My name is Magued and I grew up in a Christian family. When I was three my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This illness progressed until she was paralysed and blind. From when I was small I learned how to help her together with my dad, my brother and my sister. I dreamed that my mum would get well again, and be like my friends’ mothers, but as time passed I realised that this was not to be.

My siblings and I learned to accept this will of God, to believe that everything contributes to good for those who love God. And we became very united amongst us and were aware of a grace that helped us always.

Six years ago we found out that my sister had a tumour. It was then that I went into crisis with God and could not accept that my sister was ill, so I asked God if I could take her place because I could have dealt with it better. As time passed I accepted my sister’s illness, that despite the treatment, was not getting better.

Four years ago my mother died and at that time I felt a great suffering and emptiness in my life. It was as though part of my heart had been detached and gone with her.

Then two years ago, while having a check up about an eye problem, I found out that I had my mother’s same illness. I had just finished university and thought I had a future in front of me…  All of a sudden everything vanished. I was in anguish thinking that one day I would wake up paralysed or I would have lost my sight as she did.  I felt it was the devil who tempted me to start doing everything immediately, even bad things, which later I would not be able to do.  These temptations stopped when I understood that what made me happy was to live each day as if it were my last, in a deep relationship with God.

Then I started a new job, and I met a girl, an angel, who was ready to carry with me all the difficulties that I might meet in future.  Many of my friends say that they pray for me so that I may be cured, but I answer that I pray for them, so that each one of us is ill in some way.

One evening a few months ago my sister phoned me when I was out with my friends, and asked me to come back because she did not feel well.  I went home and sat beside her and we began to pray together. We were not used to doing this but it was as though a voice said to me: “pray with her Magued.” A little while later she felt worse, she leant her head on me and passed away.

In recent months every now and then I had a relapse. I was not able to hold a pen, or I lost the feeling in an arm, and for a while I could not see properly which made the situation at work difficult. When these things happen I remember my mother and my sister, who despite their pain, they had eyes filled with joy and peace. It is as if they were saying to me: don’t be afraid, continue believing in the Love of God and witness it with your life.

(M.G. Egitto)


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  • you’re a chosen soul. pls. continue to inspire people despite your suffering. God will always love you and give you strength to live this ideal of love. Thank you for sharing your very inspiring life’s experience.

  • This is magnificient. This story is really inspiring. I am deeply touched. I wish this story can related to all the people of the world. Though it seems hard to believe but I know in my heart that it is true. It comes only out of a deep religious experience with God who is love but in sickness and in health.

  • gracias por tan linda experiencia…..me haces recuerdo a lo que pasabamos en mi casa cuando alguno se enfermaba…..todos en mi familia nos salvamos de enfermedades…algunos aun las tenemos pero comprendimos que dios es amor aun en la enfermedad…xq nos une mas nos hace UNO…..

    • Hi Magued,

      Your story is inspiring and admirable. I got severely ill a few months ago, thru an incredible accident.
      As a consequence, I will probably be facing paralysis and cancer. There is no cure for this illness. I’m 26 years old and always tried living a normal life, working and studying hard.

      I feel like our stories share some common points.Thank you for telling us your emotions. Hopefully I’ll be able to accept my disease and go on in the name of God, just as you did.

      All the best.

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