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BACACAY, Albay - A 10-year-old boy, reported earlier to have come to life 17 hours after doctors pronounced him dead, visited the Bethlehem Pastoral Center in Sogod, a village near his town "for spiritual healing."
Dante "Jun-Jun" Cardel Jr., according to the report, was pronounced dead by physicians at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila on June 21. The following day at his wake in the family abode in Puro, Legazpi City, he suddenly woke up and hugged his father and asked for food and water.
After the miraculous incident, his parents and Dr. Al "Zaldy" Abainza, agency director of Children International over Bethlehem Pastoral Center, took the boy to Father Efren "Momoy" Borromeo of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT).
Although Jun-Jun could barely communicate, he related his out-of-this-world experience.
"It was a nightmare at first, then I saw angels singing in a beautiful church," Jun-Jun recalled. Another incident he remembered was being told to wake up "by Jesus Christ, who had a beard and long blond hair." He said when he woke up, in his father’s arm, he looked up the sky, where he saw Jesus, but the kindly man was gone.
Father Borromeo, who claimed to have undergone the same experience, said Jun-Jun’s case was a miracle that could not be explained.
"It is a manifestation of God’s power," he said. "Let us just pray for Jun-Jun."
The SOLT community around the world is conducting its fourth General Chapter and International Assembly at Bethlehem Pastoral Center with the theme: "New Evangelization Challenge to Discipleship."
Father Borromeo is widely known as a faith healer. He claimed to have learned of his extraordinary power while assigned to the Santa Rita Parish in Philamlife Homes, Quezon City. At the time, he said, an Aruban woman came to him for a healing session. The woman had been diagnosed with cancer and was given only six months to live.
The priest said he forgot all about the woman after that, but then, he added, she came back after a year in the pink of health.
Since his "resurrection," Jun-Jun has not taken any medication, because the family does not have the money. For this reason, DWZR and DZGB, two local radio stations, are appealing to the public, particularly the well-to-do, for money to buy the medicine prescribed by doctors.
Jun-Jun is a member and sponsor child under Children International, a nongovernment organization providing social services for indigent children in the countryside.
Jun-Jun is the only boy in the family of seven siblings. His sisters are Zhiany Riu, 16; Mairie Isabel, 13; Carey Ann, 7; Ivy Candice, 6; and Danielle Shannen, 3.
Dante "Jun-Jun" Cardel Jr., according to the report, was pronounced dead by physicians at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila on June 21. The following day at his wake in the family abode in Puro, Legazpi City, he suddenly woke up and hugged his father and asked for food and water.
After the miraculous incident, his parents and Dr. Al "Zaldy" Abainza, agency director of Children International over Bethlehem Pastoral Center, took the boy to Father Efren "Momoy" Borromeo of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT).
Although Jun-Jun could barely communicate, he related his out-of-this-world experience.
"It was a nightmare at first, then I saw angels singing in a beautiful church," Jun-Jun recalled. Another incident he remembered was being told to wake up "by Jesus Christ, who had a beard and long blond hair." He said when he woke up, in his father’s arm, he looked up the sky, where he saw Jesus, but the kindly man was gone.
Father Borromeo, who claimed to have undergone the same experience, said Jun-Jun’s case was a miracle that could not be explained.
"It is a manifestation of God’s power," he said. "Let us just pray for Jun-Jun."
The SOLT community around the world is conducting its fourth General Chapter and International Assembly at Bethlehem Pastoral Center with the theme: "New Evangelization Challenge to Discipleship."
Father Borromeo is widely known as a faith healer. He claimed to have learned of his extraordinary power while assigned to the Santa Rita Parish in Philamlife Homes, Quezon City. At the time, he said, an Aruban woman came to him for a healing session. The woman had been diagnosed with cancer and was given only six months to live.
The priest said he forgot all about the woman after that, but then, he added, she came back after a year in the pink of health.
Since his "resurrection," Jun-Jun has not taken any medication, because the family does not have the money. For this reason, DWZR and DZGB, two local radio stations, are appealing to the public, particularly the well-to-do, for money to buy the medicine prescribed by doctors.
Jun-Jun is a member and sponsor child under Children International, a nongovernment organization providing social services for indigent children in the countryside.
Jun-Jun is the only boy in the family of seven siblings. His sisters are Zhiany Riu, 16; Mairie Isabel, 13; Carey Ann, 7; Ivy Candice, 6; and Danielle Shannen, 3.
