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| Paolo and Felipe Lizama on their day of Ordination |
An
extraordinary story of Paolo and Felipe Lizama comes to us from Chile. Their
mother Rosa was told during their pregnancy that she should abort her baby.
because of severe deformity that doctors saw during an ultra-sound. They told
her that her baby had two heads, three arms and conjoined legs. She responded
by saying “I take from God whatever he sends to me.” Obviously at
that time, she did not know she was carrying twins.
On
September 10, 1984 Felipe was born first, and then the doctors wanted to clean
the womb from any other fragments left, but Rosa insisted that she felt like
another baby was coming out. Sure enough, 17 minutes after Felipe, Paolo was
born, as healthy as his brother. Paolo said that he would have been born
severely deformed, if the doctors followed through with they had planned to do
in the first place. Incidentally Paolo and Felipe learned about this incredible
story from their mother while they were in their sixth year in the Seminary,
just before they were ordained priests together.
What an incredible story of
tragedy-turned-triumphant! What a story of hope for pro-life! The twins were ordained
priests on April 28, 2012, and celebrated their first Mass at Our Lady of
Mercies in Lagunillas. Presently, Fr. Felipe serves at the parish of Saint
Martin of Tours in Quillota, and Fr. Paulo serves at the parish of the
Assumption of Mary in Achupallas.
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