I want to catalog some of the stories surrounding this relic which has become such a touchstone of grace in our life and the lives of others.
Here's another one about a little boy who was blessed by this relic:
Baby Hayes was born with a rare auto-inflamatory disease that severely compromised his immune system. Every time he came into contact with a normal childhood illness it put him in a life threatening situation (he was hospitalized 3 times before the age of 1). He caught strep throat on his first birthday last year and he went into cardiac arrest. After 7 minutes Doctors were able to restart his heart but his body had developed many many blood clots throughout all his limbs in addition to sepsis. All four limbs were purple and turning black. The family was told they didn't think they could save him, but if they could it would be by amputating all 4 of his limbs. His uncle borrowed the relic from us, drove down overnight to _______ where they live, and met a priest at the hospital to bless Hayes with the relic of Michael McGivney. (Hayes parents had mixed feelings about this they were very scared to have other people around that could expose Hayes to more germs/illness and kill him. They had told family not to visit yet). The priest blessed Hayes with the relic and he immediately began improving. Ultimately it was God's will Hayes would lose one leg from the knee down and a few fingers, but it was far far more than any of the doctors had hoped for. That over a year ago, Hayes is now 2 and walking with a leg replacement (I can't think of what they're called my brain is asleep lol). That incident was the last time he was hospitalized.
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