Josie Butler and her sister Mary gave witness to their testimony of healing, through the Our Lady's Matrix Medal and the Holy Water of Achill, to the public gathered at Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Prayer .
In October 2011 Josie Butler and her sister Mary gave public witness at the House of Prayer in Achill to their testimony of healing.
I first travelled with my husband and five children to visit Our Lady
Queen of Peace House of Prayer, Achill on Tuesday, August 23,
1994. We arrived at the House of Prayer around 5.00pm. The first
thing that struck me was the great sense of peace I felt while we
prayed there. We returned later on for night prayers and as we
left for home the next day, we felt a great longing to return. Since
then, I have travelled many times by coach and car to Our Lady's
House. Eventually, I became a coach organiser. I am very
grateful to Our Blessed Lady for all that I have received and
witnessed at the House of Prayer.
One great gift was when at 5.00am on February 20, 1995, my sister
Mary was taken to Our Lady's Hospital Cashel Co. Tipperary,
suffering from severe gastroenteritis. Shortly after arriving, her
blood pressure dropped dangerously low and she fell into a coma.
The doctor said that she was very dehydrated and told her husband
that she was very sick and that she might not survive. Later that
morning, her condition deteriorated, the priest was called and he
anointed her. She remained in a coma. I rang the hospital
around 1.30pm and spoke with a nurse, who told me that they
were transferring her fifteen miles away to St. Joseph's Hospital,
Clonmel. The nurse said that she was very sorry but she didn't
expect her to survive the journey. I went straight to St. Joseph's
Hospital where Mary was in the intensive care unit, still in a coma.
The consultant and his team could get no response from her and
were discussing sending her to the Regional Hospital in Cork. After
they left the ward I went in and I pinned a Matrix Medal on to her
clothes. I then made the sign of the cross on her with Holy Water
from the font at Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Prayer and
I also sprinkled some on her face and neck. She immediately
opened her eyes and spoke to me. She later told me that she
felt as if she was very far away and was being washed in a
lovely cool stream. She felt peace within her. The doctors were
puzzled at her sudden recovery. Over the next couple of weeks
they carried out various tests including two brain scans, which
were carried out in the Regional Hospital Cork, and Ardkeen
General Hospital Waterford but thankfully they all returned norm a l
and she suffered no long-term ill effects. She was discharged
on March 16,1995, the doctors said she was very lucky to be
alive but Mary knows that it wasn't luck that brought her out of
the coma but Our Lady Queen of Peace. Not a day goes by
without her thanking Our Blessed Lady for the gift of life, which
was given back to her.
I remember July 16, 1999 - the happiest day of my life, when all
present on that day at Our Lady's House received the gift of the
Seal of the Living God. In the evening, Christina Gallagher and
her spiritual director Fr Mc Ginnity came out to tell all those
waiting outside what the gift of the Seal meant and what
Christina had experienced during the Apparition earlier in the
day. This apparition was witnessed by many priests and lay
people inside the house. I felt my heart fill with a great joy and
a sense of peace, and I thanked God from the bottom of my
heart. There was a great happiness and peace among the
pilgrims as we travelled home that evening.
Another very important date was Saturday, March 13,2004
when I travelled by car with my husband, our daughter and my
sister, Ann (RIP) to visit Our Lady's House of Prayer. Although
I had a coach organised for March 20, 2004, I decided to bring
Ann on March 13, as she was going to hospital for cancer
treatment the following week. After the prayers, while we waited
outside to meet Christina Gallagher, some people around us
were looking at the sun and seemed very excited about what
they saw. At first I ignored them and decided not to look, but
my husband called me to look and to see what was happening.
I saw the Host in the sun and it was pulsating - just like a
heartbeat. As I gazed at the sun I felt a great love and an
awareness of our need for the Blessed Eucharist. I realised that
the earth could not survive without the sun and likewise,
mankind cannot survive without the Eucharist.
On another occasion, March 25, 2006 I went with my sister Ann to visit Our Lady Queen of Peace House of Prayer. By this time the
cancer had returned on her liver. She met Christina who spoke
and prayed with her. Afterwards, Ann said that Christina told her
that “we all have to go home sometime” she found these words
very consoling it sounded so natural that after all, when we die,
we are going home to God. Afterwards, I noticed Ann was very
resigned and didn't have any fear of dying. God called her home
on November 6, 2006 and everyone who had met her were completely
taken by her cheerfulness and peace as she prepared to
leave this world. The nursing staff said that she never complained
and was very grateful for the care they gave her. She often
thanked Our Lady Queen of Peace for giving her the gift of
acceptance and resignation, which she received through
Christina's intercession with Our Holy Mother.
As I continue to travel on Saturdays for the Special Novena which
Our Blessed Lady requested, I have been enlightened by
Fr Mc Ginnity's meditations and spiritual readings. As we travel
home on the coach, we are all aware that, through his great love
for and closeness to Our Blessed Mother and Her Divine Son Jesus,
he has brought us all much closer to Them. We are truly inspired
by Christina Gallagher's strength and courage as she proclaims
God's truth in the Catholic Church. She has taught us how to pray
the rosary as Our Blessed Lady requested. We are really privileged
to be present on occasions when Our Lady has appeared to
Christina. We are all very much aware of our own unworthiness
and yet eternally grateful for all that Our Lady had told us through
her messenger - Christina Gallagher. We can never thank God
and His Blessed Mother enough for the great gift of the House of
Prayer, and for giving us Christina Gallagher and Fr Mc Ginnity to
help us all live the Commandments of God.
Josie Butler, Co. Tipperary
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