"And one, realizing he was healed came back and gave glory to God, bowed before the Lord Jesus and gave thanks." Luke 17:15
Please scroll down to view some of the testimonials of people who have attended one of Fr. McAlear's Healing Masses.
"Thank you and our Blessed Lord for a recent physical healing of pelvic pain... I attended Mass and a Healing service on March 14, 2010 at .... The next day, I was able to be up on my feet with no pain! The doctor and assistant were surprised to hear that I was doing so well... I shared my story of healing with them. Bless your healing ministry. Love & many prayers"
"Father McAlear:
I wanted to advise and thank you of the miraculous healing I received following my attendance at the recent healing mass at Sts. Peter & Paul Church ...
Nearly two-and-a-half years ago, I was diagnosed as having multiple nodules throughout my thyroid. The doctors had taken a watch and wait approach of my condition. In September 2009, a biopsy of the largest nodule revealed it was benign. However, over the holidays, this same nodule grew dramatically and rapidly. My doctor was concerned about the growth and referred me to a surgeon, who scheduled the surgical removal of my thyroid for February 15th.
In anticipation of my surgery, I attended your ... healing mass at Peter & Paul. When I approached you and said I was scheduled to have my thyroid removed in six days, you placed your hands around my neck, focusing in on the large nodule even though I never mentioned where it was located (and although large, its location was not large enough to be seen by the naked eye). I knew that very moment that God was working through you.
What I did not know that night was that I would never have to undergo the surgery thanks to God's healing grace. The day after the healing mass, I began developing a sinus infection, which ultimately forced me to reschedule my surgery for March 29th. Although initially disappointed that I couldn't undergo the surgery as planned (I had gotten myself psychologically prepared for it by that point), I quickly began to see this was all part of God's plan. Over the next few weeks, I noticed a dramatic decrease in the size of the once large nodule. I contacted my thyroid doctor and requested another ultrasound before the surgery.
A few weeks ago, the ultrasound revealed that not only is the nodule smaller than it was in December but it's smaller than it ever was before. My doctor says she has no medical explanation for the dramatic shrinking of the nodule and has never seen this happen before. In fact, when I shared with her about the healing mass, she encouraged me to attend another so you can lay your hands on me again and the nodule can go away completely. When I said you would not be coming to Florida again this year, she told me to get a plane ticket and travel up north to see you then. My smaller nodules have also appeared to shrink somewhat. As a result, she said I no longer need the surgery. Praise God!
Thank you so much, Father McAlear, for coming to Winter Park with your wonderful ministry! If it were not for God's healing grace working through you, I would be undergoing surgery tomorrow.
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Father McAlear, please continue to pray for my thyroid and please also pray for my gallbladder. I may be needing to undergo surgery for the removal of my gallbladder in upcoming months due to gallstones.
God Bless you abundantly,"
"It has been over a year since my healing ... last winter and I felt compelled recently to thank you and share my story. I had stopped going to Church and started to lead a destructive life through college and became pregnant in the summer of 2008. I moved home and started attending Mass with my sister and felt an urge to attend your healing Mass with my dad that winter. The whole walk up to the alter for healing I was crying uncontrollably and couldn't contain my emotions. When you first stood in front of me you noticed that I was with child but I couldn't stop crying to say anything. I don't mean this badly...but I remember looking directly into your eyes felt almost unbearable. When you laid your hands on my head the feeling i experienced was indescribable. It felt as though my 'inner' self was just scooped up very fast and it was just surreal. I had never felt such a feeling...almost like an electric current. It makes me cry today..but I feel like you also touched my daughter growing in my womb. She was born on April 4th. Her first birthday is on Easter Sunday in 2 weeks. I named her Gianna Gabriel after St. Gianna Beretta Molla and the angel Gabriel. I pray that I will be able to attend your healing mass with her later in April. I long to be as close to God again as I was at that moment."
"I saw someone last night that I haven't seen in awhile. Seems she came to the Healing Mass at ... with Fr. McAlear. She had a severe pain in her pelvis area for over a year, and went to several doctors, and no one could figure out what was causing it, and no one could get rid of the pain. She said Fr. touched her, she went right down and since the next day, she has never had pain again.
Praise and Thanksgiving!"
"Dear Fr. McAlear, Merry Christmas and thank you for your prayers. Truthfully, I didn't know why I was restless and weary when I stepped foot into the church the first night to hear you. Though I am a catholic from birth who grew up loving Jesus, after your blessing last year, my heart has been set on fire and I am in love with our Savior! I have found peace in front of the Blessed Sacrament and now frequently attend daily mass and the sacrament of Reconciliation. I no longer walk alone."
"I feel very blessed that I was healed. I was having sharp pain in my back and could not figure out why. I also was fighting depression. My depression is much better now. I really would like to thank Fr. Richard McAlear for blessing me through the Holy Spirit.
