ABC News - It Takes A Miracle in Boston - Edith Stein—St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross
- 3 years ago
Back in March 1987, a little girl named after a Jewish-born nun killed by the Nazis lay dying in a Boston hospital. Teresia Benedicta was rushed
to the hospital with inexplicable spasms and a loss of normal consciousness. Three hours later she was diagnosed as having ingested sixteen times toxicity rate of Tylenol. The doctors didn’t expect 2 1/2-year-old Teresia Benedicta McCarthy to make it. Her parents prayed to her namesake, Edith Stein, who was known as Sister Teresia Benedicta.
Their prayers were answered and the girl lived. The Vatican ruled that her recovery was a miracle attributable to the nun and was part of the reason for Edith Stein's sainthood in a Roman Catholic.
All the doctors and nurses thought little Teresia Benedicta was going to die.
This ABC news looks at what it takes to become a Saint in the Catholic Church.
Note: a meditation written by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy regarding Edith Stein—St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross and Pondering the Miracle can be downloaded from http://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/reflections/
to the hospital with inexplicable spasms and a loss of normal consciousness. Three hours later she was diagnosed as having ingested sixteen times toxicity rate of Tylenol. The doctors didn’t expect 2 1/2-year-old Teresia Benedicta McCarthy to make it. Her parents prayed to her namesake, Edith Stein, who was known as Sister Teresia Benedicta.
Their prayers were answered and the girl lived. The Vatican ruled that her recovery was a miracle attributable to the nun and was part of the reason for Edith Stein's sainthood in a Roman Catholic.
All the doctors and nurses thought little Teresia Benedicta was going to die.
This ABC news looks at what it takes to become a Saint in the Catholic Church.
Note: a meditation written by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy regarding Edith Stein—St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross and Pondering the Miracle can be downloaded from http://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/reflections/