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- The Healing of Dafne Gutierrez. In 2003, the city of Los Angeles, California, bore witness to an extraordinary event that left medical professionals astounded and the faithful rejoicing.
- The Miracle of the Colombian Mine Rescue. On October 13, 2010, the world held its breath as the story of thirty-three miners trapped deep underground in the San José Mine in Copiapó, Chile, unfolded.
- The Baby Who Came Back to Life. In 2007, in the Indian city of Aligarh, a heart-wrenching tragedy transformed into a miraculous event that defied medical explanation.
- The Healing of Lucia Borsellino. In 2009, the city of Palermo in Italy bore witness to a miraculous event intertwined with the fight against organized crime.
- Types of Miracles
- Miracles in World Religions
- Biblical Miracles
- Learning from Miracles
People throughout history have reported experiencing many different types of miracles, and each person's individual perspective on an event determines whether or not they consider it a miracle. Miracle stories abound among people of faith, and they seem to fall into two main categories: 1. Dramatic events: Events like a terminal cancer patient's sp...
The faithful in virtually all world religions believe in miracles. But what causes a miracle to occur? That depends on your perspective: 1. Eastern religions: People who practice Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduismtend to believe that they can make miracles happen by performing mystical acts. 2. Western religions: Those who follow Weste...
The most famous miracles are those that the Biblerecords in both the Old and New Testaments. Many people are familiar with stories of biblical miracles, and some, such as the Old Testament's account of the Red Sea parting and the New Testament's report of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, have been depicted in popular cultural media like m...
If you believe in miracles, you're probably eager to find out what messages God may be trying to communicate. Each miraculous event you encounter may have something profound to teach you. However, no single explanation may be enough to fully understand the miracles you experience. What if you have more questions than answers when you're trying to l...
- Jesus turns water into wine (Galilee, 1st century AD) Perhaps one of the most famous miracles in history is the divine act said to have occurred in the town of Cana, Galilee.
- The fireproof saint (Anatolia, 2nd century AD) Another one of the most famous early miracles is reported to have occurred at the execution of Saint Polycarp in 155 AD.
- Saint Thomas Becket and the cheese (England, 12th century) Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1160s, had over 700 miracles attributed to him alone.
- The invincible vicar (Germany, 17th century) Some people are born lucky, but Reverend Johannes Osiander of Tübingen, Germany, was so lucky that his life must be nothing short of a miracle.
- Lourdes. Lourdes is one of the world's most famous miracle sites - a French grotto which is said to have healing properties for those who drink or bathe in it.
- The Miracle of the Sun. This is one of, if not the miracle with the highest number of witnesses. Between 50,000 and 100,000 people claim to have seen the Miracle of the Sun on the 13th October, 1917 whilst standing in the Cova da Iria fields near Fatima, Portugal.
- Padre Pio. Original name Francesco Forgione, Padre Pio was a Roman Catholic Capuchin priest who had perhaps the world's most famous case of stigmata. Despite his efforts to the contrary, news of his mysterious wounds on the palms of his hands and feet went global in the early 1920s.
- Vesna Vulovic. Serbian former flight attendant Vesna Vulovic holds a miraculous world record - the longest fall without a parachute, after a plane she was working onboard in 1972 exploded, 33,333 ft in the air.
Miracle, extraordinary and astonishing happening that is attributed to the action of an ultimate or divine power. A miracle is sometimes defined as a supernatural event or is understood as a sign that indicates something beyond itself.
A miracle may be false information or simply a fictional story, rather than something that truly happened. A miracle experience may be due to cognitive errors (e.g. overthinking, jumping to conclusions) or psychological errors (e.g. hallucinations) of witnesses.
Oct 11, 2010 · A miracle (from the Latin mirari, to wonder), at a first and very rough approximation, is an event that is not explicable by natural causes alone. A reported miracle excites wonder because it appears to require, as its cause, something beyond the reach of human action and natural causes.