God Bless You"
"I am 82 1/2 yrs old arthritic woman, who has had both knees and both hip joints replaced over the period from 1997 - 2007. I had severe pain after my 2007 hip replacement, in spite of the fact that x-rays showed that the operation was done properly, and I could actually walk alright. I went back for several weeks of 2 or 3 hours of therapy each week, and my pain was gone and my general health and vigor is excellent. I feel that this healing and general health, while not instantaneous was nevertheless the result of Hold Spirit I experienced at a healing Mass at St. Patrick's two years ago. Sincerely yours..."
"GOOD MORNING FATHER!!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I feel so full of Life again. I know what hapened to me last night and it was wonderful. I posted it on faceblook and my space to my family and friends. I can't wait to call my older sister ... She was saved years ago and I love her to death. I told her about you and how I felt you were going to make a difference in my life and you have. I feel GOOD!!! I didn't want to get slapped last night from people thinking I lost it, but I wanted to scream with JOY. He is here!!! (Sorry, not you though hahahaha) I can't wait to have my younger daughter wake up and text message my older daughter ... and share the news. You came at the right time in my life.GOD CONTINUE to be with you and keep you safe as you travel throughout the world. We need many of you to make a difference in someone's ... Thank You Again and Again."
"Hello Fr. Mac!!!!
I have been praying for over the past five months and wanted to write at this blessed time of year. I hope this e-mail finds you in good health and spirit. God's awesome work in my life has continued to grow and grow since this past summer. This is my 5th month with no psychiatric drug nor sleeping medication. It's truly a miracle. This is the first Christmas in 11 years that I will be able to celebrate His blessed arrival with nothing altering my mind! I feel better than ever, my thoughts are sharp and my heart is overflowing with gratitude to Him for all the wonderful people and prayers he has brought into my life. My doctors and others, including ..., cannot believe the change. I smile all the time, can always find some good even when things don't appear to be and you know what? My eyes have LIFE in them again!
Bless you, bless you, bless you for your presence in my life and in that of others. ... I finally found the one thing I've searched 45 years for......Him! He really is there and loves me and I love him."
"Dear Father McAlear,
Greetings from ... I hope you had a safe trip back to Boston. I just wanted to thank you for your coming with this powerful retreat. I want you to know, that through your intercession Jesus has healed me from hernia. After you have prayed for me at the Healing Service I don't have any more pain nor problems with hernia. Thank you Jesus and Thank you Fr. Mac!!!
...We miss you here, and I just heard you are coming back in 2 years. I can't wait to you comeback. By the way, the priests of our Diocese loved your retreat! One elderly priest called me and he told me that he was very moved with your retreat. Thank you Father and may God reward all you hard work."
"Hello Father,
...
I just got through reading the little booklet, "Speaking from the Heart"...
I have to tell you, I was so moved, so connected and so close to our Savior during the reading of those prayers.
When I saw your picture on the booklet, I said to myself, oh yes, I remember him. Your visit here ... left such an impression on me. I remember receiving your blessing during that healing mass... but I was so moved and enlightened by your prayer, your sermon and your words of advice.
My life, unfortunately, has taken quite a turn in the time since you were. ... The only thing that has gotten me through all this, is my faith, prayer and GOD!
And I want to tell you, I was MEANT to find that booklet! I can't tell you how much it inspired me. Thank you so much for your ability to communicate, to write, to pray and to share those prayers with others...
I am a lost and confused soul right now. Injured, hurting and full of despair. I thank God everyday for my faith and what HE has given me in my life - - the roses and the thorns...
Bless you Father - - and thank you for your inspiration - - and ESPECIALLY for "Speaking from the Heart"
GOD BLESS YOU"
"Dear Father Mac, I want to thank you for your ministry and for sharing the gifts that God has bestowed upon you. I attended a healing mass on ... with my daughter and my mom. ... This was my first healing mass, and hope to meet you again someday. You blessed me, and the holy spirit filled my aching heart and chest, and for the first time in a long time, I felt like I belonged somewhere. It was really God's hand at work for our attending the service. I have never had such a profound religious experience that has made a lasting impression on me. I pray this is just the beginning and the inner peace I have just keep getting stronger every day."
"We were at the Healing Mass Tuesday night ... at .... Thank you so much for sharing your God given gift with us, You knew, through God's intervention, exactly what to say, and it meant so very much, so now we offer prayers of thanksgiving to God for this wonderful Ministry."
"Father, I am amazed at the power and love that God has for us all! I went to your mass yesterday at ... and received a deep spiritual healing. After I fell I heard a beautiful male voice speaking to me in a different language and felt a deep peace that I still have. All I can say is thank you God, thank you God, thank you God! He is so great and I can feel such a love for him now."
"Dear Fr. Mac,
This is ... responding to the wonderful healing you have done for .... Week after week I can hardly believe this is the same person I have prayed for and worried over for so many years. She is in love with God, in love with life, a new person to her sons and a tower of new strength. I love you for being there for her, showing her the way with your love and prayers. She loves you, you know this I am sure.
I can hardly wait to see where she goes, there must be a special need somewhere just for her, she is eager to serve.
