St. Andre of Montreal

Blessed Brother Andre Bessette is being canonized as a saint tomorrow! He is my great great great great great uncle. Our family, among others, are his closest living relatives--we are direct descendants of one of his brothers. He is known as "the miracle worker of Montreal." Here is an excerpt from an article about Brother Andre in Our Sunday Visitor:

"The brother was assigned another job — this time by God — of healing infirmities of body and of soul; much to the amazement — and sometimes animosity — of his brethren. He never took credit for any of the numerous healings, but adamantly said the miracles came from St. Joseph, who healed through God’s power. By 1890, crowds of people were coming to see the man."

Read the full story here.



Quotes from Brother Andre

“People are worried for nothing. When help is needed, it will come in time at the right place by God.”

“The slightest earthly suffering is rewarded a thousand times over in heaven. If people only realized this, they would fall to their knees and ask to be tried."

EWTN will be broadcasting his canonization live tomorrow morning.

Here is the trailer for a documentary about him that premieres tomorrow:



Blessed Brother Andre Bessette, pray for us!