Por Corey Wronski<\/p>\n
(serie 50 por 50)<\/em> Nac\u00ed con una rara afecci\u00f3n \u00f3sea que ha requerido muchas intervenciones quir\u00fargicas a lo largo de los a\u00f1os y ha limitado mi movilidad f\u00edsica.<\/p>\n I had lived in Maryland for a number of years and visited the Seton Shrine occasionally, but I didn\u2019t know much about Mother Seton until June 2022 when I joined one of the Shrine\u2019s virtual book clubs. That first session, we read Nothing Short of a Miracle: God\u2019s Healing Power in Modern Saints<\/em> de Patricia Treece, que incluye cap\u00edtulos sobre la Madre Seton y los milagros atribuidos a su intercesi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n Varios meses despu\u00e9s, en oto\u00f1o de 2022, sufr\u00ed una fractura de f\u00e9mur provocada por mi enfermedad. Una fractura anterior similar en la misma zona no se hab\u00eda curado de forma natural y hab\u00eda requerido una intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica importante, hospitalizaci\u00f3n y un per\u00edodo de recuperaci\u00f3n extremadamente largo. Tem\u00eda que volviera a ocurrir lo mismo. Como madre soltera de un hijo de cinco a\u00f1os, sin familia cercana ni apoyo del c\u00f3nyuge, me aterrorizaba c\u00f3mo iba a afrontar esa situaci\u00f3n, sobre todo cuando mi hijo segu\u00eda necesitando tantos cuidados diarios y mientras los m\u00e9dicos me propon\u00edan una intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica a\u00fan m\u00e1s radical para esta vez. Adem\u00e1s, hac\u00eda poco que hab\u00eda superado un divorcio dif\u00edcil y acababa de recuperarme. Mi mayor preocupaci\u00f3n era la responsabilidad por mi hijo, m\u00e1s que los propios problemas m\u00e9dicos.<\/p>\n I poured out many prayers and tears. I remembered that Mother Seton had, in her widowhood, also been a single mother while facing all kinds of sorrows, and I decided to take a trip to the Shrine and seek Mother Seton\u2019s intercessory help in a special way. At the Altar of Relics, I prayed for her intercession, and in my distress I called out a line I remembered from Nada menos que un milagro:<\/em> \u201cHey, You, You\u2019re a mother!\u201d This is the title of one of the chapters, which recounts the story of another mother who had cried out these words to implore Mother Seton\u2019s help.<\/p>\n It is hard to put into words what came next \u2013 no dramatic visionary experience, but an unmistakable sense of reassurance came over me, and I was convinced that Mother Seton had heard me. I just knew that she would add to our prayers and intercede to the Lord on my behalf.<\/p>\n On my way out, I walked through the exhibit downstairs (this was prior to the renovation), and as I came under the canonization banner that used to be displayed there, I also came face-to-face with our book club leader, Anita DiGregory, who was at the same time walking in from the opposite direction. She wasn\u2019t supposed to have been at work that day, but a special circumstance had brought her in, and it was a great comfort to be able to share all that was going on. We both marveled at the chances of our meeting at that exact place and moment. It is the type of moment I can see Mother Seton bringing about among her friends.<\/p>\n The fracture did heal \u2013 very slowly, but without need for surgical intervention. I cannot prove scientifically that this healing was otherwise inexplicable, and I cannot prove that Mother Seton\u2019s intercession played a role. But I would affirm in the strongest possible terms that I am convinced that it did. It is ultimately God\u2019s will, power, and grace that allows miracles; our saintly friends, though, lovingly help us in the process and pray for us, and I just know that Mother Seton (and likely many other friends too) helped to shepherd me through that difficult time. I am humbled and so very grateful to think of her as a friend.<\/p>\n \n 50 for 50 es una serie de relatos de gente corriente para conmemorar el 50 aniversario de la canonizaci\u00f3n de Elizabeth Ann Seton como primera santa estadounidense nacida en el pa\u00eds.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un momento entre madres<\/p>","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":200036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4419],"class_list":["post-200035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fifty-for-fifty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n