter, he was able to resume life as normal, and he was totally healed.
So it is uncanny, we could say, or miraculous if you prefer, this return of health, this
turning point coinciding with a meeting with Padre Pio.
Now our second story took place a few years later, on 1956, and this was to a Giuseppe
Dutoni.
And his health had been deteriorating as well for some time now.
And the doctors had been, once again, trying to help him.
They were now running out of ideas.
And they were in fact becoming desperate.
So given this scenario, this prognosis, Giuseppe decided also to make a trip to San Giovanni
Rotondo, and he was also going to ask for Padre Pio's intercession.
So when he arrived there, and now he's before Padre Pio.
And Padre Pio greeted him in a very surprising manner.
"Youngster," he said to him, "how long will you be staying here in San Giovanni Rotondo?"
"Just overnight.
I'm going back to Rome tomorrow," was Giuseppe's reply.
Then Padre Pio said to him, "I would like you to stay longer.
Would you be willing to?"
Giuseppe agreed to this.
And then Padre Pio added as well, that, "I will tell you when it is time for you to leave."
So Padre Pio also wanted Giuseppe to attend mass every morning.
Well, 20 days later, and Padre Pio came up to Giuseppe and said to him, "It's fine.
The time has come.
You're ready to leave now."
And in fact, during these 20 days, Padre Pio had said very little, perhaps just 30 words
to Giuseppe.
But every word, he said, was just such a treasure.
It was so precise and filled with such wisdom, that for Giuseppe it now became his spiritual
program that he was able to follow for the remainder of his life.
And so by the time that Giuseppe now returned to Rome, he said his health had undergone
a complete renewal.
Undergone a renewal of mind, body and soul, we could say.
Then next time on this channel we are going to have a look at a story about Angela Morano.
And she was a young lady, and she was now thinking seriously about marriage.
But she had several suitors.
Who was going to be the best?
And she sought out Padre Pio's advice in this.
To which Padre Pio replied, "I am not a fortune teller."
So how was this all going to work out?
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