BRING THE HOLY OIL
A DEAR LADY SAID THE FOLLOWING,
ONE DAY, IN JULY 2000, I WAS READING ABOOK ABOUT POPE KYROLLOS CALLED “BELIEVE,
AND YOU MUST BELIEVE”. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW, IN THE DAYS OF POPE KYROLLOS, PEOPLE
WOULD SUFFER PROBLEMS AND DISEASES, AND ONLY AFTER A LONG TIME WITH SUFFERING
DID THEY THEN APPROACH POPE KYROLLOS FOR HELP. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF: WHY DID THEY
NOT APPROACH POPE KYROLLOS AS SOON AS THEY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM, WHY DO THEY
WAIT AND SUFFER FIRST. I WISH POPE KYROLLOS WAS STILL ALIVE, SO THAT WE WOULD
NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, AND ALL OUR PETITIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED. I FELL ASLEEP
WHILE I WAS DEEPLY THINKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AT ABOUT 4 AM, MY 13 MONTHES OLD SON WOKE UP SCREAMING. IT SEEMED THAT HE WAS
SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE STOMACH ACHE. MY HUSBAND BROUGHT SOME MEDICINE FOR THE
PAIN, BUT BECAUSE OF MY SON’S SCREAMING, I WAS UNABLE TO ADMINSTER THE MEDICINE.
I ASKED MY HUSBAND TO BRING THE POPE KYROLLOS HOLY OIL. I ANOINTED MY SON AND HE
INSTANTLY CALMED DOWN, AND SLEPT. AT THAT MOMENT I REALISED THAT POPE KYROLLOS
WAS ANSWERING ME. HE WAS INFORMING ME THAT HE IS STLL WITH US AND HE FEELS OUR
PAIN. THANKS POPE KYROLLOS.
BELIEVE AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SERIES
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