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So great a missionary was St. Vincent Ferrer that he can only be compared to the 12 Apostles. His accomplishments were incredible and rare in the whole history of the Church; his life story contains one amazing story after another, many of these are docuмented in the book, St. Vincent Ferrer –The Angel of the Judgment, by Father Andrew Pradel, O.P.

When St. Vincent Ferrer was 46 years old, suffering from a grievous illness, Our Lord appeared to him, accompanied by St. Francis and St. Dominic.  Our Lord said to Vincent, among other things, "Arise, then, and go to preach against vice; for this have I specially chosen thee.  Exhort sinners to repentance, for My judgment is at hand."  Our Lord told St. Vincent that his preaching before the coming of Antichrist would be for mankind a merciful occasion of repentance and conversion.  During this vision St. Vincent was immediately cured.

Two years later, in 1398, he was given permission to begin his apostolate of preaching.  St. Vincent traveled all over western Europe preaching penance, attracting enormous crowds, and followed by thousands of disciples.  He converted St. Bernardine of Siena and Blessed Margaret of Savoy.  Vincent had the gift of languages; preaching in his Valencion idiom he was understood wherever he went;¹ and in conversation he spoke French, Italian, German or English as fluently as his native tongue.

There was a rich Jew of Andalusia, named Abraham, who began to leave a church in anger while Vincent was preach-ing.  The Jew did not like what he was hearing.  As some people at the door opposed his passing through, St. Vincent cried out: "Let him go! Come away all of you at once, and leave the passage free!"  The people did as he ordered, and at the instant the Jew left, part of the porch structure fell on him and crushed him to death.  Then the saint rose from his chair and went to the body.  He knelt there in prayer.  Abraham came to life, and his first words were:  "The religion of the Jews is not the true faith.  The True Faith is that of the Christians."

The father of a certain child had given Vincent lodging while he was on a missionary journey. His wife, a virtuous woman, suffered from bad attacks of nerves, and at times was close to madness. Upon his return from hearing one of Vincent's sermons, the father came upon a terrible tragedy. His wife had gone mad, cut their small son's throat, then chopped up the boy's body and roasted a portion of it, which she then attempted to serve her husband.

When he realized what had happened, the man fled in horror and disgust to St. Vincent Ferrer. Vincent told him that-as in the case of the crushed Jew -- the tragedy would be for the glory of God.  St. Vincent went with the father back to the home and prayed as he gathered the bloody pieces together.

He said to the father: "If you have faith, God, who created this little soul from nothing, can bring him back to life."

Vincent knelt and prayed.  He made the Sign of the Cross over the reassembled body.  The pieces became united together, the body came to life again, and Vincent handed over to the father a living child.  This event is depicted in a painting by Francesco del Cossa in the New Picture Gallery in the Vatican.  Bishop Ranzano claimed this as one of the miracles submitted in the canonization process for St. Vincent Ferrer.

One should note that none of these miracles were performed for mere sensationalism, which the saints despise.  They were worked for various good purposes, especially the conversion of sinners and the strengthening of faith.  As St. Vincent told the bereaved father, miracles are worked for the glory of God.  This was also stated by Christ at the grave of Lazarus, and to His Apostles.  The saints' powers are of course limited by God, to whom all power belongs.  Otherwise, with unrestricted powers, the saints could be "as gods."

We learn from St. Vincent Ferrer that one must never mock the gifts God has given to His saints.  As has happened in similar cases, on one occasion a boy pretended to be dead, while his friends snickered.  St. Vincent leaned over and shook him -- a corpse! Vincent said: "He pretended to be dead to amuse you, but evil has come upon him; he is dead!" A cross was erected to commemorate the event.²  Happenings like that can save many souls by instilling in them a healthy fear of the Lord.