Near Death Experiences & Science and the Miraculous: How the Church Investigates the Supernatural (2 Book Set)

• Fascinating work on Near Death Experiences (NDE's)
• Learn about their origins & common characteristics
• Read about present day NDE's
• Insightful, informative and inspiring
• How the Church investigates miracles
• Church's role in scientific progress throughout history

Near Death Experiences
 

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are endlessly fascinating for those who long for Heaven or are just curious about the things we cannot see (yet). Lost in all the discussion of NDEs, however, is their long, rich history.

Saints and mystics have been visiting Heaven for thousands of years, and here, for the first time, Scott L. Smith provides you with a glimpse of what they’ve been seeing these past two millennia.

In these heart-pounding pages, you will first learn about the ancient origin of NDEs and seven characteristics that describe them. Then, through studies of present-day cardiac and comatose patients, you will see what modern medical research says about NDEs. (You will be surprised!)

You will see remarkable similarities between the NDE stories of biblical figures, such as Jonah, St. Paul, and St. John the Evangelist, and those of more modern individuals, such as Thérèse of Lisieux, Faustina Kowalska, and Padre Pio. Smith shares an array of God’s merciful messages from the great beyond through people’s visits to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, documenting current-day stories, including:

• The NDEs of Fr. Cedric Pesigna, including one while watching a Boston Red Sox game 
• Author Kevin Wells’s story of Heaven’s victory over his certain death and spiritual oppression 
• Sondra Abrahams’s NDE, which drove home the importance of reforming our lives and praying for the dead — even if we think they are without hope or definitely in Heaven 
• The NDE of Fr. Stephen Scheier, who glimpsed Hell because of the casual way he treated the sacrament of Confession — and his transformative encounter with Our Lady

You will learn of how St. Teresa of Ávila returned to life after being dead for four days and the details of her stunning visits to Heaven and Hell.

You will also be treated to the NDE account of Pope St. Gregory the Great and the incredible NDE of one of St. Padre Pio’s priestly spiritual sons, while in battle, and how Padre Pio accompanied him.  

Smith reveals why some souls remain in Purgatory for decades — and how others choose Hell. But throughout, you will be consoled by stories of God’s limitless mercy, which never ceases calling us to repentance and inviting us to share in the glories of His heavenly kingdom.

Science and the Miraculous: How the Church Investigates the Supernatural

It is no secret that the modern secular world denounces the existence of miracles. But the truth is plain and simple: miracles can (and do) happen, and science can prove it.

Some might say that belief in miracles is a thing of the past, relegated to a more credulous and superstitious age before humanity fully embraced the certainty and exactitude of scientific study. Renowned author Michael O’Neill, also known as the “Miracle Hunter,” is here to set the record straight.

According to O’Neill, true miracles are by definition rare, but still undoubtedly occur today. And in this present age of skepticism, where the worship of science and reason have pervaded the culture, the existence of the supernatural is to be appreciated now more than ever before.

Though it may come as a surprise to some, the Catholic Church actually turns to science to assist in the investigation and validation of claims of supernatural phenomena and miracles that appear to violate the laws of nature and our common human experience. Yet this should come as no shock to those who know the Church’s pivotal role in scientific progress throughout the centuries, from Gregor Mendel, the father of the study of genetics, to Georges Lemaître, the developer of the “Big Bang Theory.”

The Science of Miracles takes readers through the Church’s rigorous investigation of miraculous occurrences, including:

• healing miracles from life-threatening conditions;
• statues that exude human tears;
• Eucharistic hosts visually manifesting true flesh and true blood;
• visionaries who see the Virgin Mary in an ecstatic state;
• saints whose bodies lay in a state of perfect preservation for centuries;
• living people whose bodies are marked by the wounds of Christ’s crucifixion;
• and more . . .

The Catholic Church employs a combination of strict, centuries-old criteria for evaluating proposed cases of miracles with the most modern methods of medical examination to arrive at explanations for the purportedly inexplicable. If natural causes can be attributed or if frauds and hoaxes can be exposed, the Church will uncover the truth. But if science can show that miracles can and do happen, what will you believe?

While belief in the supernatural ultimately requires faith, discover in this thorough investigation how science is a gift from God to aid our faith, and to educate our minds about the truths our heart already knows.

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