ST. RAFQA The Little Flower of Lebanon Was born in Himlaya, Lebanon on June 29th, 1832. St. Rafqa is known for her unbearable pain that she endured when she asked the Lord to share in his suffering so that she could suffer as he did. She prayed, Why, O my God, have you distance yourself from me and have abandoned me. You have never visited me with sickness! Have you perhaps abandoned me? So on the feast of the Holy Rosary in 1885, Rafqa prayed that she might share Christ’s sufferings. Her health began to deteriorate, and she was soon blind and crippled. She spent as much of her remaining 30 years in prayer as she could, but always insisted on working in the convent as well as she could with her disabilities, usually spinning wool and knitting. By 1907 she was completely blind and paralyzed. In a 1981 medical report based upon the evidence presented in the Canonization process, specialists in ophthalmology, neurology and orthopedics diagnosed the most likely cause as tuberculosis with ocular localization and multiple bony excrescences. This causes unbearable pain, but Rafqa was thankful for her special form of communion. Pope John Paul II declared her: Venerable on February 11th, 1982. Beatified on November 17th, 1985. A role model in the adoration of the Eucharist for the Jubilee Year 2000. Saint for the whole Church on June 10th, 2001. St. Rafqa through your pain and suffering and through your sharing of Christ passion pray for us, for all the sick and those most in need of a miracle healing in Jesus name. Amen St. Rafqa- Full movie with English subtitle.
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