Complete Healing of Acute Thyroid(Joan Soans, Chennai)

God's limitless auspicious qualities can be enjoyed and his abundant compassion can be experienced. His grace will enable one to approach him and gain entry into his kingdom where one can serve Him. Yes, I have experienced the loving compassion of God. I was healed of hyperthyroidism during my visit to DRC during the retreat of 16th To 22nd Nov. 2003. In October 2003, my family doctor had asked me to get a blood test (thyroid profile) which was taken on 10th Oct.2003. The report showed acute thyroids. The doctor then recommended two other thyroid specialists. Since I decided to spend my Birthday, which was on 17th Nov.2003, in Divine Retreat Centre, I booked my ticket for 15th Nov.

Both the specialists could not be contacted. If I had to make an appointment with them, it would have to be only in December or January. So I proceeded to DRC and was happy that since the retreatants were less, I was able to have a room and was able to make a silent and prayerful retreat. On Wednesday at the healing service, it was announced that five persons were healed of thyroid problem. I claimed the healing and was overjoyed. I have come to DRC for several retreats from 1995 to 2003 either once or twice a year for renewing myself spiritually. So far each time I came, I received a spiritual or physical healing. When I came back from the retreat, I kept telling many people that I was healed of the thyroid problem but no one believed me. So I took another test and doctor said that the blood test showed normal but she wanted the same test redone in a reputed laboratory.

On 19th February 2004, the blood test was done and it was normal. I praise and thank Jesus for the countless blessings and mercy, He has bestowed on my family and me. Attending daily mass and receiving Jesus in my every day life is everything for me.

"For by Grace You have been Saved." (Eph. 2:8)

Attached letter from doctor
( Dr.Mrs.R.A.Barnabas,M.B.B.S)
No.5,Officer's Colony
Chennai-600 023

Dear Rev.Father.
This is a testimony regarding Mrs.Joan Soans, 62 years, Female. She is a mother of 14 children and 13 of them were delivered in the nursing home.

From January 2003, she started having signs and symptoms of Hyperthyroidism (Toxic Goitre) which is life threatening. A thryroid profile was advised and all the results showed positive for Hyperthyroidism. I contacted two eminent endocrinologists but both were not available since they had gone abroad.

In the meantime, Mrs.Soans attended a retreat in Potta. Upon her return, the thyroid profile was repeated. This showed no signs of hyperthyroidism and so I repeated the tests once again in a reputed Lab. Here again, every thing was normal. So Praise the Lord. Jesus has cured her.
Warm regards
Sd/-
(R.A BARNABAS)

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Hindu Women's Left Hand is Healed at Retreat(MILAN NAIK, GOA)

I am a Hindu woman, married for the last twelve years. For the past ten years I have been suffering from unbearable pain in my left hand, right from the top of the shoulder. I took some medicines and treatment, but it was of no use.

My friends used to share their spiritual experience at Divine. I began to reflect over it and I had been waiting to visit Divine and have the same experience. For three years there were obstacles, but my desire to visit Divine grew more and more. Finally God made it possible for me to attend a retreat along with some of my colleagues.

It was a great experience. I listened to the Word of God with great desire and reverence in my heart. Our Lord Jesus Christ touched me. On the day of confession of sins, as I am a non-catholic and I cannot go for the sacrament of confession, I went straight up to the second floor chapel where Jesus in the blessed sacrament is exposed and confessed all my sins directly to Jesus. I experienced the power of forgiveness of sins and slowly the pain in my hand started reducing and I was healed.

I have faith and I believed in Jesus Christ as the Saviour of all mankind Thank you Jesus , Praise You Jesus. Alleluia!

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Aunt Healed From Final Stage Of Breast Cancer (Chandan Amonkar, Goa)

I was born in an orthodox Hindu family and we have our own temple in Goa. I am an engineer by profession. I came to Divine in 1997 to pray for my aunt who was in the last stage of breast cancer. The doctors had given her only a maximum of 7 months of survival. There was absolutely no hope and that was how I had landed in Divine to pray for her. My aunt had not come.