This healing has strengthened my Faith so much. It was a long road that at times was difficult but with patience and prayer I never gave up hope for her . As a result I can honestly say that now am right where God wants me to be. I no longer yearn for anything else other than what I am blessed with and live in peace.. At age 78, I have a vibrant life that daily Mass rewards me.
Blessings and wellness and thank you again,
..."
"Father…
...
I spoke to you ... after the mass and again I must tell you that in 41 years NEVER have I felt the way I did at that mass…
When my son asked you that he wanted dear lord to come into his heart and as you blessed him you were holding my hand and I began to cry and had a feeling I cannot describe…People who do not believe wont and will never understand…An absolute miracle in my eyes and my heart !! "
"Dear Father McAlear,
On July 1st you offered a healing mass at ... God's power, through you, healed my grandson. Christian's left eye was completely healed within 2 weeks of the service there. He had a severe clogged tear duct since his birth in July of 2008. I am still rejoicing, and praising God with thanksgiving for the gift of healing that occurred in Christian. My daughter, and son-in-law are grateful as well. All of us experienced the peace and healing power of God's Love, in our community that night. I wanted to express thanks for the beautiful mass you offered, and to personally witness to the healing presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist working through you as a Roman Catholic priest. I will pray for you in your ministry, especially in this Year for Priests, as the Holy Father requests. Thanks for your powerful witness of hope, and healing, through Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."
"Dear Father McAlear, This past February after you touched my head after the healing Mass, I have found such an indescribable peace in my life. My depression is gone. I have so much energy now. Thank you. Thank you."
"I traveled to Port Orange from the ... area to go to Father Mc Alear's Healing Mass and I was so happy that I did. I was operated on 3 weeks ago for bladder cancer and was suffering with pain and could not hold my urine well and was up every half hour to go to the bath room. Last night was the first night that I was able to sleep through the night without getting up until this morning. I was able to make the 3 hour trip back from Port Orange with out stopping to go to the bathroom. I'm 69 years old and I arose without my normal groans from the pains in my legs, hands, arms. Thank you Father Mc Alear for the wise words that allowed me to let go of the guilt and man ego and not understanding that Jesus wants me to heal and be well.
Thank you Lord, I've been away too long."
"I was given a copy of Father McAlear's Healing prayer which I brought to my mom to pray with her. My mom has a rare progressive neurological disease called Corticobasal Degeneration. It is a dying of this section (corticobasal) of the brain that affects her motor skills, her balance, her speech and she feels very light headed and groggy everyday. She is unable to walk and she had been experiencing back pain caused by compression fractures from sitting all the time. The pain medicine really knocked her out. I prayed this powerful prayer to her with tears streaming down my face asking God for His healing - complete healing but accepting His will for my mother's life. Three days later on Thanksgiving Day, 2008 I asked mom how her back was and she said she had no more pain and I said for how long and we realized she hadn't any pain since I prayed this prayer with and for her. She remains pain free today. Thanks be to our Almighty God. "
"I attended your healing Mass in Rochester for the first time this fall. I found it very deep and powerful. I'm a person with strong Faith and pray everyday to God for his help By attending that Mass it made me feel even stronger in my Faith. I find you to be a very gentle and powerful priest thru God and hoping that in prayer I can receive God's healing for myself and family."
"I was so moved by the mass, and when you came to me and touched my head & face, I felt lightheaded and faint. I immediately started to swoon and cry and had to sit down to recover. I really feel that your touch from GOD helped me to not have cancer in my lymph nodes, but I am still left with aggressive breast cancer, as stated will need the help of chemo and radiation to further kill the cancer cells.
As I fight my continual battle, I would respectfully ask if you could say a prayer for me to help me recover. I truly believe in the healing of prayers and believe that “the will of GOD will never take me where the grace of GOD will not protect me”. "
"Dear Father McAlear,
I attended the healing mass at ... and I was so taken by the power of Jesus that I could not speak when I came to the alter to be anointed and ask for healing. After being anointed by you I felt such a feeling of warmth and peace within myself --something I cannot explain. That evening when I got home I sat and cried because of the feeling I had inside of me..
I am faced with a dilemma and this time I ask for your spiritual healing and guidance in making a decision. I met with a brain and spine surgeon today and surgery is suggested to fuse my back. I am frightened to have surgery. In 2005 I was scheduled to have my neck fused. Two weeks before surgery, after attending Sunday mass at ... with my family (Mother's Day) I suffered a brain hemorrhage causing a stroke so surgery was canceled. To this day I have not had my neck fused, I have been dealing with the pain.
When I went to your healing mass at ..., I was in severe pain in both my neck and back. After being anointed by you I have not had any neck pain and I am grateful and thankful for what Jesus has given me. I am asking you for healing to my back as well. I fear having surgery due to what happened to me in 2005. Thank you and God bless you for all that you do for people all over the world."
