A married father-of-three from the Diocese of Lansing claims that Blessed Solanus Casey (1870 - 1957) visited him twice in hospital and hastened, what he believes to be, a miraculous recovery from COVID-19.
52-year-old construction worker, Nolan Ostrowski, who is a parishioner at Saint Peter in Eaton Rapids, was admitted to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing on July 25.
“And then, one night, I was sitting there and I woke up and I felt like there was a lot of darkness around me, a lot of despair over me, and I noticed there was somebody sitting at the side of my headboard and I couldn't turn to see who it was - all I could see were their legs, and his brown robe and, at that time, I thought it was my guardian angel,” recalls Nolan upon a return visit to Sparrow Hospital, November 1.
That apparent visitation occurred on July 30, the Feast of Blessed Solanus Casey. The following night, July 31, the same figure in brown robes appeared again in Nolan’s hospital room although, this time, he was sat at the foot of his bed with his hands on his thighs.
“He sat there and that's when I realized that this is a this isn't just my guardian. This is a saint. This is someone special,” says Nolan who responded by vocally praying and then, he says, “to plead for my life” and to explain that he didn’t want his children raised without him.
“There was no response from him. It was like I was talking to a statue. Nothing. And then I said, ‘Well, if you save me, I'll never use God's name in vain again’. And he jumped up like he won the Lotto. I mean, it was kind of startling. And he ran around the side of my bed. And when he ran, it was like a skipping floating motion.”
“And he reached out and he touched my rib cage under my arm and then at the bottom of my rib cage, I remember kind of lifting my arm a little bit, but it was all very quick, and then he just stepped back a couple steps and I felt like there was this ease that came over me and I felt very relaxed and comfortable. I knew I was saved.”
The following day, Nolan’s wife, Kathleen, showed him a photograph of Blessed Solanus Casey. Nolan instantly recognized him as the saint who had twice visited him and laid hands upon his rib cage.
Father Solanus Casey was a Capuchin priest who was based for much of his life at Saint Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit. He was known during his lifetime as a wonderworker, for his great faith, and for his abilities as a spiritual counselor, but especially for his great attention to the sick. He was beatified at a ceremony held at Ford Field in Detroit in 2017.
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6 сен 2024