During the inner healing session Fr.Augustine had announced, "There are three people here praying for the breast cancer of their relatives. The Lord is touching them". Father had asked us to testify but no one stood up. So Father prayed again and gave the same message. He said "Believe and testify". So I testified along with two others.

When I reached Goa I called my aunty and she said that from Thursday onwards she was feeling much better. The doctors had said that she would live only till December 1997 but my aunt is alive to date (28May 2004) - well and fit. We had attended the Couples Retreat and enjoyed God's peace and experienced His loving power within us.

We praise the name of Jesus always. I request all of you to pray for us to continue to keep our faith in Jesus till our last breath. All glory to you Jesus. Amen. "He who endures to the end will be saved."(Mt.24:13)

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Forgiveness Brings Healing of All Ailments (Trudy Dantis, New Zealand)

I came for my first retreat in May 1998. At that time due to several incidents in my life I had become a cold and indifferent person. I thought I was capable of ruling my life and needed no one's help .God and prayers became merely a routine with no meaning. Nothing affected me anymore. I was devoid of any emotions.

Through the years I developed several ailments. I suffered from thyroid problem with a gland in my neck increasing in size everyday. I also developed a hunch back as result of which I always walked bent. I started discovering fat-deposits on my legs and on my neck behind the head. I also noticed that my hands were crooked and bent at the elbow at a 35 degree angle as a result of which I could not stretch my hands out.

I am an artist and I became fascinated with painting skulls and other weird stuff. I painted a skull on one of my T-shirts and was very proud of wearing it much to the dislike of my family. In the mean time I tried homeopathy and allopathy treatment for my thyroid problem. It lessened to a certain extent but the doctors had warned that it could keep causing numerous problems throughout my life. No amount of stretching exercises could straighten my hands or back. They had been permanently bent.

At the beginning of the retreat we were asked to come forward if we had any evil spirit troubling us. Something urged me to go but I thought it was all rubbish. Then when the time came instead of feeling peace and calm. I felt a severe painful sensation on the back of my neck. Though I tried very hard it did not go but got worse. It was then that a revelation came to me about the shirt. I was shaken up. I phoned home to Mumbai and asked my mother to burn the shirt immediately. It was only while my mother was burning the shirt, as I came to know later, did I slowly feel the tension ease from my neck and then I felt peaceful during the Eucharist at night.

When the sessions on forgiveness took place I realized that I had not forgiven so many people in my life. During the inner healing session, God revealed to me many areas in my life where I had been hurt and the people I had not forgiven. I had a good confession and counselling session.

During the physical healing service, I felt my bones in my back and hands straighten out. For the first time I could stretch my hands straight up and praise God. Later it was only when I went home did I realize I was healed of Thyroid and the fat deposits had completely disappeared. Praise You Jesus. Thank you Jesus. (This retreat in February 2004 is my second retreat in Divine.) "Everyone who calls out to the lord for help will be saved." (Rom 10:13)

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A Sportswoman’s Testimony (Pramila Bhat, Bangalore)

My association with the Divine Retreat Centre has been since the year 1996. The blessings and the miracles that have taken place since Jesus came into my life are enormous and numerous.

As the Captain of the Indian Cricket (Women’s) Team, I had everything going for myself, traveling all over the world and playing in different countries. I always thought it was the best thing that could happen to any youngster; seeing places and enjoying all the materialistic pleasures in life. But at the end of the day, when I would go to sleep I found myself so unhappy, with absolutely no peace; something kept worrying me all the time. Like most sports-persons I underwent deep depression in 1995 following a bad patch in my personal life and cricketing career, something which I could not come to terms with. Well, there started ‘my association’ with sleeping pills which continued for quite some time. One of my family friends suggested that I go to ‘Potta.’