"Dear Fr McAlear, I want to thank you for the healing and peacefulness I received during a healing mass. I knew I was looking into the eyes of Jesus and when you touched me, I began to cry and you turned back to me an said,"It's going to be okay." You see I have battled breast cancer and when I came to the mass , I was facing more surgery. Well the surgery revealed that I was cancer-free!!! Jesus' love and healing is what I believed happened. I will never forget and always be grateful for this gift of healing. Thank you for your ministering to heal. God bless you"
"Father last night I attended a mass in ... church. It was wonderful, and so were you
As I waited at the alter for you to bless me, I just kept staring at the blessed sacarment thinking I should be on both knees while waiting for you, then all of a sudden I became emotional I stated to cry. The closer you came the more I cryed.
When you reached me you touched my head and my face and told me what a tough life I have had , but GOD was with me all the way, that he never left me.
Father no one has ever understood how felt inside before, your eyes are the eyes of GOD, I thank him that I could be in your presents.
you brought someone over to me to hold me while I cried and I cried for a long time and very hard.
No one has ever touched my heart the way you did father and I'm so grateful to God that I was in your presence, you truly a gift from God, I will never ever forget you or how you knew what it has been like for me all this time.
Thank you so much for your blessing, I'm honored that you were there for me. Godd bless you and all the wonderful work you do.
Thank you in God,"
"I KNOW my grandson was healed of Tourettes syndrome after attending his healing service with my being proxy for ..., my grandson....he has no sign of tourettes and he really did have it bad...God is Good!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I don't know if you remember me but last year I brought my grandchildren, ..., to see you in ... Peyton had several medical issues from birth and Morgan was diagnosed with Acid Reflux. To this day I can remember the way you touched each child and looked into my daughter's eyes telling her Peyton's issues were not her fault. I want you to know that each child has been so healthy since we were in your presence. Other than the usual colds and minor issues, they have both been great. Please pray for their continued good health. Thank you so much for taking the time that day and offering your prayers."
"Our Rev nd Dear Fr Richard McALEAR,
I am ... whom you blessed and annointed at ... last year and I saw Jesus beautiful eyes look and me thro your own beautiful eyes. Instantly I knew I was healed . the Surgeon at the ... Hospital who was sure of cancer of the thyroid glands found nothing there when he examined me thro a procedure, even though the C<T< scan and Nuclear medicine test showed the presence of cancer....I have given thanks to the LORD GOD for this and through You too Rev Fr Richard. I also gave a testimony to the 200 ladies present on ladies in October later. ... God continue to Love and Bless your Holy Hands and heart. In appreciation I sign off with Gods love and ours thank you."
"My Dear Fr. McAlear:
I want to thank Jesus and the Holy Spirit working through you for bringing my daugher back to her faith. We attended a mass at ... a few years ago ... At that time, my daughter had graduated college and was dating men of the muslim faith for a number of years and not attending mass. In fact, she would say I will be whatever religion my husband is. I mentioned the healing mass to her each time I attended and the incredible experience I had each time - resting in the Spirit - my gentle conversations at dinner was when the Holy Spirit must have began His work. The next time I mentioned I would be attending your healing mass she said I want to go with you. Believe me, it was a complete (shock) surprise. As soon as you approached her she received - healing in the Spirit - she was so overwhelmed that she stopped dating completely, joined a Bible study group, went to confession and attended Sunday mass regularly. After two or three years went by she met a catholic single man with a devout faith and he a year and a half later took her to Medjugorge to propose to her and they were eventually married. They returned to Medjugorge this year for their 2nd anniversary and they are expecting their first child. I know through her receipt of healing at your mass and your praying over her completely changed her life. My daughter will never forget you nor will I. You have a remarkable holy presence and have been given the magnificent gift of healing, we thank God for blessing you and sending you to us."
"Our daughter was approx 14 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound discovered a major problem.. the baby's bladder was blocked and VERY distended.....a follow-up scan showed it to be a COMPLETE blockage and in utero surgery would be needed and very SOON to protect the lungs and kidneys! Since it was such a delicate procedure...an out of state hospital was recommended , I asked Fr McAlear for prayer (via email) and he prayed for her. A few days later an ultrasound showed the blockage was completely gone and the baby "is fine!!" The doctors were amazed! My daughter and her husband told the physicians that it was PRAYER! Our family will be attending the Healing Mass tonight at... Fr McAlear is being used by the Lord in a very powerful ministry. Please pray for Father's health and safety in his travels."
"May God continue to bless you through your wonderful loving work so that you may continue reaching those people in need. (like my daughter and myself.)
My daughter who is 14 had been sexually assaulted 9 weeks ago. We were having a very emotional time and home life was extremely hard, almost unbearable. My daughter had gone from a very studious, loving, polite teenager (yes they do exist) to an out of control, self harming and very angry and confused person. It was killing me inside to see her like this and trying to cope with our new life was destroying me (our whole family). Nothing I did was working and I had run out of things to try, people to turn to.... I was at my end.
A Blessing and Healing Mass, I had never heard of anything like this before. My parish in ... was holding one and I felt we needed to attend.
