The miracle was officially declared by Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonin of Beauvais, France on Feb. 11, the World Day of the Sick and the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. The miraculous event involved a French nun, Sister Bernadette Moriau, who went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in 2008. She had been suffering from spinal complications which had rendered her wheelchair-bound and fully disabled since 1980. She also said she had been taking morphine to control the pain.
As reported by catholicnewsagency.com, When Sister Moriau visited the Lourdes Shrine almost a decade ago. After attending a blessing for the sick at the shrine, something began to change. Sr. Moriau remarked that “I felt a surge of well-being throughout my body, a relaxation, warmth. I returned to my room and there, a voice told me to ‘take off your braces’, Surprise. I could move.”
Moriau’s case was brought to the attention of the International Medical Committee of Lourdes, who extensively researched the nun’s recovery. They eventually found that Moriau’s healing could not be scientifically explained. During Mass at the shrine’s basilica, Bishop Nicolas Brouwet of Lourdes announced the miracle.