I did come to the Divine Retreat Centre in August 1996, but merely out of curiosity to find out what this place could do for my depression. That’s where I went wrong. For God had planned such a beautiful life for me since then! For the first time in my life, I experienced the power of the Holy Spirit on Friday, the 22^nd of August 1996. When I left this place I was feeling light, bubbly, full of life, wanting to live life all over again! I was BORN AGAIN! Never again after that day have I felt the need for any sleeping pills because God gives me such wonderful sleep every night that I just have to hit the bed and I am fast asleep in five minutes!

Since I came back from the Divine Retreat Centre, a number of miracles have taken place in my life. Anyone who has not experienced Jesus would attribute all this to ‘Luck.’ But not me! I know who does this for me! It is my Jesus! One of the incidents I would like to mention is during the National Championships at Calcutta in January 1997. My team (AIR INDIA) was playing the semifinals. After the first day’s play we were 250 odd runs. But due to the continuous drizzle throughout the day, we were badly placed after 20 overs. We merely scored 56 runs in 20 overs and if the match was interrupted due to more rains, our opponents would have had to score only 56 runs in 20 overs for a result.

Well, it did rain that evening, so heavily that Calcutta recorded one of its heaviest rainy evenings. The opposition team were very happy because they had to score only 56 runs against a formidable Air India team who were the favourites to win the Cup. My girls had, by then, lost all hope and I could hardly speak during the team meeting thinking about the next day! All I did was to pray. I prayed to Jesus and left the result of the match to His Will.

The next day, we went to the ground and to our dismay the umpires said that we would start the match at 11 a.m. But, the miracle had happened. We got to know the next day that all matches, not only women’s cricket, but also men’s cricket and soccer, was not played due to bad ground conditions. The only game which was played in Calcutta was our match which my team won. We went on to win the Championships for the first in the last fifteen years. Jesus has been a part of me since then and, the miracles that have taken place in my life are innumerable.

Life is the most beautiful thing and I thank Jesus for giving this life and making me immensely talented. In the last two years I have been a witness for the U. S. Sports ministry and CBN. I talk about the love of Jesus and the Divine Retreat Centre to all I come across. A number of my friends have come here and gone back with many miracles and blessings.

To all the youngsters who feel depressed and have no motivation in life, all I have to say is: “Try Jesus!”

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Clubfoot Completely Healed (Joseph Jose, Cochin)

By birth my right leg had a clubfoot. Four operations were performed to correct the defect at the age of twelve. But I could not walk as my friends were walking about. I was often depressed.

On one occasion my parents were attending a retreat and I was at home alone. My parents were praying for me with great devotion. On the fourth day of their retreat, I was playing in my house when suddenly I got an unbearable pain in that leg. I had a feeling that the Lord Jesus Christ was touching me. Then I ran to my prayer hall and thanked the Lord for touching me.

The next day while I was brushing my teeth, suddenly my leg got twisted and the foot became straight. I screamed loudly and my mother came running. I told her what had happened to me. We praised God together for this great miracle. Now I know what God promised: “He will not let your foot slip; He who watches over you will not slumber.” (Psalm 121:3)

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Miraculous Healing Of Fatal Rare Disease (Mrs. Shylaja Nambiar, Kerala)

My first retreat in July 1995 paved the way for my rebirth in Jesus Christ! When I accepted Jesus as my Lord and my Master, I became His humble servant. Until then, I was unaware of the reality of true prayer or the Scriptures. I had never heard about any Retreat Centre and naturally, Jesus was a total stranger to me. But all this was really not my fault.

I was born and brought up in an aristocratic Hindu family. My prolonged and terribly painful illness turned out to be a truly divine plan to encounter my Lord, Jesus Christ. “We know that in all things God works for good with those who love Him, those whom He has called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28)

It all began with a mild pain in three of the fingers of my left hand. The pain increased gradually and the entire hand began to pain unbearably. In great despair, I felt the nagging pain spread to my whole body until I lost the sense of touch. For instance, when I hurt myself, I could never experience any pain from the wound even though it bled

I underwent brain surgery, which was unsuccessful. Following my doctor’s advise I was taken to Apollo Hospital in Chennai where an MRI scan was taken. Finally my illness was diagnosed as a very rare fatal disease called Sryngomielia.