The service was lovely and very claming. Then people began moving forward for the blessings and healing. My daughter and I didn't know what was happening or what we had to do. So we went up together, holding hands.
Father Mac took my daughter by the hands and she rested in Christ. He then took my hands and I cried in the arms of a lady I didn't know until a warmth so comforting went through my entire body and rested in my chest. I breathed a deep satisfying sigh and returned to my seat where I found my daughter looking rather glowing.
It has been a week now and our lives are fantastic again. She sings, draws and gives the best cuddles. She says that all those feelings she had are just gone, they left her body when the white light that tingled through her sent them through the floor. And I am very clam and have coped with all things in my busy life of raising twins and working full time on my own.
Thank you, we are so at peace and our love for the Lord has grown."
"In you (Fr. McAlear), I saw the face of Christ this weekend. In you, I felt His most gentle loving touch. I did find the peace I sought and felt the warmth of His Holy Presence. I pray we may meet again and you will see a transformed soul."
"Last night I attended your healing mass and service at ... Quite honestly I had no plan to attend but felt "pulled"-? called-? to come and so I did.
I came with an open mind and heart but did not expect that I would leave profoundly healed and changed!! WOW! is all I can say, I am still at a loss to understand how I can be so different than I was yesterday.
When you placed your hand over mine and anointed my forehead with oil, I felt that a lifetime of pain, heartache, trauma, anxiety and loss was "pulled" from my body. The peace that I felt afterwards and the way that I feel now is hard to put into words. Thank you as your healing ministry is truly a blessing and this experience has come to me at exactly in the time of my life when I needed it the most."
"Last year My Daughter and I took my granddaughter to your healing mass. My granddaughter has Epilepsy. She was hesitant to go up to you, but finally decided to do it. She talked to you and listened to what you said about looking towards the light. She believed! Well, her recent EEG showed no signs of Epilepsy. The doctor is going to start to decrease her medicine and eventually she will get off of it. We are truly blessed. Thank you for sharing your gift of faith, hope and love. The peace we feel while attending your masses is overwhelming. We hope to see you again soon. "
"Words cannot describe the peace and happiness I felt after your services. My life changed in so many good ways. I had been on anti-depressants for about two years and was in a very unsettling marriage. I no longer take the anti-depressants and my marriage has also improved. I truly felt the Lord's presence working through you."
"It is aways a blessing to be at your Mass. The gentle generous love of God and His Holy Spirit speaks to us through your ministry... Thank you for praying over us. We came away with lasting peace and joy and an assurance Jesus had healed whatever we needed to be there for that night.
It is more than twenty-five years ago that you prayed a few times ... for our adopted son ... who then was about 11 years old. ... You told him he would be a "great leader" some day. He is 37 now, married with two children and a Supervisory Special Agent for the FBI Terrorism Squad ... We are always grateful to you for your prayers for him as his out of control temper tantrums ceased afterwards. Today he too acknowledges the impact your prayers had on him.
May the Lord of us all bless you with an abundance of His love in all the ways you serve Him each day."
"Thank you for praying for my daughter. (She) had her surgery two weeks ago for the tumor in her upper right maxilla and in her mouth. She went to the oncologist and the pathology report came back and the tumor was benign for cancer. Thank you for all of your prayers."
"In 2003 Kathy was healed of a systemic Strep B infection that ultimately threatened her life. She worshiped the Lord with you at ... one evening in .... She was seeing a specialist at this time and he had told her that he didn't know what they were going to do for her or how they were going to treat her, but they would do everything they could to help her. Through the years of repeated infections she had become allergic to almost all antibiotics so treatments for her were becoming more difficult.
The day after the Healing Mass ..., Kathy went in for blood tests. When the Doctor called with the results of the tests he was astounded. He said,"Kathy, I don't understand this---You have absolutely no Strep B in your system. It is as though someone laid hands on you." Kathy has been Strep B free since that time."
"Dear Father, I attended a Healing Mass at the ... Chapel in April. I had promised a friend that I would go. I was doubtful about what I had heard at the Healing Mass. I brought my daughter who has Spina Bifida and when we went up to receive your blessing I started to sob uncontrollably. I looked in your eyes they were like two deep blue pools of water. I stumbled and realized that something wonderful had happened to me.
I thank you and Jesus for this feeling of peace and comfort. My daughter also felt a warm feeling over her. I have always believed in miracles and I pray that I have this feeling again. I did not expect a cure for my child, but she felt peaceful for the first time in her life. The feeling of peace stayed with us for several days. I pray that will be able to attend another healing mass in the near future. Thank you and may God Bless You."
"Between the months of February and March 2000, I had three medical tests taken that my gynecologist had requested because of some symptoms I had told him I was feeling. I took a Blood test, a Pelvic Sonogram and a MRI of the pelvic. The sonogram and MRI showed I had a mass, tumors and fibroids on my left ovary, which also showed cancer. The blood test level showed cancer too. I did not doubt the cancer, since I had had the start of cervical cancer in 1992 and had Cone Biopsy surgery to remove it, and had been cancer free since that time. Although I had resolved myself to the fact that after eight years the cancer reoccurred, I was determined to fight it. My doctor said I would need surgery immediately, but he also wanted me to have another MRI of the pelvic and stomach to see if the cancer had spread from the ovary to any of my organs. I was scheduled for that test on Friday morning ...
