FIRST INCIDENT
This incident happened to Mother Ursula DOUMIT, Mother superior of Saint Joseph Monastery (AD-Daher), Jrabta, only three days following Sister Rafqa’s death on March 23rd, 1914.
She said, “There appeared a hazelnut-size pimple in my throat, that somehow bothered me while swallowing or talking; this lasted seven years.
Then I referred my case to a physician, Antoun KHAIRALLAH, of Jran, who suggested that I apply some tincture of iodine thereto, which I promptly did, but this was nonetheless of no avail. That started growing and growing until it became as large as a big almond, and then it protruded outward, causing me great pain that prevented me from taking in anything, even milk. Because of that, I started suffering from acute headache that compelled me one evening to go to bed earlier than usual;
I then asked the nuns to leave me alone to be able to have some sleep. While I was in sleeping, I heard a knock at my door; I woke up and asked, “Who is that?”.
“An outside voice replied, “Take some soil off Rafqa’s tomb and rub your throat with it, and then you will be heald”. Well, I thought it was one of the nuns who had knocked at my door and talked to me in that way. Then I answered, “why don’t you just leave me alone to sleep?”. But nobody replied. No sooner had I tried to resume my sleep than I heard louder knocks at my door this time, accompanied by a talk similar to that of the talk I had heard before. I thus replied that I would get the soil in the morning.
The next day, I asked each one of the nuns if she had knocked at my door and suggested that I get some soil…, but the answers were in negative. However, I got some soil off sister Rafqa’s tomb, wondering what had happened to me, and dissolved it with some water and applied it to the pimple”.
“After that, the nun, who waited on the sick, offered me a glass of milk that I drank without the least bit of bother at swallowing, not remembering what happened to me by night.
Then the nun inquired, “How is your throat?” This made me instantly remember the abovenamed incident, and impulsively stretch my hand to feel the pimple, but it was all gone, and I have been completely healed ever since!!!”.
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