Very soon, I became aware that this was only the beginning of the dreaded disease, which was slowly, but surely killing me. By now, I had learnt to surrender to my condition. My speech was impaired, my left foot was twisted. I had lost all my hair, I could barely sit properly, and was unable to lift up my hands or even move my fingers with ease. All this while, I had been losing control over my entire body and had to depend on others for all my needs.

More scanning and medical check-ups followed. The medical reports were shocking and depressing to say the very least. My disease had aggravated to its most fatal state, the highly dangerous type called Sryngohydromeilia. This is an incurable condition.

My days were numbered! I lost all hopes and began to wait for death to knock at my door. It was around this time that we heard about Divine Retreat Centre at Muringoor through a dear friend of my husband. A ray of hope flashed across my mind; my husband too became optimistic.

After a lot of preparations, we made it to the Centre. I was accommodated in one of the rooms for the sick and disabled. During my retreat, I seemed to be sitting before a God who was a total stranger to me. I did not know how I ought to pray (Romans 8:28) Yet, I had several strange experiences that were beyond my understanding. My heart craved to take in the agony of the world as I began to intercede for the needs of others in pain.

Then came a divine message, announced from the stage: “The Lord is touching Shylaja.” I claimed the healing message as my own and instantly experienced a unique sensation as if a current of electricity had passed through my entire body! For a while, I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, I realized I could lift up my arms without any pain at all; my body was hot and flushed and I was sweating profusely. I was astonished to find that I had regained my sense of touch and I could speak clearly. My deformed foot was corrected and I stood up to walk about without any support. That night, I slept peacefully for the first time in ten years!

After the retreat, I went for a complete medical check-up in Sree Chitra Hospital, Trivandrum. The doctors declared me completely cured of all the earlier symptoms of my disease. They were curious to know where I had undergone such a miraculous treatment. My husband and I were quick to explain to them all that had happened during our retreat at the Divine Centre. The doctors openly admitted: “Only Almighty God can perform such wonderful miracles in our lives. Your miraculous healing proves without a shadow of a doubt that there exists a living and loving God.”

The doctors were right. When I look at myself today, I know that I am a living proof of a loving God. In thanksgiving, I offer my life to Him through my humble services to the poor and needy. And I am only too glad to witness for my Lord, Jesus my Healer!

“Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes shall see your teacher.” (Isaiah 30:20-21)

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Healed of Cancer (Rosa Pinto, Portugal)

The Lord our God has manifested Himself in my life in the most beautiful and glorious manner. My Jesus touched me and felt the healing power of the Lord. “For neither herb nor poultice cured them, but it was Thy word, O Lord, which heals all men.” (Wisdom 16:12)

I have been a Cancer patient since 1993 and had to undergo three operations. But it was all to no avail. Finally, through God’s plan, I got the healing touch.

The first time, I was operated in June 1993. The outcome of the surgery was shattering. A cyst was detected in the right ovary. It was later found to be cancerous. The Doctor advised me to undergo chemotherapy. After this treatment I went through a second surgery in 1994, as the right ovary still showed some cancerous cells. After the surgery, a small nodule persisted. Preparations were then made for my third surgery.

Before this, my brother and two of my nieces requested the Intercessory Prayer Tower of the Divine Retreat Centre for prayers on my behalf. Truly, it was God’s hands that cured me of my illness. I underwent my third surgery and later, came to attend the retreat at the Divine Centre.

When I returned to Portugal after the retreat, I went through a regular check-up in February 1997. To my great astonishment, I found that there was no sign of Cancer any more.

God’s mercy had indeed touched and cured me. He instilled in me a great and unshakeable sense of faith. I have become a regular reader of the Holy Bible and say my prayers daily. It is my sincere endeavor to live according to the dictates of the Lord and abide by the Word of God.

I pray to the Lord for His grace and presence to guide me in my journey. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3-4)

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