On Thursday, I attended a healing Mass in Brooklyn. As Father McAlear stared into my eyes and anointed me, I suddenly felt a burning heat pass through my entire body. I also felt an intense "tingling" going through me. The tingling lasted approximately five minutes after I returned to my seat. It ended as though it was trying to "rip" out of my body through my fingertips. I had never experienced anything like that, and had actually thought I may be having a heart attack, but minutes later I mentally and physically felt much better.
Friday, the next morning, I went for my final MRI test. They told me they would rush the report and have the results to my doctor on Monday. When I walked into my doctor's waiting room, my doctor and his partner were at the front desk. They said to me, "we have been looking at your film and report and we are completely baffled." I asked them why. My doctor looked at me and said, "it's a miracle." The other doctor said, "only God could do this". I was shocked by their statements, since science seems to conflict with religion. They then told me there were absolutely no signs of cancer anywhere. Despite the fact that both doctors had believed that something miraculous had occurred, they said I had to take the test again. I did, and all tests how no signs of cancer. Three tests showed I had cancer, and the same three tests I took after I was anointed by Father McAlear, showed I had no cancer."
"Thank-you so much for your prayers. They worked! God is so loving!"
"Dear Fr. McAlear, My sister attended your healing service ... . She told me all about it last evening. Our mother, who is 90 years old, is now in Hospice Care having been in a nursing home for the past 7 years. Our mother was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1973 at ... and she has been praying for my sister since that time. The hospice nurse told us she probably has 3 days, maybe a week or so to live.
Well, from the way my sister spoke, our mother's prayers were answered. My sister called mom today to tell her what happened to her at the healing service. My sister has never attended anything like that ever. The smile on my mother's face - as my sister described what happened to her at the service - was so amazingly beautiful. My mother was so happy and just kept saying thank you my Jesus with all the strength she had left. 33 years of prayer for her daughter to experience the love of Jesus was answered. We heard about how her tears just flowed and flowed as she felt the love, forgiveness and mercy of Jesus. I thought you would like to know about this. Thank you for your vocation and ministry and I hope to attend one of your healing services in ...."
"I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. The prayers of my family, close friends and those in my faith community have pulled me through two liver transplants and sepsis of the blood. My latest experience with the power of prayer is truly amazing.
On ... I had barely finished dinner when I felt discomfort in my abdomen. That was around 7 pm. The discomfort grew in waves of pain which grew sharper by the minute. By 9:30 the pain was some the most intense I have ever experienced. My wife, ..., drove me to the hospital. I admitted at the emergency room where I was given a narcotic to ease the pain. (My wife) ... and I learned that I had a bowel obstruction. Food was backing up at the site of the obstruction and was cause pressure. The pressure was the cause of the pain. If left untreated, the bowel can burst and major infection can occur. Friday was spent in the x-ray room as the medical tried to locate the obstruction. In half the cases the obstruction clears itself. The other require surgery.
After the test, I was returned to my room. At that time I was visited by my mother-in-law, ... and her neice, ... who was visiting us .... (She) ... told me her mom, ... and her friend, ... were planning to attend a healing mass that evening and that they would offer up their healing to help me. Later that evening, my bowel obstruction cleared on its own. The pressure in my abdomen was gone and I felt like myself again. I live near Seattle, Wa. The healing mass was in Florida. With the 3 hour time difference, it turned I got well at the same time the mass was being said. It could not be mere coincidence and there was no doubt that the power of prayer was at work. Thanks be to God. And thank you Fr. McAlear, ... and to all who prayed for my rapid recovery."
"I attended a Mass and Healing Service at Ave Maria University. After Mass I went up to the altar. I had my head down in prayer. Father came to me and lifted up my chin. At that very moment I saw the face of Jesus in Father's eyes and a sense of such profound peace. It is an experience I will never forget. I believe Jesus is truly working through Father."
"I just wanted to send you this email to thank you for a wonderful experience last evening at the healing mass. I have never felt anything so powerful before. My mom felt the same way. We just wanted to thank you so much. I had this warm sensation throughout my body for the whole evening and still feel an overwhelming sense of "peace". Thank you again! God Bless You!"
"Thank you so much for all your prayers and visit... wanted you to know my eye surgry to remove tumors and put in grafts was a GREAT success. The tumors were bigger than last time and should have had more problems... NO...A week later I see better than in years. I pray for you and the ministry God has given you....I am grateful and humbled by the work you do in HIS name... THANK YOU!!!!"
"I have never known such peace and joy as since I first heard Father Richard in 1998 in Brisbane."
"On September 28th I was told I had two lumps in my neck. I was sent for a ultra sound which confirmed a large and a small tumor in the thyroid. On October 10th I went for a needle biopsy. The results stated there was a significant chance of follicular carcinoma. On October 22nd an operation was set up for November 5th.
