ESPRESSO SHOT: I Witnessed a Miracle
by Father Brian J. Soliven on Thursday July 2, 2026
It is a curious thing that we often expect God to perform His greatest wonders amid thunder and spectacle, while He prefers the quiet of a confessional. There, behind an ordinary screen or across a simple room, Christ performs miracles no less astonishing than opening blind eyes or raising the dead. He takes a soul bent beneath the weight of guilt and bids it stand upright again. He speaks through the frail voice of a priest, yet it is His own word that breaks the chains no human hand could loosen. The penitent enters carrying a burden invisible to the world and leaves with a heart made lighter than the morning. Such miracles seldom make the news because they occur where heaven most delights to work—in secret. Yet if we could see with God's eyes, we might discover that the greatest marvels on earth are not always the healing of the body, but the resurrection of a soul.







