This account is the first miracle of Saint Therese, which occurred instantly after his death! She promised that when she arrived in paradise, she would always be looking at the earth waiting to help those who asked for her intercession. And you didn't waste any time! She entered through the gates of heaven and has immediately returned to earth personally to assist as a nurse in surgery.
This miracle took place on madeira island in Portugal, where the Mother Virginia of the Passion - clarissa religious of the Monastery of Nossa Senhora das Mercês in Funchal lived. In the midst of his routines, he suffered a fall on a staircase that caused him a lot of pain and some tumors in his breasts, requiring surgery - treatments were not enough. But the nun did not want to expose her body to the doctor, showing herself reluctant to the necessary procedure.
Not being able to make any decision, he pleaded with God, who always knows the best way for every situation, asking the first soul that entered heaven that day to tell him what he should do in that critical physical health situation.
Exactly at 7:20 a.m. on September 30, 1897, the miracle occurred:
Finally managed to get to sleep after days without sleep due to severe pain. But she was soon awakened when she felt a hand touch her shoulder, hoping it would be her usual nurse. No, it wasn't. He saw a beautiful nun of brown habit, white robe and black veil on his head, not knowing who it was, because it was not his convent. He asked who he was and what he wanted. Soon the saint answered: I am the first soul who entered heaven today and as soon as God sent me to help you in his decision, as I had begged Him! I'll tell you what to do with the doctor and I'll be your nurse. I am a Carmelite named Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. Just don't tell this apparition of me to anyone for now, until God authorizes it. Then he disappeared.
At that time, Santa Terezinha was being veiled in the town of Lisiex, France, more than 2,000 km away.
The surgical procedures were then performed. Then the saint continued to appear to the mother, working as her nurse to remove her pain, until she was fully healed. He miraculously returned to his activities in the convent a few days later.
Only after a few years arrive at clarissa religious a picture of Saint Therese coming from France. He immediately recognized that it was his miraculous Carmelite nurse who had died and entered the heavens that day of his appearance.
References:
APOSTOLADO PEQUENA VIA. O primeiro milagre de Santa Terezinha
COMSHALOM. Ao morrer, a primeira Rosa de Teresinha foi para uma religiosa Clarissa
NOSSA SENHORA CUIDA DE MIM. As promessas de Santa Teresinha do Menino Jesus
A SANTA DAS ROSAS. Primeiro Milagre de Santa Teresinha na Madeira no dia de sua morte