That evening there was a healing Mass with Father McAlear. After the Mass I went up to be blessed by Father McAlear. He asked me what happened to my neck as it was black and blue from the biopsy. I told him they thought I had cancer of the thyroid. Father McAlear said to me, "and you're afraid aren't you?" He told me I would be okay and he looked deep into my eyes and I felt that I was looking into the eyes of Jesus. The next thing I remember I was laying on the floor and someone was praying over me. I have never had such a feeling come over me as I did that evening.
When I had my operation on November 5th the doctor said I was 80% free of cancer and the final results would be in in 2 weeks. On November 20th the final results showed me to be cancer free. Our Lord saw fit to bless me and I am so grateful."
"Do I believe in miracles and in healing? Sure I do. Through prayer, the power of the Eucharist and people like Betty and Fr. (McAlear), the Lord has brought much healing into my life, not so much physical but spiritual, which to me is the one with greatest importance. Many times I only became aware of this healing in retrospect, realizing that old behaviors and attitudes were not controlling my life the way they used to, and that my life was much more at peace and my heart had greater desire to know and serve the Lord.
Betty and Fr. are very gifted with discernment, knowledge, wisdom, healing, and most of all a true desire to serve the Lord through the many people that come to them for prayers. I pray that many will come in true faith and with great expectations to experience the love of God. "
"When you held up the Eucharist and the Chalice, I knew, I experienced Jesus, fully present! I have not wanted to come back to the Catholic Church. I don't like being around most Catholics. It's our Protestant brothers and sisters who have been a source of such love and comfort and compassion for me in these last three years. I have experienced The Holy Spirit moving in the Sunday Services, and in my life as never before. Why would I want to return to the Catholic Church. Well, guess what? I don't have a choice!
After your Masses, and meeting Jesus in the Eucharist, I know He is requiring me to stay. Nothing matters except the Eucharist! I get it! It's essential. It's central. Everything else in our lives is meant to revolve around the Eucharist. So, onward and upward!
Thank you for answering your call to the Priesthood. Thank you for the life you live, that is making it possible for people like me to know Jesus in the Eucharist. May the Risen Christ Bless and restore you, and may His Angels guard you day and night. "
"Dear Father McAlear, I wanted to send you a quick note to tell you how much attending your Healing Liturgies and Healing Retreat have meant to me. Mere words are inadequate to describe this truly wonderful experience for me. I am sure that I have not yet even begun to realize all of the positive effects this week has had on me, but I already feel that this has been life altering. I feel as though all of my emotional pain, burdens, guilt, and sins of the past, as well as fear and anxiety have been released and these absolutely wonderful feelings of peace and love have replaced them. This has truly strengthened my faith. I truly felt Jesus' presence during the blessings and I have felt God's mercy and love throughout this experience. I feel very blessed and am incredibly thankful. "
"When he (Fr. McAlear) was in Killarney, Co. Kerry he met a young man who was very seriously ill, not really doing well with medical treatment and death was a possibility. The family got great comfort from meeting Fr. Mac and were so much more resigned.
Today the man is able to lead a fairly normal life and seems to be in remission. His quality of life is excellent and he is fully involved in his farm again. He uses crutches to get around due to a weak arm and leg but he is alive. The family would love Fr. Mac to know all of this"
"Fr. McAlear, I wanted to say thanks for the help at your healing service I was the man who told you that you had helped me 15 years ago I first saw you when I was diagnosed with lymphoma - and have been chugging along ever since with no symptoms."
"while listening to your talk about forgiveness, I realized that God was speaking to me, and showed me that was what was missing. I have since been truly able to forgive and let go, and trust in God's will for meThis truly was a turning point in my life, and I know it's the beginning of the healing I've waited so long for, and the miracle I've prayed for!"
"Two and a half years ago my fiancé was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He had surgery and was doing well until October when we learned the cancer had returned and was now in his liver. We attended your service with friends in the hopes it would help Louis. He is still doing well despite the fact the Doctors told us he would not be here for the holidays.
I did not however expect what happened to me after receiving your blessing. Last December I lost my father to cancer and was the caregiver for both Louis and my father. My mother took my father's death very hard and also has health issues with her eye and depends on me to run her errands. Needless to say I have been somewhat stressed over the past 2-1/2 years. When I was at the alter waiting for your blessing I started thinking about my father and the emotions were building up inside of me. At the moment you stood next to me the organist started singing Be Not Afraid which is the hymn that was sung at my father's funeral. I felt as though my father was there with me and was so overcome with emotion I couldn't even speak to you. I closed my eyes and remember falling back and laying on the floor of the church feeling a sense of peace that I had never felt. When I returned to my seat everyone was asking me what happened. My fiancé said my face was glowing. I laughed because my skin had been very dry and broken out from our recent cold weather. However, when I looked in the mirror I was somewhat shocked to see that my face was completely cleared up and the skin where you touched my face was very soft.
