"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.
"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. "