California woman, Sara Sevilla, has got her sight back and she believes that it could be the intercession of the late Sacramento Bishop Alphonse Gallegos. In October 2007, Sara Sevilla eagerly awaited the test results that could explain why suddenly she had lost her sight, News-Chief reports.
But doctors could only describe the situation as a "phenomenon."
"They didn't give us any hope," said Sevilla, of Oxnard, Calif., who was 13 at the time.
"They just said 'let's just take it a day at a time, and see if this medication works,' but they never said that I was going to get my eyesight back."
Nine months later, on the advice of her priest, Sevilla traveled to St. Mary's Cemetery in Sacramento to the grave of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.
She wanted to ask for an intercession on his behalf to God.
After several minutes of prayer in front of Gallegos' tomb, Sevilla said she fainted and awoke surprised to see her mother.
It had worked. Her mother and grandparents broke into tears of joy.
"It changed me. I am a different person," said Sevilla, adding she's more grateful in life and feels like Gallegos is now a part of her.
The sainthood process for Bishop Gallegos began in December 2005 when the Diocese of Sacramento responded to a peition from the Order of Augustinian Recollects .
Gallegos had served as bishop in Sacramento, but before that he served as a priest in Los Angeles.
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