聖夏貝爾（St. Charbel）的生平與神蹟 (From Saint Charbel website)
1898 年 12 月 16 日，夏貝爾神父在誦念聖餐禮禱文時中風：「真理之父，請看您的聖子，這份令您喜悅的祭品。請接納這份為我而死者的奉獻……」。當他倒在地上時，雙手仍緊緊抱著聖體。
他的同伴、隱修者馬卡里奧斯（Makarios Al-Mishmeshani）神父與其他修士將他送回墓室。八天後，即 1898 年 12 月 24 日平安夜，他在低聲誦念耶穌、聖母瑪利亞和聖若瑟的聖名中逝世。這標誌著他在完全交付於天主的孤獨隱修生活中度過了 23 年。
### 不朽的遺體與奇蹟
從他去世的那晚開始，夏貝爾神父的墳墓便發出耀眼的光芒。在獲得天主教會當局許可後，院長於 1899 年 4 月 15 日（即神父去世四個月後）首次開啟墳墓。人們發現夏貝爾神父的**遺體完好無損**，且從那天起，遺體在接下來的 67 年中不斷滲出一種類似血液的液體。
在 1950 年至 1975 年間，夏貝爾神父的墳墓曾先後被開啟八次。在信德監護人（Protector of the Faith）、馬龍尼禮教會宗主教代表及梵蒂岡代表的見證下，經由醫生檢查，發現其遺體依然栩栩如生。專家和醫生們無法對夏貝爾神父遺體的**不腐性與柔軟度**給出任何醫學解釋。
### 普世的朝聖與代禱
自他去世之日起，夏貝爾神父的墳墓已成為數百萬人朝聖的聖地。透過夏貝爾神父在黎巴嫩山安納亞（Annaya）以及全世界的代禱，成就了成千上萬的神蹟。
截至 1977 年，位於黎巴嫩山安納亞的聖馬龍修道院已收到來自全球 95 個國家、共 135,000 封信件。這些信件來自渴望分享夏貝爾神父所施行神蹟、治癒與奇事的人們。
### 宣福與封聖
天主教會當局認定了兩項治癒奇蹟：一是修女瑪麗亞·阿貝爾·卡馬里（Sister Maria Abel Kamari S.S.C.C.）從潰瘍痛苦中痊癒；二是亞歷山德羅·奧貝德先生（Mr. Alessandro Obeid）在事故中失明的右眼重見光明。這兩項神蹟對於夏貝爾神父於 1965 年 12 月 5 日的**宣福**，以及 1977 年 10 月 9 日的**封聖**起到了關鍵作用。
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Father Charbel (St Charbel) suffered a stroke on December 16, 1898 while he was reciting the prayer of the Holy Liturgy: “Father of truth, behold Your Son, a sacrifice pleasing to You. Accept this offering of Him who died for me…”. As he fell to the floor, he kept his hands clasped around the Holy Eucharist.
His companion, Father Makarios Al-Mishmeshani the Hermit and some other monks helped him to his cell. Eight days later, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1898, he died while murmuring the names of Jesus, His Blessed Mother Mary and St Joseph. This marked 23 years of solitude lived in total abandonment to God.
Starting on the night of his death, Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) tomb emanated a bright light. After getting permission from the Catholic Church authorities, the Superior opened the tomb for the first time on April 15, 1899, four months after Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) death. Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) body was found to be intact and as of that day exuded a blood-like moisture for the next 67 years.
Between 1950 and 1975, Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) tomb was opened eight times and was examined by medical doctors in the presence of the Protector of the Faith and representatives of the Catholic Maronite Patriarch and of the Vatican, who found that his body still resembled a living one. Experts and doctors were unable to give any medical explanation for the incorruptibility and flexibility of the Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) body.
Father Charbel’s (St Charbel) tomb has been a site for millions of pilgrimages ever since the day he died. Hundreds of thousands of miracles were performed through the intercession of Father Charbel (St Charbel) in Annaya, Mount Lebanon and throughout the whole world.
By 1977, St Maroun’s Monastery in Annaya, Mount Lebanon had received 135,000 letters from 95 countries from around the world. They have come from people that wish to share the news of miracles, cures and wonders performed by Father Charbel (St Charbel).
Two cures which were considered miracles by the Catholic Church authorities were the healing of Sister Maria Abel Kamari S.S.C.C., who suffered from pain caused by an ulcer and the healing of Mr. Alessandro Obeid who had been blinded in his right eye following an accident. Both cures were instrumental in the beatification of Father Charbel (St Charbel) on December 5, 1965 and in his canonisation on October 9, 1977.
