‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing’: Miracle of the oil of St. Charbel in Naples church

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The jar that was miraculously refilled after the priest had anointed the heads of 500 faithful. | Credit: Courtesy of Monsignor Pasquale Silvestri

St. Ferdinand Church, located in the historic heart of Naples, Italy, was the scene of an event that many are already calling miraculous, attributed to the intercession of St. Charbel, a Lebanese hermit, devotion to whom has transcended borders.

On July 24, in the context of his liturgical memorial, Monsignor Pasquale Silvestri, parish priest at the Neapolitan church, celebrated a Mass in honor of the saint attended by more than 500 people, many of them ill.

At the end of the Eucharist, the priest proceeded to anoint the faithful who approached the altar with blessed oil — sent especially for the occasion by the Maronite Curia in Rome. It was then that something unexpected happened.

‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing’​

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