| The faithful came from as far north as Samar | | | | force, which emanated from the hands of Father |
| and as far south as Maasin. The unfaithful, too, | | | | Suarez, had struck her and ran downward |
| came over as well as the believers and | | | | throughout her body. At the same time, she also |
| non-believers (the latter probably came over out | | | | felt like she was on the verge of passing out as |
| of curiosity). They came from all walks of life...the | | | | Father Suarez touched her lower jaws with both |
| rich, the not so rich, the poor and the feeling rich. | | | | hands. Many of those touched by the healing |
| They had among them an array of ailments such | | | | priest fell backwards into the arms of "catchers" - |
| as heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, | | | | people designated to stand behind the patients to |
| stroke, etc. They all converged and hoped to get | | | | catch their bodies as they fall backwards. |
| healed by the power of the Holy Spirit through | | | | A family friend narrated that she had closed her |
| the healing hands of Father Fernando Suarez | | | | eyes when the priest was still a few feet away. |
| inside the Ormoc Superdome last Thursday, the | | | | Suddenly she felt like she was jolted by |
| 25th of September 2008. | | | | something not unlike an electric current from the |
| The strength of their faith drove them here and | | | | point in her forehead where Father Suarez had |
| those who were ill and members of their | | | | touched her, and ran down throughout her body. |
| respective families who accompanied them to the | | | | Believe it or not, but on this particular day, the |
| Ormoc Superdome that day had one thing in | | | | blind could see again, the hearing impaired could |
| common- hope. Each one of them hoped that | | | | hear again, and many of the wheelchair-bound |
| they or their loved ones would be cured by the | | | | could walk again. |
| power of the Holy Spirit through the hands of the | | | | There are things in life which are unfathomable, |
| now world-renowned Father Suarez. | | | | things that simply cannot be satisfactorily |
| Hope was absolutely on my mind, too, because | | | | explained by science. What happened here inside |
| my mother, who has a heart condition, was | | | | the Ormoc Superdome was definitely one of |
| among those who were waiting to be touched | | | | those things. I thank the lord for people like |
| and healed by Father Suarez. When I asked her | | | | Father Suarez, who reinvigorates and revitalizes |
| later, she said that she felt a warm and powerful | | | | my attitude towards my Catholic faith. |