Since that evening my attitude has completely changed and I know that I will be able to handle whatever the future brings. When I begin feeling a little overwhelmed I remember the words you quoted from The Blessed Mother......."Why are you anxious?" I know that I am not alone and my prayers will be heard."
"Dear Father, I went to the healing mass... Thank you for blessing me and helping me through a difficult week. My sister ... passed away on December 23 of cancer. I truely believed that your healing mass helped myself and her family to let her go and be with Jesus, Thank you and God Bless you."
"Thank you is the only thing I can think to say to you. I came to your healing service reluctant and a little afraid and I went away with a feeling inside that I can't explain! I feel very calm and peaceful within. I haven't felt that in 3 years! I'm returning tonight and bringing my sister. Last night I came to you a little fearful-- tonight I came rejoiceful and anxious to feel Jesus presence through you. I thank our Lord for blessing you with his healing powers."
"When a friend asked me to go to one of Fr. McAlear’s Healing Masses, I had no idea of the profound effect it would have on my life. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I did know that I was in need of healing, as I had been going through a very difficult time in my life.
At the Mass, I was in tears just listening to Father’s Homily. When it became time for me to go up for a blessing, I felt very vulnerable emotionally and I was also nervous because I didn’t know what I was supposed to say or do when I got up there.
I don’t know how to explain it, but when I looked up into Fr. McAlear’s eyes, I was looking into Jesus’ eyes! And Jesus was looking into my eyes—straight down into my heart and soul. Unfortunately, I think a combination of shock over this and my personal feeling of unworthiness caused me to pull away. As I sat at my seat in tears, I felt such regret for having shut down. I knew that I had encountered God at that moment and I felt an incredible pull to encounter Him again.
So, I attended Fr. McAlear’s Day of Teaching the next day and received another blessing at the end of that day, with more tears and with one of Father’s helpers comforting me and telling me that she knew that I was “a good soul” (exactly what I needed to hear at that point in my life) and I left with an even stronger pull to return.
So, I went to another of Fr. McAlear’s Healing Masses two days later. This time when I went up for a blessing, I felt the strongest physical presence of Jesus right there and I opened my heart to Him. When Fr. McAlear gave me a blessing, I physically felt the Holy Spirit enter my body. It felt like this rush of heat flowing through my body and the next thing I knew, I was laying on the floor Resting in the Spirit. It felt like the heat was cleansing or purging all of my anxiety, fears, emotional pain, heartache, guilt, and feelings of unworthiness to heal me emotionally and spiritually. It was like everything negative from my whole life was being purged from me through my tears. I heard a beautiful comforting voice speaking in another language (which I later found out was one of Father’s helpers praying over me in tongues). When I got up, all I felt was the most awesome feeling of complete and absolute peace and love, unlike anything that I had ever felt before. And I knew at that moment, beyond any doubt, that there really was a God and that He actually really loved me! And I am so very thankful for His love and for His awesome gift of allowing me to feel His presence, His love, His mercy, and His healing touch through Fr. McAlear's ministry. My life will never be the same. "
"I was so excited after the healing mass I drove home and brought my husband back before the mass ended. At that time he had recently been diagnosed with HepC. Since then he has no signs of the virus in his system which has the doctors baffled. He remains on a regiment of medications as precautionary measure for another 4 months. I am grateful that the Lord has chose to work miracles through you."
"Dear Father,
Thank you for answering your priestly call. You and all priests are such a gift to the church! I praise God for priests like you!
I went to your mass tonight and I want to thank you (and give God the glory) for how you handled my little girl. ...(She) is a very sensitive little girl and tonight, when she saw all the people falling in the Spirit it really did frighten her. So, I had the bright idea to tell her that it was the Holy Spirit *kissing them to try to make her less afraid of it. I don't think it worked.
But then, there you were showering her with blessings and KISSES!! You made her so happy! You really represented the Holy Spirit to her and she understood that!
Once again I am touched by the tender heart of God who reaches for his little children. I LOVE God so much. *I*was so blessed! God bless you and I will always pray for you from now on!"
"I would like to Thank God and Fr McAlear for the prayers for My Mother and the healings she received. Jan 2006 she had surprise heart surgery. Mom had surgery and was transferred out of the CCU unit in 1 day. She had no pain from the surgery and was ready to go home she thought. In 4 days she was sent to rehab and continued to heal. Everyone says how wonderful Mom looks and how great she is doing after her surgery. May 2006 she had an emergency hysterectomy and healed wonderfully from the surgery. Mom had radiation in 2006 as a precaution and is cancer free thanks to the prayers and love we received during the difficult times. . All the doctors were amazed how well mom did after the surgeries. All we could say is it is Gods grace. She really glows with Gods love.
Our Doctor even said Mom is a miracle and he has his hand on her. He knows God has brought her through all these things because of Fr.McAlears prayers and Gods grace and love.
I want to Thank God for all his blessings and graces he gives us each day.
Fr.McAlear is a great gift from God and we are very blessed to have him in our lives. "