The second miracle leading to the canonization of John Paul II concerned a 50-year-old woman from Santiago, Costa Rica, Floribeth Mora Diaz.

Diaz suffered a brain aneurysm in April 2011, after a series of tests in a hospital, including a brain scan and a three-hour operation—the doctors told her that her condition was inoperable and terminal and that she would have only one month to live.

After receiving the bad news, Floribeth went home and was consigned to bed to keep her comfortable for the remainder of her days here on Earth.

As a wife and mother of four children, she strongly desired to live and began praying to Pope John Paul II for his intercession.

Coincidentally, Pope John Paul II’s beatification was scheduled for May 1, 2011, and Floribeth decided to watch the events on TV.

After watching the beatification, she went to sleep but was awakened by John Paul’s words, “Get Up! Don’t be afraid!”

Much to her husband’s surprise, she got out of bed and told him she felt well. She also informed him about her encounter with the deceased pontiff.

Floribeth subsequently underwent several medical tests—including new brain scans—which left her neurologist and other doctors wholly stupefied.

They declared that her virtually instantaneous cure was scientifically inexplicable by any known natural agency.

Later, the Vatican assembled a commission of medical physicians. The commission brought Floribeth to Rome in secret, admitted her to a hospital for a new examination, and compared her current state of health to neurological records and scans from before her cure.

The commission confirmed what Diaz’s doctors had said and also concluded that her cure was scientifically inexplicable.

This paved the way for the theological commission and Pope Francis to declare Pope John Paul II a saint. He was canonized on April 27, 2014, and is responsible for the fasted journey to sainthood in history.

Source: Fear Not