"It is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak. When you are burdened you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden you are close to yourself, your own weakness; for virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience."

St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church

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"Whoever wants to stand alone without the support of a master and guide will be like the tree that stands alone in a field without a proprietor. No matter how much the tree bears, passers-by will pick the fruit before it ripens. "

St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church

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"To do God's will -- this was the goal upon which the saints constantly fixed their gaze. They were fully persuaded that in this consists the entire perfection of the soul. "

St Alphonsus de Liguori

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"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life"  - John 14:6

The Miracles of Jesus

Miracles Showing Power Over Disease and Demons
         

 

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

A man with leprosy

8.2-4

1.40-42

5.12-13

 

A Roman centurion's paralysed servant

8.5-13

 

7.1-10

 

Peter's mother-in-law

8.14-15

1.30-31

4.38-39

 

Two demoniacs from Gadara

8.28-34

5.1-15

8.27-35

 

A paralysed man

9.2-7

2.3-12

5.18-25

 

A woman suffering from haemorrhages

9.20-22

5.25-29

8.43-48

 

Two blind men

9.27-31

 

 

 

A mute demoniac

9.32-33

 

 

 

A man with a withered hand

12.10-13

3.1-5

6.6-10

 

A blind and mute demoniac

12.22

 

11.14

 

A Canaanite woman's demonized daughter

15.21-28

7.24-30

 

 

A young epileptic demoniac

17.14-18

9.17-29

9.38-43

 

Two blind men

20.29-34

10.46-52

18.35-43

 

A deaf man with a speech impediment

 

7.31-37

 

 

A man with an unclean spirit

 

1.23-26

4.33-35

 

A blind man at Bethsaida

 

8.22-26

 

 

A woman crippled by a spirit

 

 

13.11-13

 

A man with dropsy

 

 

14.1-4

 

Ten men with leprosy

 

 

17.11-19

 

The high priest's slave

 

 

22.50-51

 

A royal official's son at Capernaum

 

 

 

4.46-54

A sick man at the pool of Beth-zatha

 

 

 

5.1-9

A man born blind

 

 

 

9.1-7

     

 

 

Miracles Showing Power Over Nature

 

       
 

Matthew

Mark

Luke John
Calming the windstorm on the sea 8.23-27 4.37-41

8.22-25

 
Walking on water 14.25 6.48-51  

6.19-21

Feeding more than five thousand 14.15-21 6.35-44 9.12-17 6.5-13
Feeding more than four thousand 15.32-38 8.1-9    
A coin in a fish's mouth 17.24-27      
Withering a fig tree 21.18-22 11.12-14,    
    20-25    

Commanding an amazing catch of fish

   

5.4-11

 
Turning water into wine      

2.1-11

Commanding another catch of fish       21.1-11
         

Miracles Showing Power Over Death

         
 

Matthew

Mark

Luke John
The daughter of Jairus 9.18-19, 5.22-24, 8.41-42  
  23-25 38-42 38-42  
The only son of the widow at Nain     7.11-15  
Lazarus      

11.1-44