Due to a variety of factors, I had been under a lot of stress the past few months and it was affecting my eyes. They were often bloodshot and the right eye especially was strained and sore. I knew I needed to slow down and get some rest, which I tried to do, and there was some improvement. But my right eye continued to bother me.
I was in the process of getting an appointment with the eye doctor so I could get my eyes checked. In the meantime I prayed, “Lord Jesus, You can do anything. Nothing is impossible for you. Please heal my eyes.” I went to Mass that morning and after Communion, an image came to my mind of the muscles surrounding the eye. They looked very strained and tight. Then I felt a warm, tingly feeling start to flow over my right eye and spread to the area around it. This sensation lasted for several minutes. I felt a strong sense of the Lord’s love, and I thanked Him for whatever He was doing.
Throughout that day whenever I felt the ache or soreness in my eye, I stopped and prayed and the same feeling of warmth would flood over my eye and right side of my face. That day was a busy one, and it wasn’t until late in the evening when I had time to sit and reflect on what had happened. When I did, I realized that my eye was not hurting at all anymore! I knew the Lord had healed me.
Since that day my eyes have been great. No more pain at all – not even a twinge! I thank God for His mercy and love, and the gift of this healing that He gave me.
* see Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24