July 6th, 1991: The miracle

July 6th is the date of the decree of the miraculous cure attributed to the intercession of St. Josemaria. By the time the miracle had been studied more than 60,000 favors attributed to the founder’s intercession had already arrived to the Postulatory office in rome.
The pontifical decree refers to Sr. Concepcion Boullon Rubio, Carmelite of the Charity, age 70. She had a tumoral lipocalcinogranulomatisis with multiple locations, as well as gastric ulcer, hiatal hernia and severe anaemia. The doctors had declared her as terminally ill and was only receiving palliative care (pain control). Sr. concepcion prayed a lot for her cure. It was her sisters who resorted to st. Josemaria’s intercession to ask God for her recovery. During a very agitated night, she felt pain that was so sharp that she thought her last hour had come. She couldn’t fall asleep until 5am. When she woke up, feeling better, she decided to take a shower and then she realized that the shoulder tumor - the size of an orange - had disappeared. She thought that she might have burst her skin and started looking for blood stains on her blankets. When she didn’t find anything, she wanted to notify the others and upon putting her shoes on she realized that also the tumor in her left foot had disappeared. Her gastric problems also disappeared. Sr. Concepcion died at the age of 82, 12 years after her full recovery, and of completely different causes.