Exactly 59 years ago, in February 1963, the former president of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, gave a testimony to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal that was handling the initial work for the Cause of Beatification\/Canonization of Father Eust\u00e1quio. On that occasion, he spoke about two graces obtained by him and his family through the intercession of the Dutch priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201c"While I was suffering from a throat infection and had a fever for several days, with no effect from the remedies, Father Eust\u00e1quio gave me a blessing around eleven in the morning, and by two in the afternoon, I was completely cured. Another fact is this: for twelve years I had been tired and childless. All treatments had been tried, without any result. Finally, Dr. Lucas Machado proposed a minor surgical intervention, which I, as a doctor, knew to be practically useless. In conversation with Dr. Olinto Orsini regarding the aforementioned surgical intervention, he told me that he would bring Father Eust\u00e1quio to my house. Father Eust\u00e1quio gave my wife a blessing, and approximately ten days after the blessing, conception was confirmed. The entire pregnancy was extremely difficult with several complications, and the delivery was difficult, ending in a cesarean section. There is no further confirmation of this event because my wife did not conceive again. When Father Eust\u00e1quio was at my house to give the blessing..." I received it from my wife more out of politeness than because I was thinking of some extraordinary event. As a Catholic, I acknowledge the possibility of a miracle. If the surgical intervention had been performed and, simultaneously, Father Eust\u00e1quio had given his blessing, I would attribute the result to the intervention.<\/em> However, since only Father Eust\u00e1quio gave a blessing, I firmly believe that a miracle occurred in this case.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Juscelino Kubitschek lived alongside Father Eust\u00e1quio during the time the Blessed Father resided in the capital of Minas Gerais. At the time, JK was mayor of Belo Horizonte and donated the land to the Blessed Father to build the Parish of the Sacred Hearts, now the Archdiocesan Sanctuary of Health and Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" H\u00e1 exatos 59 anos, em fevereiro de 1963, o ex-presidente do Brasil, Juscelino Kubitschek, prestou um depoimento ao Tribunal Eclesi\u00e1stico que cuidava dos trabalhos iniciais para a Causa de Beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o\/Canoniza\u00e7\u00e3o de Padre Eust\u00e1quio. Na ocasi\u00e3o ele falou sobre duas gra\u00e7as alcan\u00e7adas por ele e pela fam\u00edlia dele, pela intercess\u00e3o do padre holand\u00eas. Leia o depoimento na \u00edntegra: \u201cEstando eu atacado de uma infec\u00e7\u00e3o da garganta, com febre de alguns dias, sem que os rem\u00e9dios produzissem efeito, o Padre Eust\u00e1quio deu-me uma ben\u00e7\u00e3o, cerca de onze horas da manh\u00e3, e \u00e0s duas horas da tarde, eu j\u00e1 n\u00e3o tinha mais nada. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n