Back in March 1987, a little girl named after a Jewish-born nun killed by the Nazis lay dying in a Boston hospital. Teresia Benedicta was rushed <br />to the hospital with inexplicable spasms and a loss of normal consciousness. Three hours later she was diagnosed as having ingested sixteen times toxicity rate of Tylenol. The doctors didn’t expect 2 1/2-year-old Teresia Benedicta McCarthy to make it. Her parents prayed to her namesake, Edith Stein, who was known as Sister Teresia Benedicta. <br /> <br />Their prayers were answered and the girl lived. The Vatican ruled that her recovery was a miracle attributable to the nun and was part of the reason for Edith Stein's sainthood in a Roman Catholic. <br /> <br />All the doctors and nurses thought little Teresia Benedicta was going to die. <br /> <br />This ABC news looks at what it takes to become a Saint in the Catholic Church. <br /> <br />Note: a meditation written by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy regarding Edith Stein—St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross and Pondering the Miracle can be downloaded from http://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/reflections/
