Saints Who Raised the Dead

S.M. Rev. Fr. Albert J. Hebert

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Stories from the lives of St. Francis Xavier, St. Patrick, St. John Bosco, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Rose of Lima, Bl. Margaret of Castello, etc. Includes the raising of persons who had died, descriptions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory by temporarily dead persons and an analysis of contemporary "after death" experiences. Many pictures of the saints and their miracles. Fascinating. Formerly published by TAN under the title "Raised from the Dead".

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian theology
• Catholic Church
• Christian Church
• History of religions
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: TAN Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 1986
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781505103380
• Langue: English

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Saints Who Raised the Dead
True Stories of 400 Resurrection Miracles
Father Albert J. Hebert, S.M.
Nihil Obstat:
Fortune Frenoy, S.M. Censor Deputatus
Imprimi Potest:
Donald A. Romito Provincialis
Nihil Obstat:
Cage Gordon, V.G. Censor Librorum
Imprimatur:
Joseph V. Sullivan, S.T.D. Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
In no case do the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur constitute an approval of any private revelations, prophecies or possible new devotions or cults connected therewith if these have not been officially approved by the Church. Where such are treated as historical accounts or are reported as news of the day, the Catholic reader may form his own opinion or judgment according to the facts presented. However, he must be ready to submit to the judgment of the Church if and when it is made; and at the place of source, the instructions of the local Ordinary should be obeyed.
With regard to declarations on miracles, holiness of individuals, or other supernatural matters, the author in no way presumes to anticipate the judgment of Holy Mother Church. In conformity with the decree of Pope Urban VIII, the author declares his intention to attach purely human credibility to such events narrated in this book.
Copyright © 1986 by Albert J. Hebert, S.M. First published in 1986, under the title Raised from the Dead . Republished in 2004 under the title Saints Who Raised the Dead .
ISBN: 978-0-89555-798-8
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OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
Mary, Our Blessed Lady (poems) A Christ-Filled World (poems) Priestly Celibacy—Lasting Value and Recurrent Battle Mary, Our Blessed Mother (poems) The Tears of Mary and Fatima—Why? Mary, Why Do You Cry? A Prayerbook of Favorite Litanies Prophecies! The Chastisement and Purification! Mary and Her Hidden Life
       "Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do."
— Words of Our Lord (John 14:11-12)
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction: Have the Dead Really Been Raised to Life?
— PART ONE —
RESURRECTION MIRACLES IN BIBLICAL DAYS
    1. The Old Testament: Elias and Eliseus Raise the Dead
    2. The Gospels: Jesus Raises the Widow's Son, the Daughter of Jairus, and Lazarus
    3. The Acts of the Apostles: Peter Raises Dorcas, Paul Raises Eutychus
    4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
— PART TWO —
RESURRECTION MIRACLES IN THE CHRISTIAN ERA
T HE E ARLY C ENTURIES
    5. Miracles in the Early Church: Testimony of Irenaeus and Others; Resurrection Miracles Performed by St. Hilary of Poitiers, St. Ambrose, and Others
    6. Resurrection Miracles Publicized by St. Augustine
    7. St. Martin of Tours, the "Raiser of Three Dead"
    8. Resurrection Miracles of St. Benedict and Others: Testimony of Pope St. Gregory The Great
M EDIEVAL W ONDER- W ORKERS
    9. Resurrection Miracles Performed by St. Bernard of Clairvaux and His Friend St. Malachy
    10. Resurrection Miracles Performed by St. Anthony of Padua
    11. Resurrection Miracles Performed by Blessed Margaret of Castello, The Blind and Crippled Wonder-Worker
    12. More Resurrection Miracles Performed by Women: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Catherine (Karin) of Sweden, St. Colette of Corbie, St. Zita, St. Frances of Rome, St. Joan of Arc, and Others
    13. Resurrection Miracles of the British Isles and Belgium: Drithelm, Christina the Admirable, and Winifride
F AMILIES, F OUNDERS, AND S PECIAL G ROUPS
    14. The Saints Raise Their Relatives from the Dead: Miracles Performed by St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Francis of Paola, Venerable John Baptist Tholomei
    15. A Franciscan Celebration of Life: Resurrection Miracles Performed by St. Bernardine of Siena, St. John Capistrano, St. Francis of Paola, St. Joseph of Cupertino, and St. Peter of Alcántara
    16. Resurrection Miracles Performed by Five Great Founders of Religious Orders: St. Dominic, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Philip Neri, St. Paul of the Cross, St. John Bosco .
    17. Resurrection Miracles Performed by Lesser-Known Dominicans: Blessed James Salomoni, St. Agnes of Montepulciano, Blessed Constantius of Fabrino, Blessed Sadoc and Companions, Blessed Mark of Modena, Blessed Ceslas, Blessed Augustine of Bugela, and St. Colomba of Rieti
    18. Resurrection Miracles Performed in the Americas: St. Rose of Lima, St. Martin de Porres, St. Francis Solanus, Marianne de Jesus of Quito, Blessed Sebastian of Apparizio
    19. More Resurrection Miracles: St. Bernard of Abbeville, St. Stanislaus of Cracow, St. James of Tarentaise, St. Cyril of Constantinople, St. Peregrine, St. Philip Benizi, B1. Peter Armengol, Blessed Eustachio, St. Gerard Majella, St. Charbel Makhlouf, Padre Pio
    20. A Postscript to Chapter 15— More Resurrection Miracles Performed by Franciscan Saints: St. Margaret of Cortona, St. Felix of Cantalice, St. Rose of Viterbo, St. Pacific of San Severino, and Others
G REAT M ISSIONARY W ONDER-WORKERS
    21. Resurrection Miracles Performed by Three Great Dominican Missionaries: St. Hyacinth, St. Vincent Ferrer, and St. Louis Bertrand
    22. Resurrection Miracles Performed by Great Jesuit Missionaries: St. Francis Xavier, St. John Francis Regis, St. Andrew Bobola; Other Jesuit Resurrection Miracles: St. Francis Jerome, Brother Antony Pereyra
    23. Resurrection Miracles Performed by St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland
T HE B LESSED V IRGIN M ARY
    24. Resurrection Miracles Performed through the Intercession of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora, Poland
    25. Resurrection Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Americas: Our Lady of Itati (Argentina), Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico), Our Lady of San Juan (Texas, U.S.A .)
— PART THREE —
OTHER WONDERS: FURTHER SIGNS OF IMMORTALITY
    26. Revivals of the Dying Rival the Raising of the Dead
    27. Visits To and From the Other World
    28. Miraculous Bodily Phenomena in the Lives of the Saints— A Preview of the Risen Body
    29. Post Clinical-Death Returns to Life
— PART FOUR —
CONCLUSIONS
    30. Miracles in the Plan of God: A Look at the Facts
    31. The Resurrection of Christ, The Basis of Our Faith
    32. Armageddon, the Valley of Josaphat, and the General Judgment
    33. The Resurrection of the Body at the End of the World
Appendix: Less Well-Authenticated Resurrection Miracles
Selected Bibliography
FOREWORD
What is more important to any man or woman than to know, to be sure, that he or she will rise from the dead someday?
Nothing is better established as fact in the history of the Old and New Testaments and in the Catholic Christian centuries than the raising of dead persons to life—some of these in fairly recent times. Although these privileged persons all had to die again, their "temporary" resurrections confirm the Christian's faith in the great resurrection of the body which will come at the end of the world. The entire Christian era—20 centuries—is the fruit of that great belief, that great hope.
True, there are people today, as there always have been, who will attack the teaching of the resurrection of the body. The Sadducees of Jesus' day challenged Him on the doctrine of a bodily resurrection. But before the Master's words they retired in confusion.
Miracles of the dead being returned to life need not be accepted on faith; they are a matter of historical record. The accounts presented here, at least taken as a whole, will show the impossibility of denying these miracles. There are just too many great saints involved—St. Benedict, St. Martin of Tours, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Dominic, St. Vincent Ferrer, and St. Francis Xavier, to name but a few. To deny the works of such men of history is to affront the faculty of reason.
It is hoped that this book's account of so many wonders—both resurrection miracles and other miracles—will show the utter foolishness and poor scholarship of those so-called exegetes, theologians, and other writers, even within the Church, who deny the fact of miracles. The poorest of scholars and researchers can attest to the many historical reports of persons raised from the dead by any number of Catholic saints.
In commissioning His twelve Apostles, Our Lord gave them the power of working miracles to witness to the divine Source of their teachings. He said to them, "And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give." (Matt . 10:8).
Our Lord stated that His great miracles were meant to lead men to faith, and He prophesied even greater wonders to come: "Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Otherwise believe for the very works' sake. Amen, Amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do." ( John 14:11-12).
Following in the footsteps of the Apostles, the Catholic saints have brought the teachings and the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ to vast numbers of people. God has often seen fit to back up the teachings of His later "Apostles," also, with miracles—healings, the casting ou